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Events on the 8th of September in history

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08 Sep 1970 Roman forces under Titus sack Jerusalem.
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08 Sep 0617 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.
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08 Sep 1024 Duke Koenraad II chosen German King
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08 Sep 1100 Election of Antipope Theodoric.
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08 Sep 1156 Henry II Jasormigott leaves Bavaria
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08 Sep 1253 Pope Innocent IV canonised Stanisław of Szczepanów, killed by king Bolesław II.
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08 Sep 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.
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08 Sep 1271 John XXI chosen as Pope.
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08 Sep 1276 John XXI elected Pope
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08 Sep 1303 Anagni: French King Philip IV captures Pope Boniface VIII
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08 Sep 1331 Stephen Uroš IV Dušan declares himself king of Serbia
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08 Sep 1380 Russians defeat Tatars at Kulikovo, beginning decline of Tatars
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08 Sep 1380 Battle of Kulikovo: Russian forces defeat a mixed army of Tatars and Mongols, stopping their advance.
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08 Sep 1504 Michelangelo's David is unveiled in Piazza della Signoria in Florence.
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08 Sep 1514 Battle at Ozra: Polish / Latvia army beats Russians
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08 Sep 1514 Battle of Orsha: In one of the biggest battles of the century, Lithuanians and Poles defeat the Russian army.
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08 Sep 1522 Spanish navigator Juan de Elcano returns to Spain, completes 1st circumnavigation of globe, expedition begins under Ferdinand Magellan
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08 Sep 1545 English Earl Hertford leads retaliatory mission against Scotland
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08 Sep 1551 The foundation day in Vitória, Brazil
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08 Sep 1553 City of Lichfield, England forms
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08 Sep 1563 Maximilian chosen King of Hungary
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08 Sep 1565 1st permanent settlement in US forms (St Augustine, Florida)
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08 Sep 1565 Turkish siege of Malta broken by Maltese and Knights of St. John
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08 Sep 1565 The Knights of Malta lift the Turkish siege of Malta that began on May 18.
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08 Sep 1628 Bay of Matanzas Cuba: Piet Heyn captures Spanish silver fleet
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08 Sep 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.
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08 Sep 1664 Dutch surrender New Amsterdam (NY) to 300 English soldiers
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08 Sep 1689 China and Russia signs Treaty of Nertsjinsk (Nierchul)
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08 Sep 1713 Pope Clemens XI publishes degree "Unigenitus" against Jansenism
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08 Sep 1727 A barn fire during a puppet show in the village of Burwell in Cambridgeshire, England kills 78 people, many of whom are children.
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08 Sep 1755 Battle at Lake George: English army beats France
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08 Sep 1755 French and Indian War: Battle of Lake George.
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08 Sep 1756 French and Indian War: Kittanning Expedition.
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08 Sep 1760 French army gives Montreal to General Jeffrey Amherst
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08 Sep 1761 Marriage of King George III of the United Kingdom to Duchess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
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08 Sep 1771 Mission San Gabriel Archangel forms in California
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08 Sep 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.
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08 Sep 1793 French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Hondschoote.
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08 Sep 1796 Battle of Bassano-French beat Austrians
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08 Sep 1796 French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Bassano: French forces defeat Austrian troops at Bassano del Grappa.
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08 Sep 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.
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08 Sep 1831 William IV and Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
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08 Sep 1831 November Uprising: Battle of Warsaw ends, effectively ending the Insurrection.
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08 Sep 1833 Charles Darwin departs to Buenos Aires
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08 Sep 1847 US under General Scott defeat Mexicans at Battle of Molino del Rey
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08 Sep 1854 With a 3-2 count, Phillies Richie Ashburn fouls next 14, then walks
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08 Sep 1855 Crimean war - assault of Malakof Tower under Mac-Mahon)
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08 Sep 1858 Lincoln makes a speech about when you can fool people
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08 Sep 1860 Loss of steamer, "Lady Elgin"
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08 Sep 1860 The steamship Lady Elgin sinks on Lake Michigan, with the loss of around 300 lives.
