What are the important events that happened on September 8? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
September 8: Facts & Myths About This Day
September 8 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.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is August 26, 2024 – a Sunday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 28,762,560 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectapentacontadigon’ day.
Virgo is the zodiac 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.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,279 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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September 8 Historical Events
- 1331 –Stephen Uroš IV Dušan declares himself king of Serbia
- 1796 –French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Bassano – French forces defeat Austrian troops at Bassano del Grappa.
- 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.
- 1831 –William IV and Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
- 1926 –Germany is admitted to the League of Nations.
- 1935 –US Senator from Louisiana, Huey Long, nicknamed “Kingfish”, is fatally shot in the Louisiana capitol building.
- 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.
- 1962 –Newly independent Algeria, by referendum, adopts a constitution.
- 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.
- 2004 –NASA’s unmanned spacecraft Genesis crash-lands when its parachute fails to open.
Who were born on September 8?
- 1873 –David O. McKay, ninth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 1970)
- 1881 –Harry Hillman, American athlete (d. 1945)
- 1922 –Lyndon LaRouche, American politician
- 1934 –Rodrigue Biron, Canadian politician
- 1939 –Guitar Shorty, American musician
- 1951 –Dezső Ránki, Hungarian pianist
- 1973 –Troy Sanders, American bassist Mastodon
- 1975 –Larenz Tate, American actor
- 1976 –Sjeng Schalken, Dutch tennis player
- 1979 –Pink, American singer
Who died on September 8?
- 1539 –John Stokesley, English churchman
- 1739 –Yuri Troubetzkoy, Governor of Belgorod (b. 1668)
- 1811 –Peter Simon Pallas, German zoologist (b. 1741)
- 1888 –Annie Chapman, widely believed to be the second victim of Jack the Ripper (b. 1841)
- 1909 –Vere St. Leger Goold, Irish tennis player and murderer, who suicided on Devil’s Island (b. 1853)
- 1943 –Julius Fučík, Czech journalist (executed) (b. 1903)
- 1949 –Richard Strauss, German composer (b. 1864)
- 1974 –Wolfgang Windgassen, German operatic tenor (b. 1914)
- 2003 –Jaclyn Linetsky, Canadian voice actress (b. 1986)
- 2005 –Noel Cantwell, Irish cricketer and footballer (b. 1932)
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