September 8 historical events
617 — Battle of Huoyi
The Battle of Huoyi (霍邑之戰; Wade–Giles: Huo-i) was fought in China on 8 September 617, between the forces of the rebel Duke of Tang, Li Yuan, and the army of the ruling Sui dynasty. Li Yuan, with an army of around 25,000, was advancing south along the Fen River towards the imperial capital, Daxingcheng (the modern Xi'an). His advance was stalled for two weeks due to heavy rainfall, and he was met at the town of Huoyi by an elite Sui army of 20,000 (or 30,000) men.
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1487 — Battle of Kopystrzyń (1487)
The Battle of Kopystrzyń took place on September 8, 1487 near Kopystrzyń in Podolia. The Polish army, led by Prince John I Albert, defeated a 5000-strong Tatar Chambul dispatched by the Ottomans against the Crown. About 1,500 Tatars were killed, and many more were taken prisoner.
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1514 — Battle of Orsha
The Battle of Orsha was fought on 8 September 1514, between the allied forces of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Kingdom of Poland, under the command of Hetman Konstanty Ostrogski; and the army of the Grand Duchy of Moscow under Konyushy Ivan Chelyadnin and Kniaz Mikhail Golitsin. The Battle of Orsha was part of a long series of Muscovite–Lithuanian Wars conducted by Muscovite rulers striving to gather all the former Kievan Rus' lands under their rule. According to Rerum Moscoviticarum Commentarii by Sigismund von Herberstein, the primary source for information on the battle, the much smaller army of Poland–Lithuania (under 30,000 men) defeated a force of 80,000 Muscovite soldiers, capturing their camp and commander.
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1756 — Kittanning Expedition
The Kittanning Expedition, also known as the Armstrong Expedition or the Battle of Kittanning, was a raid during the French and Indian War that led to the destruction of the American Indian village of Kittanning, which had served as a staging point for attacks by Delaware (Lenape) warriors against colonists in the British Province of Pennsylvania. Commanded by Lieutenant Colonel John Armstrong, this raid deep into hostile territory was the only major expedition carried out by Pennsylvania Provincial troops during a brutal backcountry war. Early on September 8, 1756 they launched a surprise attack on the Indian village.
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1781 — Battle of Eutaw Springs
The Battle of Eutaw Springs was fought on September 8, 1781 during the American Revolutionary War. It was the last major engagement of the conflict to be fought in the Carolinas. Both sides claimed a victory.
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1793 — Battle of Hondschoote
The Battle of Hondschoote took place during the Flanders Campaign of the Campaign of 1793 in the French Revolutionary Wars. It was fought during operations surrounding the siege of Dunkirk between 6 and 8 September 1793 at Hondschoote, Nord, France, and resulted in a French victory under General Jean Nicolas Houchard and General Jean-Baptiste Jourdan against the command of Marshal Freytag, part of the Anglo-Hanoverian corps of the Duke of York.
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1796 — Battle of Bassano
The Battle of Bassano was fought on 8 September 1796, during the French Revolutionary Wars, in the territory of the Republic of Venice, between a French army under Napoleon Bonaparte and Austrian forces led by Count Dagobert von Wurmser. The engagement occurred during the second Austrian attempt to raise the siege of Mantua. It was a French victory; however, it was the last battle in Napoleon's perfect military career as two months later he would be defeated at the Second Battle of Bassano, ending his victorious streak. The Austrians abandoned their artillery and baggage, losing supplies, cannons, and battle standards to the French.
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1798 — Battle of Ballinamuck
The Battle of Ballinamuck (8 September 1798) marked the defeat of the main force of the French incursion during the 1798 Rebellion in Ireland.
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1808 — Treaty of Paris (1808)
The Treaty of Paris was an agreement signed on 8 September 1808 in Paris between the First French Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia. Also known as the Convention of Paris, it set the terms of a withdrawal of French occupying troops, including an indemnity of 140 million francs and an upper limit on the size of the Prussian Army of 42,000 a figure insisted on by the French emperor Napoleon.
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1813 — Siege of San Sebastián
The siege of San Sebastián took place between 7 July and 8 September 1813, during the Peninsular War. Allied British and Portuguese forces under the command of Thomas Graham captured the city by assault after a lengthy siege, which followed a failed earlier siege and attack under the lead of Arthur Wellesley, Marquess of Wellington. The successful assault carried out by Graham forced the surrender of the defending French garrison under Louis Emmanuel Rey. Having broken into the town during the final assault, the allied soldiers rampaged out of control through San Sebastián, abusing and murdering many of its civilian inhabitants and setting fire to many of the city's buildings.
