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September 8
1565 - A Spanish expedition established the first permanent European settlement in the United States at present-day St. Augustine, Florida.
1664 - The Dutch surrendered New Amsterdam to the British, who renamed it New York.
1761 - Britain's King George III married Princess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz a few hours after meeting her for the first time.
1892 - An early version of "The Pledge of Allegiance," written by Francis Bellamy, appeared in "The Youth's Companion." It went: "I pledge allegiance to my Flag and the Republic for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."
1900 - A hurricane struck Galveston, Texas, killing more than 8,000 people.
1921 - Margaret Gorman of Washington, D.C. was crowned the first Miss America in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
1935 - Louisiana Senator Huey P. Long, "the Kingfish" of Louisiana politics, was shot and mortally wounded at the state capitol in Baton Rouge by Dr. Carl Austin Weiss Jr. (He died two days later.)
1941 - A 900-day siege of Leningrad by German forces began during World War II.
1943 - During World War II, Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower announced Italy's surrender; Nazi Germany denounced Italy's decision as a cowardly act.
1951 - The San Francisco Peace Treaty was signed, formally ending World War II hostilities with Japan.
1952 - Ernest Hemingway's Old Man and the Sea was published.
1964 - Public schools in Prince Edward County, Virginia reopened after being closed for five years by officials attempting to prevent court-ordered racial desegregation.
1966 - The iconic science fiction series Star Trek premiered on NBC.
1974 - President Gerald Ford gave former President Richard Nixon a full pardon for all federal crimes he may have committed while he was in office.
1986 - "The Oprah Winfrey Show" began the first of 25 seasons in national syndication.
2005 - Congress hastened to provide an additional $51.8 billion for relief and recovery from Hurricane Katrina; President George W. Bush pledged to make it "easy and simple as possible" for uncounted, uprooted storm victims to collect food stamps and other government benefits.
2006 - A Senate report faulted intelligence gathering in the lead-up to the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq.
2010 - BP took some of the blame for the Gulf oil disaster in an internal report, acknowledging among other things that it had misinterpreted a key pressure test of the well, but also assigned responsibility to its partners on the doomed rig.
2015 - After resisting apologizing for using a personal email account run on a private server to conduct government business as secretary of state, Hillary Clinton shifted course, telling ABC News, "That was a mistake. I'm sorry about that. I take responsibility."
2015 - Kim Davis, the Rowan County, Kentucky clerk jailed for refusing to issue marriage licenses to gay couples, was released after five days behind bars, emerging to a hero's welcome from thousands of supporters.
Birthdays
22 - Sierra Capri (actress)
23 - Sydney Scotia (actress)
30 - Dianne Doan (actress)
33 - Wiz Khalifa (rapper)
38 - Chumlee (reality star)
39 - Jonathan Taylor Thomas (actor)
40 - Eric Hutchinson (singer)
41 - Pink (singer)
43 - Nathan Corddry (actor)
45 - Larenz Tate (actor)
49 - David Arquette (actor)
49 - Martin Freeman (actor)
49 - Brooke Burke-Charvet (TV personality)
50 - Neko Case (country singer)
58 - Thomas Kretschmann (actor)
60 - David Steele (musician)
60 - Aimee Mann (singer)
63 - Heather Thomas (actress)
78 - Sal Valentino (singer)
79 - Alan Feinstein (actor)
79 - Bernie Sanders (politician)
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Today in Sports History - September 8
1946 - The San Francisco 49ers play their first AAFC game, losing to the New York Yankees, 21-7.
1963 - Pitcher Warren Spahn ties Christy Mathewson's record with 13 20-win seasons.
1965 - Bert Campaneris became the first major league baseball player to play all nine positions in one game.
1973 - Hank Aaron sets a record for most home runs in one league with 709.
1979 - American tennis prodigy Tracy Austin becomes the youngest ever winner of the U.S. Open after defeating Chris Evert at 16 years, 9 months old.
1985 - Pete Rose ties Ty Cobb's major league record with his 4,191st career hit.
1986 - Herschel Walker made his debut in the National Football League (NFL) after leaving the New Jersey Generals of the USFL.
1988 - Javier Sotomayer of Cuba becomes the first high jumper in the world to break the 8-foot barrier.
1993 - The American League approves a proposal to split into a three-division format.
1998 - Mark McGwire of the St. Louis Cardinals hit his 62nd home run of the year, breaking the single-season record of 61 set by Roger Maris in 1961.
2002 - Pete Sampras won a record 14th grand slam title at the U.S. Open in New York. (The record has since been broken by Roger Federer.)
2002 - The Houston Texans played their inaugural game, beating the Dallas Cowboys 19-10. The Texans become just the second expansion team to ever win their debut game, joining the 1961 Minnesota Vikings.
2002 - The Texas Rangers set a major league record by hitting a home run in their 26th consecutive game.
2014 - Ray Rice was released by the Baltimore Ravens and suspended indefinitely by the NFL after a video was released showing the running back striking his then-fiancee, Janay Palmer, in an elevator. (A neutral arbitrator vacated the suspension two months later, but Rice never played in the NFL again.)
2019 - Rafael Nadal held off a strong comeback bid to win his 19th Grand Slam title in a five-set U.S. Open final against Daniil Medvedev.
