September 8



Events

Up to 1900 
 70 - Roman forces under Titus sack Jerusalem.
 1380 - Battle of Kulikovo: Russian forces defeat a mixed army of Tatars and Mongols, stopping their advance.
 1504 – Michelangelo's David statue is unveiled in Florence.
 1514 - Battle of Orsha: In one of the biggest battles of the century, Lithuanians and Poles defeat the Russian army.
 1565 - The Knights of Malta end the Turkish Siege of Malta that began on May 18.
 1665 - Warsaw falls without resistance to a small force under Charles X Gustav of Sweden.
 1727 - A barn fire during a puppet show in the village of Burwell in Cambridgeshire, England, kills 78 people, most of them children.
 1761 – King George III of the United Kingdom marries Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
 1796 - French Revolutionary Wars: The French defeat Austrian forces in Bassano, Venetia, present-day Italy.
 1831 – William IV of the United Kingdom is crowned king.
 1860 - The steamship Lady Elgin sinks on Lake Michigan, killing around 300 people.
 1863 – American Civil War: At the Second Battle of Sabine Pass, the Confederates prevent an attempt from the Union army to enter Texas.
 1883 - The Northern Pacific Railway is completed in a ceremony at Gold Creek, Montana, United States.
 1888 - Jack the Ripper killings: The body of Annie Chapman is found.
 1888 - in England, the first six Football League matches are played.
 1892 – The American Pledge of Allegiance is recited for the first time.
 1900 – In Galveston, Texas, a hurricane kills around 8,000 people.

1901  2000 
 1914 - World War I: Private Thomas Highgate becomes the first British soldier to be executed for desertion during the war.
 1923 - Honda Point disaster: Nine United States Navy destroyers run aground on the California coast. Seven are lost and 23 sailors are killed.
 1926 – Germany is admitted to the League of Nations.
 1928 - Uruguay is given the right to host the 1930 FIFA World Cup.
 1934 - Off the New Jersey coast, a fire aboard the passenger liner SS Morro Castle kills 135 people.
 1935 - United States Senator Huey Long from Louisiana is fatally shot the state's capitol building.
 1941 - World War II: The Siege of Leningrad begins.
 1943 – World War II: US General Dwight D. Eisenhower publicly announces the allied armistice with Italy.
 1944 - London is hot by a V-2 rocket for the first time.
 1945 - United States troops arrive to partition South Korea after the Soviet occupation of the northern part.
 1962 – Algeria adopts its constitution.
 1966 – The First episode of Star Trek airs.
 1966 - The Severn Bridge in southwestern England is officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II.
 1974 – Gerald Ford pardons former US President Richard Nixon.
 1986 - The Oprah Winfrey Show is broadcast for the first time on US television.
 1988 - Yellowstone National Park is closed for the first time in its history due to ongoing fires.
 1989 - Partnair Flight 394 crashes in the North Sea, killing 55 people.
 1991 – The Republic of Macedonia becomes independent.
 1994 - USAir Flight 427, on approach to Pittsburgh International Airport, suddenly crashes, killing all 132 on board.

From 2001 
 2004 - NASA's unmanned spacecraft Genesis crash-lands in Utah when its parachute fails to open.
 2005 - Two EMERCOM II-76 aircraft land at a disaster aid staging area at Little Rock Air Force Base in Arkansas - the first time Russia has flown such a mission to North America.
 2013 - Eleven people die in a train crash in Iasi County, Romania.
 2018 - US Open: Naomi Osaka becomes the first Japanese tennis player to win a Grand Slam title, in a match dominated by her opponent Serena Williams' disputes with the umpire.
 2019 - US Open: Rafael Nadal defeats Daniil Medvedev in five sets to win his 19th Grand Slam singles title, putting him just one behind Roger Federer's total of 20.
 2022 - Queen Elizabeth II dies at the age of 96 and her son, Charles III becomes the King of the United Kingdom and Head of the Commonwealth.
 2023 - 2023 Marrakesh-Safi earthquake occurs in Morocco.

