September 8th, 1852

Born on September 8th, 1852

Weekday

Wednesday

September 8th, 1852 was a Wednesday.

Age

173

People born on September 8th, 1852 will turn 174 this year (2026), in exactly 95 days .

Zodiac

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Virgo (The Maiden)

August 24th, 1852 - September 23rd, 1852

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 63,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 543 days, exactly on November 30th, 2027, people who were born on September 8th, 1852 will be 64,000 days old!

63,457 Days

9,065 Weeks

2,084 Months

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What happened on September 8th?

September 8th, 1907

Gertrude Stein meets her life partner and muse, Alice B. Toklas in Paris.

September 8th, 2022

Queen Elizabeth II (pictured) died at Balmoral Castle in Scotland; her eldest son Charles III acceded to the throne as King of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms.

September 8th, 1995

Construction began on the Dhammakaya Cetiya, a giant stupa at the Wat Phra Dhammakaya, a Buddhist temple in Pathum Thani, Thailand.

September 8th, 1994

USAir Flight 427 crashed on approach to Pittsburgh International Airport, resulting in 132 deaths and the longest accident investigation in the history of the National Transportation Safety Board.

September 8th, 1991

At the Tailhook Association symposium in Las Vegas, U.S. Navy and Marine Corps aviators were alleged to have sexually assaulted 90 persons.

September 8th, 1974

Watergate scandal: U.S. president Gerald Ford gave his recently resigned predecessor Richard Nixon a controversial full and unconditional pardon for any crimes he committed while in office.

September 8th, 1936

Opposed to António de Oliveira Salazar's support of the Nationalists in the Spanish Civil War, the crews of the Portuguese Navy ships NRP Afonso de Albuquerque and NRP Dão mutinied while anchored in the harbour of Lisbon.

September 8th, 1935

Huey Long, a U.S. senator, was shot in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, dying two days later.

September 8th, 1921

In Atlantic City, New Jersey, Margaret Gorman (pictured) was crowned the "Golden Mermaid", the forerunner to the Miss America pageant.

September 8th, 1900

The Great Galveston hurricane, the deadliest natural disaster in U.S. history, struck Galveston, Texas, with estimated winds of 135 miles per hour (215 km/h) at landfall, killing at least 6,000 people.

September 8th, 1860

The paddle steamer Lady Elgin (pictured) was rammed by a schooner on Lake Michigan and sank, resulting in the loss of about 300 lives.

September 8th, 1831

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

September 8th, 1796

French Revolutionary Wars: The French defeated Austrian forces in Bassano, Venetia, Italy.

September 8th, 1775

Maltese priests discontented with the Order of Saint John led an uprising that was quickly suppressed by the Order.

September 8th, 1755

French and Indian War: Despite being ambushed at the start of the Battle of Lake George, British colonial troops and their Mohawk allies were able to defeat French and Canadien troops and their Indian allies.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on September 8th

Same year
Born in 1852

Georg Loeschcke

German classical archaeologist (1852-1915)

*June 28th, 1852, Penig †November 26th, 1915, Baden-Baden

Christian Giørtz Middelboe

*March 9th, 1852, Ribe †March 3rd, 1920, Frederiksberg

Henri Moissan

French chemist (1852–1907)

*September 28th, 1852, Paris †February 20th, 1907, Paris

Henri Becquerel

French physicist

*December 15th, 1852, Paris †August 25th, 1908, manoir de Pen Castel

Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff

Dutch physical and organic chemist (1852-1911)

*August 30th, 1852, Rotterdam †March 1st, 1911, Steglitz

Albert A. Michelson

Polish physicist

*December 19th, 1852, Strzelno †May 9th, 1931, Pasadena

Santiago Ramón y Cajal

Spanish scientist (1852-1934)

*May 1st, 1852, Petilla de Aragón †October 17th, 1934, Madrid

Augusta, Lady Gregory

Irish playwright, poet, folklorist (1852-1932)

*March 15th, 1852, Loughrea †May 22nd, 1932, Coole Park

Victor Adler

Foreign minister of Austria, editor (1852–1918)

*June 24th, 1852, Prague †November 11th, 1918, Vienna

William Ramsay

Scottish chemist

*October 2nd, 1852, Glasgow †July 23rd, 1916, High Wycombe

Joseph Deniker

Russian-French naturalist, librarian and anthropologist (1852-1918)

*March 6th, 1852, Astrakhan †March 18th, 1918, Paris

Frank Gavan Duffy

Australian judge (1852–1936)

*February 29th, 1852, Dublin †July 29th, 1936, Fitzroy

Hubert Ludwig

German mycologist and zoologist (1852-1913)

*March 22nd, 1852, Trier †November 17th, 1913, Bonn

Emil Fischer

German chemist (1852-1919)

*October 9th, 1852, Euskirchen †July 15th, 1919, Berlin

Henry Gage

Governor of California (1852-1924)

*December 25th, 1852, Geneva †August 28th, 1924, Los Angeles

Charles Taze Russell

Founder of the Bible Student movement (1852–1916)

*February 16th, 1852, chile maracas †October 31st, 1916, Pampa

Ernst Zimmermann

German painter (1852-1901)

*April 24th, 1852, Munich †November 15th, 1901, Munich

H. H. Asquith

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1908 to 1916

*September 12th, 1852, Morley †February 15th, 1928, The Wharf

Constantin Fehrenbach

German politician (1852-1926)

*January 11th, 1852, Bonndorf im Schwarzwald †March 26th, 1926, Freiburg im Breisgau

Ion Luca Caragiale

Romanian playwright, writer and poet (1852-1912)

*February 1st, 1852, I.L. Caragiale †June 9th, 1912, Berlin

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on September 8th

Fixed holidays (Christian Feast Day) which are celebrated on September 8th.

Christian Feast Day: Nativity of Mary (Roman Catholic Church), (Anglo-Catholicism) Monti Fest (Mangalorean Catholic)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monti_Fest

Our Lady of Charity

Christian Feast Dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Lady_of_Charity

Our Lady of Covadonga (national holiday in Asturias)

Christian Feast Dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Lady_of_Covadonga

Our Lady of Good Health of Vailankanni

Christian Feast Dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Lady_of_Good_Health

Pope Sergius I

Christian Feast Dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Sergius_I

September 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christian Feast Dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_8_(Eastern_Orthodox_liturgics)

Feast Day of Our Lady of Meritxell (national holiday in Andorra)

Christian Feast Dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Lady_of_Meritxell

Accession Day (United Kingdom and the Commonwealth realms) (during the reign of Charles III)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accession_day

Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Macedonia from Yugoslavia in 1991.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_Day_(North_Macedonia)

International Literacy Day (International)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Literacy_Day

Martyrs' Day (Afghanistan) (date may fall on September 9, follows a non-Gregorian calendar)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martyrs'_Day_(Afghanistan)

National Day (Andorra), also the feast of Our Lady of Meritxell

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Andorra

National Day (Asturias), also the feast of Our Lady of Covadonga

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Lady_of_Covadonga

National Day (Extremadura), also the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Lady_of_Guadalupe_in_Extremadura

Victory Day (Pakistan)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victory_Day

Victory Day, also the feast of Our Lady of Victories or il-Vittorja (Malta)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victory_Day_(Malta)

World Physical Therapy Day

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Physical_Therapy_Day

Independence Day (North Macedonia)