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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.
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