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On August 9, 1892, Edison received a patent for a two-way telegraph.

Singapore Leaves Malaysia on the 9th of August 1965

During the Roman Civil War of 49–45 bce, Julius Caesar's troops on this day in 48 decisively defeated the army of Pompey at the Battle of Pharsalus, causing Pompey to flee to Egypt, where he was subsequently murdered.

The animated cartoon character made her first appearance in the cartoon, Dizzy Dishes. Thought to be modeled after singer Helen Kane, Betty was shown as a woman with an exaggerated body and a child-like face. Created by animator Max Fleischer, she is one of most recognizable cartoon characters in the world.

3 days after the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima, the city of Nagasaki was destroyed by a 21 kiloton atomic bomb nicknamed Fat Boy. About 40 to 80 thousand people were estimated killed during this American-led attack towards the end of the Second World War. A few days later on August 15, Japan surrendered to the Allies, effectively bringing the War to a close by September, 1945.

Michael David Kors (born Karl Anderson Jr.; August 9, 1959[2]) is an American fashion designer. He is the honorary chairman and chief creative officer of his brand,[3] Michael Kors, which sells men's and women's ready-to-wear, accessories, watches, jewellery, footwear, and fragrance. Kors was the first women's ready-to-wear designer

Best known as an American singer / Songwriter / Actress who had a gigantic hit appearing in her first starring role in the feature film The Bodyguard, her hit from the movie "I Will Always Love You" became one of the best-selling singles in music history.

1173 Construction of the Tower of Pisa begins, and it takes two centuries to complete, that became internationally famous as the Leaning Tower of Pisa.

The Watergate scandal was a major political scandal in the United States involving the administration of U.S. President Richard Nixon from 1972 to 1974 that led to Nixon's resignation. Gerald ford swearing in as the 38th US president on the 9th of August 1974.