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)
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.
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)
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)