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1819 — 1819 Balloon riot
The Philadelphia Balloon Riot occurred at Vauxhall Garden in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on the evening of September 8, 1819. After guards beat a boy unconscious for attempting to climb a fence separating the paying guests from those who couldn't afford the expensive entry fee, crowds broke down the fence and ripped the hot air balloon to pieces.
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1823 — 1823 Maine gubernatorial election
The 1823 Maine gubernatorial election took place on September 8, 1823. Incumbent Democratic-Republican Governor Albion Parris won re-election to a third term. He faced no opposition.
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1828 — 1828 Maine gubernatorial election
The 1828 Maine gubernatorial election took place on September 8, 1828. Incumbent Democratic-Republican Governor Enoch Lincoln won re-election to a third term. He faced no opposition.
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1834 — 1834 Maine gubernatorial election
The 1834 Maine gubernatorial election took place on September 8, 1834. Incumbent Democratic Governor Robert P. Dunlap defeated Whig candidate Peleg Sprague.
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1845 — 1845 Maine gubernatorial election
The 1845 Maine gubernatorial election was held on September 8, 1845, in order to elect the governor of Maine. Incumbent Democratic governor Hugh J. Anderson won re-election to a third term against Whig nominee and former U.S. Representative Freeman H. Morse and Liberty Party candidate Samuel Fessenden.
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1856 — 1856 Maine gubernatorial election
The 1856 Maine gubernatorial election was held on September 8, 1856, in order to elect the governor of Maine. Incumbent Democratic governor Samuel Wells lost re-election against Republican nominee and incumbent United States senator from Maine Hannibal Hamlin. Whig candidate George F. Patten received just over 5% of the vote amidst Hamlin's landslide.
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1862 — 1862 Maine gubernatorial election
The 1862 Maine gubernatorial election was held on September 8, 1862, in order to elect the Governor of Maine. Republican nominee and incumbent member of the Maine House of Representatives Abner Coburn defeated Democratic nominee Bion Bradbury and War Democrat C. D. Jameson.
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1868 — Vermont gubernatorial election, 1868
The Vermont gubernatorial election of 1869 took place on September 8, 1868. Incumbent Republican John B. Page, per the "Mountain Rule", successfully ran for re-election to a second term as Governor of Vermont, defeating Democratic candidate John L. Edwards.
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1873 — 1873 Maine gubernatorial election
The 1873 Maine gubernatorial election was held on September 8, 1873. Republican candidate Nelson Dingley Jr. defeated the Democratic candidate Joseph Titcomb.
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1879 — 1879 Maine gubernatorial election
The 1879 Maine gubernatorial election was held on September 8, 1879. Republican nominee Daniel F. Davis defeated Greenback nominee Joseph L. Smith and the Democratic nominee, incumbent Governor Alonzo Garcelon. With Maine switching to two-year gubernatorial terms in 1880, Davis would be the final Maine governor to serve a single-year term, and the final governor chosen by the Maine Legislature after no candidate received a majority of the popular vote.
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1884 — 1884 Maine gubernatorial election
The 1884 Maine gubernatorial election was held on September 8, 1884, in order to elect the governor of Maine. Incumbent Republican governor Frederick Robie won re-election against Democratic nominee John B. Redman, Greenback nominee Hosea B. Eaton and Prohibition nominee William T. Eustis.
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1890 — 1890 Maine gubernatorial election
The 1890 Maine gubernatorial election was held on September 8, 1890, in order to elect the governor of Maine. Incumbent Republican governor Edwin C. Burleigh won re-election against Democratic nominee William P. Thompson, Prohibition nominee Aaron Clark and Labor nominee Isaac Clark.
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1900 — 1900 Galveston hurricane
The Great Galveston Hurricane was a Category 4 storm, with winds of up to 145 mph (233 km/h), which made landfall on September 8, 1900, in Galveston, Texas, in the United States, leaving about 6,000 to 12,000 dead. It remains to the present day the deadliest single day event in US history. The hurricane appears to have started as an atmospheric trough from West Africa, causing unsettled weather in the Caribbean, and emerging into the Florida Straits as a tropical storm on September 5. Owing to contradictory forecasts, the people of Galveston felt no alarm until the official hurricane warning of September 7.
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1902 — 1902 Maine gubernatorial election
The 1902 Maine gubernatorial election took place on September 8, 1902. Incumbent Republican Governor John Fremont Hill was re-elected to a second term in office, defeating Democratic candidate Samuel Wadsworth Gould.
