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September 8
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{{PAGENAME}} is the 251st day of the year (252nd in
leap years). There are 114 days remaining.
Events
*
1331 -
Stefan Dusan declares himself king of
Serbia
*
1380 -
Battle of Kulikovo -
Russian forces defeat a mixed army of
Tatars and
Mongols, stopping their advance.
*
1449 -
Battle of Tumu Fortress -
Mongolians capture the
China Chinese emperor.
*
1504 -
Michelangelo's David Michelangelo's ''David'' is unveiled in
Florence.
*
1514 -
Battle of Orsha - In one of the biggest battles of the century, Belarussians and
Polish people Poles defeat the Russian army.
*
1565 -
Pedro Menéndez de Avilés settles
St. Augustine, Florida.
* 1565 - The
Knights of Malta lift the
Turkey Turkish siege of
Malta (the
Siege of Malta (1565) Siege of Malta started on
May 18).
*
1636 - A vote of the Great and General Court of the
Massachusetts Bay Colony establishes the first college in what would become the
United States, today known as
Harvard University.
*
1664 - The Dutch colony of New Amsterdam was surrendered to the British who renamed it
New York in
1669.
*
1727 - A barn fire during a puppet show in the village of
Burwell, Cambridgeshire Burwell in Cambs, UK kills 78 people, many of whom are children
*
1755 -
French and Indian War: Battle of Lake George
*
1796 -
Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Bassano -
France French forces defeat
Austrian troops at
Bassano.
*
1810 - The ''Tonquin'' sets sail from
New York Harbor with 33 employees of
John Jacob Astor's newly created
Pacific Fur Company on board. After a six-month journey around the tip of South America, the ship arrived at the mouth of the
Columbia River and Astor's men established fur-trading town of
Astoria, Oregon.
*
1831 -
William IV of the United Kingdom William IV was crowned King of
Great Britain.
*
1863 -
American Civil War:
Second Battle of Sabine Pass - On the
Texas-
Louisiana border at the mouth of the
Sabine River, a small
Confederate States of America Confederate force thwarts a
United States Union invasion of Texas.
*
1888 - In
London, the body of
Jack the Ripper's second murder victim,
Annie Chapman, is found.
* 1888 - In
England the first six
Football League matches ever are played.
*
1900 -
Galveston Hurricane of 1900: a powerful
tropical cyclone hurricane hits
Galveston, Texas killing about 8,000 people.
*
1921- 16-year-old
Margaret Gorman won the
Atlantic City Pageant's Golden Mermaid trophy; pageant officials later dubbed her the first
Miss America.
*
1923 -
Honda Point Disaster: Nine
US Navy destroyers run aground off the
California coast. Seven are lost.
*
1926 -
Germany was admitted to the
League of Nations.
*
1930 - 3M begins marketing Scotch transparent tape.
*
1934 - Off the
New Jersey coast, a fire aboard the passenger liner ''
SS Morro Castle'' kills 135 people.
*
1935 -
United States Senate US Senator from
Louisiana,
Huey Long, nicknamed "Kingfish", is fatally shot in the Louisiana capitol building.
*
1941 -
World War II:
Siege of Leningrad begins.
Germany German forces begin a siege against the
Soviet Union's second-largest city,
Saint Petersburg Leningrad. Stalin orders the
Volga Deutsche deported to
Siberia.
*
1943 -
World War II:
United States General
Dwight D. Eisenhower publicly announces the
Allies Allied armistice with Italy.
* 1943 -
World War II:
Julius Fucik is executed by Nazis.
*
1944 -
World War II:
London is hit by a
V2 rocket for the first time.
* 1944 -
World War II:
Menton is liberated from
Germany.
*
1945 -
Cold War:
United States troops arrive to partition the southern part of
Korea in response to
Soviet Union Soviet troops occupying the northern part of the peninsula a month earlier.
*
1951 -
Treaty of San Francisco: In
San Francisco, California, 48 nations sign a
peace treaty with
Japan in formal recognition of the end of the
Pacific War.
*
1954 - The
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) is established.
*
1960 - In
Huntsville, Alabama, US President
Dwight D. Eisenhower formally dedicates the
Marshall Space Flight Center (
NASA had already activated the facility on
July 1).
*
1962 - Newly independent,
Algeria, by referendum, adopts a Constitution.
*
1966 - "
The Man Trap", the first episode of the
science fiction television series ''
Star Trek: The Original Series Star Trek'' airs.
* 1966 - The Severn Road Bridge was officially opened.
*
1971 - In
Washington, DC, the
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is inaugurated, with the opening feature being the premiere of
Leonard Bernstein's ''Mass''.
*
1974 -
Watergate Scandal: US President
Gerald Ford pardons former President
Richard Nixon for any crimes Nixon may have committed while in office.
* 1974 -
Evel Knievel's attempt to jump the Snake River Canyon at
Twin Falls, Idaho Twin Falls,
Idaho, fails after a parachute prematurely deploys on his "sky cycle."