Births

Up to 1900 
 801  Ansgar, German Christian archbishop (d. 865)
 1157  King Richard I of England (d. 1199)
 1207  King Sancho II of Portugal (d. 1248)
 1380  Saint Bernardino of Siena, Italian Franciscan missionary (d. 1444)
 1413  Catherine of Bologna, Italian nun, writer, mystic, teacher, artist and saint (d. 1463)
 1474  Ludovico Ariosto, Italian poet (d. 1533)
 1588  Marin Mersenne, French mathematician (d. 1648)
 1611  Johann Friedrich Gronovius, German philologist (d. 1671)
 1621  Louis II de Bourbon, Prince de Conde, French general (d. 1686)
 1624  Murad Baksh, son of Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal (d. 1661)
 1633  Ferdinand IV of Germany (d. 1654)
 1749  Gabrielle de Polastron, duchesse de Polignac, French aristocrat (d. 1793)
 1749  Marie-Louise, princesse de Lamballe, French aristocrat (d. 1792)
 1750  Tanikaze Kajinosuke, Japanese sumo wrestler (d. 1795)
 1752  Carl Stenborg, Swedish opera singer (d. 1813)
 1767  August von Schlegel, German poet (d. 1845)
 1778  Clemens Brentano, German poet (d. 1842)
 1779  Mustafa IV, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1808)
 1783  Nicolai Frederik Severin Grundtvig, Danish writer and philosopher (d. 1872)
 1814  Charles Etienne Brasseur de Bourbourg, French archaeologist, ethnographer and historian (d. 1874)
 1815  Giuseppina Strepponi, Italian operatic soprano (d. 1897)
 1819  Fontes Pereira de Melo, Portuguese statesman (d. 1887)
 1822  Karl von Ditmar, German geologist and explorer (d. 1892)
 1828  Joshua Chamberlain, American general, politician and 32nd Governor of Maine (d. 1914)
 1830  Frédéric Mistral, French poet (d. 1914)
 1831  Wilhelm Raabe, German writer (d. 1910)
 1841  Antonín Dvořák, Czech composer (d. 1904)
 1841  Charles J. Guiteau, assassin of US President James A. Garfield (d. 1882)
 1851  John Jenkins, American-born Premier of South Australia (d. 1923)
 1852  Emperor Gwangmu of Korea (d. 1919)
 1857  Georg Michaelis, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1936)
 1872  George Dern, Governor of Utah (d. 1936)
 1873  David O. McKay, American Mormon leader (d. 1970)
 1881  Harry Hillman, American athlete (d. 1945)
 1881  Refik Saydam, 5th Prime Minister and Turkey (d. 1942)
 1886  Siegfried Sassoon, British poet (d. 1967)
 1886  Ninon Vallin, French soprano (d. 1961)
 1887  Jacob L. Devers, American general (d. 1979)
 1887  George, Crown Prince of Serbia (d. 1972)
 1889  Robert Alphonso Taft, American politician (d. 1953)
 1897  Jimmie Rodgers, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1933)
 1900  Claude Pepper, American politician (d. 1989)

1901  1950 
 1901  Hendrik Verwoerd, South African politician (d. 1966)
 1906  Andrei Kirilenko, Soviet politician (d. 1990)
 1910  Jean-Louis Barrault, French actor and director (d. 1994)
 1914  Patriarch Demetrios I of Constantinople (d. 1991)
 1918  Derek Harold Richard Barton, British chemist (d. 1998)
 1919  Gianni Brera, Italian journalist and author (d. 1992)
 1919  Maria Lassnig, Austrian painter (d. 2014)
 1921  Harry Secombe, Welsh tenor and actor (d. 2001)
 1922  Sid Caesar, American comedian and actor (d. 2014)
 1922  Lyndon LaRouche, American politician (d. 2019)
 1923  Joy Laville, British-Mexican artist (d. 2018)
 1924  Fred Jarvis, British trade unionist
 1924  Wendell H. Ford, American politician, 53rd Governor of Kentucky (d. 2015)
 1925  Peter Sellers, British actor (d. 1980)
 1929  Christoph von Dohnanyi, German conductor
 1930  Mario Adorf, Swiss-German actor
 1930  Nguyen Cao Ky, South Vietnamese air force chief and Prime Minister (d. 2011)
 1930  Robert W. Firestone, American psychologist and author
 1932  Patsy Cline, American singer (d. 1963)
 1933  Paul M. Fleiss, American pediatrician (d. 2014)
 1934  Alan Dundes, American folklorist (d. 2005)
 1937  Joe Carolan, Irish footballer (d. 2018)
 1938  Wibke Bruhns, German journalist and writer (d. 2019)
 1939  Carsten Keller, German field hockey player
 1941  Ito Giani, Italian sprinter (d. 2018)
 1941  Bernie Sanders, American politician
 1944  Margaret Hodge, English politician
 1944  Terry Jenner, Australian cricketer and coach
 1945  Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, American musician (Grateful Dead) (d. 1973)
 1945  Rogie Vachon, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
 1946  Aziz Sancar, Turkish-American biochemist and molecular biologist, Nobel laureate
 1947  Halldor Asgrimsson, Icelandic politician, former Prime Minister of Iceland (d. 2015)
 1947  Valery Afanassiev, Russian politician
 1948  Great Kabuki, Japanese wrestler
 1950  Ian Davidson, Scottish politician

