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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_8" title="September 8">September 8</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victory_Day_(Malta)" title="Victory Day (Malta)">Victory Day</a></b> in Malta
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1100" title="1100">1100</a><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antipope_Theodoric" title="Antipope Theodoric">Theodoric</a></b> was elected by opponents of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Paschal_II" title="Pope Paschal II">Pope Paschal II</a>, following the death of <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antipope_Clement_III" title="Antipope Clement III">Antipope Clement III</a></b>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1565" title="1565">1565</a><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Augustine,_Florida" title="St. Augustine, Florida">St. Augustine, Florida</a></b>, the oldest continuously occupied settlement of European origin in the contiguous United States, was founded by Spanish admiral <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_Men%C3%A9ndez_de_Avil%C3%A9s" title="Pedro Menéndez de Avilés">Pedro Menéndez de Avilés</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1831" title="1831">1831</a> – The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Empire" title="Russian Empire">Russian Empire</a> suppressed the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_Uprising" title="November Uprising">November Uprising</a> in Poland with the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Warsaw_(1831)" title="Battle of Warsaw (1831)">capture of Warsaw after a two-day assault</a></b>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1954" title="1954">1954</a> – Eight nations signed a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collective_security" title="Collective security">collective-defense</a> treaty in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manila" title="Manila">Manila</a> to create the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southeast_Asia_Treaty_Organization" title="Southeast Asia Treaty Organization">Southeast Asia Treaty Organization</a></b>, modelled on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO" title="NATO">NATO</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991" title="1991">1991</a> – At the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tailhook_Association" title="Tailhook Association">Tailhook Association</a> symposium in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las_Vegas" title="Las Vegas">Las Vegas</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">US Navy</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" title="United States Marine Corps">Marine Corps</a> aviators were <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tailhook_scandal" title="Tailhook scandal">alleged to have sexually assaulted 90 persons</a></b>.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Robsart" title="Amy Robsart">Amy Robsart</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1560); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Hastings_Judd" title="Charles Hastings Judd">Charles Hastings Judd</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1835); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabrina_Sidney" title="Sabrina Sidney">Sabrina Sidney</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1843); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leah_LaBelle" title="Leah LaBelle">Leah LaBelle</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1986)</p>