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==Events== * 70 – Roman forces under Titus sack Jerusalem. * 617 – Battle of Huoyi: Li Yuan defeats a Sui Dynasty army, opening the path to his capture of the imperial capital Chang'an and the eventual establishment of the Tang Dynasty. *1100 – Election of Antipope Theodoric. *1253 – Pope Innocent IV canonised Stanisław of Szczepanów, killed by king Bolesław II. *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. *1271 – John XXI chosen as Pope. *1331 – Stephen Uroš IV Dušan declares himself king of Serbia *1380 – Battle of Kulikovo: Russian forces defeat a mixed army of Tatars and Mongols, stopping their advance. *1504 – Michelangelo's ''David'' is unveiled in Piazza della Signoria in Florence. *1514 – Battle of Orsha: In one of the biggest battles of the century, Lithuanians and Poles defeat the Russian army. *1551 – The foundation day in Vitória, Brazil *1565 – St. Augustine, Florida was founded by Spanish admiral and Florida's first governor, Pedro Menéndez de Avilés. *1565 – The Knights of Malta lift the Ottoman siege of Malta that began on May 18. *1612 – The foundation day in São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil. *1655 – Warsaw falls without resistance to a small force under the command of Charles X Gustav of Sweden during The Deluge, making it the first time the city is captured by a foreign army. *1727 – A barn fire during a puppet show in the village of Burwell in Cambridgeshire, England kills 78 people, many of whom are children. *1755 – French and Indian War: Battle of Lake George. *1756 – French and Indian War: Kittanning Expedition. *1761 – Marriage of King George III of the United Kingdom to Duchess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. *1775 – The unsuccessful Rising of the Priests in Malta. *1781 – American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Eutaw Springs in South Carolina, the war's last significant battle in the Southern theater, ends in a narrow British tactical victory. *1793 – French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Hondschoote. *1796 – French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Bassano: French forces defeat Austrian troops at Bassano del Grappa. *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. *1831 – William IV and Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. * 1831 – November Uprising: Battle of Warsaw ends, effectively ending the Insurrection. *1860 – The steamship ''Lady Elgin'' sinks on Lake Michigan, with the loss of around 300 lives. *1862 – Millennium of Russia monument unveiled in Novgorod. *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. *1883 – The Northern Pacific Railway (reporting mark NP) was completed in a ceremony at Gold Creek, Montana. Former president Ulysses S. Grant drove in the final "golden spike" in an event attended by rail and political luminaries. *1888 – In Spain, the first travel of Isaac Peral's submarine, was the first practical submarine ever made. * 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. *1892 – The Pledge of Allegiance is first recited. *1900 – Galveston Hurricane of 1900: A powerful hurricane hits Galveston, Texas killing about 8,000 people. *1914 – World War I: Private Thomas Highgate becomes the first British soldier to be executed for desertion during the war. *1921 – Margaret Gorman, a 16-year-old, wins the Atlantic City Pageant's Golden Mermaid trophy; pageant officials later dubbed her the first Miss America. *1923 – Honda Point disaster: Nine US Navy destroyers run aground off the California coast. Seven are lost, and twenty-three sailors killed. *1925 – Rif War: Spanish forces including troops from the Foreign Legion under Colonel Francisco Franco landing at Al Hoceima (Northern Morocco). *1926 – Germany is admitted to the League of Nations. *1930 – 3M begins marketing Scotch transparent tape. *1933 – Ghazi bin Faisal became King of Iraq. *1934 – Off the New Jersey coast, a fire aboard the passenger liner kills 135 people. *1935 – US Senator from Louisiana Huey Long, nicknamed "Kingfish", is fatally shot in the Louisiana State Capitol building. *1941 – World War II: Siege of Leningrad begins. German forces begin a siege against the Soviet Union's second-largest city, Leningrad. *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. *1944 – World War II: London is hit by a V-2 rocket for the first time. * 1944 – World War II: Menton is liberated from Germany. *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. *1946 – A 95.6% vote in favor of abolishing the monarchy in Bulgaria. *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. *1952 – The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation makes its first televised broadcast on the second escape of the Boyd Gang. *1954 – The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) is established. *1955 – United Nations Security Council Resolution 108 is adopted. *1959 – The Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) is established. *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). *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''. *1965 – Pakistan Navy raids Indian coasts without any resistance in Operation Dwarka, Pakistan celebrates Victory Day annually. *1966 – The Severn Bridge is officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II. * 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. *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''. *1974 – Watergate Scandal: US President Gerald Ford pardons former President Richard Nixon for any crimes Nixon may have committed while in office. *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. *1978 – Black Friday, a massacre by soldiers against protesters in Tehran, provoked 88 deaths, it marks the beginning of the end of the monarchy in Iran *1988 – Yellowstone National Park is closed for the first time in U.S. history due to ongoing fires. *1989 – Partnair Flight 394 drove into the North Sea, killing 55 people. The investigation showed that the tail of the plane vibrated loose in flight due to sub-standard connecting bolts that had been fraudulently sold as aircraft-grade. *1991 – The Republic of Macedonia becomes independent. *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. *2004 – NASA's unmanned spacecraft ''Genesis'' crash-lands when its parachute fails to open. *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. *2012 – Jimmy Carter passes Herbert Hoover for longest retirement after leaving office. Hoover was retired for 11,553 days, and had held the record for over 54 years. *2013 – Eleven people are killed in a train collision in Iași County, Romania. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「September 8」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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