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, 488,136 hours 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
- 70 –Roman forces under Titus sack Jerusalem.
- 1380 –Battle of Kulikovo – Russian forces defeat a mixed army of Tatars and Mongols, stopping their advance.
- 1796 –French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Bassano – French forces defeat Austrian troops at Bassano del Grappa.
- 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.
- 1888 –In England the first six Football League matches are played.
- 1914 –World War I: Private Thomas Highgate becomes the first British soldier to be executed for desertion during the war.
- 1934 –Off the New Jersey coast, a fire aboard the passenger liner SS Morro Castle kills 135 people.
- 1954 –The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) is established.
- 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 given a general discharge, which was later upgraded to honorable.
- 1991 –The Republic of Macedonia becomes independent.
Who were born on September 8?
- 1886 –Ninon Vallin, French operatic soprano (d. 1961)
- 1917 –Jan Sedivka, Czech-Australian violinist (d. 2009)
- 1937 –Barbara Frum, Canadian news anchor (d. 1992)
- 1962 –Thomas Kretschmann, German actor
- 1969 –Lars Bohinen, Norwegian footballer
- 1971 –Brooke Burke, American model
- 1977 –Jay McKee, Canadian hockey player
- 1983 –Diego Benaglio, Swiss footballer
- 1983 –Wali Lundy, American football player
- 1988 –Chantal Jones, American fashion model
Who died on September 8?
- 701 –Pope Sergius I
- 1882 –Joseph Liouville, French mathematician (b. 1809)
- 1888 –Annie Chapman, widely believed to be the second victim of Jack the Ripper (b. 1841)
- 1944 –Jan van Gilse, Dutch composer and conductor (b.1881)
- 1954 –André Derain, French artist, sculptor (b. 1880)
- 1983 –Antonin Magne, French cyclist (b. 1904)
- 2003 –Jaclyn Linetsky, Canadian voice actress (b. 1986)
- 2003 –Leni Riefenstahl, German film director (b. 1902)
- 2004 –Frank Thomas, American animator (b. 1913)
- 2006 –Peter Brock, Australian racecar driver (b. 1945)
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