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1923 — Honda Point disaster
The Honda Point disaster was the largest peacetime loss of U.S. Navy ships in history. On the foggy and moonless night of September 8, 1923, seven destroyers traveling at 20 knots (37 km/h) ran aground and wrecked at California's Honda Point (also known as Point Pedernales, with offshore outcroppings known as Devil's Jaw). The location was several miles north of the Santa Barbara Channel, the ships' intended route. Two other destroyers grounded, but were able to maneuver free off the rocks. Twenty-three sailors died; 745 were rescued. Navigational errors, compounded by unusual ocean currents attributed to Japan's Great Kantō earthquake, were the likely cause.
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1924 — 1924 United States Senate election in Maine
The 1924 United States Senate election in Maine was held on September 8, 1924. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Bert Fernald overcame a challenge from U.S. Representative Frank E. Guernsey in the Republican primary. In the general election, Fernald was re-elected to a second term in office over Democratic newspaperman Fulton J. Redman.
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1924 — 1924 Maine gubernatorial election
The 1924 Maine gubernatorial election took place on September 8, 1924. Incumbent Governor Percival P. Baxter did not seek re-election. Republican candidate Ralph Owen Brewster defeated Democratic candidate William Robinson Pattangall. Frank G. Farrington unsuccessfully ran for the Republican nomination.
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1930 — 1930 Maine gubernatorial election
The 1930 Maine gubernatorial election took place on September 8, 1930. In a rematch of the 1928 gubernatorial election, incumbent Republican Governor William Tudor Gardiner defeated Democratic candidate Edward C. Moran Jr.
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1930 — 1930 United States Senate election in Maine
The 1930 United States Senate election in Maine was held on September 8, 1930. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Arthur Gould, who had been elected to complete the term of the late Senator Bert Fernald, did not run for re-election to a full term. In the Republican primary, U.S. Representative Wallace H. White Jr. defeated former Governor of Maine Owen Brewster.
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1936 — 1936 Portuguese naval revolt
The 1936 naval revolt (Portuguese: Revolta dos Marinheiros de 1936, lit. '1936 Sailors' Revolt') or Tagus boats mutiny (Motim dos Barcos do Tejo) was a mutiny in Portugal that occurred on 8 September 1936 aboard the aviso Afonso de Albuquerque and destroyer Dão. It was organized by the Revolutionary Organization of the Fleet (Organização Revolucionária da Armada, ORA), a left-wing group with links to the Portuguese Communist Party.
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1939 — Battle of Wola Cyrusowa
The Battle of Wola Cyrusowa took place on 8 September 1939 near the village of Wola Cyrusowa near Stryków in Poland, during the September Campaign. It was fought between the forces of the Polish Piotrków Operational Group under Gen. Wiktor Thommée and the German 10th Infantry Division. In the effect of a successive delaying action, the Polish forces managed to regroup and withdraw eastwards while at the same time inflicting heavy losses on the opposing unit. However, their victory was only a temporary setback for the Nazi invasion of Poland.
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1943 — Italian Civil War
The Italian Civil War (Italian: La guerra civile) is the period between September 8, 1943 (the date of the armistice of Cassibile), and May 2, 1945 (the date of the surrender of German forces in Italy) in which the Italian Resistance and the Italian Co-Belligerent Army fought together and defeated the forces of the Fascist Italian Social Republic.
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1943 — Operation Zitronella
Operation Zitronella, also known as Operation Sizilien (which translates to Sicily), was an eight-hour German raid on Spitzbergen on 8 September 1943.
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1944 — Battle of Geel
The Battle of Geel, also known as the Battle of the Geel Bridgehead, was a major battle between British and German troops in Belgium during the Second World War. It occurred between 8–23 September 1944, in and around the Flemish town of Geel (Gheel), and was one of the largest and bloodiest battles to occur during the Liberation of Belgium.
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1946 — 1946 Bulgarian republic referendum
A referendum on becoming a republic was held in Bulgaria on 8 September 1946. Official results showed 96% in favour of the change against only 4% in favour of retaining the monarchy, with voter turnout reported to be 92%. The monarchy had effectively ended soon after the coup of 9 September 1944, which saw the Fatherland Front seize power. At that time, the regency council for the head of state, Tsar Simeon II, was replaced by a new council made up entirely of members of the Bulgarian Communist Party, the dominant force of the Fatherland Front.
