Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/September 8
This is a list of selected September 8 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.
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September 8: Independence Day in the Republic of Macedonia (1991); Victory Day in Malta; Our Lady of Meritxell Day in Andorra; International Literacy Day
- 1331 – Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (pictured) of the House of Nemanjić was crowned King of Serbia.
- 1541 – Muscovite–Lithuanian Wars: The combined forces of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Kingdom of Poland defeated the larger army of the Grand Duchy of Moscow in Orsha, present-day Belarus.
- 1941 – World War II: German forces severed the last land connection to Leningrad, beginning the Siege of Leningrad. Over 1 million of the city's civilians died from starvation before the siege ended on January 27 1944, becoming one of the most lethal battles in world history.
- 1974 – Watergate scandal: U.S. President Gerald Ford gave recently-resigned U.S. President Richard Nixon a full and unconditional, but controversial, pardon for any crimes he committed while in office.
- 1978 – Iranian Revolution: After the government of the Iranian Shah declared martial law in response to protests, about eighty-eight demonstrators in Tehran were killed on Black Friday.