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===1901–present=== *[[1905]] – The 7.2 {{M|w}} [[1905 Calabria earthquake|Calabria earthquake]] shakes southern Italy with a maximum [[Mercalli intensity scale|Mercalli intensity]] of XI (''Extreme''), killing between 557 and 2,500 people. *[[1914]] – [[World War I]]: Private [[Thomas Highgate]] becomes the first British soldier to be executed for desertion during the war. *[[1916]] – In a bid to prove that women were capable of serving as military dispatch riders, [[Van Buren sisters|Augusta and Adeline Van Buren]] arrive in Los Angeles, completing a 60-day, 5,500 mile cross-country trip on motorcycles. *[[1921]] – [[Margaret Gorman]], a 16-year-old, wins the Atlantic City Pageant's Golden Mermaid trophy; pageant officials later dubbed her the first [[Miss America]]. *[[1923]] – [[Honda Point disaster]]: Nine US Navy destroyers run aground off the California coast. Seven are lost, and twenty-three sailors killed. *[[1925]] – [[Rif War]]: Spanish forces including troops from the [[Spanish Legion|Foreign Legion]] under Colonel [[Francisco Franco]] landing at [[Al Hoceima|Al Hoceima, Morocco]]. *[[1926]] – [[Weimar Republic|Germany]] is admitted to the [[League of Nations]]. *[[1933]] – [[Ghazi of Iraq|Ghazi bin Faisal]] became King of Iraq. *[[1934]] – Off the New Jersey coast, a fire aboard the passenger liner {{SS|Morro Castle|1930|6}} kills 137 people. *[[1935]] – US Senator from Louisiana [[Huey Long]] is fatally shot in the Louisiana State Capitol building. *[[1941]] – [[World War II]]: German forces begin the [[Siege of Leningrad]]. *[[1943]] – World War II: The [[Armistice of Cassibile]] is proclaimed by radio. ''[[OB Süd]]'' immediately implements plans to [[Operation Achse|disarm the Italian forces]]. *[[1944]] – World War II: London is hit by a [[V-2 rocket]] for the first time. *[[1945]] – The [[division of Korea]] begins when 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. *[[1946]] – A referendum [[Bulgarian republic referendum, 1946|abolishes the monarchy]] in Bulgaria. *[[1952]] – The [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] makes its first televised broadcast on the second escape of the [[Boyd Gang]]. *[[1954]] – The [[Southeast Asia Treaty Organization]] (SEATO) is established. *[[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). *[[1962]] – Last run of the famous ''[[Pines Express]]'' over the Somerset and Dorset Railway line (UK) fittingly using the last steam locomotive built by British Railways, [[BR Standard Class 9F 92220 Evening Star|BR Standard Class 9F 92220 ''Evening Star'']]. *[[1966]] – The landmark American science fiction television series [[Star Trek: The Original Series|''Star Trek'']] premieres with its first-aired episode, "[[The Man Trap]]". *[[1970]] – [[Trans International Airlines Flight 863]] crashes during takeoff from [[John F. Kennedy International Airport]] in [[New York City]], killing all 11 aboard.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19700908-1|title=ASN Aircraft accident McDonnell Douglas DC-8-63CF N4863T New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY (JFK)|last=Ranter|first=Harro|website=aviation-safety.net|access-date=2019-09-06}}</ref> *[[1971]] – In Washington, D.C., the [[John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts]] is inaugurated, with the opening feature being the premiere of Leonard Bernstein's ''[[Mass (Bernstein)|Mass]]''. *[[1973]] – [[World Airways Flight 802]] crashes into [[Mount Dutton]] in [[King Cove, Alaska]], killing six people.<ref name="NTSB report">{{cite report |url=https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/AAR7406.pdf |title=Aircraft Accident Report, World Airways, Inc., DC-8-63F, N802WA, King Cove, Alaska, September 8, 1973 |date=May 8, 1974 |publisher=National Transportation Safety Board |id=NTSB-AAR-74-6 |access-date=11 November 2016 |accessdate=}}</ref> *[[1974]] – [[Watergate scandal]]: US President Gerald Ford signs the [[pardon of Richard Nixon]] for any crimes Nixon may have committed while in office. *[[1975]] – [[Sexual orientation and gender identity in military service|Gays in the military]]: US Air Force Tech Sergeant [[Leonard Matlovich]], a decorated veteran of the Vietnam War, appears in his Air Force uniform on the cover of ''Time'' magazine with the headline "I Am A Homosexual". He is given a general discharge, later upgraded to honorable. *[[1978]] – [[Black Friday (1978)|Black Friday]], a massacre by soldiers against protesters in Tehran, results in 88 deaths, it marks the beginning of the end of the monarchy in Iran. *[[1986]] – [[Nicholas Daniloff]], a correspondent for ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]'', is indicted on charges of [[espionage]] by the [[Soviet Union]].