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Historical Events on August 9

  • Napoleon

    1810

    Napoleon annexes Westphalia as part of the First French Empire.

  • American Civil War

    1862

    American Civil War: Battle of Cedar Mountain: At Cedar Mountain, Virginia, Confederate General Stonewall Jackson narrowly defeats Union forces under General John Pope.

  • Thomas Edison

    1892

    Thomas Edison receives a patent for a two-way telegraph.

  • World War II

    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.

  • Continuation War

    1944

    Continuation War: The Vyborg-Petrozavodsk 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.

  • Singapore

    1965

    Singapore is expelled from Malaysia and becomes the only country to date to gain independence unwillingly.

  • The Troubles

    1971

    The Troubles: The British Army in Northern Ireland launches Operation Demetrius. Hundreds of people are arrested and interned, thousands are displaced, and twenty are killed in the violence that followed.

  • Watergate scandal

    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.

  • Boris Yeltsin

    1999

    Russian President Boris Yeltsin fires his Prime Minister, Sergei Stepashin, and for the fourth time fires his entire cabinet.

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