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August 9: International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples; National Women's Day in South Africa (1956)

First Smokey Bear poster

1821 – The statue of A'a from Rurutu was presented to members of the London Missionary Society on the south Pacific island of Ra'iatea.
1934 – The Blue Lotus, the fifth volume of The Adventures of Tintin by the Belgian cartoonist Hergé and noted for its emphasis on countering negative misconceptions of Chinese people, began serialisation.
1944 – The United States Forest Service authorized the use of Smokey Bear (pictured) as its mascot to replace Bambi.
1974 – On the verge of an impeachment and removal from office amid the Watergate scandal, Richard Nixon became the first president of the United States to resign.
2014 – Michael Brown, an 18-year-old African-American man, was killed by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, resulting in widespread protests and unrest.

Stephen of Anjou (d. 1354)
Ernst Haeckel (d. 1919)
Brett Hull (b. 1964)
Gay van der Meer (d. 2014)

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Holidays and Observations: Edith Stein

no Catholic calendar anywhere celebrates "Edith Stein". It is always as "St Theresa Benedicta of the Cross". That is the name that should appear here. 142.163.194.58 (talk) 14:25, 9 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]