1. Who defeated Pompey the Great at the Battle of Pharsalus on August 9, 48 BCE?

2. Where was Michael Brown, a Black teenager, fatally shot by a white police officer on August 9, 2014, setting off days of civil unrest and protests?

3. On what city in Japan did the United States drop an atomic bomb on August 9, 1945?

4. To what team was Wayne Gretzky traded on August 9, 1988?

5. The songs “Greatest Love of All,” “Saving All My Love for You,” and “How Will I Know” appeared on the debut album of the singer who was born on August 9, 1963. Who is she?