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August 9th, 2048	Event	Caesar s civil war: Battle of PharsalusJulius Caesar decisively defeats Pompey at Pharsalus and Pompey flees to Egypt.
August 9th, 2001	Event	US President George W. Bush announces his support for federal funding of limited research on embryonic stem cells.
August 9th, 1999	Event	Russian President Boris Yeltsin fires his Prime Minister, Sergei Stepashin, and for the fourth time fires his entire cabinet.
August 9th, 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	Event	The Liberal Democratic Party of Japan loses a 38-year hold on national leadership.
August 9th, 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	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	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.
August 9th, 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.
August 9th, 1965	Event	Singapore seceded from Malaysia and gained independence.

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