1951  1975 
 1951  John McDonnell, English politician
 1952  David R. Ellis, American director, actor and stuntman (d. 2013)
 1954  Anne Diamond, English journalist
 1955  Julian Richings, English-Canadian actor
 1956  David Carr, American journalist and writer (d. 2015)
 1957  Walt Easley, American football player (d. 2013)
 1957  Ricardo Montaner, Argentine-Venezuelan singer
 1958  Mitsuru Miyamoto, Japanese voice actor
 1959  Judy Murray, Scottish tennis coach
 1960  Aimee Mann, American musician
 1960  Stefano Casiraghi, Italian businessman, married into Monegasque royalty (d. 1990)
 1963  Danny Frawley, Australian footballer (d. 2019)
 1963  Brad Silberling, American television and movie director
 1966  Carola, Swedish singer
 1967  Eerik-Niiles Kross, Estonian politician and diplomat
 1968  Louise Minchin, English journalist
 1969  Gary Speed, Welsh footballer and coach (d. 2011)
 1970  Latren Sprewell, American basketball player
 1970  Nidal Malik Hassan, American soldier and murderer
 1971  David Arquette, American actor
 1971  Martin Freeman, English actor
 1972  Markus Babbel, German footballer
 1973  Khamis Al-Owairan, Saudi footballer
 1975  Richard Hughes, English musician (Keane)
 1975  Chris Latham, Australian rugby player
 1975  Lee Eul-Yong, South Korean footballer and manager
 1975  Elena Likhovtseva, Russian tennis player

From 1976 
 1976  Sjeng Schalken, Dutch tennis player
 1976  Gerald Drummond, Costa Rican footballer
 1976  Jervis Drummond, Costa Rican footballer
 1979  Pink, American singer
 1980  Mbulaeni Mulaudzi, South African runner (d. 2014)
 1980  Kristian Kjelling, Norwegian handball player
 1981  Morten Gamst Pedersen, Norwegian footballer
 1983  Diego Benaglio, Swiss footballer
 1984  Peter Whittingham, English footballer
 1984  Vitaly Petrov, Russian racing driver
 1986  Joao Moutinho, Portuguese footballer
 1987  Wiz Khalifa, American rapper
 1987  Alexandre Bilodeau, Canadian freestyle skier
 1987  Marcel Nguyen, German gymnast
 1987  Dom Parsons, English skeleton racer
 1988  Chantal Jones, American model and actress
 1989  Avicii, Swedish DJ and producer (d. 2018)
 1989  Gylfi Sigurdsson, Icelandic footballer
 1990  Matt Barkley, American football player
 1991  Ignacio González Espinoza, Mexican footballer
 1991  Joe Sugg, English YouTuber, author and vlogger
 1994  Bruno Fernandes, Portuguese footballer

Deaths

Up to 1900 
 394  Arbogast, Frankish general
 701  Pope Sergius I
 780  Leo IV the Khazar, Byzantine Emperor (b. 750)
 1100  Antipope Clement III (b. 1029)
 1134  Alfonso I of Aragon and Navarre (b. 1073)
 1397  Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester, English politician (b. 1355)
 1425  King Charles III of Navarre (b. 1361)
 1613  Carlo Gesualdo, Italian composer (b. 1566)
 1637  Robert Fludd, English physician, mathematician and cosmologist (b. 1574)
 1644  John Coke, English politician (b. 1563)
 1645  Francisco de Quevedo, Spanish poet and politician (b. 1580)
 1682  Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish writer (b. 1606)
 1780  Enoch Poor, American general (b. 1736)
 1784  Ann Lee, American religious leader (b. 1736)
 1811  Peter Simon Pallas, German zoologist and botanist (b. 1741)
 1882  Joseph Liouville, French mathematician (b. 1809)
 1888  Annie Chapman, victim of Jack the Ripper (b. 1841)
 1894  Hermann von Helmholtz, German physician and physicist (b. 1821)

