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Historical Events on September 8

  • Charles X Gustav of Sweden

    1655

    Warsaw falls without resistance to a small force under the command of Charles X Gustav of Sweden during The Deluge, making it the first time the city is captured by a foreign army.

  • Battle of Eutaw Springs

    1781

    American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Eutaw Springs in South Carolina, the war's last significant battle in the Southern theater, ends in a narrow British tactical victory.

  • Second Battle of Sabine Pass

    1863

    American Civil War: Second Battle of Sabine Pass: On the Texas-Louisiana border at the mouth of the Sabine River, a small Confederate force thwarts a Union invasion of Texas.

  • Armistice with Italy

    1943

    World War II: United States General Dwight D. Eisenhower publicly announces the Allied armistice with Italy.

  • Cold War

    1945

    Cold War: United States troops arrive to partition the southern part of Korea in response to Soviet troops occupying the northern part of the peninsula a month earlier.

  • Bulgaria

    1946

    A 95.6% vote in favor of abolishing the monarchy in Bulgaria.

  • Marshall Space Flight Center

    1960

    In Huntsville, Alabama, US President Dwight D. Eisenhower formally dedicates the Marshall Space Flight Center (NASA had already activated the facility on July 1).

  • Gerald Ford

    1974

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

  • Yellowstone fires of 1988

    1988

    Yellowstone National Park is closed for the first time in U.S. history due to ongoing fires.

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