September 8th, 1981

Born on September 8th, 1981

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What happened on September 8th?

September 8th, 1995

Construction began on the Dhammakaya Cetiya, a giant stupa at the Wat Phra Dhammakaya, began.

September 8th, 1991

At the Tailhook Association symposium in Las Vegas, US 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

U.S. senator Huey Long 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 was rammed by a schooner on Lake Michigan and sank, resulting in the loss of about 300 lives.

September 8th, 1831

The Russian Empire suppressed the November Uprising in Poland with the capture of Warsaw after a two-day assault.

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, which was suppressed by the Order within a few hours.

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.

September 8th, 1566

Ottoman–Habsburg wars: Although Ottoman forces led by Suleiman the Magnificent captured the fortress of Szigetvár in Hungary, they were forced to end their campaign to take Vienna.

September 8th, 1565

St. Augustine, Florida, the oldest continuously occupied settlement of European origin in the contiguous United States, was founded by Spanish admiral Pedro Menéndez de Avilés.

September 8th, 0617

Li Yuan defeated a Sui army at the Battle of Huoyi, opening the path to his capture of the Chinese imperial capital Chang'an and the eventual establishment of the Tang dynasty (map pictured).

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

Born on September 8th, 1981

42

Teruyuki Moniwa

Japanese association football player

*September 8th, 1981, Atsugi

42

Katarzyna Zielińska

Polish actress

*September 8th, 1981, Warsaw

42

Kate Abdo

British sports journalist

*September 8th, 1981, Manchester

42

Selim Benachour

Tunisian and French association football player

*September 8th, 1981, 11th arrondissement of Paris

42

Jonathan Taylor Thomas

American actor

*September 8th, 1981, Bethlehem

42

Malcom Floyd

American football player

*September 8th, 1981, Sacramento

42

Morten Gamst Pedersen

Norwegian association football player

*September 8th, 1981, Vadsø Municipality

42

Ashwin Willemse

South African rugby union footballer

*September 8th, 1981, Caledon

42

Amélie Veille

Canadian singer

*September 8th, 1981, Saint-Georges

42

Māris Ļaksa

Latvian basketball player

*September 8th, 1981, Ventspils

42

Adrian Bustamante

American actor

*September 8th, 1981, Fremont

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Who's birthday is on September 8th?

72

John McDonnell

British Labour politician (born 1951)

*September 8th, 1951, Liverpool

27

Aden Foyer

Norwegian record producer and DJ

*September 8th, 1996, Asker

44

Pink

American singer, songwriter and actress

*September 8th, 1979, Doylestown

28

Avicii

Swedish DJ and record producer (1989–2018)

*September 8th, 1989, Stockholm †April 20th, 2018, Muscat

82

Bernie Sanders

United States Senator from Vermont since 2007

*September 8th, 1941, Brooklyn

41

Koen de Kort

Road bicycle racer

*September 8th, 1982, Gouda

26

Tessa

Danish rapper

*September 8th, 1997, Askerød

50

Lorraine Fenton

Athletics competitor

*September 8th, 1973, Manchester Parish

36

Wiz Khalifa

American rapper and singer

*September 8th, 1987, Minot

63

Harry Hillman

American athletics competitor

*September 8th, 1881, Brooklyn †August 9th, 1945, Hanover

52

Martin Freeman

English actor

*September 8th, 1971, Aldershot

21

Gaten Matarazzo

American actor

*September 8th, 2002, New London

37

João Moutinho

Portuguese association football player (born 1986)

*September 8th, 1986, Portimão

54

Peter Sellers

British actor and comedian (1925–1980)

*September 8th, 1925, Southsea †July 24th, 1980, Middlesex Hospital

43

Eric Hutchinson

American musician

*September 8th, 1980, Washington, D.C.

69

Michael Shermer

American science writer

*September 8th, 1954, Glendale

37

Carlos Bacca

Colombian association football player

*September 8th, 1986, Barranquilla

63

Victoria Trauttmansdorff

Austrian actress

*September 8th, 1960, Vienna

32

Alexandre Benalla

Former Deputy Chief of Staff of the French President of the Republic, Coordinator of Security Services

*September 8th, 1991, Évreux

66

Heather Thomas

American actress

*September 8th, 1957, Greenwich

Same year
Born in 1981

42

MS Dhoni

Indian cricket player

*July 7th, 1981, Ranchi

42

Taufik Hidayat

Indonesian badminton player

*August 10th, 1981, Bandung City

43

Vita Marissa

Indonesian badminton player

*January 4th, 1981, Jakarta

43

Alistair Casey

Badminton player

*February 23rd, 1981, Glasgow

42

Martin de Jonge

Badminton player

*June 22nd, 1981, Rotterdam

42

Roger Federer

Swiss tennis player

*August 8th, 1981, Basel

43

Mattias Tesfaye

Danish politician

*March 31st, 1981, Aarhus

42

Beau Bokan

American singer

*November 30th, 1981, Huntington Beach

42

Beyoncé

American singer (born 1981)

*September 4th, 1981, Houston

43

Zhang Jiewen

Badminton player

*January 4th, 1981, Guangzhou

42

Gavin Shuker

British politician (born 1981)

*October 10th, 1981, Luton

43

Gong Ruina

Badminton player

*January 23rd, 1981, Anhua County

42

Dorian James

Badminton player

*June 19th, 1981, Cape Town

42

Juliette Ah-Wan

Badminton player

*April 29th, 1981, Victoria

42

Anna Carina

Peruvian musician

*August 14th, 1981, Lima

43

Tom Starke

German association football player

*March 18th, 1981, Dresden

43

Björn Joppien

Badminton player

*January 30th, 1981, Langenfeld

43

Jürgen Wouters

Badminton player

*March 4th, 1981, Gilze en Rijen

42

Miyo Akao

Badminton player

*August 29th, 1981, Hita

42

Marco Vorbeck

German association football player and manager

*June 24th, 1981, Kühlungsborn

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1981 is a normal year and no leap year.

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