1901  2000 
 1916  Friedrich Baumfelder, German pianist, composer and conductor (b. 1836)
 1933  King Faisal I of Iraq (b. 1883)
 1944  Richard Strauss, German composer (b. 1864)
 1963  Maurice Wilks, English automotive engineer (b. 1904)
 1965  Dorothy Dandridge, American actress and singer (b. 1922)
 1965  Hermann Staudinger, German chemist (b. 1881)
 1969  Bud Collyer, American actor and game show host (b. 1908)
 1970  Percy Spencer, inventor (b. 1894)
 1978  Ricardo Zamora, Spanish footballer (b. 1901)
 1979  Jean Seberg, American actress (b. 1938)
 1980  Willard Libby, American chemist (b. 1908)
 1981  Roy Wilkins, American civil rights activist (b. 1901)
 1981  Hideki Yukawa, Japanese physicist (b. 1907)
 1981  Nisargadatta Maharaj, Indian guru, philosopher and educator (b. 1897)
 1983  Antoine Magne, French cyclist (b. 1904)
 1985  John Franklin Enders, American scientist
 1989  Sgt. Barry Sadler, American soldier, writer and songwriter (b. 1940)
 1999  Moondog, American composer, musician and poet (b. 1916)

From 2001 
 2003  Leni Riefenstahl, German movie maker (b. 1902)
 2003  Jaclyn Linetsky, Canadian voice actress (b. 1986)
 2004  Delfín Benítez Cáceres, Paraguayan footballer (b. 1910)
 2006  Thomas Lee Judge, 18th Governor of Montana (b. 1934)
 2009  Aage Niels Bohr, Danish physicist (b. 1922)
 2010  Israel Tal, Israeli military (b. 1924)
 2011  Vo Chi Cong, former President of Vietnam (b. 1912)
 2012  Bill Moggridge, English-American designer, author and educator (b. 1943)
 2012  Thomas Szasz, Hungarian-American psychiatrist and academic (b. 1920)
 2013  Louise Currie, American actress (b. 1913)
 2014  George Zuverink, American baseball player (b. 1924)
 2014  Gerald Wilson, American jazz trumpeter (b. 1918)
 2014  Magda Olivero, Italian operatic soprano (b. 1910)
 2014  Bobby Fong, American academic (b. 1950)
 2014  Sean O'Haire, American professional wrestler, mixed martial artist and kickboxer (b. 1971)
 2015  Andrew Kohut, American political scientist (b. 1942)
 2015  Joost Zwagerman, Dutch author (b. 1963)
 2015  Ebby Halliday, American businesswoman (b. 1911)
 2016  Prince Buster, Jamaican musician (b. 1938)
 2017  Pierre Bergé, French businessman and activist (b. 1930)
 2017  Isabelle Daniels, American sprinter (b. 1937)
 2017  Catherine Hardy Lavender, American sprinter (b. 1930)
 2017  Blake Heron, American actor (b. 1982)
 2017  Jerry Pournelle, American science fiction author (b. 1933)
 2017  Karl Ravens, German politician (b. 1927)
 2017  Don Williams, American country music singer-songwriter (b. 1939)
 2018  Jonas Algirdas Antanaitis, Lithuanian politician (b. 1921)
 2018  Gennadi Gagulia, Abkhazian politician, Prime Minister of Abkhazia (b. 1948)
 2018  Chelsi Smith, American singer and beauty pageant winner (b. 1973)
 2019  Chris Dobson, British chemist (b. 1949)
 2019  Ram Jethmalani, Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1923)
 2019  Yisrael Kessar, Yemeni-born Israeli politician (b. 1931)
 2019  Lito Legaspi, Filipino actor (b. 1941)
 2019  Christopher James, 5th Baron Northbourne, British aristocrat (b. 1926)
 2019  Joseph P. Kolter, American politician (b. 1926)
 2019  Camilo Sesto, Spanish singer-songwriter (b. 1946)
 2019  Olav Skjevesland, Norwegian Roman Catholic prelate (b. 1942)
 2019  Carlos Squeo, Argentine footballer (b. 1948)
 2022  Queen Elizabeth II, British monarch and head of the Commonwealth (b. 1926)
 2023  Whitey Von Nieda, American basketball player (b. 1922)

Observances 
 National Holiday (Andorra and Republic of Macedonia)
 International Literacy Day (UNESCO)
 Victory Day (Pakistan)
 Nativity of the Virgin (Christianity)

References 

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