*
1991 -
Republic of Macedonia becomes independent.
*
1994 - A
Boeing 737 operating
USAir Flight 427 carrying 132 people on board, crashes on approach to
Pittsburgh International Airport. There are no survivors.
*
1998 - At
Busch Stadium in
St. Louis, Missouri,
Mark McGwire breaks
Roger Maris'
1961 record of 61
home runs hit in a single season.
*
1999 - US Attorney General
Janet Reno names former US Senator
John Danforth to head an independent investigation of the 1993 fire at the
Branch Davidian compound ''near''
Waco, Texas.
*
2000 - The
Albania Republic of Albania officially joins the
World Trade Organization, as ''Albania''.
*
2001 -
Durban, South Africa hosts the World Conference against Racism.
*
2003 -
Brianna LaHara, a 12-year-old U.S. schoolgirl, is sued by the
RIAA for sharing music illegally.
*
2004 - The
NASA unmanned spacecraft ''
Genesis (spacecraft) Genesis'' crash-lands when its parachute fails to open.
Births
*
801 -
Ansgar, German Catholic archbishop
*
828 -
Ali al-Hadi, Shia Imam (d.
868)
*
1157 - King
Richard I of England (d.
1199)
*
1207 - King
Sancho II of Portugal
*
1271 -
Charles Martel d'Anjou, son of
Charles II of Naples (d.
1295)
*
1380 - Saint
Bernardino of Siena, Italian Franciscan missionary (d.
1444)
*
1474 -
Ludovico Ariosto, Italian poet (d.
1533)
*
1515 -
Alfonso Salmeron, Spanish Jesuit biblical scholar (d.
1585)
*
1588 -
Marin Mersenne, French mathematician (d.
1648)
*
1611 -
Johann Friedrich Gronovius, German classical scholar (d.
1671)
*
1621 -
Louis II de Bourbon, Prince de Condé, French general (d.
1686)
*
1633 -
Ferdinand IV of Germany (d.
1654)
*
1672 -
Nicolas de Grigny, French organist and composer (d.
1703)
*
1749 -
Gabrielle de Polastron, comtesse de Polignac, French aristocrat (d.
1793)
*
1778 -
Clemens Brentano, German poet (d.
1842)
*
1783 -
Nicolai Grundtvig, Danish writer and philosopher (d.
1872)
*
1804 -
Eduard Mörike, German poet (d.
1875)
*
1814 -
Charles Etienne Brasseur de Bourbourg Charles-Étienne Brasseur de Bourbourg, French writer and historian (d.
1874)
*
1828 -
Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, American Civil War soldier
*
1830 -
Frédéric Mistral, French poet,
Nobel Prize in Literature Nobel Prize laureate (d.
1914)
*
1841 -
Antonin Dvorak, Czech composer (d.
1904)
*
1852 - Emperor
Gojong Gwangmu of Korea (d.
1919)
*
1873 -
David O. McKay, president of
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d.
1970)
*
1881 -
Harry Hillman, American athlete
*
1886 -
Siegfried Sassoon, English poet (d.
1967)
*
1889 -
Robert Alphonso Taft, U.S. Senator from Ohio (d.
1953)
*
1897 -
Jimmie Rodgers (country singer) Jimmie Rodgers, American singer and composer (d.
1933)
*
1901 -
Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd,
Prime Minister of South Africa (d.
1966)
*
1910 -
Jean-Louis Barrault, French actor and director (d.
1994)
*
1914 - Sir
Denys Lasdun, English architect (d.
2001)
*
1918 -
Derek Harold Richard Barton, British chemist,
Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize laureate (d.
1998)
*
1919 -
Gianni Brera, (Giovanni Luigi Brera), Italian journalist and writer (d.
1992)
*
1921 -
Harry Secombe, Welsh entertainer (d.
2001)
*
1922 -
Sid Caesar, American comedian
* 1922 -
Lyndon LaRouche, American politician
*
1924 -
Mimi Parent, Canadian painter (d.
2005)
*
1925 -
Peter Sellers, English actor (d.
1980)
*
1929 -
Christoph von Dohnanyi, German conductor
*
1930 -
Nguyen Cao Ky, Premier of South Vietnam
*
1932 -
Patsy Cline, American singer (d.
1963)
*
1933 -
Michael Frayn, British playwright
*
1934 -
Peter Maxwell Davies, British composer
*
1938 -
Sam Nunn, American politician
*
1939 -
Carsten Keller, German field hockey player
*
1944 -
Terry Jenner, Australian Cricketer
*
1945 -
Ron Pigpen McKernan, American musician (the
Grateful Dead) (d.
1973)
* 1945 -
Rogatien Vachon Rogie Vachon, Canadian ice hockey goaltender
*
1947 -
Ann Beattie, American writer
* 1947 -
Valery Afanassiev, Russian pianist
*
1956 -
Frank Tovey, British singer and musician (d.
