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On This Day in History
August 9  1790 - The Columbia returned to Boston Harbor after a three-year voyage. It was the first ship to carry the American flag around the world. 1831 - The first steam locomotive began its first trip between Schenectady and Albany, NY. 1842 - The U.S. and Canada signed the Webster-Ashburton Treaty, which solved a border dispute. 1854 - "Walden" was published by Henry David Thoreau. 1859 - The escalator was patented by Nathan Ames.
1902 - After the death of Queen Victoria, Edward VII was crowned king of England. 1910 - A.J. Fisher received a patent for the electric washing machine. 1930 - Betty Boop had her beginning in "Dizzy Dishes" created by Max Fleischer. 1942 - Mohandas K. Gandhi was arrested Britain. He was not released until 1944. 1945 - The U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki. The bombing came three days after the bombing of Hiroshima. About 74,000 people were killed. Japan surrendered August 14.
1945 - The first network television broadcast occurred in Washington, DC. The program announced the bombing of Nagasaki, Japan.
1956 - The first statewide, state-supported educational television network went on the air in Alabama.
1969 - Sharon Tate and four other people were found murdered at Tate's residence in Los Angeles, CA. Charles Manson and several members of his cult were later convicted of the crime. 1973 - The U.S. Senate committee investigating the Watergate affair filed suit against President Richard Nixon. 1974 - U.S. President Richard Nixon formally resigned. Gerald R. Ford took his place, and became the 38th president of the U.S.
1985 - Arthur J. Walker, a retired Navy officer, was found guilty of seven counts of spying for the Soviet Union. 1989 - 112 people were killed when a train fell into the San Rafael River in Mexico. The incident was caused by a bridge that collapsed. 1999 - Russian President Boris Yeltsin fired Prime Minister Sergei Stepashin and his entire cabinet for the fourth time in 17 months.
2000 - Former Dallas Cowboy Michael Irvin was arrested on a Class B misdemeanor of possession of less than 2 ounces of marijuana. 2001 - U.S. President Bush announced he would support federal funding for limited medical research on embryonic stem cells. 2001 - In Jerusalem, a Palestinian suicide bomber detonated an explosive inside a pizzeria. The lunchtime bombing killed 15 and wounded about 90 others. 2004 - Trump Hotel and Casion Resorts announced plans to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.  | 
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