{"id":3595,"date":"2026-08-09T15:04:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T15:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=3595"},"modified":"2026-08-09T15:04:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T15:04:12","slug":"today-in-history-august-9-gerald-ford-declares-our-long-national-nightmare-is-over","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=3595","title":{"rendered":"Today in History: August 9, Gerald Ford declares \u2018our long national nightmare is over\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div><strong>Getting your Trinity Audio player ready&#8230;<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Today is Sunday, Aug. 9, the 221st day of 2026. There are 144 days left in the year.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=3593\">Elk fire nearly doubles in size in 2 days, containment drops in Colorado wildfire<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Today in history:<\/h4>\n<p>On Aug. 9, 1974, Gerald Ford took the oath of office to become U.S. president after Richard Nixon\u2019s resignation; in a speech afterward, Ford declared that \u201cour long national nightmare is over.\u201d<\/p>\n<h4>Also on this date:<\/h4>\n<p>In 1173, construction began on the campanile of Pisa Cathedral \u2014 better known as the Leaning Tower of Pisa.<\/p>\n<p>In 1854, Henry David Thoreau\u2019s \u201cWalden,\u201d which described Thoreau\u2019s experiences while living near Walden Pond in Massachusetts, was first published.<\/p>\n<p>In 1936, Jesse Owens won his fourth gold medal at the Berlin Olympics as the United States took first place in the 400-meter relay.<\/p>\n<p>In 1945, three days after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, a U.S. B-29 Superfortress dropped an atomic device over Nagasaki; the bombing and subsequent radiation poisoning killed an estimated 74,000 people.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coloradospringsmoverss.com\/?p=3592\">Back from injury, DeKalon Taylor part of talented cast of CU Buffs running backs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In 1969, actor Sharon Tate and four other people were found killed at Tate\u2019s Los Angeles home; cult leader Charles Manson and a group of his followers were later convicted of the crime.<\/p>\n<p>In 1988, President Ronald Reagan nominated Lauro Cavazos to be secretary of education; Cavazos became the first Hispanic to serve in the Cabinet.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In 2014, Michael Brown Jr., a Black 18-year-old, was shot to death by a police officer following an altercation in Ferguson, Missouri; Brown\u2019s death led to sometimes-violent protests in Ferguson and other U.S. cities, helping fuel a national \u201cBlack Lives Matter\u201d movement.<\/p>\n<p>In 2024, a passenger plane crashed in a gated residential community in Brazil\u2019s Sao Paulo state, killing all 61 people aboard. 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