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 251st day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 114 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is August 26, 2025 – a Monday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,757,289,600 seconds 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 ‘dihectapentacontahenagon’ day.
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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 162 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 4,644 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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September 8 Historical Events
- 1504 –Michelangelo’s David is unveiled in Florence.
- 1863 –American Civil War: Second Battle of Sabine Pass – on the Texas-Louisiana border at the mouth of the Sabine River, a small Confederate force thwarts a Union invasion of Texas.
- 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.
- 1926 –Germany is admitted to the League of Nations.
- 1944 –World War II: Menton is liberated from Germany.
- 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.
- 1952 –The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation makes its first televised broadcast on the second escape of the Boyd Gang.
- 1965 –Pakistan Navy raids Indian coasts without any resistance in Operation Dwarka, Pakistan celebrates Victory Day annually.
- 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.
Who were born on September 8?
- 1749 –Gabrielle de Polastron, duchesse de Polignac, French aristocrat (d. 1793)
- 1851 –John Jenkins, American-born Premier of South Australia (d. 1923)
- 1894 –John Samuel Bourque, Quebec politician (d. 1974)
- 1894 –Willem Pijper, Dutch composer and critic (d. 1947)
- 1950 –Mike Simpson, American politician
- 1956 –Frank Tovey, British musician (d. 2002)
- 1956 –Stefan Johansson, Swedish Formula One driver
- 1966 –Carola, Swedish singer
- 1971 –David Arquette, American actor
- 1985 –Yendi Phillips, Jamaican beauty pageant contestant
Who died on September 8?
- 780 –Leo IV the Khazar, Byzantine Emperor (b. 750)
- 1425 –King Charles III of Navarre (b. 1361)
- 1539 –John Stokesley, English churchman
- 1644 –Francis Quarles, English poet (b. 1592)
- 1780 –Enoch Poor, American Continental Army general (b. 1736)
- 1894 –Hermann von Helmholtz, German physician (b. 1821)
- 1935 –Carl Weiss, American doctor, assassin of Huey Long (b. 1906)
- 2005 –Noel Cantwell, Irish cricketer and footballer (b. 1932)
- 2007 –Ramón Cardemil, Chilean huaso (b. 1917)
- 2009 –Mike Bongiorno, Italian television host (b. 1924)
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