August 9

Events

 * 1892 - Thomas Edison receives a patent for a two-way telegraph.
 * 1964 - 1st Rolling Stones concert in Netherlands
 * 1957 - Paul Anka debuts on UK chart with 'Diana' while still only fifteen. The single goes on to spend nine weeks at No. 1
 * 1963 - Influential pop TV show 'Ready, Steady, Go' begins and runs until 23 December 1966
 * 1964 - Bob Dylan and Joan Baez sing together officially for first time in a concert at Forest Hills, New York
 * 1967 - Small Faces hit UK chart with 'Itchycoo Park'
 * 1975 - Eagles hit UK chart for the first time with 'One of these Nights'
 * 1977 - EMI Records sign Tom Robinson band, the label's first venture into New Wave since Sex Pistols

Births

 * 1648 - Johann Michael Bach, German composer (d. 1694)
 * 1874 - Reynaldo Hahn, Venezuelan composer and conductor (d. 1947)
 * 1875 - Albert Ketèlbey, English pianist, conductor and composer (b. 1959)
 * 1902 - Zino Francescatti, French violinist (d. 1991)
 * 1947 - Barbara Mason, American soul singer
 * 1947 - Benjamin Orr, American bassist and singer (The Cars) (d. 2000)
 * 1959 - Kurtis Blow, American rapper
 * 1968 - Sam Fogarino, American musician (Interpol)
 * 1970 - Arion Salazar, American musician (Third Eye Blind)
 * 1971 - Mack 10, American rapper
 * 1972 - Juanes, Colombian singer
 * 1972 - A-Mei, Taiwanese singer