September 8

Top Social News Stories

September 8 2008

• Mahalo Blog: Best of Mahalo (September 8, 2008)
• Propeller.com: Palin Used State Funds...to Tell Students to Pray for Pipeline (10.0 Prop Score)
• Reddit.com: Obama can't help it if he's a Harvard grad and you're a ... (862 Score)
• Digg.com: Media Ignores Massive Voter Purges by Republicans (4463 Diggs)
• Fark.com: Tour of cave canceled after discovery of guess what in a cave (56946 Clicks)
• YouTube: Obama: "My Muslim Faith" Gaffe (187,620 Views)
• VideoSift.com: John McCain Gets BarackRoll'd @ RNC (57 Sifts)
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September 8 Historical Events

The 1990s

• 1998: Mark McGwire hits his 62nd home run to pass Roger Maris for the single season home run record.
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The 1970s

• 1974: President Gerald Ford spares Richard Nixon further punishment from the Watergate Scandal by granting a full Presidential Pardon

The 1960s

• 1966: NBC premiers Star Trek, starring William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy

The 1900s

• 1900: America's deadliest Natural Disaster happens as a hurricane hits Galveston, Texas and kills upwards to 12,000 people.

The 1600s

• 1664: The Dutch surrender New Amsterdam to the British who rename it New York.

September 8 Historical Information

• Wikipedia: Today in History Entry
• Library of Congress: This Day in History
• The New York Times: Today in History News Archive
• BBC News: Historical Archive
• CBC News: Today in Canada Archive  
• History.com: This Day in History
• YouTube: AP: Today in History September 8 (Time 1:54)
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September 8 in Sports

• TodayInSportsHistory.com: Today in Sports History
• National Pastime: Today in Baseball History

September 8 News and Articles

• New York Times: Ford Gives Pardon To Nixon, Who Regrets 'My Mistakes' (September 8, 1974)
• History.com: New Amsterdam becomes New York (September 8, 1664)