What day of the week was August 9, 1944?

The day of the week August 9th, 1944 fell on was a Wednesday.

Sam Elliott the American actor was born on 09 August in 1944. As was Patricia McKissack the American author , Patrick Depailler the French Grand Prix racing driver (d. 1980) .

The United States Forest Service and the Wartime Advertising Council release posters featuring Smokey Bear for the first time. Continuation War: The Vyborg–Petrozavodsk Offensive the the largest offensive launched by Soviet Union against Finland during the Second World War, ends to a strategic stalemate. Both Finnish and Soviet troops at the Finnish front dug to defensive positions, and the front remains stable until the end of the war.