August 9: on this day in history
A few events that happened on August 9. You do not need to know them all; curiosity is enough.
Historical events
- 1173Construction began on Italy's Tower of Pisa, which would later become famous for its lean.
- 1500The Ottoman army captured the Venetian fortress of Modon in the Peloponnese.
- 1854Henry David Thoreau published 'Walden', describing simple living in nature.
- 1897The first International Congress of Mathematicians met in Zürich, Switzerland.
- 1936Jesse Owens won his fourth gold medal at the Berlin Olympics.
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