September 8

September 8 is the 251st day of the year (252nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 114 days remaining until the end of the year.

Events

• 70 – Roman forces under Titus sack Jerusalem.
• 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.
• 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.
• 1331 – Stephen Uroš IV Dušan declares himself king of Serbia
• 1380 – Battle of Kulikovo – Russian forces defeat a mixed army of Tatars and Mongols, stopping their advance.
• 1504 – Michelangelo's David is unveiled in Florence.
• 1514 – Battle of Orsha – in one of the biggest battles of the century, Lithuanians and Poles defeat the Russian army.
• 1551 – The foundation day in Vitória, Brazil
• 1565 – The Knights of Malta lift the Turkish siege of Malta that began on May 18.
• 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.
• 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 – French and Indian War: Battle of Lake George.
• 1756 – French and Indian War: Kittanning Expedition.
• 1761 – Marriage of King George III of the United Kingdom to Duchess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
• 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.
• 1793 – French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Hondschoote.
• 1796 – French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Bassano – French forces defeat Austrian troops at Bassano del Grappa.
• 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.
• 1831 – William IV and Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
• 1860 – The Steamship Lady Elgin sinks on Lake Michigan, with the loss of around 300 lives.
• 1863 – American Civil War: Second Battle of Sabine Pass – on the Texas-Louisiana border at the mouth of the Sabine River, a small Confederate force thwarts a Union invasion of Texas.
• 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.
• 1888 – In Spain, the first travel of Isaac Peral submarine, was the first practical submarine ever made.
• 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.
• 1892 – The Pledge of Allegiance is first recited.
• 1900 – Galveston Hurricane of 1900: a powerful hurricane hits Galveston, Texas killing about 8,000 people.
• 1914 – World War I: Private Thomas Highgate becomes the first British soldier to be executed for desertion during the war.
• 1921 – 16-year-old Margaret Gorman wins 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, and twenty-three sailors killed.
• 1926 – Germany is 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 – US Senator from Louisiana, Huey Long, nicknamed "Kingfish", is fatally shot in the Louisiana State Capitol building.
• 1941 – World War II: Siege of Leningrad begins. German forces begin a siege against the Soviet Union's second-largest city, Leningrad.
• 1943 – World War II: The O.B.S. (German General Headquarters for the Mediterranean zone) in Frascati is bombed by USAAF.
• 1943 – World War II: United States General Dwight D. Eisenhower publicly announces the Allied armistice with Italy.
• 1944 – World War II: London is hit by a V-2 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 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.
• 1959 – The Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) 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.
• 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.
• 1965 – Pakistan Navy raids Indian coasts without any resistance in Operation Dwarka, Pakistan celebrates Victory Day annually.
• 1966 – The Severn Bridge is officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II.
• 1966 – The first Star Trek series premieres on NBC.
• 1967 – The formal end of steam traction in the North East of England by British Railways.
• 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.
• 1974 – Watergate Scandal: US President Gerald Ford pardons former President Richard Nixon for any crimes Nixon may have committed while in office.
• 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, which was later upgraded to honorable.
• 1988 – Yellowstone National Park is closed for the first time in U.S. history due to ongoing fires.
• 1989 – Partnair Flight 394 drove 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.
• 1991 – The Republic of Macedonia becomes independent.
• 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.
• 2004 – NASA's 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.
• 2013 – 11 people are killed in a train collision in Iași County, Romania.

