The flag of North Korea is adopted with the passing of the country's first constitution by the Supreme People's Assembly. Date: September 8, 1948 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 8 📅 Events on this day in 1948 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation makes its first televised broadcast on the second escape of the Boyd Gang. Date: September 8, 1952 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 8 📅 Events on this day in 1952 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) is established. Date: September 8, 1954 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 8 📅 Events on this day in 1954 📅 On This Day (Today)
In Huntsville, Alabama, US President Dwight D. Eisenhower formally dedicates the Marshall Space Flight Center (NASA had already activated the facility on July 1). Date: September 8, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 8 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today)
Last run of the famous Pines Express over the Somerset and Dorset Railway line (UK) fittingly using the last steam locomotive built by British Railways, BR Standard Class 9F 92220 Evening Star. Date: September 8, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 8 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅…
The landmark American science fiction television series Star Trek premieres with its first-aired episode, "The Man Trap". Date: September 8, 1966 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 8 📅 Events on this day in 1966 📅 On This Day (Today)
Trans International Airlines Flight 863 crashes during takeoff from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City, killing all 11 aboard. Date: September 8, 1970 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 8 📅 Events on this day in 1970 📅 On This Day (Today)
In Washington, D.C., the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is inaugurated, with the opening feature being the premiere of Leonard Bernstein's Mass. Date: September 8, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 8 📅 Events on this day in 1971 📅 On This Day (Today)
World Airways Flight 802 crashes into Mount Dutton in King Cove, Alaska, killing six people. Date: September 8, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 8 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅 On This Day (Today)
Watergate scandal: US President Gerald Ford signs the pardon of Richard Nixon for any crimes Nixon may have committed while in office. Date: September 8, 1974 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 8 📅 Events on this day in 1974 📅 On This Day (Today)