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08 Sep 1862 Millennium of Russia monument unveiled in Novgorod.
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08 Sep 1863 Battle of Sabine Pass TX: 47 Texas volunteers repel Federal forces
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08 Sep 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.
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08 Sep 1868 New York Athletic Club forms
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08 Sep 1870 Netherlands and England sign "Koelietraktaat" Br-Indian contract work in Suriname
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08 Sep 1883 New York Giants score 13 runs in an inning against Phillies
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08 Sep 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.
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08 Sep 1888 In Spain, the first travel of Isaac Peral's submarine, was the first practical submarine ever made.
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08 Sep 1888 In London, the body of Jack the Ripper's second murder victim, Annie Chapman, is found.
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08 Sep 1888 In England the first six Football League matches are played.
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08 Sep 1892 The Pledge of Allegiance is first recited.
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08 Sep 1899 British government sends an additional 10,000 troops to Natal South Africa
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08 Sep 1900 6,000 killed when a hurricane and tidal wave strikes Galveston, Texas
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08 Sep 1900 Galveston Hurricane of 1900: A powerful hurricane hits Galveston, Texas killing about 8,000 people.
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08 Sep 1905 Pittsburgh Pirates strand NL record 18 men on base and lose to Reds 8-3
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08 Sep 1907 Pius X publishes encyclical Pasceni dominici gregis (anti-modernism)
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08 Sep 1914 British trader Oceanic sinks off Scotland
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08 Sep 1914 World War I: Private Thomas Highgate becomes the first British soldier to be executed for desertion during the war.
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08 Sep 1920 US Air Mail service begins (NYC to San Francisco)
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08 Sep 1921 1st Miss America crowned (Margaret Gorman of Washington DC)
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08 Sep 1921 16-year-old Margaret Gorman wins the Atlantic City Pageant's Golden Mermaid trophy; pageant officials later dubbed her the first Miss America.
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08 Sep 1923 Honda Point disaster: Nine US Navy destroyers run aground off the California coast. Seven are lost, and twenty-three sailors killed.
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08 Sep 1924 Alexandra Kollontai of Russia becomes 1st woman ambassador
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08 Sep 1926 League of Nations Assembly voted unanimously to admit Germany
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08 Sep 1926 Germany is admitted to the League of Nations.
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08 Sep 1930 1st appearance of comic strip "Blondie"
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08 Sep 1930 New York City public schools begin teaching Hebrew
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08 Sep 1930 Richard Drew creates Scotch tape
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08 Sep 1930 3M begins marketing Scotch transparent tape.
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08 Sep 1933 Ghazi bin Faisal became King of Iraq.
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08 Sep 1934 54th US Mens Tennis: Fred Perry beats Wilmer L Allison (64 63 16 86)
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08 Sep 1934 Bradman scores 132 vs. Leveson-Gower XI, 90 mins, 24 fours 1 six
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08 Sep 1934 Luxury passenger ship Morro Castle for New Jersey catches fire, 133 die
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08 Sep 1934 Off the New Jersey coast, a fire aboard the passenger liner SS Morro Castle kills 135 people.
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08 Sep 1935 Willy de Supervise swims runs world record 200 m freestyle (2:25.2)
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08 Sep 1935 US Senator from Louisiana, Huey Long, nicknamed "Kingfish", is fatally shot in the Louisiana State Capitol building.
