September 08

Wednesday 08, 2004:

The NASA unmanned spacecraft Genesis crash-lands when its parachute fails to open.

Monday 08, 2003:

Brianna LaHara, a 12-year-old U.S. schoolgirl, is sued by the RIAA for downloading music illegally.

Saturday 08, 2001:

Durban, South Africa hosts the World Conference against Racism.

Friday 08, 2000:

The Republic of Albania officially joins the World Trade Organization, as Albania.

Wednesday 08, 1999:

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, the third book in J.K. Rowling's hugely popular Harry Potter series, is published in the United States.

Tuesday 08, 1998:

At Busch Stadium in St. Louis, Missouri, Mark McGwire breaks Roger Maris' 1961 record of 61 home runs hit in a single season.

Thursday 08, 1994:

A Boeing 737 operating USAir Flight 427 carrying 132 people on board, crashes on approach to Pittsburgh International Airport. There are no survivors.

Sunday 08, 1991:

Republic of Macedonia becomes independent.

Sunday 08, 1974:

Evel Knievel's attempt to jump the Snake River Canyon at Twin Falls, Idaho, fails after a parachute prematurely deploys on his "sky cycle."

Wednesday 08, 1971:

In Washington, DC, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is inaugurated, with the opening feature being the premiere of Leonard Bernstein's Mass.

Thursday 08, 1966:

1966 - The Severn Road Bridge was officially opened.

Saturday 08, 1962:

Newly independent, Algeria, by referendum, adopts a Constitution.

Thursday 08, 1960:

In Huntsville, Alabama, US President Dwight D. Eisenhower formally dedicates the Marshall Space Flight Center (NASA had already activated the facility on July 1).

Wednesday 08, 1954:

The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) is established.

Saturday 08, 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.

Saturday 08, 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.

Friday 08, 1944:

World War II: Menton is liberated from Germany.

Wednesday 08, 1943:

World War II: Julius Fucik is executed by Nazis.

Monday 08, 1941:

World War II: Siege of Leningrad begins. German forces begin a siege against the Soviet Union's second-largest city, Leningrad. Stalin orders the Volga Deutsche deported to Siberia.

Sunday 08, 1935:

US Senator from Louisiana, Huey Long, nicknamed "Kingfish", is fatally shot in the Louisiana capitol building.

Saturday 08, 1934:

Off the New Jersey coast, a fire aboard the passenger liner SS Morro Castle kills 135 people.

Monday 08, 1930:

1930 - 3M begins marketing Scotch transparent tape.

Wednesday 08, 1926:

Germany was admitted to the League of Nations.

Saturday 08, 1923:

Honda Point Disaster: Nine US Navy destroyers run aground off the California coast. Seven are lost.

Thursday 08, 1921:

1921- 16-year-old Margaret Gorman won the Atlantic City Pageant's Golden Mermaid trophy; pageant officials later dubbed her the first Miss America.

Saturday 08, 1900:

Galveston Hurricane of 1900: a powerful hurricane hits Galveston, Texas killing about 8,000 people.

Saturday 08, 1888:

In England the first six Football League matches ever are played.

Tuesday 08, 1863:

On the Texas-Louisiana border at the mouth of the Sabine River, a small Confederate force thwarts a Union invasion of Texas.

Thursday 08, 1831:

William IV was crowned King of Great Britain.

Saturday 08, 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 arrived at the mouth of the Columbia River and Astor's men established fur-trading town of Astoria, Oregon.

Thursday 08, 1796:

French forces defeat Austrian troops at Bassano.

Monday 08, 1755:

French and Indian War: Battle of Lake George

Monday 08, 1727:

A barn fire during a puppet show in the village of Burwell in Cambs, UK kills 78 people, many of whom are children

Monday 08, 1664:

The Dutch colony of New Amsterdam was surrendered to the British who renamed it New York in 1669.

Monday 08, 1636:

A vote of the Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony establishes the first college in what would become the United States, today known as Harvard University.

Wednesday 08, 1565:

The Knights of Malta lift the Turkish siege of Malta (the Siege of Malta started on May 18).

Tuesday 08, 1514:

In one of the biggest battles of the century, Belarussians and Poles defeat the Russian army.

Thursday 08, 1504:

Michelangelo's David is unveiled in Florence.

Saturday 08, 1449:

Mongolians capture the Chinese emperor.

Friday 08, 1380:

Russian forces defeat a mixed army of Tatars and Mongols, stopping their advance.

Saturday 08, 1331:

Stefan Dusan declares himself king of Serbia

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