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What Happened on September 8th This Day in History

Year	Name
2022	Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom dies at Balmoral Castle in Scotland after a reign lasting over 70 years. Her son Charles, Prince of Wales, becomes King of the United Kingdom, assumed the regnal name Charles III.[11]
2017	Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) announce the beginning of the Deir ez-Zor campaign, with the stated aim of eliminating the Islamic State (IS) from all areas north and east of the Euphrates.[9]
2016	NASA launches OSIRIS-REx, its first asteroid sample return mission. The probe will visit 101955 Bennu and is expected to return with samples in 2023.
2005	Two Ilyushin Il-76 aircraft from EMERCOM 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.
2004	NASA's unmanned spacecraft Genesis crash-lands when its parachute fails to open.
1994	USAir Flight 427, on approach to Pittsburgh International Airport, suddenly crashes in clear weather killing all 132 aboard, resulting in the most extensive aviation investigation in world history and altering manufacturing practices in the industry.
1989	Partnair Flight 394 dives into the North Sea, killing 55 people. The investigation showed that the tail of the plane vibrated loose in flight due to sub-standard connecting bolts that had been fraudulently sold as aircraft-grade.
1988	Yellowstone National Park is closed for the first time in U.S. history due to ongoing fires.
1986	Nicholas Daniloff, a correspondent for U.S. News & World Report, is indicted on charges of espionage by the Soviet Union.
1978	Black Friday, a massacre by soldiers against protesters in Tehran, results in 88 deaths, it marks the beginning of the end of the monarchy in Iran.
1975	Gays in the military: US Air Force Tech Sergeant Leonard Matlovich, a decorated veteran of the Vietnam War, appears in his Air Force uniform on the cover of Time magazine with the headline "I Am A Homosexual". He is given a general discharge, later upgraded to honorable.
1974	Watergate scandal: US President Gerald Ford signs the pardon of Richard Nixon for any crimes Nixon may have committed while in office.
1973	World Airways Flight 802 crashes into Mount Dutton in King Cove, Alaska, killing six people.
1971	In Washington, D.C., the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is inaugurated, with the opening feature being the premiere of Leonard Bernstein's Mass.
1970	Trans International Airlines Flight 863 crashes during takeoff from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City, killing all 11 aboard.
1966	The landmark American science fiction television series Star Trek premieres with its first-aired episode, "The Man Trap".
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, BR Standard Class 9F 92220 Evening Star.
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).
1954	The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) is established.
1952	The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation makes its first televised broadcast on the second escape of the Boyd Gang.
1946	The referendum abolishes the monarchy in Bulgaria.
1945	The division of Korea begins when United States troops arrive to partition the southern part of Korea in response to Soviet troops occupying the northern part of the peninsula a month earlier.
1944	World War II: London is hit by a V-2 rocket for the first time.
1943	World War II: The Armistice of Cassibile is proclaimed by radio. OB Süd immediately implements plans to disarm the Italian forces.
1941	World War II: German forces begin the Siege of Leningrad.
1935	US Senator from Louisiana Huey Long is fatally shot in the Louisiana State Capitol building.
1934	Off the New Jersey coast, a fire aboard the passenger liner SS Morro Castle kills 137 people.
1933	Ghazi bin Faisal became King of Iraq.
1926	Germany is admitted to the League of Nations.
1925	Rif War: Spanish forces including troops from the Foreign Legion under Colonel Francisco Franco landing at Al Hoceima, Morocco.
1923	Honda Point disaster: Nine US Navy destroyers run aground off the California coast. Seven are lost, and twenty-three sailors killed.
1921	Margaret Gorman, a 16-year-old, wins the Atlantic City Pageant's Golden Mermaid trophy; pageant officials later dubbed her the first Miss America.
1916	In a bid to prove that women were capable of serving as military dispatch riders, Augusta and Adeline Van Buren arrive in Los Angeles, completing a 60-day, 5,500 mile cross-country trip on motorcycles.
1914	World War I: Private Thomas Highgate becomes the first British soldier to be executed for desertion during the war.
1905	The 7.2 Mw  Calabria earthquake shakes southern Italy with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), killing between 557 and 2,500 people.
1900	Galveston hurricane: A powerful hurricane hits Galveston, Texas killing about 8,000 people.
1892	The Pledge of Allegiance is first recited.
1888	Isaac Peral's submarine is first tested.
1888	The Great Herding (Spanish: El Gran Arreo) begins with thousands of sheep being herded from the Argentine outpost of Fortín Conesa to Santa Cruz near the Strait of Magellan.
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 are played.
1883	The Northern Pacific Railway (reporting mark NP) was completed in a ceremony at Gold Creek, Montana. Former president Ulysses S. Grant drove in the final "golden spike" in an event attended by rail and political luminaries.
1863	American Civil War: In the Second Battle of Sabine Pass, a small Confederate force thwarts a Union invasion of Texas.
1862	Millennium of Russia monument is unveiled in Novgorod.
1860	The steamship PS Lady Elgin sinks on Lake Michigan, with the loss of around 300 lives.
1855	Crimean War: The French assault the tower of Malakoff, leading to the capture of Sevastopol.
1831	William IV and Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
1831	November uprising: The Battle of Warsaw effectively ends the Polish insurrection.
1813	At the final stage of the Peninsular War, British-Portuguese troops capture the town of Donostia (now San Sebastián), resulting in a rampage and eventual destruction of the town.
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 arrives at the mouth of the Columbia River and Astor's men establish the fur-trading town of Astoria, Oregon.
1796	French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Bassano: French forces defeat Austrian troops at Bassano del Grappa.
1793	French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Hondschoote.
1781	American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Eutaw Springs in South Carolina, the war's last significant battle in the Southern theater, ends in a narrow British tactical victory.
1775	The unsuccessful Rising of the Priests in Malta.
1761	Marriage of King George III of the United Kingdom to Duchess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
1760	French and Indian War: French surrender Montreal to the British, completing the latter's conquest of New France.
1756	French and Indian War: Kittanning Expedition.
1755	French and Indian War: Battle of Lake George.
1727	A barn fire during a puppet show in the village of Burwell in Cambridgeshire, England kills 78 people, many of whom are children.
1655	Warsaw falls without resistance to a small force under the command of Charles X Gustav of Sweden during The Deluge, making it the first time the city is captured by a foreign army.
1565	St. Augustine, Florida is founded by Spanish admiral and Florida's first governor, Pedro Menéndez de Avilés.
1565	The Knights of Malta lift the Ottoman siege of Malta that began on May 18.
1522	Magellan–Elcano circumnavigation: Victoria arrives at Seville, technically completing the first circumnavigation.
1514	Battle of Orsha: In one of the biggest battles of the century, Lithuanians and Poles defeat the Russian army.
1504	Michelangelo's David is unveiled in Piazza della Signoria in Florence.
1380	Battle of Kulikovo: Russian forces defeat a mixed army of Tatars and Mongols, stopping their advance.
1331	Stefan Dušan declares himself king of Serbia.
1276	Pope John XXI is elected Pope.
1264	The Statute of Kalisz, guaranteeing Jews safety and personal liberties and giving battei din jurisdiction over Jewish matters, is promulgated by Bolesław the Pious, Duke of Greater Poland.
1253	Pope Innocent IV canonises Stanislaus of Szczepanów, killed by King Bolesław II.
1198	Philip of Swabia, Prince of Hohenstaufen, is crowned King of Germany (King of the Romans)
1100	Election of Antipope Theodoric.
617	Battle of Huoyi: Li Yuan defeats a Sui dynasty army, opening the path to his capture of the imperial capital Chang'an and the eventual establishment of the Tang dynasty.