<ref>{{cite news| url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1986/09/08/daniloff-is-indicted-as-spy-by-soviets/bcb6e0be-da93-41d4-a9b6-484b2b3f49af/| title = Daniloff Is Indicted As Spy by Soviets| newspaper = [[The Washington Post]]}}</ref> *[[1988]] – Yellowstone National Park is closed for the first time in U.S. history due to [[Yellowstone fires of 1988|ongoing fires]]. *[[1989]] – [[Partnair Flight 394]] dives 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 aircraft-grade. *[[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 manufacturing practices in the industry. *[[2000]] – NASA launches [[Space Shuttle Atlantis|Space Shuttle ''Atlantis'']] on [[STS-106]] to resupply the [[International Space Station]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=STS-106 |url=https://www.nasa.gov/mission/sts-106/ |access-date=2024-09-01 |website=NASA}}</ref> *[[2004]] – NASA's uncrewed spacecraft ''[[Genesis (spacecraft)|Genesis]]'' crash-lands when its parachute fails to open. *[[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. *[[2016]] – NASA launches [[OSIRIS-REx]], its first asteroid sample return mission. The probe visited [[101955 Bennu]] and returned with samples in September 2023. *[[2017]] – [[Syrian civil war]]: The [[Syrian Democratic Forces]] (SDF) announce the beginning of the [[Deir ez-Zor campaign (2017–2019)|Deir ez-Zor campaign]], with the stated aim of eliminating the [[Islamic State]] (IS) from all areas north and east of the [[Euphrates]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://en.hawarnews.com/mdc-declared-al-jazeera-tempest-campaign/ |title=MDC declared "al-Jazeera Tempest" campaign |work=[[Hawar News Agency]] |date=9 September 2017 |access-date=13 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171111213405/http://en.hawarnews.com/mdc-declared-al-jazeera-tempest-campaign/ |archive-date=11 November 2017 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.zamanalwsl.net/news/29622.html |title=U.S.-backed SDF launches operation in Deir al-Zor: statement |author=John Davison |work=Zaman al-Wasl |date=9 September 2017|access-date=12 September 2017}}</ref> *[[2022]] – [[Elizabeth II|Queen Elizabeth II]] of the United Kingdom [[Death and state funeral of Elizabeth II|dies]] at [[Balmoral Castle]] in Scotland after reigning for 70 years. Her son Charles, Prince of Wales, ascends the throne upon her death as [[Charles III]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/RoyalFamily/status/1567928275913121792 |date=8 September 2022 |access-date=10 September 2022|title=The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon. The King and The Queen Consort will remain at Balmoral this evening and will return to London tomorrow.|website=Twitter|author=The Royal Family}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author1=Daniel Capurro & Hannah Furness |title=King Charles III: The history behind the regnal name |author1-link=King Charles III: The history behind the regnal name |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/royal-family/2022/09/08/king-charles-iii-history-behind-regnal-name/ |website=The Telegraph |access-date=10 September 2022 |date=9 September 2022}}</ref> *[[2023]] – A [[2023 Al Haouz earthquake|magnitude 6.9 earthquake]] strikes Morocco, killing nearly 3,000 people and damaging historic sites in [[Marrakesh]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Cordall |first1=Simon Speakman |title=Morocco's Marrakesh is awakening slowly from the earthquake damage |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2024/3/14/moroccos-marrakech-is-awakening-slowly-from-the-earthquake-damage |access-date=7 September 2024 |work=Al Jazeera |date=14 March 2024}}</ref> *2023 – The [[2023 Rugby World Cup]], the tenth men's [[Rugby World Cup]] is held in [[France]]. The opening ceremony, directed and written by [[Jean Dujardin]], Olivier Ferracci and Nora Matthey, took place at the [[Stade de France]] in [[Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis|Saint-Denis]], before the opening match between [[France national rugby union team|France]] and [[New Zealand national rugby union team|New Zealand]], which saw the host nation winning 27 to 13.<ref>{{cite news|title=France beat 'beautiful and fabulous' New Zealand 27-13 in opener |url=https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/2023/news/855533/post-match-review-report-flash-potm-coach |access-date=9 September 2023}}</ref>
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