Births

• 685 – Xuan Zong, Chinese emperor (d. 762)
• 801 – Ansgar, German archbishop and saint (d. 865)
• 828 – Ali al-Hadi, Shia tenth of the Twelve Imams (d. 868)
• 1157 – Richard I of England (d. 1199)
• 1209 – Sancho II of Portugal (d. 1248)
• 1271 – Charles Martel of Anjou (d. 1295)
• 1380 – Bernardino of Siena, Italian priest, missionary, and saint (d. 1444)
• 1474 – Ludovico Ariosto, Italian poet (d. 1533)
• 1515 – Alfonso Salmeron, Spanish scholar (d. 1585)
• 1588 – Marin Mersenne, French mathematician, theologian, and philosopher (d. 1648)
• 1611 – Johann Friedrich Gronovius, German scholar (d. 1671)
• 1621 – Louis, Grand Condé, French general (d. 1686)
• 1633 – Ferdinand IV, King of the Romans (d. 1654)
• 1672 – Nicolas de Grigny, French organist and composer (d. 1703)
• 1698 – François Francoeur, French violinist and composer (d. 1787)
• 1742 – Ozias Humphry, English painter (d. 1810)
• 1749 – Yolande de Polastron, French educator (d. 1793)
• 1749 – Princess Marie Louise of Savoy (d. 1792)
• 1750 – Tanikaze Kajinosuke, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 4th Yokozuna (d. 1795)
• 1752 – Carl Stenborg, Swedish opera singer, actor, and director (d. 1813)
• 1767 – August Wilhelm Schlegel, German poet and critic (d. 1845)
• 1774 – Anne Catherine Emmerich, German nun and mystic (d. 1824)
• 1779 – Mustafa IV, Ottoman sultan (d. 1808)
• 1783 – N. F. S. Grundtvig, Danish pastor, philosopher, and author (d. 1872)
• 1804 – Eduard Mörike, German poet (d. 1875)
• 1814 – Charles Étienne Brasseur de Bourbourg, French archaeologist, ethnographer, and historian (d. 1874)
• 1815 – Giuseppina Strepponi, Italian soprano (d. 1897)
• 1822 – Karl von Ditmar, German geologist and explorer (d. 1982)
• 1824 – Jaime Nunó, Spanish-American composer, conductor, and director (d. 1908)
• 1828 – Joshua Chamberlain, American general and politician, 32nd Governor of Maine (d. 1914)
• 1828 – Clarence Cook, American author and critic (d. 1900)
• 1830 – Frédéric Mistral, French poet and lexicographer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1914)
• 1831 – Wilhelm Raabe, German author and painter (d. 1910)
• 1841 – Antonín Dvořák, Czech composer (d. 1904)
• 1841 – Charles J. Guiteau, American preacher and lawyer (d. 1882)
• 1846 – Paul Chater, Indian-Hong Kong businessman (d. 1926)
• 1851 – John Jenkins, American-Australian politician, 22nd Premier of South Australia (d. 1923)
• 1852 – Gojong of the Korean Empire (d. 1919)
• 1857 – Georg Michaelis, German politician, 6th Chancellor of Germany (d. 1936)
• 1867 – Alexander Parvus, Belarusian-German theoretician and activist (d. 1924)
• 1871 – Samuel McLaughlin, Canadian businessman and philanthropist, founded the McLaughlin Car Company (d. 1972)
• 1873 – Alfred Jarry, French author and playwright (d. 1907)
• 1873 – David O. McKay, American religious leader, 9th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 1970)
• 1881 – Harry Hillman, American hurdler (d. 1945)
• 1884 – Théodore Pilette, Belgian race car driver (d. 1921)
• 1886 – Siegfried Sassoon, English captain and poet (d. 1967)
• 1886 – Ninon Vallin, French soprano (d. 1961)
• 1889 – Robert Taft, American politician (d. 1953)
• 1894 – John Samuel Bourque, Canadian politician (d. 1974)
• 1894 – Willem Pijper, Dutch composer and critic (d. 1947)
• 1895 – Sara García, Mexican actress (d. 1980)
• 1896 – Howard Dietz, American publicist and songwriter (d. 1983)
• 1897 – Jimmie Rodgers, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1933)
• 1900 – Tilly Devine, English-Australian criminal (d. 1970)
• 1900 – Claude Pepper, American politician (d. 1989)
• 1901 – Hendrik Verwoerd, Dutch-South African politician, 7th Prime Minister of South Africa (d. 1966)
• 1903 – Jane Arbor, English author (d. 1994)
• 1904 – Tzavalas Karousos, Greek actor (d. 1969)
• 1905 – Ivy Bean, English centenarian (d. 2010)
• 1905 – Henry Wilcoxon, Dominican-American actor and producer (d. 1984)
