September 8
September 8 is the 251st day of the year (252nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 114 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
Up to 1900
- 394 – Arbogast, Frankish general
- 701 – Pope Sergius I
- 780 – Leo IV the Khazar, Byzantine Emperor (b. 750)
- 1100 – Antipope Clement III (b. 1029)
- 1134 – Alfonso I of Aragon and Navarre (b. 1073)
- 1397 – Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester, English politician (b. 1355)
- 1425 – King Charles III of Navarre (b. 1361)
- 1613 – Carlo Gesualdo, Italian composer (b. 1566)
- 1637 – Robert Fludd, English physician, mathematician and cosmologist (b. 1574)
- 1644 – John Coke, English politician (b. 1563)
- 1645 – Francisco de Quevedo, Spanish poet and politician (b. 1580)
- 1682 – Juan Caramuel y Lobkowitz, Spanish writer (b. 1606)
- 1780 – Enoch Poor, American general (b. 1736)
- 1784 – Ann Lee, American religious leader (b. 1736)
- 1811 – Peter Simon Pallas, German zoologist and botanist (b. 1741)
- 1882 – Joseph Liouville, French mathematician (b. 1809)
- 1888 – Annie Chapman, victim of Jack the Ripper (b. 1841)
- 1894 – Hermann von Helmholtz, German physician and physicist (b. 1821)
1901 – 2000
- 1916 – Friedrich Baumfelder, German pianist, composer and conductor (b. 1836)
- 1933 – King Faisal I of Iraq (b. 1883)
- 1944 – Richard Strauss, German composer (b. 1864)
- 1963 – Maurice Wilks, English automotive engineer (b. 1904)
- 1965 – Dorothy Dandridge, American actress and singer (b. 1922)
- 1965 – Hermann Staudinger, German chemist (b. 1881)
- 1969 – Bud Collyer, American actor and game show host (b. 1908)
- 1970 – Percy Spencer, inventor (b. 1894)
- 1978 – Ricardo Zamora, Spanish footballer (b. 1901)
- 1979 – Jean Seberg, American actress (b. 1938)
- 1980 – Willard Libby, American chemist (b. 1908)
- 1981 – Roy Wilkins, American civil rights activist (b. 1901)
- 1981 – Hideki Yukawa, Japanese physicist (b. 1907)
- 1981 – Nisargadatta Maharaj, Indian guru, philosopher and educator (b. 1897)
- 1983 – Antoine Magne, French cyclist (b. 1904)
- 1985 – John Franklin Enders, American scientist
- 1989 – Sgt. Barry Sadler, American soldier, writer and songwriter (b. 1940)
- 1999 – Moondog, American composer, musician and poet (b. 1916)
From 2001
- 2003 – Leni Riefenstahl, German movie maker (b. 1902)
- 2003 – Jaclyn Linetsky, Canadian voice actress (b. 1986)
- 2004 – Delfín Benítez Cáceres, Paraguayan footballer (b. 1910)
- 2006 – Thomas Lee Judge, 18th Governor of Montana (b. 1934)
- 2009 – Aage Niels Bohr, Danish physicist (b. 1922)
- 2010 – Israel Tal, Israeli military (b. 1924)
- 2011 – Vo Chi Cong, former President of Vietnam (b. 1912)
- 2012 – Bill Moggridge, English-American designer, author and educator (b. 1943)
- 2012 – Thomas Szasz, Hungarian-American psychiatrist and academic (b. 1920)
- 2013 – Louise Currie, American actress (b. 1913)
- 2014 – George Zuverink, American baseball player (b. 1924)
- 2014 – Gerald Wilson, American jazz trumpeter (b. 1918)
- 2014 – Magda Olivero, Italian operatic soprano (b. 1910)
- 2014 – Bobby Fong, American academic (b. 1950)
