What happend on 8th September

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09.09
1974

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

1971

In Washington, DC, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is inaugurated, with the opening feature being the premiere of Leonard Bernstein's Mass.

1966

The Severn Road Bridge was officially opened.

1966

"The Man Trap", the first episode of the science fiction television series Star Trek airs.

1962

Newly independent, Algeria, by referendum, adopts a Constitution.

1960

In Huntsville, Alabama, US President Dwight D. Eisenhower formally dedicates the Marshall Space Flight Center (NASA had already activated the facility on July 1).

1954

The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) is established.

1951

Treaty of San Francisco: In San Francisco, California, 48 nations sign a peace treaty with Japan in formal recognition of the end of the Pacific War.

1945

Cold War: United States troops arrive to partition the southern part of Korea in response to Soviet troops occupying the northern part of the peninsula a month earlier.

1944

World War II: London is hit by a V2 rocket for the first time.