8th September anniversaries

• Birth
  • 1784
  • United States
  • "Death of Ann Lee, Manchester born founder of the American Shaker movement" more
  • 1841
  • Czech Republic
  • "Birth of Antonin Dvorak, composer" more
  • 1886
  • Great Britain
  • "Birth of Siegfried Sassoon, First World War poet and novelist" more
  • 1925
  • Great Britain
  • "Birth of Peter Sellers, actor and comedian who was one of the Goon Show cast and later a huge Hollywood star."
• event
  • 1831
  • Coronation of King William IV
  • 1926
  • Germany joined the League of Nations
  • 1944
  • First German V2 rocket lands on London
  • 1966
  • First Severn road bridge opens
  • 1969
  • Colonel Muammar Gaddafi became Head of State in Libya
  • 1997
  • "600 people were killed when the ferry 'Fierte Gonaivience' capsized off Port-au-Prince, Haiti"
  • 1998
  • The Real IRA announced an end to its violence in Northern Ireland .
• Death
  • 1933
  • Death of King Faisal I of Iraq .
  • 1949
  • "Death of Richard Strauss, German composer"
  • 1979
  • "Death of Jean Seberg, American film actress"