• 1906 – Andrei Kirilenko, Russian politician (d. 1990)
• 1907 – William Wentworth, Australian politician (d. 2003)
• 1910 – Jean-Louis Barrault, French actor and director (d. 1994)
• 1914 – Patriarch Demetrios I of Constantinople (d. 1991)
• 1914 – Denys Lasdun, English architect, designed the Royal National Theatre (d. 2001)
• 1915 – Frank Cady, American actor and singer (d. 2012)
• 1915 – Frank Pullen, English businessman (d. 1992)
• 1917 – Jan Sedivka, Czech-Australian violinist and educator (d. 2009)
• 1918 – Derek Barton, English-American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998)
• 1919 – Gianni Brera, Italian journalist and author (d. 1992)
• 1921 – Harry Secombe, Welsh tenor and actor (d. 2001)
• 1922 – Sid Caesar, American actor and singer
• 1922 – Lyndon LaRouche, American politician and activist, founded the LaRouche movement
• 1922 – Royston Tickner, English actor (d. 1997)
• 1923 – Rasul Gamzatov, Russian poet (d. 2003)
• 1924 – Jean-Paul Cloutier, Canadian politician (d. 2010)
• 1924 – Marie-Claire Kirkland, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician
• 1924 – Grace Metalious, American author (d. 1964)
• 1924 – Mimi Parent, Canadian-Swiss painter (d. 2005)
• 1925 – Jacqueline Ceballos, American activist, founded the Veteran Feminists of America
• 1925 – Peter Sellers, English actor, singer, and screenwriter (d. 1980)
• 1926 – Bhupen Hazarika, Indian singer-songwriter, poet, and director (d. 2011)
• 1927 – Harlan Howard, American songwriter (d. 2002)
• 1927 – Robert L. Rock, American politician, 42nd Lieutenant Governor of Indiana (d. 2013)
• 1929 – Roger Byrne, English footballer (d. 1958)
• 1929 – Christoph von Dohnányi, German conductor
• 1930 – Mario Adorf, Swiss-German actor, singer, and screenwriter
• 1930 – Nguyen Cao Ky, Vietnamese general and politician, 16th Prime Minister of the Republic of Vietnam (d. 2011)
• 1930 – Robert W. Firestone, American psychologist and author
• 1931 – John Garrett, English politician (d. 2007)
• 1932 – Patsy Cline, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1963)
• 1933 – Asha Bhosle, Indian singer and actress
• 1933 – Paul M. Fleiss, American pediatrician and author
• 1933 – Michael Frayn, English author and playwright
• 1933 – Jeffrey Koo Sr., Taiwanese banker and businessman (d. 2012)
• 1933 – Eric Salzman, American composer, producer, and critic
• 1933 – Maigonis Valdmanis, Latvian basketball player (d. 1999)
• 1934 – Rodrigue Biron, Canadian politician
• 1934 – Peter Maxwell Davies, English composer and conductor
• 1937 – Barbara Frum, American-Canadian journalist (d. 1992)
• 1937 – Archie Goodwin, American author and illustrator (d. 1998)
• 1938 – Kenichi Horie, Japanese sailor
• 1938 – Sam Nunn, American lawyer and politician
• 1939 – Carsten Keller, German field hockey player
• 1939 – Guitar Shorty, American guitarist
• 1940 – Quentin L. Cook, American religious leader
• 1940 – Jack Prelutsky, American author and poet
• 1941 – Bernie Sanders, American politician
• 1942 – Brian Cole, American bass player (The Association) (d. 1972)
• 1943 – Adelaide C. Eckardt, American politician
• 1944 – Peter Bellamy, English singer-songwriter (The Young Tradition) (d. 1991)
• 1944 – Terry Jenner, Australian cricketer and coach
• 1945 – Vinko Puljić, Croatian cardinal
• 1945 – Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player (Grateful Dead) (d. 1973)
• 1945 – Jon Scieszka, American author
• 1945 – Rogie Vachon, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1945 – Kelly Groucutt, English singer and bass player (Electric Light Orchestra and ELO Part II) (d. 2009)
• 1946 – Ronnie Burns, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Cotton Keays & Morris)
• 1946 – L. C. Greenwood, American football player (d. 2013)
• 1947 – Valery Afanassiev, Russian pianist and conductor
• 1947 – Halldór Ásgrímsson, Icelandic politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Iceland
