| September 8th 1937 | | Yankees trailing 6-1 in 9th, score 8 to beat Boston 9-6
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| September 8th 1939 | | Yanks beat Red Sox 4-1 in 7, game called because of lightning
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| September 8th 1939 | | Indians Bob Feller, 20, is youngest pitcher to win 20 games
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| September 8th 1939 | | Gen Von Reichenaus pantzer division reaches suburbs of Warsaw
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| September 8th 1939 | | FDR declares "limited national emergency" due to war in Europe
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| September 8th 1941 | | Blockade of Leningrad (St Petersburg) by Germany begins
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| September 8th 1941 | | Entire Jewish community of Meretsch, Lithuania is exterminated
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| September 8th 1943 | | NY Giants' pitcher Ace Adams sets record by working in his 62nd game
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| September 8th 1943 | | Lt-Gen Bradley flies to Carthago/Algiers Sicily
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| September 8th 1943 | | Italy surrenders to Allies in WW II
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| September 8th 1943 | | Gen Eisenhower announce unconditional surrender of Italy in WW II
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| September 8th 1944 | | 1st V-2 rockets land in London & Antwerp
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| September 8th 1944 | | Russians march into Bulgaria; Bulgaria declares war on Germany
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| September 8th 1945 | | US invades Japanese-held Korea
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| September 8th 1945 | | Hideki Tojo, Japanese PM during most of WW II, attempts suicide rather than face war crimes tribunal attempt fails, later he is hanged
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