8 September
Notable Births
Gaten Matarazzo
b. 2002
American actor (born 2002)
Bill Mamadou
b. 2001
Singaporean footballer
Zak Butters
b. 2000
Australian rules footballer (born 2000)
Shubman Gill
b. 1999
Indian cricketer (born 1999)
Matheus Leist
b. 1998
Brazilian racing driver (born 1998)
Lars Nootbaar
b. 1997
American baseball player (born 1997)
Tim Gajser
b. 1996
Slovenian motocross racer
Ellie Black
b. 1995
Canadian artistic gymnast (born 1995)
Marco Benassi
b. 1994
Italian professional footballer
Cameron Dallas
b. 1994
American social media personality (born 1994)
Bruno Fernandes
b. 1994
Portuguese footballer (born 1994)
Yoshikazu Fujita
b. 1993
Japan international rugby union player
Nino Niederreiter
b. 1992
Swiss ice hockey player (born 1992)
Za'Darius Smith
b. 1992
American football player (born 1992)
Joe Sugg
b. 1991
English YouTuber (born 1991)
Matt Barkley
b. 1990
American football player (born 1990)
Jos Buttler
b. 1990
English cricketer (born 1990)
Gerrit Cole
b. 1990
American baseball player (born 1990)
Matthew Dellavedova
b. 1990
Australian basketball player (born 1990)
Michal Kempný
b. 1990
Czech ice hockey player (born 1990)
Notable Deaths
Mauricio Arriaza Chicas
d. 2024
Salvadoran police officer (1964–2024)
Ed Kranepool
d. 2024
American baseball player (1944–2024)
Henny Moan
d. 2024
Norwegian actress (1936–2024)
Zoot Money
d. 2024
English musician (1942–2024)
Peter Renaday
d. 2024
American actor (1935–2024)
Emi Shinohara
d. 2024
Japanese voice actress (1963–2024)
Elizabeth II
d. 2022
Queen of the United Kingdom from 1952 to 2022
Luis Villafuerte
d. 2021
Filipino politician (1935–2021)
Gennadi Gagulia
d. 2018
Abkhazian politician (1948–2018)
Chelsi Smith
d. 2018
American actress
Pierre Bergé
d. 2017
French businessman (1930–2017)
Blake Heron
d. 2017
American actor (1982–2017)
Jerry Pournelle
d. 2017
American writer and scientist (1933–2017)
Ljubiša Samardžić
d. 2017
Serbian actor and director (1936–2017)
Don Williams
d. 2017
American country music singer-songwriter (1939–2017)
Hannes Arch
d. 2016
Austrian pilot (1967–2016)
Dragiša Pešić
d. 2016
Montenegrin politician (1954–2016)
Prince Buster
d. 2016
Jamaican musician (1938–2016)
Joaquín Andújar
d. 2015
Dominican baseball player (1952–2015)
Andrew Kohut
d. 2015
American pollster and nonpartisan news commentator
On This Day in History
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Balçova police station shooting: 4 people, including the perpetrator are killed an attack on a police station in Turkey.
2025 Balçova police station shooting
2023
A magnitude 6.9 earthquake strikes Morocco, killing nearly 3,000 people and damaging historic sites in Marrakesh.
2023 Al Haouz earthquake
2023
The 2023 Rugby World Cup, the tenth men's Rugby World Cup is held in France. The opening ceremony, directed and written by Jean Dujardin, Olivier Ferracci and Nora Matthey, took place at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, before the opening match between France and New Zealand, which saw the host nation winning 27 to 13.
2023 Rugby World Cup
2022
Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom dies at Balmoral Castle in Scotland after reigning for 70 years. Her son Charles, Prince of Wales, ascends the throne upon her death as Charles III.
Elizabeth II
2017
Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) announce the beginning of the Deir ez-Zor campaign, with the stated aim of eliminating the Islamic State (IS) from all areas north and east of the Euphrates.
Syrian civil war
2016
NASA launches OSIRIS-REx, its first asteroid sample return mission. The probe visited 101955 Bennu and returned with samples in September 2023.
OSIRIS-REx
2005
Two Ilyushin Il-76 aircraft from EMERCOM 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.
Ilyushin Il-76
2004
NASA's uncrewed spacecraft Genesis crash-lands when its parachute fails to open.
Genesis (spacecraft)
2000
NASA launches Space Shuttle Atlantis on STS-106 to resupply the International Space Station.
Space Shuttle Atlantis
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.
USAir Flight 427
1989
Partnair Flight 394 dives 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.
Partnair Flight 394
1988
Yellowstone National Park is closed for the first time in U.S. history due to ongoing fires.
Yellowstone fires of 1988
1986
Nicholas Daniloff, a correspondent for U.S. News & World Report, is indicted on charges of espionage by the Soviet Union.
Nicholas Daniloff
1978
Black Friday, a massacre by soldiers against protesters in Tehran, results in 88 deaths, it marks the beginning of the end of the monarchy in Iran.
Black Friday (1978)
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, later upgraded to honorable.
LGBTQ people and military service
1974
Watergate scandal: US President Gerald Ford signs the pardon of Richard Nixon for any crimes Nixon may have committed while in office.
Watergate scandal
1973
World Airways Flight 802 crashes into Mount Dutton in King Cove, Alaska, killing six people.
World Airways Flight 802
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.
Kennedy Center
1970
Trans International Airlines Flight 863 crashes during takeoff from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City, killing all 11 aboard.
Trans International Airlines Flight 863
1966
The landmark American science fiction television series Star Trek premieres with its first-aired episode, "The Man Trap".
Star Trek: The Original Series