Historical Events on 8th September ◀ Aug September Oct ▶ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 All Events Birthdays Weddings Deaths Events 1 - 200 of 210 1024 - Duke Koenraad II chosen German king 1141 - -9] Battle of Samarkand: Yelutashi defeats Islams 1156 - Henry II Jasormigott leaves Bavaria 1264 - The Statute of Kalisz, guaranteeing Jews safety and personal liberties and giving battei din jurisdiction over Jewish matters, is promulgated by Boleslaus the Pious, Duke of Greater Poland. 1276 - John XXI elected Pope 1303 - Anagni: French King Philip IV captures Pope Boniface VIII 1331 - Stefan Dušan declares himself king of Serbia 1380 - Battle on Kulikovo: Moscows great monarch Dimitri beats Mongols beginning the decline of the Tatars 1449 - Battle of Tumu Fortress - Mongolians capture the Chinese emperor. 1504 - Michelangelos David is unveiled in Florence. 1514 - Battle of Orsha: Polish/Lithuania army defeat the Russian army Explorer Ferdinand MagellanExplorer Ferdinand Magellan 1522 - Spanish navigator Juan de Elcano returns to Spain, completing 1st circumnavigation of the globe (expedition began under Ferdinand Magellan) 1536 - Earl of Nassau disbands siege of Peronne 1545 - English Earl of Hertford leads retaliatory mission against Scotland 1553 - City of Lichfield, England forms 1563 - Maximilian chosen king of Hungary 1565 - 1st permanent settlement in US forms (St Augustine, Florida) 1565 - Turkish siege of Malta broken by Maltese & Knights of St John 1628 - Bay of Matanzas Cuba: Piet Heyn captures Spanish silver fleet 1664 - Dutch surrender New Amsterdam (NY) to 300 English soldiers 1689 - China & Russia signs Treaty of Nertsjinsk (Nierchul) 1713 - Pope Clemens XI publishes degree Unigenitus against Jansenism 1727 - A barn fire during a puppet show in the village of Burwell in Cambridgeshire, England kills 78 people, many of whom are children. 1755 - Battle of Lake George in the Province of New York: British army beats French 1756 - French and Indian War: Kittanning Expedition. 1760 - French army surrenders Montreal to General Jeffrey Amherst 1771 - Mission San Gabriel Archangel forms in California 1796 - Battle of Bassano-French beat Austrians 1831 - William IV is crowned King of Great Britain. Naturalist Charles DarwinNaturalist Charles Darwin 1833 - Charles Darwin departs to Buenos Aires 1847 - US under Gen Scott defeat Mexicans at Battle of Molino del Rey 1855 - Crimean war - assault of Malakof Tower under Patrice de Mac-Mahon, Duke of Magenta 1858 - Lincoln makes a speech about when you can fool people 1860 - Loss of steamer, Lady Elgin 1863 - -10] Federal troops reconquer the Cumperland Gap, Tennessee 1863 - Battle of Sabine Pass TX: 47 Texas volunteers repel Federal forces 1863 - Battle of Telfords Depot TN 1868 - New York Athletic Club forms 1870 - Netherlands & Britain sign Koelietraktaat Br-Indian contract work in Suriname 1883 - NY Giants score 13 runs in an inning against Phillies 1883 - Northern Pacific RRs last spike driven at Independence Creek, Mont 1888 - In England the first six Football League matches ever are played. 1892 - 1st appearance of Pledge of Allegiance (Youths Companion) 1899 - British government sends an additional 10,000 troops to Natal South Africa 1900 - 6,000 killed when a hurricane & tidal wave strikes Galveston, Texas 1905 - Pittsburgh Pirates strand NL record 18 men on base & lose to Reds 8-3 1907 - Pope Pius X publishes encyclical Pasceni dominici gregis (anti-modernism) 1914 - HMS (formerly RMS) Oceanic, sister ship of RMS Titantic, sinks off Scotland 1914 - Private Thomas Highgate becomes the first British soldier to be executed for desertion during WW1 1915 - Association of Negro Life & History founded Baseball Legend Babe RuthBaseball Legend Babe Ruth 1919 - Babe Ruth hits his 26th HR off Jack Quinn in NY, breaking Buck Freemans 1899 HR mark of 25 1920 - US Air Mail service begins (NYC to SF) 1921 - 1st Miss America crowned (Margaret Gorman of Washington DC) 