History for September 8

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Richard the Lionhearted (England) 1157, Antonin Dvorak 1841, Jimmie Rodgers 1897


Sid Caesar 1922, Peter Sellers 1925, Patsy Cline 1932


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.


1892 - An early version of "The Pledge of Allegiance" appeared in "The Youth's Companion."


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.


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.


2015 - British researchers announced that evidence of a larger version of Stonehenge had been located about 2 miles from the Stonehenge location. There were 90 buried stones that had been found by ground penetrating radar.