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1952 — Maine gubernatorial election, 1952
The 1952 Maine gubernatorial election took place on September 8, 1952. Incumbent Republican Governor Frederick G. Payne was term limited and seeking election to the United States Senate, thus did not run. Maine Senate President Burton M. Cross faced off against Democratic challenger, former Congressman James C. Oliver (who served in Congress as a Republican) and Independent Neil Bishop in the general election, easily defeating both men. Burton's election was the ninth consecutive victory for the Republicans in Maine gubernatorial races. The period after the election itself was rather unusual.
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1952 — 1952 United States Senate election in Maine
The 1952 United States Senate election in Maine was held on September 8, 1952. Incumbent Republican Senator Owen Brewster ran for re-election to a third term, but lost the Republican primary to Governor of Maine Frederick Payne. Payne easily won the general election against two Democratic opponents, party nominee Roger Dube and independent Democrat Earl Grant.
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1958 — Maine gubernatorial election, 1958
The 1958 Maine gubernatorial election took place on September 8, 1958. Incumbent Democratic Governor Edmund Muskie, was term limited and seeking election to the United States Senate, thus did not run. Democrat Clinton Clauson, then mayor of Waterville, unexpectedly defeated Muskie's chosen Democratic candidate in the primary, and faced off against the popular previous two term Republican Governor, Horace A. Hildreth in the general election. Hildreth was the heavy favorite to win, however Clauson was able to narrowly defeat him, retaining the Blaine House for the Democrats. The election was also the last time that Maine would hold its election in September.
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1958 — 1958 United States Senate election in Maine
The 1958 United States Senate election in Maine was held on September 8, 1958, to elect a United States senator. Incumbent Republican Senator Frederick G. Payne lost re-election to a second term, losing by a wide margin to Democrat Edmund Muskie, the popular incumbent Governor of Maine. This was one of a record 15 seats Democrats gained from the Republican Party in the 1958 United States Senate elections.
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1965 — Operation Dwarka
Operation Dwarka was a naval operation by the Pakistan Navy to attack the Indian coastal town of Dwarka on 7 and 8 September 1965. This instance was the first engagement by the Pakistan Navy in any of the India–Pakistan wars. As the India–Pakistan war of 1965 broke out between India and Pakistan over Kashmir, the armies and air forces of both nations were involved in intense fighting in the regions of Punjab and Kashmir.
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1969 — Norwegian parliamentary election, 1969
Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 7 and 8 September 1969. Although the Labour Party remained the largest party, winning 74 of the 150 seats, the coalition of right-wing parties won 76 seats. The closeness of the result and fears of the two blocs winning an equal number of seats led to the number of seats being increased to an odd number for the next elections.
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1972 — 1972 Israeli air raid in Syria and Lebanon
On 8 September 1972, Israeli planes bombed ten Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) bases in Syria and Lebanon as a response to the Munich massacre. Estimates of the number and identity of casualties vary widely, with several sources giving a figure as high as 200, including militants and civilians. The United States vetoed a UN resolution demanding a halt to the raids after the Soviet Union and China vetoed amendments that would have also applied the resolution to terrorist activities.
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1973 — World Airways Flight 802
On September 8, 1973, a Douglas DC-8 operated by World Airways as World Airways Flight 802 crashed on high ground while on approach to Cold Bay Airport, Alaska, killing all six people on board. The official accident investigation concluded that the probable cause was the captain's non-adherence to published instrument approach procedures for the destination airport.
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1981 — Tuvaluan general election, 1981
General elections were held in Tuvalu on 8 September 1981. As there were no political parties, all 26 candidates for the 12 seats ran as independents. Voter turnout was 85.0%.
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1984 — Botswana general election, 1984
General elections were held in Botswana on 8 September 1984. Although the result was a fifth successive landslide victory for the Botswana Democratic Party, which won 29 of the 34 elected seats, the elections saw the opposition Botswana National Front make gains, winning both seats in the capital Gaborone and take control of all urban councils except Selebi-Phikwe in the simultaneous local elections.
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1991 — EMLL 58th Anniversary Show
The EMLL 58th Anniversary Show was a professional wrestling major show event produced by Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre (EMLL) that took place on September 8, 1991 in Arena Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico. This would be the last show promoted under the EMLL name as the organisation changed its name to Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre in the winter of 1991. The show consisted of four matches, with the main event being a Lucha de Apuestas, hair vs. hair match between Konnan, Cien Caras and Perro Aguayo.
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1994 — USAir Flight 427
USAir Flight 427 was a scheduled flight from Chicago's O'Hare International Airport to Palm Beach International Airport, Florida, with a stopover at Pittsburgh International Airport. On Thursday, September 8, 1994, the Boeing 737-300 flying this route crashed in Hopewell Township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania while approaching Runway 28R at Pittsburgh, which was USAir's largest hub at the time. This accident was the second longest air crash investigation in history.
