Today in History for 8th September 2025

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Historical Events

1796 - Battle of Bassano: Napoleon Bonaparte's French army defeats the Austrian forces during the French Revolutionary Wars
1923 - Honda Point Disaster: Nine US Navy destroyers run aground off the California coast, and seven are lost
1966 - The Severn Bridge between England and Wales is officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II
1985 - Alayson Gibbons sets a 24-hour women's swim record of 42.05 miles in a 25-meter pool
2022 - Australian Stephanie Gilmore wins her eighth world surfing title at Lower Trestles, California, making her the most successful women's champion in history

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Famous Birthdays

1857 - Ida Henrietta Hyde, American physiologist who invented the micro-electrode and the first woman allowed to do research at Harvard Medical School and to be elected to the American Physiology Society, born in Davenport, Iowa (d. 1945)
1894 - Willem Pijper, Dutch composer and music critic, born in Zeist, Netherlands (d. 1947)
1927 - Charles "Specs" Wright, American jazz drummer (Dizzy Gillespie; Cannonball Adderly; Red Garland), born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia (d. 1963)
1930 - Jeannette Altwegg, English figure skater (Olympic gold 1952), born in Bombay, India (d. 2021)
1991 - Joe Sugg, English Youtuber and actor (Strictly Come Dancing), born in Lacock, England

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Famous Deaths

1656 - Joseph Hall, English bishop and writer (Virgidemiarum: Six Books), dies at 82
1935 - Carl Weiss, American physician who murdered US Senator Huey Long, shot and killed by the senator's bodyguards at 28
1995 - Halldis Moren Vesaas, Norwegian author and poet (Harp and Dagger), dies at 87
2005 - Noel Cantwell, Irish cricketer and footballer (b. 1932)
2018 - Tito Capobianco, Argentinian stage impresario, dies at 87

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