Born on 8 September 2014

At A Glance

8 September 2014 at a glance

Day of the week

8 September 2014 was a Monday.

Billboard Hot 100 No. 1

The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “Shake It Off” by Taylor Swift.

Top Film of 2014

The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2014 was Transformers: Age of Extinction.

Top-Rated TV Show

“Sunday Night Football” (NBC) was No. 1 in the Nielsen ratings for the 2014–15 season.

Star sign

The star sign for 8 September is Virgo.

Chinese zodiac

In the Chinese zodiac, 8 September 2014 fell in the Year of the Horse.

Birthstone

The birthstone for September is Sapphire.

Moon phase

The moon phase on 8 September 2014 was Full Moon.

On this day: 8 September

• 1988 Yellowstone National Park is closed for the first time in U.S. history due to ongoing fires.
• 2000 NASA launches Space Shuttle Atlantis on STS-106 to resupply the International Space Station.
• 2016 NASA launches OSIRIS-REx, its first asteroid sample return mission. The probe visited 101955 Bennu and returned with samples in September 2023.
• 2017 Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) announce the beginning of the Deir ez-Zor campaign, with the stated aim of eliminating the Islamic State (IS) from all areas north and east of the Euphrates.
• 2023 The 2023 Rugby World Cup, the tenth men's Rugby World Cup is held in France. The opening ceremony, directed and written by Jean Dujardin, Olivier Ferracci and Nora Matthey, took place at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, before the opening match between France and New Zealand, which saw the host nation winning 27 to 13.

Famous people born on September 8

• Pink, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress (born 1979)
• Bernie Sanders, American politician (born 1941)
• Avicii, Swedish electronic musician (1989–2018)
• Shubman Gill, Indian cricketer (born 1999)

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