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1995 — UFC 7
UFC 7: The Brawl in Buffalo was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on September 8, 1995, at the Memorial Auditorium in Buffalo, New York. The event was seen live on pay per view in the United States, and later released on home video.
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1996 — Sarawak state election, 1996
The seventh Sarawak state election was held between Saturday, 7 September and Sunday, 8 September 1996 with nomination date on Tuesday, 27 August 1996. The Sarawak State Assembly was dissolved on 15 August 1996 before its expiration on 28 November 1996. There were 62 seats available but only 43 were contested on the election day. This election saw 814,347 registered voters with 64.18% voters turned up to cast their votes.
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2002 — 2002 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final
The 2002 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final was the 115th All-Ireland Hurling Final and the culmination of the 2002 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, a tournament for the top hurling counties. The match was held at Croke Park, Dublin, on 8 September 2002, between Kilkenny and Clare. Kilkenny won on a score line of 2–20 to 0–19. The winning captain for Kilkenny was Andy Comerford.
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2007 — UFC 75
UFC 75: Champion vs. Champion was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship. The event was held September 8, 2007 at The O2 in London, United Kingdom.
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2007 — 2007 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship final
The 2007 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship final was a hurling match that was played at Croke Park, Dublin on 8 September 2007 to determine the winners of the 2007 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship, the 44th season of the All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship, a tournament organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association for the champion teams of the four provinces of Ireland.
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2009 — Battle of Ganjgal
The Battle of Ganjgal was a battle in the War in Afghanistan fought between American and Afghan forces and the Taliban in Kunar Province, Afghanistan on September 8, 2009. Complaints that the coalition casualties were avoidable and caused by a failure of the chain of command to provide fire support for the team triggered an official investigation and a series of reprimands to several US military officers. Army Captain William D. Swenson and Marine Corporal Dakota Meyer received the Medal of Honor for their actions during the battle.
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2012 — Sri Lankan provincial council elections, 2012
Provincial council elections were held in Sri Lanka on 8 September 2012 to elect 114 members to three of the nine provincial councils in the country. 3.3 million Sri Lankans were eligible to vote in the election. Elections for the Northern Provincial Council, which had been governed directly by the national government since it was demerged from the North Eastern Provincial Council in January 2007, are overdue but the government has not set a date. Elections to the remaining five provincial councils are not due till 2014 as they had their last election in 2009.
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2012 — 2012 Sydney City Council election
The 2012 Sydney City Council election was held on 8 September 2012 to elect nine councillors and a lord mayor to the City of Sydney. The election was held as part of the statewide local government elections in New South Wales, Australia.
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2013 — 2013 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final
The 2013 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, the deciding game of the 2013 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, was played on 8 September 2013 at Croke Park, Dublin. For the second straight year, the final ended in a draw, requiring a replay that was held on 28 September 2013 at Croke Park. In the replay Clare beat Cork 5–16 to 3–16 to claim their fourth All Ireland title.
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2018 — UFC 228
UFC 228: Woodley vs. Till was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that was held on September 8, 2018 at American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.
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2018 — Qamishli clashes (2018)
The 2018 Qamishli clashes were a skirmish that erupted between the Syrian Arab Army and the Asayish forces in the city of Qamishli, Syria on September 8, 2018.
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2018 — 2018 Rising Phoenix World Championships
The 2018 Rising Phoenix World Championships was an IFBB Wings of Strength female professional bodybuilding competition and held in conjunction with the IFBB Arizona Pro. It was held on September 8, 2018 at the Wild Horse Pass Hotel & Casino in Chandler, Arizona.
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2019 — Global Wars Espectacular
Global Wars Espectacular was a 2019 multi-promotional professional wrestling supershow tour and livestreaming event co-produced by the American promotion Ring of Honor (ROH) and Mexico's Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). It was the 17th Global Wars event and the tour spanned three dates, from September 6 through September 8, 2019.
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2019 — 2019 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship final
The 2019 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final, the 88th event of its kind and the culmination of the 2019 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, was played at Croke Park in Dublin on 8 September 2019. Deferred coverage of the final was broadcast by Sky Sports for the first time. Galway were the winners.
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2025 — 2025 Norwegian parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 8 September 2025 to elect all 169 members of the Storting, the Norwegian parliament, for the 2025–2029 parliamentary term. Advance voting took place from 11 August to 5 September. The election resulted in incumbent Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre's Labour Party winning the most seats. The opposition Conservative Party, led by former Prime Minister Erna Solberg, fell to third place for the first time since 2009.
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