2002)
*
1959 -
Daler Nazarov, Tajik composer, musician and actor
*
1960 -
Aimee Mann, American musician
*
1964 -
Michael Johns, American business executive and White House speechwriter
* 1964 -
Scott Levy, American professional wrestler
* 1964 -
Joachim Nielsen, Norwegian musician (d.
2000)
*
1966 -
Carola Häggkvist Carola, Swedish singer
*
1969 -
Gary Speed, Welsh footballer
*
1970 -
Neko Case, American musician
* 1970 -
Latrell Sprewell, American basketball player
* 1970 -
Yuji Nishizawa, Japanese hijacker
*
1971 -
Brooke Burke, American model
* 1971 -
Daniel Petrov, Bulgarian boxer
*
1972 -
Lisa Kennedy, American television personality
*
1975 -
Richard Hughes, English musician, (
Keane)
*
1976 -
Sjeng Schalken, Dutch tennis player
*
1979 -
Pink (musician) Pink, American singer
*
1981 -
Morten Gamst Pedersen, Norwegian footballer
* 1981 -
Jonathan Taylor Thomas, American actor
Deaths
*
701 -
Pope Sergius I
*
780 -
Leo IV Chozar Leo IV,
Byzantine Emperor
*
1425 - King
Charles III of Navarre (b.
1361)
*
1539 -
John Stokesley, English churchman
*
1603 -
George Carey, 2nd Baron Hunsdon, English politician (b.
1547)
*
1613 -
Carlo Gesualdo, Italian composer (b.
1566)
*
1637 -
Robert Fludd, English mystic (b.
1574)
*
1644 -
John Coke, English politician (b.
1563)
* 1644 -
Francis Quarles, English poet (b.
1592)
*
1645 -
Francisco de Quevedo, Spanish writer (b.
1580)
*
1656 -
Joseph Hall, English bishop and writer (b.
1574)
*
1682 -
Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish writer (b.
1606)
*
1721 -
Michael Brokoff, Czech sculptor (b.
1686)
*
1739 -
Yuri Troubetzkoy, Governor of Belgorod (b.
1668)
*
1755 -
Ephraim Williams, American philanthropist (b.
1715)
*
1761 -
Bernard Forest de Bélidor, French engineer (b.
1698)
*
1780 -
Enoch Poor, American Continental Army general (b.
1736)
*
1784 -
Ann Lee, American religious leader (b.
1736)
*
1811 -
Peter Simon Pallas, German zoologist (b.
1741)
*
1894 -
Hermann von Helmholtz, German physician (b.
1821)
*
1933 - King
Faysal I of Iraq (b.
1883)
*
1943 -
Julius Fucik, Czech journalist (executed) (b.
1903)
*
1948 -
Thomas Mofolo, Lesotho writer (b.
1876)
*
1949 -
Richard Strauss, German composer (b.
1864)
*
1965 -
Dorothy Dandridge, American actress (b.
1922)
* 1965 -
Hermann Staudinger, German chemist,
Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize laureate (b.
1881)
*
1969 -
Bud Collyer, American television game show host (b.
1908)
* 1969 -
Alexandra David-Néel, French explorer and writer (b.
1868)
*
1977 -
Zero Mostel, American actor (b.
1915)
*
1979 -
Jean Seberg, American actress (b.
1938)
*
1980 -
Willard Libby, American chemist,
Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize laureate (b.
1908)
*
1981 -
Bill Shankly, Scottish football manager (b.
1913)
* 1981 -
Roy Wilkins, American civil rights activist (b.
1901)
* 1981 -
Hideki Yukawa, Japanese physicist,
Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize laureate (b.
1907)
*
1985 -
John Franklin Enders, American scientist, recipient of the
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b.
1887)
*
2002 -
Laurie Williams, West Indian cricketer (b.
1968)
*
2003 -
Jaclyn Linetsky, Canadian voice actress (b.
1986)
* 2003 -
Vadim Schneider, Canadian\French actor (b.
1986)
* 2003 -
Leni Riefenstahl, German film director (b.
1902)
*
2004 -
Frank Thomas (animator) Frank Thomas, American animator (b.
1913)
*
2005 -
Noel Cantwell, Irish cricketer and footballer (b.
1932)
Holidays
*
Calendar of Saints RC Saints - Feast of the Birth of
Mary, the mother of Jesus Mary, also in the Anglican Church;
Pope Sergius I
*
September 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Eastern Orthodoxy - Feast of the Nativity of the
Theotokos
*
Andorra -
National day: Mare de Deu de Meritxell
*
Bahá'à Faith - Feast of 'Izzat (Might) - First day of the tenth month of the
Bahá'à calendar
*
Republic of Macedonia -
Independence day (from Yugoslavia,
1991)
*
Zozobra Fiestas de Santa Fe in
New Mexico,
USA
External links
-
BBC: On This Day
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September 7 -
September 9 -
August 8 -
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historical anniversaries
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