Public Holidays on September 8

• 🌍 Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Venezuela)
• 🌍 Day of Asturias (Spain)
• 🌍 Day of Extremadura (Spain)

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On This Day in History — September 8

• 2005 — Two Ilyushin Il-76 aircraft from EMERCOM land at a disaster aid staging area at Little Rock Air Force Base; the first time Russia has flown such a mission to North America.
• 2004 — NASA's unmanned spacecraft Genesis crash-lands when its parachute fails to open.
• 1994 — USAir Flight 427, on approach to Pittsburgh International Airport, suddenly crashes in clear weather killing all 132 aboard; resulting in the most extensive aviation investigation in world history and altering...
• 1991 — The Republic of Macedonia becomes independent.
• 1989 — Partnair Flight 394 dived into the North Sea, killing 55 people. The investigation showed that the tail of the plane vibrated loose in flight due to sub-standard connecting bolts that had been fraudulently sold as...
• 1988 — Yellowstone National Park is closed for the first time in U.S. history due to ongoing fires.

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Notable Births on September 8

• 1995 — Ellie Black, Canadian gymnast
• 1994 — Marco Benassi, Italian footballer
• 1992 — Nino Niederreiter, Swiss ice hockey player
• 1992 — Kilian Pruschke, German footballer
• 1991 — Ignacio González, Mexican footballer
• 1991 — Joe Sugg, British Vlogger

Notable Deaths on September 8

• 2016 — Hannes Arch, Austrian race pilot (b. 1967)
• 2016 — Dragiša Pešić, Montenegrin politician, 5th Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (b. 1954)
• 2016 — Prince Buster, Jamaican singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1938)
• 2015 — Joaquín Andújar, Dominican baseball player (b. 1952)
• 2015 — Andrew Kohut, American political scientist and academic (b. 1942)
• 2015 — Tyler Sash, American football player (b. 1988)

Sports on September 8

• MLB: St. Louis Cardinals @ San Francisco Giants — 00:10 UTC Final
• MLB: Cincinnati Reds @ Los Angeles Dodgers — 01:10 UTC Final
• MLB: Toronto Blue Jays @ Athletics — 02:05 UTC In Progress
• UEFA Champions League: LASK Linz @ AEK Athens — 16:45 UTC Scheduled
• UEFA Champions League: Aston Villa @ Club Brugge — 16:45 UTC Scheduled
• UEFA Champions League: Villarreal @ Borussia Dortmund — 19:00 UTC Scheduled

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On This Day in History — September 9

• 2015 — Elizabeth II became the longest reigning monarch of the United Kingdom.
• 2012 — The Indian space agency puts into orbit its heaviest foreign satellite yet, in a streak of 21 consecutive successful PLSV launches.
• 2012 — A wave of attacks kill more than 100 people and injure 350 others across Iraq.
• 2009 — The Dubai Metro, the first urban train network in the Arabian Peninsula, is ceremonially inaugurated.
• 2002 — The Rafiganj train wreck happened in Bihar, India.
• 2001 — Ahmad Shah Massoud, leader of the Northern Alliance, is assassinated in Afghanistan by two al-Qaeda assassins who claimed to be Arab journalists wanting an interview.

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Notable Births on September 9

• 1997 — Billy Bainbridge, Australian rugby league player
• 1994 — Clinton Gutherson, Australian rugby league player
• 1993 — Cameron Cullen, Australian rugby league player
• 1993 — Crazy Mary Dobson, American wrestler
• 1993 — Ryōhei Katō, Japanese gymnast
• 1993 — Sharon van Rouwendaal, Dutch swimmer

Notable Deaths on September 9

• 2015 — Annemarie Bostroem, German poet, playwright, and songwriter (b. 1922)
• 2015 — Einar H. Ingman Jr., American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1929)
• 2015 — K. Kunaratnam, Sri Lankan physicist and academic (b. 1934)
• 2014 — Montserrat Abelló i Soler, Spanish poet and translator (b. 1918)
• 2014 — Firoza Begum, Bangladeshi singer (b. 1930)
• 2013 — Sunila Abeysekera, Sri Lankan scholar and activist (b. 1952)

Sports on September 9

• MLB: Texas Rangers @ Seattle Mariners — 01:40 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Toronto Blue Jays @ Athletics — 01:40 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Washington Nationals @ San Diego Padres — 01:40 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: St. Louis Cardinals @ San Francisco Giants — 01:45 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Cincinnati Reds @ Los Angeles Dodgers — 02:10 UTC Scheduled
• UEFA Champions League: Feyenoord Rotterdam @ Barcelona — 16:45 UTC Scheduled

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