| September 8th 1975 | | Guinee-Bissau declares independence from Portugal
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| September 8th 1976 | | Fons Rademakers' film "Max Havelaar" premieres in Amsterdam
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| September 8th 1977 | | Jimmy McCullough quits Wings
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| September 8th 1977 | | Interpol sends a resolution concerning video piracy
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| September 8th 1978 | | 2nd game of Boston Massacre; Yanks beat Red Sox 13-2
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| September 8th 1978 | | Irani army shoots on Khomeini followers in Teheran, 100s killed
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| September 8th 1979 | | US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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| September 8th 1979 | | Cheryl Prewitt (Miss), 22, crowned 52nd Miss America 1980
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| September 8th 1980 | | Bowie Kuhn suspends Ferguson Jenkins indefinitely due to drug arrest
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| September 8th 1982 | | Dutch social dem party wins elections, fascist enters Dutch parliament
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| September 8th 1983 | | NASA launches RCA-6
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| September 8th 1984 | | 98th US Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats Chris E L Mills (46 64 64)
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| September 8th 1984 | | Challenger moves to Vandenberg AFB for mating of STS 41G mission
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| September 8th 1985 | | Pete Rose ties Ty Cobb with 4,191 hits
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| September 8th 1985 | | Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Portland Ping Golf Championship
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