Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/September 8
September 8: Victory Day in Malta (1565); National Day in Andorra; Independence Day in the Republic of Macedonia (1991).
- 1331: Stefan Dušan (pictured right) of the House of Nemanjić declared himself Tsar of Serbia.
- 1504: David, a marble statue by Michelangelo, was unveiled in Florence.
- 1888: The inaugural season of The Football League in England began with six matches.
- 1923: The Honda Point Disaster: Twenty-three sailors died when nine U.S. Navy destroyers ran aground off the coast of California.
- 1978: Hundreds of demonstrators in Tehran were killed on Black Friday during the Iranian Revolution.
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