• 1947 – Ann Beattie, American author
• 1947 – Benjamin Orr, American singer-songwriter and bass player (The Cars) (d. 2000)
• 1947 – Marianne Wiggins, American author
• 1948 – Jean-Pierre Monseré, Belgian cyclist (d. 1971)
• 1948 – Great Kabuki, Japanese wrestler
• 1950 – Zachary Richard, American singer-songwriter and poet
• 1950 – Mike Simpson, American dentist and politician
• 1951 – Tim Gullikson American tennis player and coach (d. 1996)
• 1951 – Nikos Karvelas, Greek singer-songwriter and producer
• 1951 – Dezső Ránki, Hungarian pianist
• 1952 – David R. Ellis, American director, actor, and stuntman (d. 2013)
• 1953 – Pascal Greggory, French actor
• 1954 – Mark Lindsay Chapman, English actor
• 1954 – Anne Diamond, English journalist
• 1954 – Mark Foley, American politician
• 1954 – Michael Shermer, American historian, author, and academic, founded The Skeptics Society
• 1954 – Jon Scieszka, Kids Author
• 1955 – David O'Halloran, Australian footballer (d. 2013)
• 1955 – Julian Richings, English-Canadian actor
• 1955 – Terry Tempest Williams, American environmentalist and author
• 1956 – Mick Brown, American drummer (Dokken, Tooth and Nail, and T & N)
• 1956 – Maurice Cheeks, American basketball player and coach
• 1956 – Fad Gadget, English singer (d. 2002)
• 1956 – Stefan Johansson, Swedish race car driver
• 1957 – Walt Easley, American football player (d. 2013)
• 1957 – Heather Thomas, American actress and author
• 1958 – Michael Lardie, American keyboard player, songwriter, and producer (Great White and Night Ranger)
• 1958 – Mitsuru Miyamoto, Japanese voice actor
• 1959 – Carmen Campagne, Canadian singer
• 1959 – Daler Nazarov, Tajik singer-songwriter and actor
• 1960 – Stefano Casiraghi, Italian-Monacan businessman (d. 1990)
• 1960 – Aimee Mann, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress ('Til Tuesday)
• 1960 – David Steele, English bass player and songwriter (The Beat and Fine Young Cannibals)
• 1960 – Aguri Suzuki, Japanese race car driver
• 1962 – Sergio Casal, Spanish tennis player
• 1962 – Christopher Klim, American physicist and author
• 1962 – Thomas Kretschmann, German-American actor
• 1962 – Jay Ziskrout, American drummer and producer (Bad Religion)
• 1963 – Alexandros Alexiou, Greek footballer
• 1963 – Hitoshi Matsumoto, Japanese comedian and actor
• 1963 – Brad Silberling, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1964 – Raven, American wrestler and actor
• 1964 – Michael Johns, American businessman, journalist, and speechwriter
• 1964 – Joachim Nielsen, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Jokke & Valentinerne) (d. 2000)
• 1965 – Darlene Zschech, Australian singer-songwriter, and pastor
• 1966 – Peter Furler, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Newsboys)
• 1966 – Carola Häggkvist, Swedish singer-songwriter
• 1967 – Eerik-Niiles Kross, Estonian politician and diplomat
• 1967 – James Packer, Australian businessman
• 1967 – Kimberly Peirce, American director, screenwriter, and producer
• 1968 – Wolfram Klein, German footballer
• 1968 – Ray Wilson, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Genesis and Stiltskin)
• 1969 – Lars Bohinen, Norwegian footballer and manager
• 1969 – Oswaldo Ibarra, Ecuadorian footballer
• 1969 – Chris Powell, English footballer and manager
• 1969 – Gary Speed, Welsh footballer and manager (d. 2011)
• 1970 – Lodi, American wrestler
• 1970 – Neko Case, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The New Pornographers, The Corn Sisters, and Maow)
• 1970 – Paul DiPietro, Canadian-Swiss ice hockey player
• 1970 – Latrell Sprewell, American basketball player
• 1970 – Andy Ward, Irish rugby player and coach
• 1971 – David Arquette, American actor, director, screenwriter, and producer
• 1971 – Brooke Burke, American model and actress
• 1971 – Martin Freeman, English actor
• 1971 – Khalid Gonçalves, American actor
