September 8
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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.
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Births [change]
- 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)
- 1474 – Ludovico Ariosto, Italian poet (d. 1533)
- 1588 – Marin Mersenne, French mathematician (d. 1648)
- 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)
- 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)
- 1815 – Giuseppina Strepponi, Italian operatic soprano (d. 1897)
- 1819 – Fontes Pereira de Melo, Portuguese statesman (d. 1887)
- 1828 – Joshua Chamberlain, American general, politician and 32nd Governor of Maine (d. 1914)
- 1830 – Frederic Mistral, French poet (d. 1914)
- 1831 – Wilhelm Raabe, German writer (d. 1910)
- 1841 – Antonin Dvorak, 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)
- 1886 – Siegfried Sassoon, British poet (d. 1967)
- 1887 – Jacob L. Devers, American general (d. 1979)
- 1887 – George, Crown Prince of Serbia (d. 1972)
- 1889 – Robert Alphonso Taft, American politician (d. 1953)
- 1900 – Claude Pepper, American politician (d. 1989)
- 1901 – Hendrik Verwoerd, South African politician (d. 1966)
- 1906 – Andrei Kirilenko, Soviet politician (d. 1990)
- 1918 – Derek Harold Richard Barton, British chemist (d. 1998)
- 1922 – Sid Caesar, American comedian
- 1922 – Lyndon LaRouche, American politician
- 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)
- 1932 – Patsy Cline, American singer (d. 1963)
- 1934 – Alan Dundes, American folklorist (d. 2005)
- 1939 – Carsten Keller, German field hockey player
- 1945 – Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, American musician (Grateful Dead) (d. 1973)
- 1947 – Halldor Asgrimsson, Icelandic politician, former Prime Minister of Iceland
- 1947 – Valery Afanassiev, Russian politician
- 1948 – Great Kabuki, Japanese wrestler
- 1958 – Mitsuru Miyamoto, Japanese voice actor
- 1960 – Aimee Mann, American musician
- 1960 – Stefano Casiraghi, Italian businessman, married into Monegasque royalty (d. 1990)
- 1966 – Carola, Swedish singer
- 1969 – Gary Speed, Welsh footballer and coach (d. 2011)
- 1971 – David Arquette, American actor
- 1971 – Martin Freeman, British actor
- 1972 – Markus Babbel, German footballer
- 1973 – Khamis Al-Owairan, Saudi footballer
- 1975 – Richard Hughes, English musician (Keane)
- 1975 – Chris Latham, Australian rugby player
- 1976 – Sjeng Schalken, Dutch tennis player
- 1976 – Gerald Drummond, Costa Rican footballer
- 1976 – Jervis Drummond, Costa Rican footballer
- 1979 – Pink, American singer
- 1981 – Morten Gamst Pedersen, Norwegian footballer
- 1983 – Diego Benaglio, Swiss footballer
- 1984 – Peter Whittingham, English footballer
- 1986 – Joao Moutinho, Portuguese footballer
- 1987 – Wiz Khalifa, American rapper
- 1987 – Alexandre Bilodeau, Canadian freestyle skier
- 1987 – Marcel Nguyen, German gymnast
- 1989 – Gylfi Sigurdsson, Icelandic footballer
- 1990 – Matt Barkley, American football player
Deaths [change]
- 701 – Pope Sergius I
- 780 – Leo IV the Khazar, Byzantine Emperor (b. 750)
- 1134 – Alfonso I of Aragon and Navarre (b. 1073)
- 1425 – King Charles III of Navarre (b. 1361)
- 1613 – Carlo Gesualdo, Italian composer (b. 1566)
- 1644 – John Coke, English politician (b. 1563)
- 1682 – Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish writer (b. 1606)
- 1780 – Enoch Poor, American general (b. 1736)
- 1784 – Ann Lee, American religious leader (b. 1736)
- 1888 – Annie Chapman, victim of Jack the Ripper (b. 1841)
- 1933 – King Faisal I of Iraq (b. 1883)
- 1944 – Richard Strauss, German composer (b. 1864)
- 1965 – Hermann Staudinger, German chemist (b. 1881)
- 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)
- 1985 – John Franklin Enders, American scientist
- 1989 – Sgt. Barry Sadler, American soldier, author and songwriter (b. 1940)
- 1999 – Moondog, American composer, musician and poet (b. 1916)
- 2003 – Leni Riefenstahl, German filmmaker (b. 1902)
- 2004 – Delfin Benitez Caceres, Paraguayan footballer (b. 1910)
- 2006 – Thomas Lee Judge, 18th Governor of Montana (b. 1934)
- 2009 – Aage Niels Bohr, Danish physicist (b. 1922)
- 2011 – Vo Chi Cong, former President of Vietnam (b. 1912)
Events [change]
- 1504 – Michelangelo's David statue is unveiled in Florence.
- 1761 – King George III of the United Kingdom marries Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
- 1831 – William IV of the United Kingdom is crowned king.
- 1863 – American Civil War: At the second battle of Sabine Pass, the Confederates prevent an attempt from the Union army to enter Texas.
- 1892 – The American Pledge of Allegiance is recited for the first time.
- 1900 – In Galveston, Texas, a hurricane kills around 8,000 people.
- 1926 – Germany is admitted to the League of Nations.
- 1943 – World War II: US General Dwight D. Eisenhower publicly announces the allied armistice with Italy.
- 1962 – Algeria adopts its constitution.
- 1966 – The First episode of Star Trek airs.
- 1974 – Gerald Ford pardons former US President Richard Nixon.
- 1991 – The Republic of Macedonia becomes independent.
- 1994 - USAir Flight 427, on approach to Pittsburgh International Airport, suddenly crashes, killing all 132 on board.
- 2004 - NASA's unmanned spacecraft Genesis crash-lands in Utah when its parachute fails to open.
Observances [change]
- National Holiday (Andorra and Republic of Macedonia)
