History for September 8

History for September 8 - On-This-Day.com:
Richard the Lionhearted (England) 1157, Antonin Dvorak 1841, Sid Caesar 1922 


Peter Sellers 1925, Patsy Cline 1932, Jonathan Taylor Thomas 1981 


1565 - A Spanish expedition established the first permanent European settlement in North America at present-day St. Augustine, FL. 


1664 - The Dutch surrendered New Amsterdam to the British, who then renamed it New York. 


1935 - U.S. Senator Huey P. Long, "The Kingfish" of Louisiana politics, was shot and mortally wounded. He died two days later. 


1945 - Bess Myerson of New York was crowned Miss America. She was the first Jewish contestant to win the title. 


1952 - The Ernest Hemingway novel "The Old Man and the Sea" was published. 



1960 - NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, AL, was dedicated by U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower. The facility had been activated in July earlier that year. 


1966 - NBC-TV aired the first episode of "Star Trek" entitled "The Man Trap". The show was canceled on September 2, 1969. 


1974 - U.S. President Ford granted an unconditional pardon to former U.S. President Nixon. 


1997 - America Online acquired CompuServe.