- 2014 – Sean O'Haire, American professional wrestler, mixed martial artist and kickboxer (b. 1971)
- 2015 – Andrew Kohut, American political scientist (b. 1942)
- 2015 – Joost Zwagerman, Dutch author (b. 1963)
- 2015 – Ebby Halliday, American businesswoman (b. 1911)
- 2016 – Prince Buster, Jamaican musician (b. 1938)
- 2017 – Pierre Bergé, French businessman and activist (b. 1930)
- 2017 – Isabelle Daniels, American sprinter (b. 1937)
- 2017 – Catherine Hardy Lavender, American sprinter (b. 1930)
- 2017 – Blake Heron, American actor (b. 1982)
- 2017 – Jerry Pournelle, American science fiction author (b. 1933)
- 2017 – Karl Ravens, German politician (b. 1927)
- 2017 – Don Williams, American country music singer-songwriter (b. 1939)
- 2018 – Jonas Algirdas Antanaitis, Lithuanian politician (b. 1921)
- 2018 – Gennadi Gagulia, Abkhazian politician, Prime Minister of Abkhazia (b. 1948)
- 2018 – Chelsi Smith, American singer and beauty pageant winner (b. 1973)
- 2019 – Chris Dobson, British chemist (b. 1949)
- 2019 – Ram Jethmalani, Indian lawyer and politician (b. 1923)
- 2019 – Yisrael Kessar, Yemeni-born Israeli politician (b. 1931)
- 2019 – Lito Legaspi, Filipino actor (b. 1941)
- 2019 – Christopher James, 5th Baron Northbourne, British aristocrat (b. 1926)
- 2019 – Joseph P. Kolter, American politician (b. 1926)
- 2019 – Camilo Sesto, Spanish singer-songwriter (b. 1946)
- 2019 – Olav Skjevesland, Norwegian Roman Catholic prelate (b. 1942)
- 2019 – Carlos Squeo, Argentine footballer (b. 1948)
- 2022 – Queen Elizabeth II, British monarch and head of the Commonwealth (b. 1926)[1]
- 2023 – Whitey Von Nieda, American basketball player (b. 1922)
Births
1901 – 1950
- 1901 – Hendrik Verwoerd, South African politician (d. 1966)
- 1906 – Andrei Kirilenko, Soviet politician (d. 1990)
- 1910 – Jean-Louis Barrault, French actor and director (d. 1994)
- 1914 – Patriarch Demetrios I of Constantinople (d. 1991)
- 1918 – Derek Harold Richard Barton, British chemist (d. 1998)
- 1919 – Gianni Brera, Italian journalist and author (d. 1992)
- 1919 – Maria Lassnig, Austrian painter (d. 2014)
- 1921 – Harry Secombe, Welsh tenor and actor (d. 2001)
- 1922 – Sid Caesar, American comedian and actor (d. 2014)
- 1922 – Lyndon LaRouche, American politician (d. 2019)
- 1923 – Joy Laville, British-Mexican artist (d. 2018)
- 1924 – Fred Jarvis, British trade unionist
- 1924 – Wendell H. Ford, American politician, 53rd Governor of Kentucky (d. 2015)
- 1925 – Peter Sellers, British actor (d. 1980)
- 1929 – Christoph von Dohnanyi, German conductor
- 1930 – Mario Adorf, Swiss-German actor
- 1930 – Nguyen Cao Ky, South Vietnamese air force chief and Prime Minister (d. 2011)
- 1930 – Robert W. Firestone, American psychologist and author
- 1932 – Patsy Cline, American singer (d. 1963)
- 1933 – Paul M. Fleiss, American pediatrician (d. 2014)
- 1934 – Alan Dundes, American folklorist (d. 2005)
- 1937 – Joe Carolan, Irish footballer (d. 2018)
- 1938 – Wibke Bruhns, German journalist and writer (d. 2019)
- 1939 – Carsten Keller, German field hockey player
- 1941 – Ito Giani, Italian sprinter (d. 2018)
- 1941 – Bernie Sanders, American politician
- 1944 – Margaret Hodge, English politician
