Born:
Henry earl of Nassau-Siegen, colonel/governor of Hulst, Netherlands
More Notable Birthdays on August 9:
1968 - Gillian Anderson, born in Chicago, Illinois, actress, X-Files
1968 - Eric Bana, born in Melbourne, Australia, actor, appeared on 'Tonight Live', 'Full Frontal' television shows, appeared in film, 'Munich', 'Lucky You', 'The Other Boleyn Girl'
1963 - Whitney Houston, born in Newark, New Jersey, singer, One Moment in Time, Bodyguard
1927 - Marvin Minsky, Artifical intelligence computer scientist, MIT
1896 - Jean Piaget, born in Switzerland, pioneer developmental psychologist and zoologist
