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Events:C/P.
586 BC Solomon first temple totally destroyed by the Babylonians led by King Nebuchadnezzar. That occurred on the 9th day of Av, 586 BC.
48 BC Caesar's civil war: Battle of Pharsalus Julius Caesar decisively defeats Pompey at Pharsalus and Pompey flees to Egypt.
70 AD Jewish revolts against the Romans caused the Roman General Titus, later who became Caesar, to beseige the city. The second Temple was completely destroyed by fire on the 9th of Av, 70 AD.
378 Gothic War: Battle of Adrianople A 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.
681 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.
1173 Construction of the campanile of the cathedral of Pisa (now known as the Leaning Tower of Pisa) begins; it will take two centuries to complete.
1329 The Roman Catholic Diocese of Quilon, the first Indian Christian Diocese, is erected by Pope John XXII; the French-born Jordanus is appointed the first Bishop.
1483 Opening of the Sistine Chapel in Rome with the celebration of a Mass.
1810 Napoleon I annexes two departments of the Kingdom of Westphalia into the French Empire.
1814 American Indian Wars: the Creek sign the Treaty of Fort Jackson, giving up huge parts of Alabama and Georgia.
1842 The Webster-Ashburton Treaty is signed, establishing the United States-Canada border east of the Rocky Mountains.
1854 Henry David Thoreau published Walden.
1862 American Civil War: Battle of Cedar Mountain At Cedar Mountain, Virginia, Confederate General Stonewall Jackson narrowly defeats Union forces under General John Pope.
1877 American Indian Wars: Battle of Big Hole A small band of Nez Percι Indians clash with the United States Army
1892 Thomas Edison receives a patent for a two-way telegraph.
1902 Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
1907 The first Boy Scout encampment concludes at Brownsea Island in southern England.
1925 A train robbery takes place in Kakori, near Lucknow, India
1930 Betty Boop made her cartoon debut in Dizzy Dishes.
1936 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.
1942 Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi is arrested in Bombay by British forces, launching the Quit India Movement.
1942 World War II: Battle of Savo Island Allied 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.
1944 The United States Forest Service and the Wartime Advertising Council release posters featuring Smokey Bear for the first time.
1944 Continuation war: The VyborgPetrozavodsk Offensive, the largest offensive launched by Soviet Union against Finland during the Second World War, ends to a strategic stalemate. Both Finnish and Soviet troops at the Finnish front dug to defensive positions, and the front remains stable until the end of the war.
1945 World War II: Nagasaki is devastated when an atomic bomb, Fat Man, is dropped by the United States B-29 Bockscar. 39,000 people are killed outright.
1945 World War II: The Soviet Union declares war on Japan and begins the Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation.
1965 Singapore is expelled from Malaysia and becomes the first and only country to date to gain independence unwillingly.
1965 A fire at a Titan missile base near Searcy, Arkansas kills 53 construction workers.
1969 Followers led by Charles Manson 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.
1971 The Troubles: The British security forces in Northern Ireland launch Operation Demetrius. Hundreds of people are arrested and interned, thousands are displaced, and 24 are killed in the violence that follows. Its introduction, and the abuse of those interned, leads to numerous protests.
1974 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.
1988 Wayne Gretzky is traded from the Edmonton Oilers to the Los Angeles Kings in one of the most controversial player transactions in hockey history, upsetting many Canadians.
1993 The Liberal Democratic Party of Japan loses a 38-year hold on national leadership.
1999 Russian President Boris Yeltsin fires his Prime Minister, Sergei Stepashin, and for the fourth time fires his entire cabinet.
2006 At least 21 suspected terrorists were arrested in the 2006 transatlantic aircraft plot that happened in the United Kingdom. The arrests were made in London, Birmingham, and High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, in an overnight operation.
End of C/P.
Events:C/P.
586 BC Solomon first temple totally destroyed by the Babylonians led by King Nebuchadnezzar. That occurred on the 9th day of Av, 586 BC.
48 BC Caesar's civil war: Battle of Pharsalus Julius Caesar decisively defeats Pompey at Pharsalus and Pompey flees to Egypt.
70 AD Jewish revolts against the Romans caused the Roman General Titus, later who became Caesar, to beseige the city. The second Temple was completely destroyed by fire on the 9th of Av, 70 AD.
378 Gothic War: Battle of Adrianople A 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.
681 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.
1173 Construction of the campanile of the cathedral of Pisa (now known as the Leaning Tower of Pisa) begins; it will take two centuries to complete.
1329 The Roman Catholic Diocese of Quilon, the first Indian Christian Diocese, is erected by Pope John XXII; the French-born Jordanus is appointed the first Bishop.
1483 Opening of the Sistine Chapel in Rome with the celebration of a Mass.
1810 Napoleon I annexes two departments of the Kingdom of Westphalia into the French Empire.
1814 American Indian Wars: the Creek sign the Treaty of Fort Jackson, giving up huge parts of Alabama and Georgia.
1842 The Webster-Ashburton Treaty is signed, establishing the United States-Canada border east of the Rocky Mountains.
1854 Henry David Thoreau published Walden.
1862 American Civil War: Battle of Cedar Mountain At Cedar Mountain, Virginia, Confederate General Stonewall Jackson narrowly defeats Union forces under General John Pope.
1877 American Indian Wars: Battle of Big Hole A small band of Nez Percι Indians clash with the United States Army
1892 Thomas Edison receives a patent for a two-way telegraph.
1902 Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
1907 The first Boy Scout encampment concludes at Brownsea Island in southern England.
1925 A train robbery takes place in Kakori, near Lucknow, India
1930 Betty Boop made her cartoon debut in Dizzy Dishes.
1936 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.
1942 Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi is arrested in Bombay by British forces, launching the Quit India Movement.
1942 World War II: Battle of Savo Island Allied 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.
1944 The United States Forest Service and the Wartime Advertising Council release posters featuring Smokey Bear for the first time.
1944 Continuation war: The VyborgPetrozavodsk Offensive, the largest offensive launched by Soviet Union against Finland during the Second World War, ends to a strategic stalemate. Both Finnish and Soviet troops at the Finnish front dug to defensive positions, and the front remains stable until the end of the war.
1945 World War II: Nagasaki is devastated when an atomic bomb, Fat Man, is dropped by the United States B-29 Bockscar. 39,000 people are killed outright.
1945 World War II: The Soviet Union declares war on Japan and begins the Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation.
1965 Singapore is expelled from Malaysia and becomes the first and only country to date to gain independence unwillingly.
1965 A fire at a Titan missile base near Searcy, Arkansas kills 53 construction workers.
1969 Followers led by Charles Manson 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.
1971 The Troubles: The British security forces in Northern Ireland launch Operation Demetrius. Hundreds of people are arrested and interned, thousands are displaced, and 24 are killed in the violence that follows. Its introduction, and the abuse of those interned, leads to numerous protests.
1974 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.
1988 Wayne Gretzky is traded from the Edmonton Oilers to the Los Angeles Kings in one of the most controversial player transactions in hockey history, upsetting many Canadians.
1993 The Liberal Democratic Party of Japan loses a 38-year hold on national leadership.
1999 Russian President Boris Yeltsin fires his Prime Minister, Sergei Stepashin, and for the fourth time fires his entire cabinet.
2006 At least 21 suspected terrorists were arrested in the 2006 transatlantic aircraft plot that happened in the United Kingdom. The arrests were made in London, Birmingham, and High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, in an overnight operation.
End of C/P.