August 9 - Market Forces

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This Day In History

1173

Construction of the campanile of the cathedral of Pisa (now known as the Leaning Tower of Pisa) begins; it will take two centuries to complete.

1483

Opening of the Sistine Chapel in Rome.

1854

Henry David Thoreau publishes Walden.

1892

Thomas Edison receives a patent for a two-way telegraph.

1930

Betty Boop makes her cartoon debut in Dizzy Dishes.

1936

Jesse Owens wins his fourth gold medal at the Berlin Olympics, becoming the first American to win four medals in one Olympiad.

1944

The U.S. Forest Service and the Wartime Advertising Council release posters featuring Smokey Bear for the first time.

1965

Singapore is expelled from Malaysia and becomes the first and only country to date to gain independence unwillingly.

Famous Birthdays

1593

Izaak Walton, English writer and angler (d. 1683)

1631

John Dryden, English Poet Laureate (d. 1700)

1754

Pierre Charles L'Enfant, French architect, planner of Washington, D.C. (d. 1825)

1757

Thomas Telford, Scottish civil engineer (d. 1834)

1805

Joseph Locke, English railway and civil engineer (d. 1860)
1910
Elizabeth Zimmermann, British-born knitter, author, and television host (d. 1999)

1927

Daniel Keyes, American author

1938

Rod Laver, Australian tennis player

1944

Sam Elliott, American actor

1957

Melanie Griffith, American actress

1968

Eric Bana, Australian actor

1973

Kevin McKidd, Scottish actor