About September 8
September 8, 2025 is the 251st day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 114 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.
You can browse the full year calendar in case you need it.
Are you looking for a day of the week calculator? Try it on any date like anniversaries, birthday of someone you know, or any other date that is special to you. You can even try it on historical dates. For example: September 8
(Sponsored by DayOfTheWeek.org)
Virgo is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Sapphire is the modern birthstone for this month. Agate is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 162 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On September 8
- 70 –Roman forces under Titus sack Jerusalem.
- 1380 –Battle of Kulikovo – Russian forces defeat a mixed army of Tatars and Mongols, stopping their advance.
- 1449 –Battle of Tumu Fortress – Mongolians capture the Chinese emperor.
- 1551 –The foundation day in Vitória, Brazil
- 1727 –A barn fire during a puppet show in the village of Burwell in Cambridgeshire, England kills 78 people, many of whom are children.
- 1755 –French and Indian War: Battle of Lake George.
- 1810 –The Tonquin sets sail from New York Harbor with 33 employees of John Jacob Astor’s newly created Pacific Fur Company on board. After a six-month journey around the tip of South America, the ship arrives at the mouth of the Columbia River and Astor’s men establish the fur-trading town of Astoria, Oregon.
- 1914 –World War I: Private Thomas Highgate becomes the first British soldier to be executed for desertion during the war.
- 1923 –Honda Point Disaster: nine US Navy destroyers run aground off the California coast. Seven are lost, and twenty-three sailors killed.
- 1941 –World War II: Siege of Leningrad begins. German forces begin a siege against the Soviet Union’s second-largest city, Leningrad.
- 1943 –World War II: The O.B.S. (German General Headquarters for the Mediterranean zone) in Frascati is bombed by USAAF.
- 1954 –The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) is established.
- 1959 –The Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) is established.
- 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, 9F locomotive 92220 Evening Star.
- 1962 –Newly independent Algeria, by referendum, adopts a constitution.
- 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.
- 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.
What no one tells you about your first name’s personality. Are there magical powers in your given name? Check out Gordon’s personality today! (Sponsored links)
Share or Link to This Page: