About September 8
September 8, 2024 is the 252nd day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 114 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.
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Virgo is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Sapphire is the modern birthstone for this month. Agate is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 143 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On September 8
- 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.
- 1565 –The Knights of Malta lift the Turkish siege of Malta that began on May 18.
- 1756 –French and Indian War: Kittanning Expedition.
- 1761 –Marriage of King George III of the United Kingdom to Duchess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
- 1860 –The Steamship Lady Elgin sinks on Lake Michigan, with the loss of around 300 lives.
- 1888 –In England the first six Football League matches are played.
- 1892 –The Pledge of Allegiance is first recited.
- 1923 –Honda Point Disaster: nine US Navy destroyers run aground off the California coast. Seven are lost, and twenty-three sailors killed.
- 1930 –3M begins marketing Scotch transparent tape.
- 1941 –World War II: Siege of Leningrad begins. German forces begin a siege against the Soviet Union’s second-largest city, Leningrad.
- 1944 –World War II: London is hit by a V2 rocket for the first time.
- 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.
- 1952 –The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation makes its first televised broadcast on the second escape of the Boyd Gang.
- 1954 –The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) is established.
- 1959 –The Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) is established.
- 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.
- 1988 –Yellowstone National Park is closed for the first time in U.S. history due to ongoing fires.
- 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.
- 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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