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September 8th - holidays
- Earliest day on which Auditor's Day can fall, while September 14 is the latest; celebrated on the second Sunday in September. (Church of Scientology)

- Christian Feast Day:

- Feast of 'Izzat (Might) – First day of the tenth month of the Bahá'í calendar. (Bahá'í Faith)

- Independence day, celebrates the independence of Macedonia from Yugoslavia in 1991.

- International Literacy Day (International)

- National day, also the feast of Our Lady of Meritxell. (Andorra)

- Navy Day (Pakistan)

- The first day of Fiestas de Santa Fe, marked by the burning of the Zozobra (New Mexico)

- Victory Day, also the feast of Our Lady of Victories or il-Vittorja (Malta)

September 8th - events
- 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.

- 2004 - NASA's unmanned spacecraft Genesis crash-lands when its parachute fails to open.

- 1994 - USAir Flight 427, on approach to Pittsburgh International Airport, suddenly crashes in clear weather killing all 132 aboard; resulting in the most extensive aviation investigation in world history and altering manufacturing practices in the industry.

- 1991 - The Republic of Macedonia becomes independent.

- 1975 - Gays in the military: US Air Force Tech Sergeant Leonard Matlovich, a decorated veteran of the Vietnam War, appears in his Air Force uniform on the cover of Time magazine with the headline "I Am A Homosexual". He is later given a general discharge.

- 1974 - Watergate Scandal: US President Gerald Ford pardons former President Richard Nixon for any crimes Nixon may have committed while in office.

- 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.

- 1970 - Hijacking (and subsequent destruction) of three airliners to Jordan by Palestinians; the events to follow would later become known as Black September

- 1968 - The Beatles perform their last live TV performance on the David Frost show. They perform their new hit "Hey Jude".

- 1967 - The formal end of steam traction in the North East of England by British Railways.

- 1966 - The Severn Bridge is officially opened by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

- 1966 - The first Star Trek series premieres on NBC.

- 1962 - Newly independent Algeria, by referendum, adopts a Constitution.

- 1962 - Last run of the famous Pines Express over the Somerset and Dorset Railway line (UK) fittingly using the last steam locomotive built by British Railways, 9F locomotive 92220 Evening Star.

- 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).

- 1959 - The Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) is established.

- 1954 - The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) is established.

- 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.

- 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.

- 1944 - World War II: London is hit by a V2 rocket for the first time.

- 1944 - World War II: Menton is liberated from Germany.

- 1943 - World War II: The O.B.S. (German General Headquarters for the Mediterranean zone) in Frascati is bombed by USAAF.

- 1943 - World War II: United States General Dwight D. Eisenhower publicly announces the Allied armistice with Italy.

- 1941 - World War II: Siege of Leningrad begins. German forces begin a siege against the Soviet Union's second-largest city, Leningrad.

- 1935 - US Senator from Louisiana, Huey Long, nicknamed "Kingfish", is fatally shot in the Louisiana capitol building.

- 1934 - Off the New Jersey coast, a fire aboard the passenger liner SS Morro Castle kills 135 people.

- 1930 - 3M begins marketing Scotch transparent tape.

- 1926 - Germany is admitted to the League of Nations.

- 1923 - Honda Point Disaster: nine US Navy destroyers run aground off the California coast. Seven are lost, and twenty-three sailors killed.

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

- 1914 - World War I: Private Thomas Highgate becomes the first British soldier to be executed for desertion during the war.

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

- 1892 - The Pledge of Allegiance is first recited.

- 1888 - In London, the body of Jack the Ripper's second murder victim, Annie Chapman, is found.

- 1888 - In England the first six Football League matches are played.

- 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.

- 1831 - William IV and Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

- 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.

- 1796 - French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Bassano – French forces defeat Austrian troops at Bassano del Grappa.

- 1793 - French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Hondschoote.

- 1761 - Marriage of King George III of the United Kingdom to Duchess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.

- 1756 - French and Indian War: Kittanning Expedition.

- 1755 - French and Indian War: Battle of Lake George.

- 1727 - A barn fire during a puppet show in the village of Burwell in Cambridgeshire, England kills 78 people, many of whom are children.

- 1565 - Pedro Menéndez de Avilés settles St. Augustine, Florida.

- 1565 - The Knights of Malta lift the Turkish siege of Malta that began on May 18.

