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August 9: International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples; National Women's Day in South Africa (1956)

Sharon Tate

1897 – The first meeting of the International Congress of Mathematicians was held in Zürich, Switzerland.
1942 – Shostakovich's Symphony No. 7 was premiered in Leningrad while the city was under siege by Nazi forces.
1956 – About 20,000 women marched on Pretoria, South Africa, to protest the introduction of pass laws for black women under apartheid.
1960 – Led by Albert Kalonji, South Kasai declared its unilateral secession from the Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville).
1969 – Members of the Manson Family invaded a house and murdered American actress Sharon Tate (pictured) and four guests in Los Angeles, before killing two more people the following night.

Arnold Fitz Thedmar (b. 1201)
Walter Peeler (b. 1887)
Philip Larkin (b. 1922)
Beryl May Dent (d. 1977)

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Holidays and Observations: Edith Stein[edit]

no Catholic calendar anywhere celebrates "Edith Stein". It is always as "St Theresa Benedicta of the Cross". That is the name that should appear here. 142.163.194.58 (talk) 14:25, 9 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]