1921 - Mary Gorman (Wash DC), 16, crowned 1st Miss America [or 9/14] 1923 - Honda Point Disaster: nine US Navy destroyers run aground off the California coast. Seven are lost. 1924 - Alexandra Kollontai of Russia becomes 1st woman ambassador 1926 - League of Nations Assembly voted unanimously to admit Germany 1930 - 1st appearance of comic strip Blondie 1930 - NYC public schools begin teaching Hebrew 1930 - Richard Drew creates Scotch tape 1933 - Spains 2nd government of Azaña forms 1934 - 54th US Mens Tennis: Fred Perry beats Wilmer L Allison (6-4 6-3 1-6 8-6) 1934 - Bradman scores 132 v Leveson-Gower XI, 90 mins, 24 fours 1 six 1934 - Luxury passenger ship Morro Castle bound for NJ catches fire, 133 die 1935 - Willy de Supervise swims runs world record 200 m freestyle (2:25.2) 1936 - Princess Juliana & German prince Bernard Lippe-Biesterfeld get engaged 1937 - Pan Arab conference about Palestine opens 1937 - Yankees trailing 6-1 in 9th, score 8 to beat Boston 9-6 32nd US President Franklin D. Roosevelt32nd US President Franklin D. Roosevelt 1939 - FDR declares limited national emergency due to war in Europe 1939 - Gen Von Reichenaus panzer division reaches suburbs of Warsaw 1939 - Indians Bob Feller, 20, is youngest pitcher to win 20 games 1939 - Yanks beat Red Sox 4-1 in 7, game called because of lightning 1941 - Blockade of Leningrad (St Petersburg) by Germany begins 1941 - Entire Jewish community of Meretsch, Lithuania, is exterminated 1943 - Italy surrenders to Allies in WWII 1943 - Lt-Gen Bradley flies to Carthago/Algiers Sicily 1943 - NY Giants pitcher Ace Adams sets record by working in his 62nd game 1944 - 1st V-2 rockets land in London & Antwerp 1944 - Russians march into Bulgaria; Bulgaria declares war on Germany 1945 - US invades Japanese-held Korea 1945 - Hideki Tojo, Japanese PM during most of WW II, attempts suicide rather than face war crimes tribunal attempt fails, later he is hanged 1946 - 60th US Womens Tennis: Pauline Betz beats Patricia Canning (11-9 6-3) 1946 - 66th US Mens Tennis: Jack Kramer beats Tom Brown Jr (9-7 6-3 6-0) 1946 - Bill Kennedy of Rocky Mount (CPL) strikes out minors record 456 1946 - Bulgaria ends monarchy 1946 - Jack Kramer wins US Tennis Open 1946 - SF 49ers play 1st AAFC game, lose to NY Yankees 21-7 1947 - British government sails Exodus with fugitives from Nazis 1948 - British De Havilland 08-fighter flies faster than sound 1951 - Japan signs peace treaty with 48 countries (SF) 1951 - Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Sempiternus Rex 1952 - Ernest Hemmingways Old Man & the Sea published 1953 - Carnival in Flanders opens at New Century Theater NY for 6 performances 1953 - Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Fulgeno corona 1954 - With a 3-2 count, Phillies Richie Ashburn fouls next 14, then walks 1954 - Alan Freed leaves Cleveland to NYC for WINS radio 1954 - SE Asia Treaty Org (SEATO) forms to stop communist spread in SE Asia 1955 - Earliest clinching of an NL pennant (Brooklyn Dodgers) 1956 - Harry Belafontes album Calypso, goes to #1 & stays #1 for 31 weeks Tennis Player and Four-Time Major Champion Ashley CooperTennis Player and Four-Time Major Champion Ashley Cooper 1957 - 77th US Mens Tennis: M J Anderson beats ashley j cooper (10-8 7-5 6-4) 1957 - Jackie Wilson, releases his 1st solo single Reet Petite 1957 - Pope Pius XII encyclical On motion pictures, radio, TV 1958 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Dallas Golf Open 1958 - Oman turns over Gwadur (on Baluchistan coast) to Pakistan 1958 - Paul Anka opens Asian tour in Tokyo 1959 - The Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) is established. 