What happend on 8th September

07.09
09.09
2004

The NASA unmanned spacecraft Genesis crash-lands when its parachute fails to open.

2003

Brianna LaHara, a 12-year-old U.S. schoolgirl, is sued by the RIAA for downloading music illegally.

2001

Durban, South Africa hosts the World Conference against Racism.

2000

The Republic of Albania officially joins the World Trade Organization, as Albania.

1999

US Attorney General Janet Reno names former US Senator John Danforth to head an independent investigation of the 1993 fire at the Branch Davidian compound near Waco, Texas.

1999

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, the third book in J.K. Rowling's hugely popular Harry Potter series, is published in the United States.

1998

At Busch Stadium in St. Louis, Missouri, Mark McGwire breaks Roger Maris' 1961 record of 61 home runs hit in a single season.

1994

A Boeing 737 operating USAir Flight 427 carrying 132 people on board, crashes on approach to Pittsburgh International Airport. There are no survivors.

1991

Republic of Macedonia becomes independent.

1974

Watergate Scandal: US President Gerald Ford pardons former President Richard Nixon for any crimes Nixon may have committed while in office.