What happened on September 8 ?

801 - Ansgar, German Catholic archbishop

828 - Ali al-Hadi, Shia Imam (d. 868)

1157 - King Richard I of England (d. 1199)

1207 - King Sancho II of Portugal

1271 - Charles Martel d'Anjou, son of Charles II of Naples (d. 1295)

1380 - Saint Bernardino of Siena, Italian Franciscan missionary (d. 1444)

1474 - Ludovico Ariosto, Italian poet (d. 1533)

1515 - Alfonso Salmeron, Spanish Jesuit biblical scholar (d. 1585)

1588 - Marin Mersenne, French mathematician (d. 1648)

1611 - Johann Friedrich Gronovius, German classical scholar (d. 1671)

1621 - Louis II de Bourbon, Prince de Condé, French general (d. 1686)

1633 - Ferdinand IV of Germany (d. 1654)

1672 - Nicolas de Grigny, French organist and composer (d. 1703)

1749 - Gabrielle de Polastron, comtesse de Polignac, French aristocrat (d. 1793)

1778 - Clemens Brentano, German poet (d. 1842)

1783 - Nicolai Grundtvig, Danish writer and philosopher (d. 1872)

1804 - Eduard Mörike, German poet (d. 1875)

1814 - Charles-ÿtienne Brasseur de Bourbourg, French writer and historian (d. 1874)

1828 - Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, American Civil War soldier

1830 - Frédéric Mistral, French poet, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1914)

1841 - Antonín Dvo?ák, Czech composer (d. 1904)

1852 - Emperor Gwangmu of Korea (d. 1919)

1857 - Georg Michaelis, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1936)

1873 - David O. McKay, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 1970)

1881 - Harry Hillman, American athlete

1886 - Siegfried Sassoon, English poet (d. 1967)

1889 - Robert Alphonso Taft, U.S. Senator from Ohio (d. 1953)

1897 - Jimmie Rodgers, American singer and composer (d. 1933)

1901 - Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd, Prime Minister of South Africa (d. 1966)

1910 - Jean-Louis Barrault, French actor and director (d. 1994)

1914 - Sir Denys Lasdun, English architect (d. 2001)

1918 - Derek Harold Richard Barton, British chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998)

1919 - Gianni Brera, (Giovanni Luigi Brera), Italian journalist and writer (d. 1992)

1921 - Harry Secombe, Welsh entertainer (d. 2001)

1922 - Sid Caesar, American comedian

1922 - Lyndon LaRouche, American politician

1924 - Mimi Parent, Canadian painter (d. 2005)

1925 - Peter Sellers, English actor (d. 1980)

1929 - Christoph von Dohnanyi, German conductor

1930 - Nguyen Cao Ky, Premier of South Vietnam

1932 - Patsy Cline, American singer (d. 1963)

1933 - Michael Frayn, British playwright

1934 - Peter Maxwell Davies, British composer

1938 - Sam Nunn, American politician

1939 - Carsten Keller, German field hockey player

1944 - Terry Jenner, Australian cricketer

1945 - Ron Pigpen McKernan, American musician (the Grateful Dead) (d. 1973)

1945 - Rogie Vachon, Canadian ice hockey goaltender

1947 - Ann Beattie, American writer

1947 - Valery Afanassiev, Russian pianist

1956 - Frank Tovey, British singer and musician (d. 2002)

1958 - Mitsuru Miyamoto, Japanese seiyu (voice actor)

1959 - Daler Nazarov, Tajik composer, musician and actor

1960 - Aimee Mann, American musician

1963 - Li Ning, Chinese gymnast

1964 - Michael Johns, American business executive and White House speechwriter

1964 - Scott Levy, American professional wrestler

1964 - Joachim Nielsen, Norwegian musician (d. 2000)

1966 - Carola, Swedish singer

1969 - Gary Speed, Welsh footballer

1970 - Neko Case, American musician

1970 - Latrell Sprewell, American basketball player

1970 - Yuji Nishizawa, Japanese hijacker

1971 - Brooke Burke, American model

1971 - Daniel Petrov, Bulgarian boxer

1972 - Lisa Kennedy, American television personality

1972 - Tomokazu Seki, Japanese seiyu (voice actor)

1975 - Richard Hughes, English musician, (Keane)

1976 - Sjeng Schalken, Dutch tennis player

1979 - Pink, American singer

1981 - Morten Gamst Pedersen, Norwegian footballer

1981 - Jonathan Taylor Thomas, American actor

1983 - Wali Lundy, American football player