• 1971 – Lachlan Murdoch, English-American businessman
• 1971 – Dustin O'Halloran, American pianist and composer
• 1971 – Daniel Petrov, Bulgarian boxer
• 1971 – Pierre Sévigny, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1972 – Markus Babbel, German footballer and manager
• 1972 – Os du Randt, South African rugby player
• 1972 – Giovanni Frezza, Italian actor
• 1972 – Lisa Kennedy Montgomery, American radio and television host
• 1972 – Phil Laak, Irish-American poker player
• 1972 – Tomokazu Seki, Japanese voice actor and singer
• 1973 – Khamis Al-Dosari, Saudi Arabian footballer
• 1973 – Gabrial McNair, American saxophonist, keyboard player, and composer (Oslo)
• 1973 – Troy Sanders, American singer-songwriter and bass player (Mastodon and Killer Be Killed)
• 1974 – Marios Agathokleous, Cypriot footballer
• 1974 – Tanaz Eshaghian, Iranian-American director and producer
• 1974 – Braulio Luna, Mexican footballer
• 1975 – Lee Eul-Yong, South Korean footballer and manager
• 1975 – Richard Hughes, English drummer (Keane)
• 1975 – Chris Latham, Australian rugby player
• 1975 – Elena Likhovtseva, Russian tennis player
• 1975 – Larenz Tate, American actor
• 1976 – Gerald Drummond, Costa Rican footballer
• 1976 – Jervis Drummond, Costa Rican footballer
• 1976 – Brendan Kelly, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Lawrence Arms, The Broadways, and The Falcon)
• 1976 – Sarah Kucserka, American screenwriter and producer
• 1976 – Sjeng Schalken, Dutch-Monacan tennis player
• 1977 – Nate Corddry, American actor
• 1977 – Jay McKee, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1978 – Gerard Autet, Spanish footballer and manager
• 1978 – Emanuele Ferraro, Italian footballer
• 1978 – Gil Meche, American baseball player
• 1978 – Angela Rawlings, Canadian-American author and poet
• 1979 – Pink, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
• 1980 – Teruyuki Moniwa, Japanese footballer
• 1980 – Slim Thug, American rapper (Boss Hogg Outlawz)
• 1981 – Selim Benachour, Tunisian footballer
• 1981 – Māris Ļaksa, Latvian basketball player
• 1981 – Morten Gamst Pedersen, Norwegian footballer
• 1981 – Jonathan Taylor Thomas, American actor
• 1982 – Chumlee, American reality television personality
• 1982 – Travis Daniels, American football player
• 1983 – Diego Benaglio, Swiss footballer
• 1983 – Will Blalock, American basketball player
• 1983 – Chris Judd, Australian footballer
• 1983 – Wali Lundy, American football player
• 1983 – Lewis Roberts-Thomson, Australian footballer
• 1984 – Bobby Parnell, American baseball player
• 1984 – Vitaly Petrov, Russian race car driver
• 1984 – Jürgen Säumel, Austrian footballer
• 1984 – Tiago Treichel, Brazilian footballer
• 1984 – Peter Whittingham, English footballer
• 1985 – Yendi Phillips, Jamaican model, Miss Jamaica World 2007
• 1985 – Ian Smith, English rugby player
• 1986 – Matt Grothe, American football player
• 1986 – João Moutinho, Portuguese footballer
• 1986 – Kirill Nababkin, Russian footballer
• 1987 – Alexandre Bilodeau, Canadian skier
• 1987 – Danielle Frenkel, Israeli high jumper
• 1987 – Wiz Khalifa, American rapper
• 1987 – Marcel Nguyen, German gymnast
• 1988 – Arrelious Benn, American football player
• 1988 – Caitlin Hill, Australian blogger
• 1988 – Chantal Jones, American model and actress
• 1989 – Avicii, Swedish DJ and producer
• 1989 – Gylfi Sigurðsson, Icelandic footballer
• 1990 – Matt Barkley, American football player
• 1992 – Kilian Pruschke, German footballer
• 1994 – Marco Benassi, Italian footballer
• 1995 – James Gandhi, English actor
• 1995 – Elsabeth Black, Canadian gymnast
• 1996 – Krystal Reyes, Filipino actress
• 1997 – Kimberlea Berg, English actress

Deaths

• 394 – Arbogast, Frankish general
• 701 – Pope Sergius I (b. 650)
• 780 – Leo IV the Khazar, Byzantine emperor (b. 750)
• 1100 – Antipope Clement III (b. 1029)
• 1134 – Alfonso the Battler, Spanish king (b. 1073)
