TODtAY IN HISTORY – 8th Sept, 2025 – ORBITS NEWS
By Valentine Uchechukwu Ndukwu.
Today in history, I am tempted to revisit Valentine Uchechukwu Ndukwu’s invaluable advice when he said, “take time to study your history, if it doesn’t educate you, it will definitely inform you.
Kindly scroll down as we serve you some juicy details from historical events that were.
On this day in 1862, the Millennium of Russia monument was unveiled in Novgorod.
Still on this day in 1888 and in England, the first six Football League matches are played
Again on this day in 2022, Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom dies at Balmoral Castle in Scotland after reigning for 70 years. Her son Charles, Prince of Wales, ascends the throne upon her death as Charles III.
Regrettably in 2023, a magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck Morocco, killing nearly 3,000 people and damaging historic sites in Marrakesh.
Today in history reveals that on this day in 2016, during Operation Crocodile Smile in the Niger Delta conflict, militants from the Niger Delta Avengers claimed that 20 Nigerian soldiers were killed.
Today is International Literacy Day (International)
Today is World Physical Therapy Day.
While we promise to come to you again tomorrow with past events from Today in History, please keep pointing in the right direction as the point man you’ve always been.
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