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08 Sep 1936 Princess Juliana and German Prince Bernard Lippe-Biesterfeld get engaged
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08 Sep 1937 Pan Arab conference about Palestine opens
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08 Sep 1937 Yankees trailing 6-1 in 9th, score 8 to beat Boston 9-6
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08 Sep 1939 FDR declares "limited national emergency" due to war in Europe
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08 Sep 1939 Gen Von Reichenaus pantzer division reaches suburbs of Warsaw
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08 Sep 1939 Indians Bob Feller, 20, is youngest pitcher to win 20 games
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08 Sep 1939 Yanks beat Red Sox 4-1 in 7, game called because of lightning
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08 Sep 1941 Blockade of Leningrad (St Petersburg) by Germany begins
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08 Sep 1941 Entire Jewish community of Meretsch, Lithuania is exterminated
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08 Sep 1941 World War II: Siege of Leningrad begins. German forces begin a siege against the Soviet Union's second-largest city, Leningrad.
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08 Sep 1943 Gen Eisenhower announce unconditional surrender of Italy in WWII
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08 Sep 1943 Italy surrenders to Allies in WWII
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08 Sep 1943 Lieutenant General Bradley flies to Carthago / Algiers Sicily
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08 Sep 1943 World War II: The O.B.S. (German General Headquarters for the Mediterranean zone) in Frascati is bombed by USAAF.
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08 Sep 1943 World War II: United States General Dwight D. Eisenhower publicly announces the Allied armistice with Italy.
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08 Sep 1944 1st V-2 rockets land in London and Antwerp
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08 Sep 1944 Russians march into Bulgaria; Bulgaria declares war on Germany
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08 Sep 1944 World War II: London is hit by a V-2 rocket for the first time.
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08 Sep 1944 World War II: Menton is liberated from Germany.
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08 Sep 1945 Hideki Tojo, Japanese Prime Minister during most of WWII, attempts suicide rather than face war crimes tribunal attempt fails, later he is hanged
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08 Sep 1945 US invades Japanese-held Korea
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08 Sep 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.
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08 Sep 1946 60th US Womens Tennis: Pauline Betz beats Patricia Canning (119 63)
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08 Sep 1946 66th US Mens Tennis: Jack Kramer beats Tom Brown Jr (97 63 60)
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08 Sep 1946 Bill Kennedy of Rocky Mount (CPL) strikes out minors record 456
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08 Sep 1946 Bulgaria ends monarchy
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08 Sep 1946 Jack Kramer wins US Tennis Open
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08 Sep 1946 San Francisco 49ers play 1st AAFC game, lose to New York Yankees 21-7
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08 Sep 1946 95.6% vote in favour of abolishing the monarchy in Bulgaria.
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08 Sep 1947 British government sails "Exodus" with fugitives from Nazis
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08 Sep 1948 British De Havilland 08-fighter flies faster than sound
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08 Sep 1951 Japan signs peace treaty with 48 countries (San Francisco)
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08 Sep 1951 Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Sempiternus Rex
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08 Sep 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.
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08 Sep 1953 "Carnival in Flanders" opens at New Century Theater New York for 6 performances
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08 Sep 1953 Pope Pius XII publishes encyclical Fulgeno corona
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08 Sep 1954 Alan Freed leaves Cleveland to NYC for WINS radio
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08 Sep 1954 SE Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) forms to stop communist spread in SE Asia
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08 Sep 1954 The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) is established.
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08 Sep 1955 Earliest clinching of an NL pennant (Brooklyn Dodgers)
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08 Sep 1957 77th US Mens Tennis: M J Anderson beats Ashley J Cooper (108 75 64)
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08 Sep 1957 Jackie Wilson, releases his 1st solo single "Reet Petite"
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08 Sep 1957 Pope Pius XII encyclical On motion pictures, radio, TV
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08 Sep 1958 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Dallas Golf Open
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08 Sep 1958 Paul Anka opens Asian tour in Tokyo
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08 Sep 1959 The Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) is established.
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08 Sep 1960 German DR limits access to East-Berlin for West Berliners
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08 Sep 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).
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08 Sep 1962 Chinese troops exceed Mac-Mahon-line (Tibet-India boundary)
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08 Sep 1962 Newly independent Algeria, by referendum, adopts a constitution.
