September 8 - What happened today?

Home What happened today in history? Blamepro's Almanac for September 8
In the headlines today:

2003	The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) files lawsuits against 261 individuals accused of sharing copyrighted music files over the Internet.
1998	St. Louis Cardinals slugger Mark McGwire breaks Roger Maris' single-season home run record by hitting number 62 during a game against the Chicago Cubs.
1996	Rap artist Tupac Shakur is mortally wounded during a shooting in Las Vegas. (Tupac would die from his injuries five days later.)
1994	A US Air 737 jetliner crashes during final approach to Pittsburgh International Airport, killing all 132 people on board.
1974	US president Gerald Ford (left) grants an unconditional pardon to former president Richard Nixon. (photo credit: NARA)
1966	Star Trek makes its debut on NBC-TV.
1951	Forty-nine countries sign the Japanese Peace Treaty in San Francisco.
1926	Germany is admitted into the League of Nations.
1920	Air mail service between New York and San Francisco begins.
1900	A hurricane strikes Galveston, TX, killing 6,000 people.
1892	The Pledge of Allegiance is first published.
1664	The British receive New Amsterdam from the Dutch, and later rename it to New York.
1636	Harvard College is established.