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Siege of Leningrad / Psycho / Oprah / Star Trek

On This Day (September 8): Your quick daily trip back in time.

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Fatih Taskiran
September 08, 2025 • Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes

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🌟 Editor's Note

Good morning — it’s Monday, September 8. Wow, what a day! 😳 

Today, we’re diving into the Siege of Leningrad, Michelangelo's David statue, the division of Korea, the birth of Star Trek, the first Miss Black America, the Oprah Winfrey Show's becoming national, and much more. — quick, sharp, and source-clean.

Oh, if you missed last week's Strange Times story, which you can read here, it will surprise you!

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🚀 Time Machine

-1380

Moscow's great monarch, Dmitry, defeated the Mongols at the Battle of Kulikovo, beginning of the Tatars’ decline.

-1504

Michelangelo's David statue was unveiled to the public in Florence.

-1565

St. Augustine, Florida, becomes the first permanent European settlement in the US.

-1664

The Dutch surrendered the colony of New Netherland (including New York) to 300 English soldiers.

-1941

During World War II, German, Finnish, and eventually Spanish troops besieged Leningrad; it lasted 28 months, 900 days, and over a million people were killed.

-1943

Gen. Dwight Eisenhower publicly announces the surrender of Italy to the Allies.

-1945

One month after Soviet troops began the occupation of northern Korea, U.S. troops landed in Korea to partition the country.

-1960

Alfred Hitchcock's "Psycho," starring Anthony Perkins and Janet Leigh, was released nationwide.

-1966

Star Trek premiered on NBC, launching what would become the most "successful failure" in television history.

-1968

Saundra Williams was crowned the first Miss Black America.

-1976

In a controversial executive action, Richard Nixon was pardoned by President Gerald Ford for any crimes he committed or participated in while in office.

-1986

The Oprah Winfrey Show broadcast nationally for the first time

-2022

After 70 years as the UK's longest-serving monarch, Queen Elizabeth II died at Balmoral Castle. Her eldest son takes over as King Charles III.

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🗨️ Final Words

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"Too late; is this your fidelity?" *

* To a soldier trying to save him after he committed suicide.

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