On August 9 in 0048 BC, Julius Caesar defeats Pompey at Pharsalus, - TopicsExpress



          

On August 9 in 0048 BC, Julius Caesar defeats Pompey at Pharsalus, in 1173 construction of the Tower of Pisa begins- and takes two centuries to complete, in 1483 the Sistine Chapel in Rome opened with the celebration of a Mass, in 1831 the first US steam engine train ran, in 1854 Henry David Thoreau published Walden, in 1862 General Stonewall Jackson defeats Union forces at Cedar Mountain, Virginia in the American Civil War, in 1892 Thomas Edison received a patent for a two-way telegraph, in 1936 Jesse Owens became the first American to win four gold medals in one Olympiad, in 1945 the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan, in 1965 a fire at a Titan missile base near Searcy, Arkansas killed 53 construction workers, every year on this day in South Africa - they celebrate National Women’s Day and on Friday, August 9, 1991, Jordan Elizabeth was born! You are welcome world, for the addition of this amazing creature to the historical events of August 9th. Happy Birthday Baby Girl!
Posted on: Sat, 09 Aug 2014 22:35:02 +0000

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