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08 Sep 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.
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08 Sep 1963 77th US Womens Tennis: Maria Fraser beats Margaret Smith Court (75 64)
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08 Sep 1963 83rd US Mens Tennis: R H Osuna beats Frank Froehling III (75 64 62)
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08 Sep 1963 Algerian population accepts constitution
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08 Sep 1963 Braves Warren Spahn ties Christy Mathewson with 13 20-win seasons
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08 Sep 1963 Ines Cuervo de Priete, 34, gives birth to quintuplets, all boys
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08 Sep 1965 Hurricane Betsy kills 75 in Louisiana and Florida
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08 Sep 1965 Kansas City Athletics Bert Campaneris plays all 9 positions in a game
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08 Sep 1965 Pakistan Navy raids Indian coasts without any resistance in Operation Dwarka, Pakistan celebrates Victory Day annually.
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08 Sep 1966 "That Girl" starring Marlo Thomas premieres on ABC-TV
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08 Sep 1966 The Severn Bridge is officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II.
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08 Sep 1966 The first Star Trek series premieres on NBC.
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08 Sep 1967 Surveyor 5 launched; makes soft landing on Moon September 10
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08 Sep 1967 Uganda abolishes traditional tribal kingdoms, becomes a Republic
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08 Sep 1967 The formal end of steam traction in the North East of England by British Railways.
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08 Sep 1968 "Funny Girl" with Barbra Striesand premieres
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08 Sep 1968 Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Pacific Ladies Golf Classic
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08 Sep 1968 Saundra Williams wins 1st Miss Black America pageant
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08 Sep 1969 89th US Mens Tennis: Rodney G Laver beats Tony Roche (79 61 62 62)
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08 Sep 1969 Suleiman Maghrabi appointed Premier of Libya
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08 Sep 1969 US amateur Mens Tennis: Stan Smith beats Bob Lutz (97 63 61)
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08 Sep 1971 John F Kennedy Center for Performing Arts opens in Washington DC
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08 Sep 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.
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08 Sep 1972 Chicago Cub Ferguson Jenkins wins his 20th game for 6th straight year
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08 Sep 1973 87th US Womens Tennis: M S Court beats E Goolagong Cawley (76 57 62)
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08 Sep 1973 Billy Martin named manager of Texas Rangers
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08 Sep 1973 Hank Aaron sets record of most HRs in 1 league (709)
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08 Sep 1973 Rebecca Ann King (Colo), 23, crowned 46th Miss America 1974
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08 Sep 1974 88th US Womens Tennis: Billie J King beats Evonne Goolagong (36 63 75)
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08 Sep 1974 94th US Mens Tennis: Jimmy Connors beats Ken Rosewall (61 60 61)
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08 Sep 1974 Ian Thompson wins marathon (2:13:18.8)
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08 Sep 1974 Joanne Carner wins LPGA Dallas Civitan Golf Open
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08 Sep 1974 President Gerald Ford pardons former President R Nixon of all federal crimes
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08 Sep 1974 Watergate Scandal: US President Gerald Ford pardons former President Richard Nixon for any crimes Nixon may have committed while in office.
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08 Sep 1975 Boston begins court ordered busing of public schools
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08 Sep 1975 Guinee-Bissau declares independence from Portugal
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08 Sep 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.
