HISTORY
On this day September 8-14 (week 37)
September 8, 2024 - September 14, 2024 - Graphics show birthdays and anniversaries on each day for the week. This week features an earthquake in Morocco, the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, Storm Daniel’s devastation in Libya, tennis star Serena Williams, the 2023 meeting of North Korea's Kim Jong Un and Russian President Putin, the transmission of yellow fever and the actor Patrick Swayze.
September 8, 2023: A 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck Morocco, killing over 2,900 people and causing widespread damage in Marrakesh and in villages in the Atlas Mountains
September 9, 2015: Queen Elizabeth II became the longest-serving monarch in British history, after 63 years and 216 days. Her reign eventually lasted 70 years and 214 days
September 10, 2023: Storm Daniel hit Libya, causing catastrophic flooding in the city of Derna after two dams collapsed due to torrential rains, leaving thousands dead or missing
September 11, 1999: Tennis star Serena Williams won the U.S. Open tournament at Flushing Meadows, achieving a first Grand Slam victory ahead of her elder sister Venus
September 12, 2023: North Korea’s Kim Jong Un met President Vladimir Putin in eastern Russia, fuelling Western concerns that Pyongyang would provide support for the war in Ukraine
September 13, 1990: A physician investigating the transmission of yellow fever was bitten by a mosquito and died of the disease, thus proving that the mosquito was the carrier
September 14, 2009: Actor Patrick Swayze died from cancer at age 57. He leapt to fame in the hit 1987 film Dirty Dancing and scored another major success with the 1990 weepie, Ghost