eso ha pasado un 08 Septiembre

1664 : From New Amsterdam to New York


On September 8, 1664, the Dutch governor of New Amsterdam, the capital of New Holland, surrendered to the British who renamed the city New York.
Legend has it that the Dutch bought Manhattan for $24 to an Algonquian tribe. New York became later the first capital of the United States.

1941 : Beginning of the siege of Leningrad


On September 8, 1941, the Germans began the siege of Leningrad, the second largest city in the Soviet Union. It lasted 872 days during which one million Soviet civilians and soldiers died of hunger and cold.
The only access allowed a tenuous supply, very inadequate for the population. After eating plants, animals, leather and wallpaper, people ate their dead.
The Red Army broke through the German lines in January 1943 but the Germans retreated only at the beginning of 1944.

1974 : Pardon for Nixon


On September 8, 1974, one month after becoming President of the United States, following the resignation of President Nixon because of the Watergate scandal, Gerald Ford pardoned Nixon for any crimes he committed while he was in office. This pardon was not well accepted by the population.
Ford had become Nixon's Vice President when Spiro Agnew, who was prosecuted for tax evasion and corruption, resigned.

2001 : The Williams sisters in the final of the US Open


On September 8, 2001, the Williams sisters met in the final of the US Open Tennis. Venus beat Serena 6-2, 6-4. The following year, Serena beat Venus when they met again in the US open.

Actualidad del día : 08 Septiembre

International Literacy Day
September 8 is International Literacy Day. The day was decided by the UNESCO in 1965 to promote the importance of literacy in the world. Today, 20% of adults are illiterate and two thirds of them are women.
Independance Day in Macedonia
September 8 is the Independence Day in Macedonia, which commemorates its independence from Yugoslavia, declared on September 8, 1991 and accepted on 8 April 1993.

Cita del día : 08 Septiembre

Gerald R. Ford, 38ème Président des Etats Unis
I love sports. Whenever I can, I always watch the Detroit Tigers on the radio.

Cumpleaños : 08 Septiembre

Nicolas de Grigny, Organista y compositor francés (1672)
François Francoeur, Compositor y violinista francés (1698)
Frédéric Mistral, Poeta francés, Premio Nobel de Literatura (1830)
Antonín Dvořák, Compositor checo (1841)
Alfred Jarry, Escritor francés (1873)
Jean-Louis Barrault, Actor y director francés (1910)
Derek Barton, Químico inglés, Premio Nobel (1918)
Peter Sellers, Actor inglés (1925)
Asha Bhosle, Cantante india (1933)
Michael Frayn, Dramaturgo inglés (1933)
Virna Lisi, Actriz italiana (1937)
Heather Thomas, Actriz americana (1957)
Stefano Casiraghi, Hombre de negocios italiano, segundo marido de la princesa Carolina de Mónaco (1960)
Kimberly Peirce, Directora de cine estadounidense (1967)
Martin Freeman, Actor inglés (1971)
David Arquette, Actor, director, guionista y productor estadounidense (1971)
Richard Hughes, Músico inglés (Keane) (1975)
Alecia Beth Moore (P!nk), Cantante americana (1979)
Vitaly Petrov, Pilota de Formula Uno ruso (1984)
João Moutinho, Futbolista portugués (1986)
Alexandre Bilodeau, Esquiador freestyle canadiense (1987)
Gustav Schäfer, Músico alemán (Tokio Hotel) (1988)
Chantal Jones, Fashion model americana (1988)

Nos han dejado un 08 Septiembre

Joseph Liouville, Matemático francés (1882)
Friedrich Baumfelder, Compositor, director y pianista alemán (1916)
Richard Strauss, Compositor alemán (1949)
André Derain, Pintor y escultor francés (1954)
Hermann Staudinger, Químico alemán, premio Nobel (1965)
Alexandra David-Néel, Exploradora francese belga (1969)
Percy Spencer, Ingeniero estadounidense, inventor del horno de microondas (1970)
Willard Libby, Químico estadounidense, Premio Nobel de Química (1980)
Hideki Yukawa, Físico japonés, Premio Nobel (1981)
Henri Rol-Tanguy, Uno de los líderes de la resistencia francesa durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial (2002)
Aage Bohr, Físico danés (2009)
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