Sep. 8th, Italy declares its unconditional surrender during the World War II

Damascus, SANA- Today in History Sep. 8th:

1760- British General Jeffrey Amherst captures the last French settlement Montreal.

1941- The beginning of the Nazi siege of Leningrad during the World War II.

1943- Italy declares it unconditional surrender during the World War II.

1944- Shelling London City with /V2/ Rocket for the first time during the World War II.

1954- Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty, or Manila Pact,  signed between the US, UK, France, Thailand, and the Philippines.

1974- US President Gerald Ford grants a full pardon to former President Richard Nixon for his role in the Watergate scandal.

1991- Macedonia declares its independence from Yugoslavia.

Born Today:

1830- French Writer and poet Frederic Mistral French.

1918- British Chemist Derek Barton.

Passed Away:

1894- German Physicist Hermann von Helmholtz German.

1980- US Chemist Willard Libby.

Occasions:

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R.J / Barry

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