August 09


Thursday 09, 2001:

In Jerusalem, 15 people die and 130 wounded in the Sbarro restaurant suicide bombing.


Wednesday 09, 2000:

A Piper Navajo and a Piper Seminole collide in mid-air over a housing development in Burlington, New Jersey, killing 11


Tuesday 09, 1988:

Wayne Gretzky is traded from the Edmonton Oilers to the Los Angeles Kings in one of the most controversial transactions in hockey history.


Thursday 09, 1173:

Construction of the (Leaning) Tower of Pisa begins, and it takes two centuries to complete.


Monday 09, -48:

Julius Caesar decisively defeats Pompey at Pharsalus and Pompey flees to Egypt.


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