THE DAY IN HISTORY · AUGUST 9
August 9 in history
What happened on August 9: 2 moments from the Maps of History atlases, in 378 and 1945, each linked to the map that shows it.
— Battle of Adrianople
9 Aug 378 — The Gothic refugees Rome admitted, then starved and cheated, destroy the eastern field army. Emperor Valens dies unfound; two-thirds of his men die with him.
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Nagasaki is bombed hours after 1.5 million Soviet troops pour into Manchuria. Japan’s cabinet deadlocks; the Emperor breaks the tie.
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