August 9 in history: • 1902 – In a ceremony at Westminster Abbey, Edward VII and Alexandra were crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor and Empress of India. → go there • 1960 – Led by Albert Kalonji, South Kasai declared its unilateral secession from the Republic of the Congo. → go there • 1979 – Female workers of YH Trading in South Korea held a sit-in protest in response to the company's unilateral shutdown. → go there • 2018 – A civilian school bus in Dahyan, Yemen, was bombed by Saudi forces, killing at least 40 children. → go there • 2023 – Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio was assassinated in Quito, eleven days before the general election. → go there Died 803: Irene of Athens Wiki link Born 1972: Bang Si-hyuk Wiki link Born 2000: Buffy Chen Wiki link Died 2025: Zhu Liang Wiki link Pictured: Fernando Villavicencio.