Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/September 8

Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured articleorpicture of the day.

To report an error when this appears on the Main Page, see Main Page errors. Please remember that this list defers to the supporting articles, so it is best to achieve consensus and make any necessary changes there first.

Use only ONE image at a time

• 
  Map of the transition from the Sui to the Tang Dynasty
• 
  Stefan Uroš IV Dušan of Serbia
• 
  Michelangelo's David
• 
  The face of Michelangelo's David
• 
  A house tipped over by the 1900 Galveston hurricane
• 
  Severn Bridge
• 
  Margaret Gorman

• 617 – Li Yuan defeated a Sui dynasty army in the Battle of Huoyi, opening the path to his capture of the imperial capital Chang'an and the eventual establishment of the Tang dynasty.
• 1755 – French and Indian War: Despite being ambushed at the start of the Battle of Lake George, British colonial troops and their Mohawk allies were able to defeat French and Canadien troops and their Indian allies.
• 1796 – French Revolutionary Wars: The French defeated Austrian forces in Bassano, Venetia, Italy.
• 1831 – William IV and Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen were crowned king and queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
• 1860 – The paddle steamer Lady Elgin was rammed by a schooneronLake Michigan and sank, resulting in the loss of about 300 lives.
• 1900 – The Great Galveston hurricane, the deadliest disaster in U.S. history, struck Galveston, Texas, with estimated winds of 135 miles per hour (215 km/h) at landfall, killing at least 6,000 people.
• 1921 – In Atlantic City, New Jersey, Margaret Gorman was crowned the "Golden Mermaid", the forerunner to the Miss America pageant.
• 1936 – Opposed to António de Oliveira Salazar's support of the Nationalists in the Spanish Civil War, the crews of the Portuguese Navy ships NRP Afonso de Albuquerque and NRP Dão mutinied while anchored in the harbour of Lisbon.
• 1954 – Eight nations signed an agreement to create the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization, a Southeast Asian version of NATO.
• 1974 – Watergate scandal: U.S. President Gerald Ford gave his recently resigned predecessor Richard Nixon a controversial full and unconditional pardon for any crimes he committed while in office.
• 1966 – Queen Elizabeth II opened the Severn Bridge, suggesting that it marked the dawn of a new economic era for South Wales.
• 1994 – USAir Flight 427 crashed on approach to Pittsburgh International Airport, resulting in 132 deaths and the longest accident investigation in the history of the National Transportation Safety Board.
• Born/died this day: | Amy Robsart |d|1560| Ozias Humphry |b|1742| Anne Catherine Emmerich |b|1774| Sabrina Sidney |d|1843| Inez Knight Allen |b|1876| Andrei Kirilenko |b|1906| Peter Sellers |b|1925| Patsy Cline |b|1932| Margaret Hodge |b|1944| Ron "Pigpen" McKernan |b|1945| Derek Taylor |d|1997

• Lynette Fromme appears on September 5, so Gerald Ford should not appear in the same year

September 8: Victory Day in Malta

• 1566 – Ottoman–Habsburg wars: Although Ottoman forces led by Suleiman the Magnificent captured the fortress of Szigetvár, Hungary, they were forced to end their campaign to capture Vienna.
• 1775 – Maltese priests discontented with the Order of Saint John led an uprising, which was suppressed by the Order within a few hours.
• 1831 – The Russian Empire brought the Polish November Uprising to an end when its troops captured Warsaw after a two-day assault.
• 1935 – U.S. senator Huey Long (pictured) was shot in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, dying two days later.