August 9th Events |
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| August 9th, 2048 (August 09 2048) | Event | Caesar s civil war: Battle of PharsalusJulius Caesar decisively defeats Pompey at Pharsalus and Pompey flees to Egypt. | Julius Caesar Quotes |
| August 9th, 2001 (August 09 2001) | Event | US President George W. Bush announces his support for federal funding of limited research on embryonic stem cells. | George W. Bush Quotes |
| August 9th, 1999 (August 09 1999) | Event | Russian President Boris Yeltsin fires his Prime Minister, Sergei Stepashin, and for the fourth time fires his entire cabinet. | Boris Yeltsin Quotes |
| August 9th, 1999 (August 09 1999) | Event | The Diet of Japan enacts a law establishing the Hinomaru and Kimi Ga Yo as the official national flag and national anthem. | |
| August 9th, 1993 (August 09 1993) | Event | The Liberal Democratic Party of Japan loses a 38-year hold on national leadership. | |
| August 9th, 1988 (August 09 1988) | Event | The first official night game is played at Chicago s Wrigley Field, the last Major League ballpark to install lights, some 40 years after the second-to-last team, the Detroit Tigers. | |
| August 9th, 1977 (August 09 1977) | Event | The military-controlled Government of Uruguay announces that it will return the nation to civilian rule through general elections in 1981 for a President and Congress. | |
| August 9th, 1974 (August 09 1974) | Event | As a direct result of the Watergate scandal, Richard Nixon becomes the first President of the United States to resign from office. His Vice President, Gerald Ford, becomes president. | Gerald Ford Quotes |
| August 9th, 1969 (August 09 1969) | Event | Members of a cult led by Charles Manson brutally murder pregnant actress Sharon Tate (wife of Roman Polanski), coffee heiress Abigail Folger, Polish actor Wojciech Frykowski, men s hairstylist Jay Sebring, and recent high-school graduate Steven Parent at 10050 Cielo Drive in Los Angeles, California. | Sharon Tate Quotes |
| August 9th, 1965 (August 09 1965) | Event | Singapore seceded from Malaysia and gained independence. | |
| August 9th, 1965 (August 09 1965) | Event | A fire at a Titan missile base near Little Rock, Arkansas kills 53 construction workers. | |
| August 9th, 1945 (August 09 1945) | Event | World War II: Nagasaki is devastated when an atomic bomb, "Fat Man", is dropped by the United States B-29 Bockscar. 70,000 people are killed instantly. | Saki Quotes |
| August 9th, 1944 (August 09 1944) | Event | The United States Forest Service and the Wartime Advertising Council release posters featuring Smokey Bear for the first time. | |
| August 9th, 1942 (August 09 1942) | Event | Indian leader, Mahatma Gandhi is arrested in Bombay by British forces, launching the Quit India Movement. | Mahatma Gandhi Quotes |
| August 9th, 1942 (August 09 1942) | Event | World War II: Battle of Savo IslandAllied naval forces protecting their amphibious forces during the initial stages of the Battle of Guadalcanal are surprised and defeated by an Imperial Japanese Navy cruiser force. | |
| August 9th, 1936 (August 09 1936) | Event | Summer Olympic Games: Games of the XI Olympiad: Jesse Owens wins his fourth gold medal at the games becoming the first American to win four medals in one Olympiad. | Jesse Owens Quotes |
| August 9th, 1907 (August 09 1907) | Event | The first Boy Scout encampment concludes at Brownsea Island in Southern England. | |
| August 9th, 1902 (August 09 1902) | Event | Edward VII is crowned king of the United Kingdom. | |
| August 9th, 1892 (August 09 1892) | Event | Thomas Edison receives a patent for a two-way telegraph. | |
| August 9th, 1877 (August 09 1877) | Event | Indian Wars: Battle of Big HoleA small band of Nez Perce Indians clash with the United States Army. | |
| August 9th, 1862 (August 09 1862) | Event | American Civil War: Battle of Cedar MountainAt Cedar Mountain, Virginia, Confederate General Stonewall Jackson narrowly defeats Union forces under General John Pope. | |
| August 9th, 1842 (August 09 1842) | Event | Webster-Ashburton Treaty is signed, establishing the United States-Canada border east of the Rocky Mountains. | The Rock Quotes |
| August 9th, 1810 (August 09 1810) | Event | Napoleon annexes Westphalia as part of the First French Empire. | |
| August 9th, 1666 (August 09 1666) | Event | Rear Admiral Robert Holmes leads a raid on the Dutch island of Terschelling, destroying 150 merchant ships in the Vlie estuary, and pillaging the town of West-Terschelling, an act later knkown as "Holmes s Bonfire". | |
| August 9th, 1483 (August 09 1483) | Event | Opening of the Sistine Chapel | |
| August 9th, 1329 (August 09 1329) | Event | Quilon the first Indian Diocese was erected by Pope John XXII and Jordanus was appointed the first Bishop | |
| August 9th, 1173 (August 09 1173) | Event | Construction of the Tower of Pisa begins, and it takes two centuries to complete. | |
| August 9th, 1048 (August 09 1048) | Event | Pope Damasus II dies in Rome, after reigning for only 23 days. | |
| August 9th, 0681 (August 09 0681) | Event | Bulgaria is founded as a Khanate on the south bank of the Danube, after defeating the Byzantine armies of Emperor Constantine IV south of the Danube delta. | |
| August 9th, 0378 (August 09 0378) | Event | Gothic War: Battle of AdrianopleA large Roman army led by Emperor Valens is defeated by the Visigoths in present-day Turkey. Valens is killed along with over half of his army. | |
