Sunday, September 8, 2013

September 8th in History


70 - Roman forces under Titus sack Jerusalem.

1504 - Michelangelo's David is unveiled in Florence.

1565 - The Knights of Malta lift the Turkish siege of Malta that began on May 18th.

1793 - French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Hondschoote.

1831 - William IV and Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen are crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

1888 - In London, the body of Jack the Ripper's second murder victim, Annie Chapman, is found.

1926 - Germany is admitted to the League of Nations.

1944 - World War II: Menton is liberated from Germany.

1974 - Watergate Scandal: US President Gerald Ford pardons former President Richard Nixon for any crimes Nixon may have committed while in office.

1991 - The Republic of Macedonia becomes independent.

Famous Birthdays

1157 - King Richard I of England

1633 - Ferdinand IV of Germany

1852 - Emperor Gwangmu of Korea

1887 - George, Crown Prince of Serbia

1914 - Demetrios I, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople

1934 - Peter Maxwell Davies, composer

1953 - Pascal Greggory, actor

1960 - David Steele, musician

1972 - Os du Randt, rugby player

1981 - Jonathan Taylor Thomas, actor

1995 - James Gandhi, actor

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