1565 - A Spanish expedition established the first permanent European settlement in the United States at present-day St. Augustine, Florida.
1664 - The Dutch surrendered New Amsterdam to the British, who renamed it New York.
1761 - Britain's King George III married Princess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz a few hours after meeting her for the first time.
1892 - An early version of "The Pledge of Allegiance," written by Francis Bellamy, appeared in "The Youth's Companion." It went: "I pledge allegiance to my Flag and the Republic for which it stands, one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."
1900 - A hurricane struck Galveston, Texas, killing more than 8,000 people.
1921 - Margaret Gorman of Washington, D.C. was crowned the first Miss America in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
1935 - Louisiana Senator Huey P. Long, "the Kingfish" of Louisiana politics, was shot and mortally wounded at the state capitol in Baton Rouge by Dr. Carl Austin Weiss Jr. (He died two days later.)
1941 - A 900-day siege of Leningrad by German forces began during World War II.
1943 - During World War II, Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower announced Italy's surrender; Nazi Germany denounced Italy's decision as a cowardly act.
1951 - The San Francisco Peace Treaty was signed, formally ending World War II hostilities with Japan.
1952 - Ernest Hemingway's Old Man and the Sea was published.
1964 - Public schools in Prince Edward County, Virginia reopened after being closed for five years by officials attempting to prevent court-ordered racial desegregation.
1966 - The iconic science fiction series Star Trek premiered on NBC.
1974 - President Gerald Ford gave former President Richard Nixon a full pardon for all federal crimes he may have committed while he was in office.
1986 - "The Oprah Winfrey Show" began the first of 25 seasons in national syndication.
2005 - Congress hastened to provide an additional $51.8 billion for relief and recovery from Hurricane Katrina; President George W. Bush pledged to make it "easy and simple as possible" for uncounted, uprooted storm victims to collect food stamps and other government benefits.
2006 - A Senate report faulted intelligence gathering in the lead-up to the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq.
2010 - BP took some of the blame for the Gulf oil disaster in an internal report, acknowledging among other things that it had misinterpreted a key pressure test of the well, but also assigned responsibility to its partners on the doomed rig.
2015 - After resisting apologizing for using a personal email account run on a private server to conduct government business as secretary of state, Hillary Clinton shifted course, telling ABC News, "That was a mistake. I'm sorry about that. I take responsibility."
2015 - Kim Davis, the Rowan County, Kentucky clerk jailed for refusing to issue marriage licenses to gay couples, was released after five days behind bars, emerging to a hero's welcome from thousands of supporters.
Birthdays
22 - Sierra Capri (actress)
23 - Sydney Scotia (actress)
30 - Dianne Doan (actress)
33 - Wiz Khalifa (rapper)
38 - Chumlee (reality star)
39 - Jonathan Taylor Thomas (actor)
40 - Eric Hutchinson (singer)
41 - Pink (singer)
43 - Nathan Corddry (actor)
45 - Larenz Tate (actor)
49 - David Arquette (actor)
49 - Martin Freeman (actor)
49 - Brooke Burke-Charvet (TV personality)
50 - Neko Case (country singer)
58 - Thomas Kretschmann (actor)
60 - David Steele (musician)
60 - Aimee Mann (singer)
63 - Heather Thomas (actress)
78 - Sal Valentino (singer)
79 - Alan Feinstein (actor)
79 - Bernie Sanders (politician)
==========================================
Today in Sports History - September 8
1946 - The San Francisco 49ers play their first AAFC game, losing to the New York Yankees, 21-7.
1963 - Pitcher Warren Spahn ties Christy Mathewson's record with 13 20-win seasons.
1965 - Bert Campaneris became the first major league baseball player to play all nine positions in one game.
1973 - Hank Aaron sets a record for most home runs in one league with 709.
1979 - American tennis prodigy Tracy Austin becomes the youngest ever winner of the U.S. Open after defeating Chris Evert at 16 years, 9 months old.
1985 - Pete Rose ties Ty Cobb's major league record with his 4,191st career hit.
1986 - Herschel Walker made his debut in the National Football League (NFL) after leaving the New Jersey Generals of the USFL.
1988 - Javier Sotomayer of Cuba becomes the first high jumper in the world to break the 8-foot barrier.
1993 - The American League approves a proposal to split into a three-division format.
1998 - Mark McGwire of the St. Louis Cardinals hit his 62nd home run of the year, breaking the single-season record of 61 set by Roger Maris in 1961.
2002 - Pete Sampras won a record 14th grand slam title at the U.S. Open in New York. (The record has since been broken by Roger Federer.)
2002 - The Houston Texans played their inaugural game, beating the Dallas Cowboys 19-10. The Texans become just the second expansion team to ever win their debut game, joining the 1961 Minnesota Vikings.
2002 - The Texas Rangers set a major league record by hitting a home run in their 26th consecutive game.
2014 - Ray Rice was released by the Baltimore Ravens and suspended indefinitely by the NFL after a video was released showing the running back striking his then-fiancee, Janay Palmer, in an elevator. (A neutral arbitrator vacated the suspension two months later, but Rice never played in the NFL again.)
2019 - Rafael Nadal held off a strong comeback bid to win his 19th Grand Slam title in a five-set U.S. Open final against Daniil Medvedev.