Today in History - History - September 8th

1986'The Oprah Winfrey Show' is first broadcast nationally.

1989George Brett gets his 2,500th hit

2013Serena Williams wins her fifth Women's Singles US Open title

1973Hank Aaron sets record of most HRs in 1 league (709)

1990104th US Womens Tennis Open: Gabriela Sabatini beats Steffi Graf (6-2 7-6)

1963Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Spokane Women's Golf Open

196377th US Women's Tennis: Maria Fraser beats Margaret Smith Court (75 64)

1858Abraham Lincoln supposedly says in a speech "You may fool all the people some of the time; you can even fool some of the people all the time; but you can't fool all of the people all the time"

19692nd US Tennis Open: Rod Laver wins, completing his 2nd grand slam. The men's singles final also featured the smallest recorded session of 3,708 due to rain.

1974President Gerald Ford pardons former President Richard Nixon of all federal crimes

1925Peter Sellers, England, actor and goon (Kato, Bobo, Pink Panther), (d. 1980)

1932Patsy Cline, Winchester Va, country singer (Crazy)

1987Alexandre Bilodeau, Montreal Quebec, Canadian freestyle skier (Gold in 2010 and 2014 Winter Olympics)

1830Frederic Mistral, Maillane, France, Provencal poet (Nobel 1904), (d. 1914)

1897[James Charles] Jimmie Rodgers, Mendoza Miss, country singer/singing brakeman

1157Richard I, [Richard the Lion Hearted], King of England (1189-99)

1864Business magnate John D. Rockefeller (25) weds abolitionist Laura Spelman (24)

1973Ice hockey star Bobby Orr (25) weds speech therapist Peggy Wood at a secret ceremony in Ontario, Canada

1897Confederate General James Longstreet (76) weds Helen Dortch (34) at the governor's mansion in Atlanta, Georgia

2010Grammy nominated singer Jenni Rivera (41) weds MLB pitcher Esteban Loaiza (38) at the Hummingbird Nest Ranch in Simi Valley, California

1953Actress Lana Turner (32) weds "Tarzan of the Apes" actor Lex Barker (34)

1987NFL Wide Receiver Jerry Rice (24) weds girlfriend Jackie Mitchell

1784Ann Lee, American religious leader (b. 1736)

1980Willard Libby, American chemist (radiocarbon dating), dies of pneumonia at 71