Today is Monday, September 8, the 252nd day of 2008. There are 114 days left in the year.
1664 _ Dutch surrender New Amsterdam (N.Y.) to 300 English soldiers
1858 _ Lincoln makes a speech about when you can fool people
1921 _ First Miss America crowned (Margaret Gorman of Washington D.C.)
1930 _ First appearance of the comic strip ``Blondie"
1939 _ FDR declares ``limited national emergency" due to war in Europe
1951 _ Japan signs treaty of peace with 48 countries (S.F.)
1952 _ Ernest Hemingway's ``Old Man and the Sea" published
1956 _ Harry Belafonte's album ``Calypso," goes to No. 1 and stays No. 1 for 31 weeks
1973 _ Hank Aaron sets record of most homeruns in one league (709)
1974 _ President Gerald Ford pardons former President R Nixon of all federal crimes