Historical Events for 8th September 2026

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1930 - First appearance of the comic strip "Blondie," created by American cartoonist Chic Young
1945 - US invades Japanese-held Korea
1960 - US 4 x 400 m relay team of Jack Yerman, Earl Young, Glenn Davis, and Otis Davis run a world record 3:02.2 to win the gold medal at the Rome Olympics
1991 - Macedonia votes for independence from Yugoslavia
2014 - Haider al-Abadi becomes the 75th Prime Minister of Iraq
2018 - Egypt sentences over 700 people, including 75 to death, for the 2013 pro-Muslim Brotherhood sit-in at Rabaa al-Adawiya Square
2022 - NFL football playing brothers Jason Kelce and Travis Kelce launch their sports and pop-culture “New Heights” podcast
2024 - Fifty-nine people die in a crash between an oil tanker and a lorry carrying passengers in Niger State, Nigeria

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