- 1551 - The foundation day in Vitória, Brazil

- 1514 - Battle of Orsha – in one of the biggest battles of the century, Lithuanians and Poles defeat the Russian army.

- 1504 - Michelangelo's David is unveiled in Florence.

- 1449 - Battle of Tumu Fortress – Mongolians capture the Chinese emperor.

- 1380 - Battle of Kulikovo – Russian forces defeat a mixed army of Tatars and Mongols, stopping their advance.

- 1331 - Stephen Uroš IV Dušan declares himself king of Serbia

- 1264 - The Statute of Kalisz, guaranteeing Jews safety and personal liberties and giving battei din jurisdiction over Jewish matters, is promulgated by Boleslaus the Pious, Duke of Greater Poland.

- 70 - Roman forces under Titus sack Jerusalem.

September 8th - births
- 1997 - Kimberlea Berg, English actress

- 1996 - Krystal Reyes, Filipina actress

- 1990 - Matt Barkley, American football player

- 1989 - Gylfi Sigurdsson, Icelandic footballer

- 1988 - Arrelious Benn, American football player

- 1988 - Caitlin Hill, Australian internet personality

- 1988 - Chantal Jones, American fashion model

- 1988 - Gustav Schäfer, German drummer (Tokio Hotel)

- 1987 - Wiz Khalifa, American hip-hop artist

- 1987 - Alexandre Bilodeau, Canadian freestyle skier

- 1986 - João Moutinho, Portuguese footballer

- 1986 - Matt Grothe, American football player

- 1985 - Yendi Phillips, Jamaican beauty pageant contestant

- 1984 - Vitaly Petrov, Russian racing driver

- 1984 - Peter Whittingham, English footballer

- 1984 - Bobby Parnell, American baseball player

- 1983 - Wali Lundy, American football player

- 1983 - Diego Benaglio, Swiss footballer

- 1983 - Will Blalock, American basketball player

- 1983 - Chris Judd, Australian football player

- 1983 - Lewis Roberts-Thompson, Australian footballer

- 1981 - Morten Gamst Pedersen, Norwegian footballer

- 1981 - Jonathan Taylor Thomas, American actor

- 1980 - Teruyuki Moniwa, Japanese footballer

- 1980 - Slim Thug, American rapper

- 1979 - Pink, American singer

- 1978 - Gerard Autet, Spanish footballer

- 1978 - Emanuele Ferraro, Italian footballer

- 1978 - Gil Meche, American baseball player

- 1978 - Angela Rawlings, Canadian-American author and performer

- 1977 - Jay McKee, Canadian hockey player

- 1976 - Sjeng Schalken, Dutch tennis player

- 1976 - Gerald Drummond and Jervis Drummond, Costa Rican footballers

- 1976 - Brendan Kelly, American musician (The Lawrence Arms)

- 1976 - Sarah Kucserka, American screenwriter

- 1975 - Richard Hughes, English musician (Keane)

- 1975 - Elena Likhovtseva, Russian tennis player

- 1975 - Larenz Tate, American actor

- 1975 - Lee Eul-Yong, South Korean footballer

- 1975 - Chris Latham, Australian rugby player

- 1974 - Braulio Luna, Mexican footballer

- 1974 - Tanaz Eshaghian, Iranian-born American documentarian

- 1973 - Khamis Al-Owairan, Saudi Arabian footballer

- 1973 - Troy Sanders, American bassist and frontman of Mastodon

- 1972 - Markus Babbel, German footballer

- 1972 - Os du Randt, South African rugby player

- 1972 - Giovanni Frezza, Italian actor

- 1972 - Lisa Kennedy, American television personality

- 1972 - Tomokazu Seki, Japanese voice actor

- 1972 - Phil Laak, Irish-born American professional poker player

- 1971 - Brooke Burke, American model

- 1971 - Daniel Petrov, Bulgarian boxer

- 1971 - David Arquette, American actor

- 1971 - Martin Freeman, English actor

- 1971 - Pierre Sévigny, French-Canadian ice hockey player

- 1971 - Dustin O'Halloran, American pianist and composer

- 1970 - Neko Case, American musician

- 1970 - Latrell Sprewell, American basketball player

- 1970 - Yuji Nishizawa, Japanese hijacker

- 1970 - Paul DiPietro, Canadian-born Swiss ice hockey player

- 1970 - Andy Ward, Irish rugby player

- 1969 - Gary Speed, Welsh footballer

- 1969 - Oswaldo Ibarra, Ecuadorian footballer

- 1969 - Lars Bohinen, Norwegian footballer

- 1969 - Chris Powell, English footballer

- 1967 - Kimberly Peirce, American film director

- 1966 - Peter Furler, Australian musician (Newsboys)

