| September 8th 1985 | | Discovery flies back to Kennedy Space Center via Kelly AFB
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| September 8th 1985 | | Alayson Gibbons sets 24 hr women swim record of 42.05 mi in 25 m pool
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| September 8th 1985 | | 7 die in a car & train crash in San Jose Calif
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| September 8th 1985 | | 105th US Mens Tennis: Ivan Lendl beats John McEnroe (76 63 64)
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| September 8th 1985 | | "USA Weekend's" 1st issue, appears in 255 newspapers
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| September 8th 1986 | | Westinghouse sells Muzak
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| September 8th 1987 | | Emmy News & Documentaries Award presentation
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| September 8th 1988 | | NL pres Bart Giamatti is unanimously elected baseball's 7th commish
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| September 8th 1988 | | Javier Sotomayer of Cuba high jumps world record 2.43 m (7' 11«")
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| September 8th 1988 | | Emmy News & Documentaries Award presentation
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| September 8th 1989 | | George Brett gets his 2,500th hit
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| September 8th 1989 | | Mausoleum of Beatrice of Brabant (1288) discovered in Kortrijk Belgium
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| September 8th 1989 | | Norwegian Convair 580 crashes at Jutland in sea (55 murder)
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| September 8th 1990 | | 104th US Womens Tennis: Gabriela Sabatini beats Steffi Graf (62 76)
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| September 8th 1990 | | Ellis Island Historical Site opens on Ellis Island NYC
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