- 1944 – Terry Jenner, Australian cricketer and coach
- 1945 – Ron "Pigpen" McKernan, American musician (Grateful Dead) (d. 1973)
- 1945 – Rogie Vachon, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 1946 – Aziz Sancar, Turkish-American biochemist and molecular biologist, Nobel laureate
- 1947 – Halldor Asgrimsson, Icelandic politician, former Prime Minister of Iceland (d. 2015)
- 1947 – Valery Afanassiev, Russian politician
- 1948 – Great Kabuki, Japanese wrestler
- 1950 – Ian Davidson, Scottish politician
1951 – 1975
- 1951 – John McDonnell, English politician
- 1952 – David R. Ellis, American director, actor and stuntman (d. 2013)
- 1954 – Anne Diamond, English journalist
- 1955 – Julian Richings, English-Canadian actor
- 1956 – David Carr, American journalist and writer (d. 2015)
- 1957 – Walt Easley, American football player (d. 2013)
- 1957 – Ricardo Montaner, Argentine-Venezuelan singer
- 1958 – Mitsuru Miyamoto, Japanese voice actor
- 1959 – Judy Murray, Scottish tennis coach
- 1960 – Aimee Mann, American musician
- 1960 – Stefano Casiraghi, Italian businessman, married into Monegasque royalty (d. 1990)
- 1963 – Danny Frawley, Australian footballer (d. 2019)
- 1963 – Brad Silberling, American television and movie director
- 1966 – Carola, Swedish singer
- 1967 – Eerik-Niiles Kross, Estonian politician and diplomat
- 1968 – Louise Minchin, English journalist
- 1969 – Gary Speed, Welsh footballer and coach (d. 2011)
- 1970 – Latren Sprewell, American basketball player
- 1970 – Nidal Malik Hassan, American soldier and murderer
- 1971 – David Arquette, American actor
- 1971 – Martin Freeman, English actor
- 1972 – Markus Babbel, German footballer
- 1973 – Khamis Al-Owairan, Saudi footballer
- 1975 – Richard Hughes, English musician (Keane)
- 1975 – Chris Latham, Australian rugby player
- 1975 – Lee Eul-Yong, South Korean footballer and manager
- 1975 – Elena Likhovtseva, Russian tennis player
From 1976
- 1976 – Sjeng Schalken, Dutch tennis player
- 1976 – Gerald Drummond, Costa Rican footballer
- 1976 – Jervis Drummond, Costa Rican footballer
- 1979 – Pink, American singer
- 1980 – Mbulaeni Mulaudzi, South African runner (d. 2014)
- 1980 – Kristian Kjelling, Norwegian handball player
- 1981 – Morten Gamst Pedersen, Norwegian footballer
- 1983 – Diego Benaglio, Swiss footballer
- 1984 – Peter Whittingham, English footballer
- 1984 – Vitaly Petrov, Russian racing driver
- 1986 – Joao Moutinho, Portuguese footballer
- 1987 – Wiz Khalifa, American rapper
- 1987 – Alexandre Bilodeau, Canadian freestyle skier
- 1987 – Marcel Nguyen, German gymnast
- 1987 – Dom Parsons, English skeleton racer
- 1988 – Chantal Jones, American model and actress
- 1989 – Avicii, Swedish DJ and producer (d. 2018)
- 1989 – Gylfi Sigurdsson, Icelandic footballer
- 1990 – Matt Barkley, American football player
- 1991 – Ignacio González Espinoza, Mexican footballer
- 1991 – Joe Sugg, English YouTuber, author and vlogger
- 1994 – Bruno Fernandes, Portuguese footballer
Deaths
Observances
- National Holiday (Andorra and Republic of Macedonia)
- International Literacy Day (UNESCO)
- Victory Day (Pakistan)
- Nativity of the Virgin (Christianity)