Famous People Born on September 8

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Year	Name
685	Emperor Xuanzong of Tang (d. 762)
1975	Larenz Tate, American actor, director, and producer
1973	Gabrial McNair, American saxophonist, keyboard player, and composer
1933	Eric Salzman, American composer, producer, and critic (d. 2017)
1881	Harry Hillman, American runner and hurdler (d. 1945)
1947	Benjamin Orr, American singer-songwriter and bass player (d. 2000)
1979	Pink, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
1975	Elena Likhovtseva, Russian tennis player
1948	Great Kabuki, Japanese wrestler
1828	Joshua Chamberlain, American general and politician, 32nd Governor of Maine (d. 1914)

Famous People Deaths On September 8

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Date	Name
1873	Johan Gabriel Ståhlberg, Finnish priest and father of K. J. Ståhlberg, the first President of Finland (b. 1832)
780	Leo IV the Khazar, Byzantine emperor (b. 750)
2005	Noel Cantwell, Irish cricketer, footballer, and manager (b. 1932)
1985	John Franklin Enders, American virologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887)
1970	Percy Spencer, American engineer, invented the microwave oven (b. 1894)
1761	Bernard Forest de Bélidor, French mathematician and engineer (b. 1698)
1882	Joseph Liouville, French mathematician and academic (b. 1809)
1954	André Derain, French painter and sculptor (b. 1880)
2004	Frank Thomas, American animator, voice actor, and screenwriter (b. 1913)
1555	Saint Thomas of Villanueva, Spanish bishop and saint(b. 1488)