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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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