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08 Sep 1977 Interpol sends a resolution concerning video piracy
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08 Sep 1977 Jimmy McCullough quits Wings
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08 Sep 1978 2nd game of Boston Massacre; Yanks beat Red Sox 13-2
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08 Sep 1978 Irani army shoots on Khomeini followers in Teheran, 100s killed
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08 Sep 1978 Black Friday, a massacre by soldiers against protesters in Tehran, provoked 88 deaths, it marks the beginning of the end of the monarchy in Iran
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08 Sep 1979 Cheryl Prewitt (Miss), 22, crowned 52nd Miss America 1980
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08 Sep 1980 Bowie Kuhn suspends Ferguson Jenkins indefinitely due to drug arrest
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08 Sep 1982 Dutch social dem party wins elections, fascist enters Dutch parliament
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08 Sep 1983 NASA launches RCA-6
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08 Sep 1984 98th US Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats Chris E L Mills (46 64 64)
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08 Sep 1984 Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 41G mission
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08 Sep 1985 105th US Mens Tennis: Ivan Lendl beats John McEnroe (76 63 64)
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08 Sep 1985 7 die in a car and train crash in San Jose, California
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08 Sep 1985 Alayson Gibbons sets 24 hour women swim record of 42.05 mi in 25 m pool
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08 Sep 1985 Discovery flies back to Kennedy Space Center via Kelly AFB
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08 Sep 1985 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Portland Ping Golf Championship
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08 Sep 1985 Pete Rose ties Ty Cobb with 4,191 hits
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08 Sep 1986 Westinghouse sells Muzak
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08 Sep 1988 Emmy News and Documentaries Award presentation
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08 Sep 1988 Yellowstone National Park is closed for the first time in U.S. history due to ongoing fires.
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08 Sep 1989 George Brett gets his 2,500th hit
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08 Sep 1989 Mausoleum of Beatrice of Brabant (1288) discovered in Kortrijk Belgium
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08 Sep 1989 Norwegian Convair 580 crashes at Jutland in sea (55 murder)
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08 Sep 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.
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08 Sep 1990 104th US Womens Tennis: Gabriela Sabatini beats Steffi Graf (62 76)
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08 Sep 1990 Ellis Island Historical Site opens on Ellis Island, New York City
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08 Sep 1991 111th US Mens Tennis: Stefan Edberg beats Jim Courier (62 64 60)
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08 Sep 1991 Buffalo Bill Jim Kelly passes for 6 touchdowns vs. Pittsburgh (52-34)
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08 Sep 1991 Macedonia votes for independence from Yugoslavia
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08 Sep 1991 Michelle Estill wins Ping-Cellular One LPGA Golf Championship
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08 Sep 1991 The Republic of Macedonia becomes independent.
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08 Sep 1992 Danny Tartabull has 9 RBIs as Yanks beat Orioles 16-4
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08 Sep 1992 Howard Stern Radio Show begins broadcasting in Dallas (KGEL-FM 97.1)
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08 Sep 1993 Cheek Junxia wins world record ladies 10 km (29:31.78)
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08 Sep 1994 "Philadelphia, Here I Come" opens at Criterion NYC for 52 performances
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08 Sep 1994 Last US, British and French troops leave West-Berlin
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08 Sep 1994 Man shoots another man on IRT #4 train at Grand Central Station
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08 Sep 1994 MTV awards feature newlyweds Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley
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08 Sep 1994 USAir Boeing 737 crashes at Pittsburgh Airport, killing all 132 on board
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08 Sep 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.
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08 Sep 1995 Cleveland Indians clinch 1st AL Central Division title
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08 Sep 1996 "7 Guitars" closes at Walter Kerr Theater, New York City
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08 Sep 1996 110th US Womens Tennis: Steffi Graf beats Monica Seles (75 64)
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08 Sep 1996 116th US Mens Tennis: Pete Sampras beats Michael Chang (61 64 76)
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08 Sep 1996 48th Emmy Awards: ER, Dennis Franz and Kathy Baker wins
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08 Sep 1996 Dottie Pepper wins Safeway LPGA title
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08 Sep 1996 Ping-Cellular One LPGA Golf Championship
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08 Sep 1996 Sri Lanka defeat Australia to win Singer World Series at Colombo
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08 Sep 2004 NASA's unmanned spacecraft Genesis crash-lands when its parachute fails to open.
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08 Sep 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.
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08 Sep 2013 Eleven people are killed in a train collision in Iași County, Romania.
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