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Birthday September 08, 1157 King Richard I, of England |
Birthday September 08, 1830 Frederic Mistral, Proven‡al poet (Nobel 1904) |
Birthday September 08, 1841 Anton¡n Dvor k, in Nelahozeves, Czech, composer (New World Symphony) |
Birthday September 08, 1889 Robert A. Taft, (sen) |
Birthday September 08, 1900 Claude D. Pepper, (D-Fla.), US congressman |
Birthday September 08, 1914 Hillary Brooke, Abbott & Costello's neighbor |
Birthday September 08, 1922 Sid Caesar, comedian |
Birthday September 08, 1925 Denise Darcel, in Paris France |
Birthday September 08, 1925 Peter Sellers, (not now, Kato) |
Birthday September 08, 1937 Virna Lisi, Actress |
Birthday September 08, 1938 Sam Nunn, (D-Ga-Sen) |
Birthday September 08, 1940 Frankie Avalon, (Beach movies) |
Birthday September 08, 1947 Ann Beattie is born |
Birthday September 08, 1957 Heather Thomas, in Greenwich Ct |
History September 08, 1100 Clement III 1st antipope (1084-1100) dies (birth date unknown). |
History September 08, 1380 Russians defeat Tatars at Kulikovo beginning decline of Tatars. |
History September 08, 1565 1st permanent settlement in US founded at St Augustine Florida |
History September 08, 1565 Turkish siege of Malta broken by Maltese & Knights of St. John. |
History September 08, 1664 Dutch surrender New Amsterdam (NY) to English. |
History September 08, 1664 New Amsterdam becomes New York |
History September 08, 1771 Mission San Gabriel Archangel founded in California. |
History September 08, 1781 Bloody battle begins at Eutaw Springs, South Carolina |
History September 08, 1810 The Pacific Fur Company's first ship leaves for Oregon |
History September 08, 1858 Lincoln makes a speech about when you can fool people |
History September 08, 1860 Loss of steamer Lady Elgin. |
History September 08, 1863 Rebels thwart Yankees at the Second Battle of Sabine Pass |
History September 08, 1883 Northern Pacific RR's last spike driven at Independence Creek Mont. |
History September 08, 1900 Deadly hurricane destroys Galveston |
History September 08, 1900 Deadly hurricane batters Texas |
History September 08, 1915 German airship hits central London |
History September 08, 1920 1st US Air Mail service begins |
History September 08, 1935 Senator Huey P. Long assassinated at Baton Rouge. |
History September 08, 1935 Huey Long is shot |
History September 08, 1937 Yankees trail 6-1 come up with 8 in the 9th beat Boston 9-6 |
History September 08, 1939 Yanks beat Red Sox 4-1 in 7 game called because of lightning |
History September 08, 1941 Siege of Leningrad begins |
History September 08, 1943 Italian surrender is announced |
History September 08, 1943 Italy surrenders to the allies in WW II |
History September 08, 1945 American troops arrive in Korea to partition the country |
History September 08, 1945 US invades Japanese-held Korea. |
History September 08, 1954 SEATO established |
History September 08, 1968 ARVN general killed |
History September 08, 1973 Billy Martin named manager of the Texas Rangers |
History September 08, 1974 Pres Gerald Ford pardons former Pres Richard Nixon |
History September 08, 1974 President Ford pardons former President Nixon |
History September 08, 1977 Interpol sends a resolution concerning video piracy |
History September 08, 1978 The 2nd game of the Boston Massacre Yanks beat Red Sox 13-2 |
History September 08, 1979 Jean Seberg dies at age 40 |
History September 08, 1986 Nissan's first European factory opens |
History September 08, 1986 Oprah goes national |
History September 08, 1998 McGwire passes Maris |
History September 08, 2003 RIAA begins suing individual sharers of copyrighted mp3 files |