Talk:September 8

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September 8: Victory Day in Malta Queen Elizabeth II in 1959 617 – Li Yuan defeated a Sui army at the Battle of Huoyi, opening the path to his capture of the Chinese imperial capital Chang'an and the eventual establishment of the Tang dynasty. 1565 – St. Augustine, Florida, the oldest continuously occupied settlement of European origin in the contiguous United States, was founded by Spanish admiral Pedro Menéndez de Avilés. 1831 – William IV and Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen were crowned King and Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. 1966 – The science fiction show Star Trek made its American premiere with "The Man Trap", launching a media franchise that has since created a cult phenomenon and has influenced the design of many current technologies. 2022 – Queen Elizabeth II (pictured) died at Balmoral Castle in Scotland; her eldest son Charles III acceded to the throne as King of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms. Amy Robsart (d. 1560) John Aitken (d. 1831) Charles Hastings Judd (b. 1835) Pink (b. 1979) More anniversaries: September 7 September 8 September 9

Semi-protected edit request on 7 October 2020

• 2002 – Gaten Matarazzo, American Actor Xfhxzf (talk) 21:06, 7 October 2020 (UTC) Births

 Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 22:10, 8 October 2020 (UTC)

Back on June 8, 2021 (June 7, my timezone). It's already taken care of. Xfhxzf (talk) 00:25, 8 June 2021 (UTC)

2016 Launch of OSIRIS-REx

NASA launches OSIRIS-REx, its first asteroid sample return mission. The probe will visit 101955 Bennu and is expected to return with samples in 2023. This needs to be updated, obviously. —⁠71.105.243.101 (talk) 23:45, 7 September 2024 (UTC)