What happend on 8th September

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1944

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

1943

World War II: Julius Fucik is executed by Nazis.

1943

World War II: United States General Dwight D. Eisenhower publicly announces the Allied armistice with Italy.

1941

World War II: Siege of Leningrad begins. German forces begin a siege against the Soviet Union's second-largest city, Leningrad. Stalin orders the Volga Deutsche deported to Siberia.

1935

US Senator from Louisiana, Huey Long, nicknamed "Kingfish", is fatally shot in the Louisiana capitol building.

1934

Off the New Jersey coast, a fire aboard the passenger liner SS Morro Castle kills 135 people.

1930

3M begins marketing Scotch transparent tape.

1926

Germany was admitted to the League of Nations.

1923

Honda Point Disaster: Nine US Navy destroyers run aground off the California coast. Seven are lost.

1900

Galveston Hurricane of 1900: a powerful hurricane hits Galveston, Texas killing about 8,000 people.