08-09-2005, 05:11 AM
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August 9th
48 BC ~ Roman Civil War: Battle of Pharsalus - Julius Caesar defeated Pompey decisively at Pharsalus. Pompey fled to Egypt.
1173 ~ Construction of the (Leaning) Tower of Pisa began. It took two centuries to complete.
1483 ~ Opening of the Sistine Chapel.
1842 ~ Webster-Ashburton Treaty was signed, establishing the United States-Canada border east of the Rocky Mountains.
1896 ~ Birthday of Jean Piaget, Child Psychologist.
1945 ~ World War II: An atomic bomb nicknamed "Fat Man" was detonated over the city of Nagasaki, Japan, killing about 75,000.
1969 ~ Members of a cult led by Charles Manson murdered five people including Sharon Tate, Jay Sebring and, Abigail Folger.
1975 ~ Death of Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer.
1986 ~ The Headington Shark is erected in Oxford.
1995 ~ Death of Jerry Garcia, guitarist: Grateful Dead.
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