A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.
September 8: Day of the Week
September 8, 2024 is the 252nd day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 114 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Sunday.
If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is domingo.
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Here’s the September calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
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.
September 8 Historical Event(s)
1380
Battle of Kulikovo – Russian forces defeat a mixed army of Tatars and Mongols, stopping their advance.
1565
The Knights of Malta lift the Turkish siege of Malta that began on May 18.
1793
French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Hondschoote.
1934
Off the New Jersey coast, a fire aboard the passenger liner SS Morro Castle kills 135 people.
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
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.
1962
Newly independent Algeria, by referendum, adopts a constitution.
1966
The first Star Trek series premieres on NBC.
1967
The formal end of steam traction in the North East of England by British Railways.
1974
Watergate Scandal: US President Gerald Ford pardons former President Richard Nixon for any crimes Nixon may have committed while in office.
Who were born on September 8?
1271
Charles Martel of Anjou, son of Charles II of Naples (d. 1295)
1886
Siegfried Sassoon, English poet (d. 1967)
1900
Claude Pepper, American politician (d. 1989)
1915
Frank Cady, American actor
1933
Paul M. Fleiss, American pediatrician; father of Heidi Fleiss
1934
Peter Maxwell Davies, British composer
1938
Sam Nunn, American politician
1954
Anne Diamond, English television presenter
1963
Brad Silberling, American television and film director
1968
Ray Wilson, Scottish musician
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