July 4 » William Howard Taft becomes American governor of the Philippines.
July 24 » O. Henry is released from prison in Columbus, Ohio, after serving three years for embezzlement from a bank.
October 29 » Leon Czolgosz, the assassin of U.S. President William McKinley, is executed by electrocution.
November 13 » The 1901 Caister lifeboat disaster.
November 27 » The U.S. Army War College is established.
December 10 » The first Nobel Prize ceremony is held in Stockholm on the fifth anniversary of Alfred Nobel's death.
Day of death September 8, 1975
The temperature on September 8, 1975 was between 5.8 °C and 22.7 °C and averaged 14.6 °C. There was 11.1 hours of sunshine (84%). The almost cloudless was. The average windspeed was 1 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south. Source: KNMI
In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
January 5 » The Tasman Bridge in Tasmania, Australia, is struck by the bulk ore carrier Lake Illawarra, killing twelve people.
February 5 » Riots break in Lima, Peru after the police forces go on strike the day before. The uprising (locally known as the Limazo) is bloodily suppressed by the military dictatorship.
July 6 » The Comoros declares independence from France.
October 22 » The Soviet unmanned space mission Venera 9 lands on Venus.
November 10 » The 729-foot-long freighter SSEdmund Fitzgerald sinks during a storm on Lake Superior, killing all 29 crew on board.
November 22 » Juan Carlos is declared King of Spain following the death of Francisco Franco.
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