1960 - German Democratic Republic limits access to East-Berlin for West Berliners 1962 - Chinese troops exceed Mac-Mahon-line (Tibet-India boundary) 1962 - USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR 1962 - Last run of the famous Pines Express over the Somerset and Dorset Railway line (UK) fittingly using the last steam locomotive built by British Railways, 9F locomotive 92220 Evening Star 1963 - 77th US Womens Tennis: Maria Fraser beats Margaret Smith Court (75 64) 1963 - 83rd US Mens Tennis: R H Osuna beats Frank Froehling III (75 64 62) 1963 - Algerian population accepts constitution 1963 - Braves Warren Spahn ties Christy Mathewson with 13 20-win seasons 1963 - Ines Cuervo de Priete, 34, gives birth to quintuplets, all boys 1963 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Spokane Womens Golf Open 1965 - Hurricane Betsy kills 75 in Louisiana & Florida 1965 - KC As Bert Campaneris plays all 9 positions in a game 1966 - Star Trek premieres on NBC-TV 1966 - That Girl starring Marlo Thomas premieres on ABC-TV 1966 - The Severn Bridge is officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II 1967 - Surveyor 5 launched; makes soft landing on Moon Sept 10 1967 - Uganda abolishes traditional tribal kingdoms, becomes a republic 1967 - The formal end of steam traction in the North East of England by British Railways. 1968 - Funny Girl with Barbra Striesand premieres 1968 - France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island 1968 - Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Pacific Ladies Golf Classic 1968 - Saundra Williams wins 1st Miss Black America pageant Tennis Player Rod LaverTennis Player Rod Laver 1969 - 2nd US Tennis Open: Rod Laver wins, completing his 2nd grand slam. The mens singles final also featured the smallest recorded session of 3,708 due to rain. 1969 - 89th US Mens Tennis: Rodney G Laver beats Tony Roche (79 61 62 62) 1969 - Suleiman Maghrabi appointed premier of Libya 1969 - US amateur Mens Tennis: Stan Smith beats Bob Lutz (97 63 61) 1970 - Hijacking (and subsequent destruction) of three airliners to Jordan by Palestinians; the events to follow would later become known as Black September 1971 - John F Kennedy Center for Performing Arts opens in Washington DC 1972 - Chic Cub Ferguson Jenkins wins his 20th game for 6th straight year 1972 - Jim Ryan (US) & Billy Fordjour (Ghana) collide & fall in qualifying competitions for 1,500m finals, ending Ryans chances for gold 1973 - 87th US Womens Tennis: M S Court beats E Goolagong Cawley (76 57 62) 1973 - Billy Martin named manager of Texas Rangers Baseball Player Hank AaronBaseball Player Hank Aaron 1973 - Hank Aaron sets record of most HRs in 1 league (709) 1973 - Rebecca Ann King (Colo), 23, crowned 46th Miss America 1974 1973 - Star Trek - Animated Series premieres on TV 1974 - 88th US Womens Tennis: Billie J King beats Evonne Goolagong (36 63 75) 1974 - 94th US Mens Tennis: Jimmy Connors beats Ken Rosewall (61 60 61) 1974 - Ian Thompson wins marathon (2:13:18.8) 1974 - Joanne Carner wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open 1974 - President Gerald Ford pardons former President Richard Nixon of all federal crimes 1975 - Boston begins court-ordered bussing of public schools 37th US President Richard Nixon37th US President Richard Nixon 1975 - Guinee-Bissau declares independence from Portugal 1976 - Fons Rademakers film Max Havelaar premieres in Amsterdam 1977 - Interpol sends a resolution concerning video piracy 1977 - Jimmy McCullough quits Wings 1978 - 2nd game of Boston Massacre; Yanks beat Red Sox 13-2 1978 - Iranian army fires on Khomeini followers in Teheran, 100s killed 1979 - Cheryl Prewitt (Miss), 22, crowned 52nd Miss America 1980 1979 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site 1980 - Bowie Kuhn suspends Ferguson Jenkins indefinitely due to drug arrest 1982 - Dutch social democratic party wins elections, fascist enters Dutch parliament 1983 - NASA launches RCA-6 1984 - 98th US Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats Chris E L Mills (46 64 64) 1984 - Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 41G mission 1985 - USA Weekends 1st issue, appears in 255 newspapers 1985 - 105th US Mens Tennis: Ivan Lendl beats John McEnroe (7-6 6-3 6-4) 1985 - 7 die in a car & train crash in San Jose, Calif 1985 - Alayson Gibbons sets 24 hr women swim record of 42.05 mi in 25 m pool 1985 - Shuttle Discovery flies back to Kennedy Space Center via Kelly AFB 1985 - Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Portland Ping Golf Championship MLB Player and Manager Pete RoseMLB Player and Manager Pete Rose 1985 - Pete Rose ties Ty Cobb with 4,191 hits 1986 - Westinghouse sells Muzak 1986 - The Oprah Winfrey Show is first broadcast nationally. 