- 1966 - Carola, Swedish singer

- 1965 - Darlene Zschech, Australian Christian Singer

- 1964 - Michael Johns, American business executive

- 1964 - Scott Levy, American professional wrestler

- 1964 - Joachim Nielsen, Norwegian musician (d. 2000)

- 1963 - Li Ning, Chinese gymnast

- 1963 - Brad Silberling, American television and film director

- 1963 - Hitoshi Matsumoto, Japanese comedian

- 1962 - Sergio Casal, Spanish tennis player

- 1962 - Christopher Klim, American novelist

- 1962 - Thomas Kretschmann, German actor

- 1962 - Jay Ziskrout, American punk bassist ex-Bad Religion

- 1961 - Paul Zanetti, Australian political cartoonist

- 1960 - Stefano Casiraghi, Italian businessman; husband of Princess Caroline of Monaco (d. 1990)

- 1960 - Aimee Mann, American musician

- 1960 - David Steele, English musician

- 1960 - Aguri Suzuki, Japanese racing driver

- 1959 - Daler Nazarov, Tajik composer and actor

- 1959 - Carmen Campagne, Canadian singer and children's entertainer

- 1958 - Michael Lardie, American musician

- 1958 - Mitsuru Miyamoto, Japanese voice actor

- 1957 - Heather Thomas, American actress

- 1956 - Mick Brown, American drummer (Dokken)

- 1956 - Maurice Cheeks, American basketball player and coach

- 1956 - Frank Tovey, British musician (d. 2002)

- 1955 - Terry Tempest Williams, American author and environmentalist

- 1955 - Julian Richings, English-born Canadian actor

- 1954 - Mark Lindsay Chapman, English film and television actor

- 1954 - Anne Diamond, English television presenter

- 1954 - Mark Foley, American politician

- 1954 - Michael Shermer, American science writer

- 1954 - Giorgos Toussas, Greek politician

- 1953 - Pascal Greggory, French actor

- 1951 - Nikos Karvelas, Greek composer

- 1950 - Zachary Richard, American singer and songwriter

- 1950 - Mike Simpson, American politician

- 1948 - Jean-Pierre Monseré, Belgian cyclist (d. 1971)

- 1948 - Great Kabuki, Japanese professional wrestler

- 1947 - Ann Beattie, American writer

- 1947 - Valery Afanassiev, Russian pianist

- 1947 - Benjamin Orr, American bassist and singer (The Cars) (d. 2000)

- 1947 - Halldor Asgrimsson, former Prime Minister of Iceland

- 1946 - L. C. Greenwood, American football player

- 1945 - Ron Pigpen McKernan, American musician (Grateful Dead) (d. 1973)

- 1945 - Rogie Vachon, Canadian ice hockey player

- 1944 - Terry Jenner, Australian cricketer

- 1943 - Adelaide C. Eckardt, American politician

- 1942 - Brian Cole, American musician (The Association) (d. 1972)

- 1941 - Bernie Sanders, American politician

- 1940 - Quentin L. Cook, LDS apostle

- 1939 - Carsten Keller, German field hockey player

- 1939 - Guitar Shorty, American musician

- 1938 - Kenichi Horie, Japanese adventurer

- 1937 - Barbara Frum, Canadian news anchor (d. 1992)

- 1937 - Virna Lisi, Italian actress

- 1937 - Sam Nunn, American politician

- 1934 - Rodrigue Biron, Canadian politician

- 1934 - Peter Maxwell Davies, British composer

- 1933 - Asha Bhosle, Indian singer

- 1933 - Paul M. Fleiss, American pediatrician; father of Heidi Fleiss

- 1933 - Michael Frayn, British playwright

- 1933 - Eric Salzman, American composer

- 1932 - Patsy Cline, American singer (d. 1963)

- 1931 - John Garrett, British politician (d. 2007)

- 1930 - Mario Adorf, Swiss-born German actor

- 1930 - Nguyen Cao Ky, South Vietnamese politician

- 1930 - Robert W. Firestone, American clinical psychologist, author of a number of books about psychological defenses, and visual artist.

