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The following events took place on September 8. The list is arranged in chronological order.

Found 75 events. Showing 61 - 75.

• 1966

  The Severn Bridge is officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II.
• 1966

  The first Star Trek series premieres on NBC.
• 1967

  The formal end of steam traction in the North East of England by British Railways.
• 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.
• 1974

  Watergate Scandal: US President Gerald Ford pardons former President Richard Nixon for any crimes Nixon may have committed while in office.
• 1975

  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, which was later upgraded to honorable.
• 1978

  Black Friday, a massacre by soldiers against protesters in Tehran, provoked 88 deaths, it marks the beginning of the end of the monarchy in Iran
• 1988

  Yellowstone National Park is closed for the first time in U.S. history due to ongoing fires.
• 1989

  Partnair Flight 394 drove 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.
• 1991

  The Republic of Macedonia becomes independent.
• 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.
• 2004

  NASA’s unmanned spacecraft Genesis crash-lands when its parachute fails to open.
• 2005

  Two EMERCOM Il-76 aircraft 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.
• 2012

  Jimmy Carter passes Herbert Hoover for longest retirement after leaving office. Hoover was retired for 11,553 days, and had held the record for over 54 years.
• 2013

  Eleven people are killed in a train collision in Iași County, Romania.

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