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On This Day · The 251st day of the year

September 8

From 1100 to 2022, September 8 gathers 922 years of history. Most of the weight falls in the 20th century, where politics and nation-building recur.

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What happened on September 8?

September 8 is the 251st day of the year. It marks 10 notable events in history, dated between 1100 and 2022. Famous people born on September 8 include Antonín Dvořák, Alfred Jarry and Emperor Xuanzong of Tang.

Released on September 8

Movies, games, albums & shows

2026

  • Game Halloween

2023

  • Game Synced

2022

  • Game Jack Move
  • Game Steelrising

Release data from TMDB & IGDB.

Events

10 notable moments
  1. 1100

    Antipope Theodoric

  2. 1565

    St. Augustine, Florida

  3. 1755

    French and Indian War

  4. 1793

    French Revolutionary Wars

  5. 1831

    William IV

  6. 1900

    1900 Galveston hurricane

  7. 1935

    Huey Long

  8. 1966

    Star Trek: The Original Series

  9. 1974

    Watergate scandal

  10. 2022

    Elizabeth II

Famous birthday twins

Born on September 8

Antonín Dvořák

b. 1841

Alfred Jarry

b. 1873

Emperor Xuanzong of Tang

b. 685

Rasul Gamzatov

b. 1923

Asha Bhosle

b. 1933

Richard I of England

b. 1157

Frédéric Mistral

b. 1830

Ludovico Ariosto

b. 1474

Deaths

  • 2022Elizabeth II
  • 2003Leni Riefenstahl
  • 1965Hermann Staudinger
  • 1949Richard Strauss
  • 1895Adam Opel
  • 780Leo IV the Khazar

Holidays & observances

  • —Christian Feast Day: Adrian and Natalia of Nicomedia (Roman Catholic Church)
  • —Christian Feast Day: Corbinian
  • —Christian Feast Day: Disibod
  • —Christian Feast Day: Nativity of Mary (Roman Catholic Church), (Anglo-Catholicism) Monti Fest (Mangalorean Catholic)
  • —Christian Feast Day: Our Lady of Charity
  • —Christian Feast Day: Our Lady of Covadonga (national holiday in Asturias)
  • —Christian Feast Day: Our Lady of Good Health of Vailankanni
  • —Christian Feast Day: Pope Sergius I

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