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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_24" title="August 24">August 24</a></b>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calendar_of_saints" title="Calendar of saints">Feast day</a> of <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartholomew_the_Apostle" title="Bartholomew the Apostle">Saint Bartholomew the Apostle</a></b> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Christianity" title="Western Christianity">Western Christianity</a>); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_Day_of_Ukraine" title="Independence Day of Ukraine">Independence Day</a></b> in Ukraine (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991" title="1991">1991</a>)
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/49_BC" title="49 BC">49 BC</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesar%27s_civil_war" title="Caesar's civil war">Caesar's Civil War</a>: Forces loyal to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Caesar" title="Julius Caesar">Julius Caesar</a> led by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaius_Scribonius_Curio_(tribune_50_BC)" title="Gaius Scribonius Curio (tribune 50 BC)">Gaius Scribonius Curio</a> were <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Bagradas_(49_BC)" title="Battle of the Bagradas (49 BC)">defeated</a></b> by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optimates_and_populares" title="Optimates and populares">Pompeian Republicans</a> under <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publius_Attius_Varus" title="Publius Attius Varus">Publius Attius Varus</a> and King <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juba_I_of_Numidia" title="Juba I of Numidia">Juba I of Numidia</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1643" title="1643">1643</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_expedition_to_Valdivia" title="Dutch expedition to Valdivia">A Dutch expedition</a></b> arrived at the mouth of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valdivia_River" title="Valdivia River">Valdivia River</a>, in present-day Chile, to establish a new colony in the ruins of the abandoned Spanish settlement of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valdivia" title="Valdivia">Valdivia</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1662" title="1662">1662</a> – The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Common_Prayer_(1662)" title="Book of Common Prayer (1662)">1662 <i>Book of Common Prayer</i></a></b> was <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Act_of_Uniformity_1662" title="Act of Uniformity 1662">legally enforced</a> as the liturgy of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_England" title="Church of England">Church of England</a>, precipitating the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Ejection" title="Great Ejection">Great Ejection</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Dissenters" title="English Dissenters">Dissenter</a> ministers from their <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benefice" title="Benefice">benefices</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1963" title="1963">1963</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhist_crisis" title="Buddhist crisis">Buddhist crisis</a>: The U.S. State Department <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cable_243" title="Cable 243">ordered</a></b> Ambassador <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Cabot_Lodge_Jr." title="Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.">Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.</a> to encourage <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Army_of_the_Republic_of_Vietnam" title="Army of the Republic of Vietnam">South Vietnamese Army</a> officers to oust <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ngo_Dinh_Diem" title="Ngo Dinh Diem">Ngo Dinh Diem</a> if he did not willingly remove <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ng%C3%B4_%C4%90%C3%ACnh_Nhu" title="Ngô Đình Nhu">Ngo Dinh Nhu</a> from his unofficial position of power.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006" title="2006">2006</a> – The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Astronomical_Union" title="International Astronomical Union">International Astronomical Union</a> <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IAU_definition_of_planet" title="IAU definition of planet">passed a resolution</a></b> redefining the term <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planet" title="Planet">planet</a> and classifying <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluto" title="Pluto">Pluto</a> as a <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwarf_planet" title="Dwarf planet">dwarf planet</a></b>.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhang_Ye_(Later_Shu)" title="Zhang Ye (Later Shu)">Zhang Ye</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 948); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnus_Barefoot" title="Magnus Barefoot">Magnus Barefoot</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1103); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavinia_Fontana" title="Lavinia Fontana">Lavinia Fontana</a></b> (<abbr title="baptised">bapt.</abbr> 1552); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Lee_Fisher" title="Anna Lee Fisher">Anna Lee Fisher</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1949)</p>
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