- 1929 - Christoph von Dohnanyi, German conductor

- 1929 - Roger Byrne, English footballer (d. 1958)

- 1927 - Harlan Howard, American country music songwriter (d. 2002)

- 1925 - Peter Sellers, English actor (d. 1980)

- 1924 - Mimi Parent, Canadian painter (d. 2005)

- 1924 - Marie-Claire Kirkland, Quebec politician

- 1924 - Grace Metalious, American novelist (d. 1964)

- 1924 - Jean-Paul Cloutier, Quebec politician

- 1922 - Sid Caesar, American comedian

- 1922 - Lyndon LaRouche, American politician

- 1921 - Harry Secombe, Welsh entertainer (d. 2001)

- 1919 - Gianni Brera, Italian journalist and writer (d. 1992)

- 1918 - Derek Harold Richard Barton, British chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998)

- 1915 - Frank Cady, American actor

- 1915 - Frank Pullen, English businessman and racehorse owner (d. 1992)

- 1914 - Sir Denys Lasdun, English architect (d. 2001)

- 1910 - Jean-Louis Barrault, French actor and director (d. 1994)

- 1901 - Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd, South African politician (d. 1966)

- 1897 - Jimmie Rodgers, American singer and composer (d. 1933)

- 1896 - Howard Dietz, American lyricist and librettist (d. 1983)

- 1895 - Sara García, Mexican actress (d. 1980)

- 1894 - John Samuel Bourque, Quebec politician (d. 1974)

- 1889 - Robert Alphonso Taft, American politician (d. 1953)

- 1887 - George, Crown Prince of Serbia (d. 1972)

- 1886 - Siegfried Sassoon, English poet (d. 1967)

- 1884 - Théodore Pilette, Belgian racing driver (d. 1921)

- 1881 - Harry Hillman, American athlete (d. 1945)

- 1873 - Alfred Jarry, French playwright (d. 1907)

- 1873 - David O. McKay, ninth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 1970)

- 1857 - Georg Michaelis, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1936)

- 1852 - Emperor Gwangmu of Korea (d. 1919)

- 1846 - Catchick Paul Chater, Hong Kong businessman(d. May 27, 1926)

- 1841 - Antonín Dvo?ák, Czech composer (d. 1904)

- 1841 - Charles J. Guiteau, American assassin of James A. Garfield (d. 1882)

- 1830 - Frédéric Mistral, French poet, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1914)

- 1828 - Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, American Civil War soldier (d. 1914)

- 1828 - Clarence Cook, American writer and art critic (d. 1900)

- 1824 - Jaime Nunó, Spanish composer (d. 1908)

- 1814 - Charles-Étienne Brasseur de Bourbourg, French writer and historian (d. 1874)

- 1804 - Eduard Mörike, German poet (d. 1875)

- 1783 - Nicolai Frederik Severin Grundtvig, Danish writer and philosopher (d. 1872)

- 1778 - Clemens Brentano, German poet (d. 1842)

- 1767 - August von Schlegel, German poet (d. 1845)

- 1750 - Tanikaze Kajinosuke, Jamapese sumo wrestler, the 4th Yokozuna (d. 1795)

- 1749 - Gabrielle de Polastron, duchesse de Polignac, French aristocrat (d. 1793)

- 1749 - Marie-Louise, princesse de Lamballe, Italian-born French aristocrat (d. 1792)

- 1742 - Ozias Humphrey, English artist (d. 1810)

- 1672 - Nicolas de Grigny, French organist and composer (d. 1703)

- 1633 - Ferdinand IV of Germany (d. 1654)

- 1621 - Louis II de Bourbon, Prince de Condé, French general (d. 1686)

- 1611 - Johann Friedrich Gronovius, German classical scholar (d. 1671)

- 1588 - Marin Mersenne, French mathematician (d. 1648)

- 1515 - Alfonso Salmeron, Spanish Jesuit biblical scholar (d. 1585)

- 1474 - Ludovico Ariosto, Italian poet (d. 1533)

- 1380 - Saint Bernardino of Siena, Italian Franciscan missionary (d. 1444)

- 1271 - Charles Martel of Anjou, son of Charles II of Naples (d. 1295)

- 1207 - King Sancho II of Portugal (d. 1248)

- 1157 - King Richard I of England (d. 1199)

- 828 - Ali al-Hadi, Shia Imam (d. 868)

- 801 - Ansgar, German Christian archbishop (d. 865)
