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What happened in history on this day: September 8?
On September 8 in ...
- 1863 - 47 Texas volunteers repel Federal invasion force at Sabine Pass, Texas.
- 1883 - Northern Pacific Railroad's last spike driven at Independence Creek, Montana.
- 1900 - 6,000 killed when a hurricane and tidal wave destroy Galveston, Texas, most deadly in US history.
- 1920 - US Air Mail service begins (New York City to San Francisco).
- 1921 - First Miss America crowned (Margaret Gorman of Washington DC).
- 1930 - First appearance of the comic strip Blondie.
- 1930 - New York City public schools begin teaching Hebrew.
- 1931 - In Hagerstown, Maryland, USA a meteorite crashes through a roof.
- 1934 - Ward Line's American luxury liner Morro Castle (11,500 tons) burns off New Jersey, killing 133-137 of 547 total passengers and crew. On September 7, Captain Robert R. Wilmott was found dead in his cabin of an apparent heart attack. The fire, which started in a locker, may have been started by wireless operator George White Rogers. The burned out hulk runs aground near the boardwalk of Asbury Park, New Jersey. 50 years earlier, the Daily Spray newspaper of Asbury Park suggested the city needed a shipwreck as a tourist attraction.
- 1935 - Huey P Long (Senator-Louisiana) is shot in the Baton Rouge Capitol building (dies two days later).
- 1939 - American President Franklin Roosevelt declares a limited national emergency, issuing orders to substantially increase the army, navy, marine corps, and National Guard.
- 1943 - (1830 hours) On Algiers radio, US General Dwight Eisenhower announces the surrender of Italy. An hour later, Italian Premier Marshal Badoglio also announces the surrender.
- 1945 - US invades Japanese-held Korea.
- 1951 - Japan signs the San Francisco Peace Treaty with 48 nations, regaining its independence.
- 1955 - Disneyland welcomes its one millionth visitor.
- 1966 - NBC-TV airs the first episode of TV show Star Trek, starring William Shatner. First episode is entitled The Man Trap.
- 1967 - Surveyor 5 is launched; makes soft landing on Moon September 10.
- 1971 - John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts opens in Washington DC.
- 1974 - US President Gerald Ford pardons former President Richard Nixon of all federal crimes.
- 1975 - Boston, Massachusetts, begins court ordered bussing of public schools.
- 1985 - USA Weekend's first issue, appears in 255 newspapers.
- 1985 - Seven die in a car and train crash in San Jose, California.
- 1990 - Ellis Island Historical Site opens on Eliis Island, New York City.
- 1994 - USAir Flight 427, a Boeing 737 with 132 people on board, crashes on approach to Pittsburgh International Airport; there are no survivors.
- 2004 - In the "Rathergate" affair, the first Internet posts appear pointing out that documents claimed by CBS News to be typewritten memos from the early 1970s appear instead to have been produced using modern word processing systems.
Births on September 8
- 1873 - Birth of David O McKay in Huntsville, Utah, USA; 9th president of Mormon church.
- 1897 - Birth of Jimmie Rodgers in Mendoza, Mississippi, USA; country singer/singing brakeman.
- 1898 - Birth of Queenie Smith in New York City, New York, USA; actress/dancer (Funny Side).
- 1907 - Birth of Gavin Muir in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actor (Hollister - Betty Hutton Show).
- 1912 - Birth of Leo Cherne in New York City, New York, USA; economist/commentator (All Star News).
- 1922 - Birth of Lyndon LaRouche; American presidental candidate (1980).
- 1922 - Birth of Sid Caesar in Yonkers, New York, USA; comedian (Your Show of Shows).
- 1932 - Birth of Patsy Cline in Virginia, USA; country singer ("Walkin' After Midnight").
- 1940 - Birth of Willie Tyler in Red Level, Alabama, USA; ventriloquist (Lester).
- 1941 - Birth of Alan Feinstein in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Max - Berrengers, Family Tree).
- 1947 - Birth of Ann Beattie in Washington DC, USA; short story writer (New Yorker Magazine).
- 1951 - Birth of Tom Gullikson in Wisconsin, USA; tennis player (US mixed Doubles 1984).
- 1957 - Birth of Heather Thomas in Greenwich, Connecticut, USA; actress (Jody - Fall Guy, Coed Fever).
- 1961 - Birth of Franny Michel in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actress (Patricia - Apple's Way).
Deaths on September 8
- 1969 - Bud Collyer, TV emcee (Beat the Clock, To Tell the Truth), dies at age 61.
- 1980 - Death of Willard Libby, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1908).
- 1981 - Roy Wilkins, longtime executive director of NAACP, dies at age 80.
- 1985 - Death of John Franklin Enders, American scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (born 1887).
- 1989 - Death of Paul Alfred Weiss in White Plains, New York (born in Vienna, Austria); biologist.
- 2004 - Death of Frank Thomas, American animator (Walt Disney Company) (born 1912).
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