1987 - Emmy News & Documentaries Award presentation 1988 - Javier Sotomayer of Cuba high jumps world record 2.43m 1988 - NL pres Bart Giamatti is unanimously elected baseballs 7th commissioner 1989 - George Brett gets his 2,500th hit 1989 - Mausoleum of Beatrice of Brabant (1288) discovered in Kortrijk, Belgium 1989 - Norwegian Convair 580 crashes at Jutland in sea (55 murder) 1990 - 104th US Womens Tennis Open: Gabriela Sabatini beats Steffi Graf (6-2 7-6) Tennis Player Steffi GrafTennis Player Steffi Graf 1990 - Ellis Island Historical Site opens on Ellis Island NYC 1991 - 111th US Mens Tennis: Stefan Edberg beats Jim Courier (62 64 60) 1991 - Buffalo Bill Jim Kelly passes for 6 touchdowns vs Pitts (52-34) 1991 - Macedonia votes for independence from Yugoslavia 1991 - Michelle Estill wins Ping-Cellular One LPGA Golf Championship 1992 - Danny Tartabull has 9 RBIs as Yanks beat Orioles 16-4 1992 - Howard Stern Radio Show begins broadcasting in Dallas (KGEL-FM 97.1) 1993 - Baseballs proposed switch to a three-division format OKed in AL 1993 - Cheek Junxia wins world record ladies 10 km (29:31.78) 1993 - Houstons Darryl Kile throws 3rd no-hitter of season in 7-1 over Mets 1994 - Philadelphia, Here I Come opens at Criterion NYC for 52 perfs 1994 - Last US, British & French troops leave West Berlin Princess of Rock and Roll Lisa Marie PresleyPrincess of Rock and Roll Lisa Marie Presley 1994 - MTV awards feature newlyweds Michael Jackson & Lisa Marie Presley 1994 - Man shoots another man on IRT #4 train at Grand Central Station 1994 - USAir Boeing 737 crashes at Pitts Airport, killing all 132 on board 1995 - Cleveland Indians clinch 1st AL Central Division title 1996 - 7 Guitars closes at Walter Kerr Theater NYC 1996 - 110th US Womens Tennis Open: Steffi Graf beats Monica Seles (7-5 6-4) 1996 - 116th US Mens Tennis: Pete Sampras beats Michael Chang (61 64 76) 1996 - 48th Emmy Awards: ER, Dennis Franz & Kathy Baker win 1996 - Dottie Pepper wins Safeway LPGA title Tennis Player Pete SamprasTennis Player Pete Sampras 1996 - Ping-Cellular One LPGA Golf Championship 1996 - Sri Lanka defeat Australia to win Singer World Series at Colombo 1999 - United States Attorney General Janet Reno names former Senator John Danforth to head an independent investigation of the 1993 fire at the Branch Davidian church near Waco, Texas in response to revelations in the film Waco: The Rules of Engagement contradicting the official government stories. 2002 - Texas Rangers set a major league record by homering in their 26th consecutive game as Texas falls to the Tampa Bay 2004 - The NASA unmanned spacecraft Genesis crash-lands when its parachute fails to open. 2005 - Two EMERCOM Il-76 aircraft land at a disaster aid staging area at Little Rock Air Force Base; the first time Russia has flown such a mission to North America. 2012 - 6 people are killed by a Taliban suicide bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan 2012 - 8 people are killed after a tractor is hut by a train in Romania 2013 - 11 people are killed and 18 are injured after a gunfire attack in Guatemala City 2013 - 11 people are killed after a minibus collides with a train in Lasi, Romania 2013 - 6 people are killed and 9 are injured after a minibus collides with a car in Jakarta, Indonesia 2013 - Sebastian Vettel wins the 2013 Italian Formula One Grand Prix Tennis Player Serena WilliamsTennis Player Serena Williams 2013 - Serena Williams wins her fifth Womens Singles US Open title
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