September 8th in History
September 8th in History
- 1831: William IV crowned King of Britain
- 1886: Johannesburg, South Africa, founded
- 1944: German V2 rockets strike London for the first time
- 1974: Richard Nixon, ex US Presdient, pardoned for his part in the Watergate affair
- 1978: Martial Law declared in Tehran and other cities, Iran, as riots take place
September 8th birthdays
- 1753: John Soane, English architect
- 1771: Mungo Park, Scottish born explorer of Africa
- 1830: Frederic Mistral, French poet who won Nobel Prize in 1904