• 1397 – Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester, English politician, Lord High Constable of England (b. 1355)
• 1425 – Charles III of Navarre (b. 1361)
• 1539 – John Stokesley, English bishop (b. 1475)
• 1560 – Amy Robsart, English wife of Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester (b. 1532)
• 1603 – George Carey, 2nd Baron Hunsdon, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire (b. 1547)
• 1613 – Carlo Gesualdo, Italian lute player and composer (b. 1566)
• 1637 – Robert Fludd, English physician, mathematician, and cosmologist (b. 1574)
• 1644 – John Coke, English politician (b. 1563)
• 1644 – Francis Quarles, English poet (b. 1592)
• 1645 – Francisco de Quevedo, Spanish poet and politician (b. 1580)
• 1656 – Joseph Hall, English bishop (b. 1574)
• 1675 – Amalia of Solms-Braunfels (b. 1602)
• 1682 – Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish mathematician and philosopher (b. 1606)
• 1721 – Michael Brokoff, Czech sculptor (b. 1686)
• 1755 – Ephraim Williams, American soldier and philanthropist (b. 1715)
• 1761 – Bernard Forest de Bélidor, French engineer (b. 1698)
• 1780 – Enoch Poor, American general (b. 1736)
• 1784 – Ann Lee, English-American religious leader (b. 1736)
• 1806 – Patrick Cotter O'Brien, Irish giant (b. 1760)
• 1811 – Peter Simon Pallas, German zoologist and botanist (b. 1741)
• 1831 – John Aitken, Scottish-American publisher (b. 1745)
• 1853 – Frédéric Ozanam, French scholar, co-founded the Society of Saint Vincent de Paul (b. 1813)
• 1882 – Joseph Liouville, French mathematician (b. 1809)
• 1888 – Annie Chapman, English victim of Jack the Ripper (b. 1841)
• 1916 – Friedrich Baumfelder, German pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1836)
• 1894 – Hermann von Helmholtz, German physician and physicist (b. 1821)
• 1909 – Vere St. Leger Goold, Irish tennis player (b. 1853)
• 1933 – Faisal I of Iraq (b. 1883)
• 1935 – Carl Weiss, American physician (b. 1906)
• 1943 – Julius Fučík, Czech journalist (b. 1903)
• 1944 – Jan van Gilse, Dutch composer and conductor (b. 1881)
• 1948 – Thomas Mofolo, Mosotho author (b. 1876)
• 1949 – Richard Strauss, German composer (b. 1864)
• 1954 – André Derain, French painter and sculptor (b. 1880)
• 1958 – Émile Delchambre, French rower (b. 1875)
• 1963 – Maurice Wilks, English automotive and aeronautical engineer, and was chairman of the Rover Company (d. 1904)
• 1965 – Dorothy Dandridge, American actress and singer (b. 1922)
• 1965 – Hermann Staudinger, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881)
• 1969 – Bud Collyer, American actor and game show host (b. 1908)
• 1969 – Alexandra David-Néel, Belgian-French explorer and activist (b. 1868)
• 1970 – Percy Spencer, American engineer, invented the microwave oven, (b. 1894)
• 1974 – Wolfgang Windgassen, French-German tenor (b. 1914)
• 1977 – Valter Biiber, Estonian footballer (b. 1907)
• 1977 – Zero Mostel, American actor and singer (b. 1915)
• 1980 – Willard Libby, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1908)
• 1981 – Nisargadatta Maharaj, Indian guru, philosopher, and educator (b. 1897)
• 1981 – Roy Wilkins, American activist (b. 1901)
• 1981 – Hideki Yukawa, Japanese physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1907)
• 1983 – Antonin Magne, French cyclist (b. 1904)
• 1985 – John Franklin Enders, American scientist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887)
• 1990 – Denys Watkins-Pitchford English author and illustrator (b. 1905)
• 1991 – Brad Davis, American actor (b. 1949)
• 1991 – Alex North, American composer (b. 1910)
• 1995 – Erich Kunz, Austrian opera singer (b. 1909)
• 1999 – Moondog, American singer-songwriter, drummer, and poet (b. 1916)
• 2001 – Bill Ricker, Canadian entomologist and author (b. 1908)
• 2002 – Rulon Jeffs, American religious leader (b. 1909)
• 2002 – Laurie Williams, Jamaican cricketer (b. 1968)
