August 9
Selected anniversaries
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August 9: National Day for Singapore (1965); National Women's Day in South Africa
48 BC – Julius Caesar and the Populares defeated Pompey and the Optimates at the Battle of Pharsalus, solidifying his control over the Roman Republic.
1173 – The construction of a campanile, which would eventually become the Leaning Tower of Pisa, began.
1942 – British Raj authorities arrested Mahatma ...
August 10
Selected anniversaries
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August 10: Independence Day in Ecuador; International Biodiesel Day; Feast Day of Saint Lawrence
1628 – The Swedish warship Vasa (pictured) sank after sailing less than a nautical mile into her maiden voyage from Stockholm on her way to fight in the Thirty Years' War.
1675 – The foundation stone of the Royal Greenwich Observatory, today the basis of the Prime ...
August 27
Selected anniversaries
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August 27: Independence Day for Moldova (1991)
1776 – British forces led by William Howe defeated the American Continental Army under George Washington at the Battle of Long Island in Brooklyn, New York, the largest battle of the American Revolutionary War.
1883 – Four enormous explosions from the volcanic eruption of Krakatoa generated tsunamis that destroyed many settlements on Java and ...
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