This day in history:
- 1973 – Mars 7 is launched from the USSR.
- 1974 – As a direct result of the Watergate scandal, Richard Nixon becomes the first President of the United States to resign from office. Vice President Gerald Ford becomes president.
- 2007 – Air Moorea Flight 1121 crashes after takeoff from Moorea Airport in French Polynesia, killing all 20 people on board.
- 378 – Gothic War: Battle of Adrianople: A large Roman army led by Emperor Valens is defeated by the Visigoths. Valens is killed along with over half of his army.
Births:
- 1783 – Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna of Russia (died 1801)
- 1949 – Jonathan Kellerman, American psychologist and author
- 1927 – Robert Shaw, English actor and screenwriter (died 1978)
Deaths:
- 2004 – Robert Lecourt, French lawyer and politician, Lord Chancellor of France (born 1908)
- 1932 – John Charles Fields, Canadian mathematician, founder of the Fields Medal (born 1863)
- 2014 – Arthur G. Cohen, American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Arlen Realty and Development Corporation (born 1930)
Holidays:
- National Women's Day (South Africa)
- National Peacekeepers' Day, celebrated on Sunday closest to the day (Canada)
- National Day, celebrates the independence of Singapore from Malaysia in 1965.
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