September 8 facts for kids

2020 Calendar

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

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.

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
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)

Observances

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

September 8 facts for kids

Contents

Events

Up to 1900

1901 – 2000

From 2001

Births

Up to 1900

1901 – 1950

1951 – 1975

From 1976

Deaths

Up to 1900

1901 – 2000

From 2001

Observances