• 2003 – Jaclyn Linetsky, Canadian voice actress (b. 1986)
• 2003 – Leni Riefenstahl, German actress, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1902)
• 2004 – Frank Thomas, American animator, voice actor, and screenwriter (b. 1913)
• 2005 – Noel Cantwell, Irish cricketer, footballer, and manager (b. 1932)
• 2005 – Donald Horne, Australian journalist, author, and critic (b. 1921)
• 2006 – Hilda Bernstein, English-South African author and activist (b. 1915)
• 2006 – Peter Brock, Australian race car driver (b. 1945)
• 2006 – Frank Middlemass, English actor (b. 1919)
• 2006 – Erk Russell, American football player and coach (b. 1926)
• 2007 – Ramón Cardemil, Chilean horse rider (b. 1917)
• 2007 – Vincent Serventy, Australian ornithologist, conservationist, and author (b. 1916)
• 2008 – Ralph Plaisted, American explorer (b. 1927)
• 2008 – Evan Tanner, American mixed martial artist (b. 1971)
• 2009 – Ray Barrett, Australian actor (b. 1927)
• 2009 – Aage Bohr, Danish physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1922)
• 2009 – Mike Bongiorno, American-Italian television host (b. 1924)
• 2010 – Murali, Indian actor (b. 1964)
• 2012 – Adnan Farhan Abd Al Latif, Yemeni criminal (b. 1975)
• 2012 – Adolf Bechtold, German footballer (b. 1926)
• 2012 – Leigh Hamilton, New Zealand-American actress (b. 1949)
• 2012 – Ronald Hamowy, Canadian historian and academic (b. 1937)
• 2012 – Peter Hussing, German boxer (b. 1948)
• 2012 – Bill Moggridge, English-American designer, author, and educator, co-founded IDEO (b. 1943)
• 2012 – Mārtiņš Roze, Latvian politician (b. 1964)
• 2012 – Allyre Sirois, Canadian judge (b. 1923)
• 2012 – Thomas Szasz, Hungarian-American psychiatrist and academic (b. 1920)
• 2013 – Louise Currie, American actress (b. 1913)
• 2013 – Don Reichert, Canadian painter (b. 1932)
• 2013 – Lacey Baldwin Smith, American historian and author (b. 1922)
• 2013 – Jean Véronis, French linguist, computer scientist, and blogger (b. 1955)
• 2013 – Carl von Gerber, Swedish canoe racer (b. 1931)
• 2013 – Cal Worthington, American car dealer (b. 1920)

Holidays and observances

• Christian Feast Day:
  • Adrian and Natalia of Nicomedia (Roman Catholic Church)
  • Nativity of Mary (Roman Catholic Church), (Anglo-Catholicism)
  • Our Lady of Charity
  • Pope Sergius I
  • September 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Earliest day on which Auditor's Day can fall, while September 14 is the latest; celebrated on the second Sunday in September. (Church of Scientology)
• Earliest day on which Day of the Workers in the Oil, Gas, Power, and Geological Industry can fall, while September 14 is the latest; celebrated on the second Saturday in September. (Turkmenistan)
• Earliest day on which Grandparents Day can fall, while September 14 is the latest; celebrated on the second Sunday in September. (Estonia)
• Earliest day on which National Grandparents Day can fall, while September 14 is the latest; celebrated on the first Sunday after Labor Day. (United States)
• Earliest day on which National Grandparents Day can fall, while September 14 is the latest; celebrated on the second Sunday in September. (Canada)
• Earliest day on which Turkmen Bakhshi Day can fall, while September 14 is the latest; celebrated on the second Sunday in September. (Turkmenistan)
• Feast of 'Izzat (Might) – First day of the tenth month of the Bahá'í calendar. (Bahá'í Faith)
• Independence day, celebrates the independence of Macedonia from Yugoslavia in 1991.
• International Literacy Day (International)
• National day, also the feast of Our Lady of Meritxell. (Andorra)
• The first day of Fiestas de Santa Fe, marked by the burning of the Zozobra (New Mexico)
• Victory Day (Pakistan)
• Victory Day, also the feast of Our Lady of Victories or il-Vittorja (Malta)

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to September 8.

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada