Today in History...Sept. 8

On this day in …

* 1664, the Dutch surrendered New Amsterdam to the British, who renamed it New York
* 1930, the comic strip "Blondie," created by Chic Young, was first published. ALSO: Scotch cellophane tape made its debut as a sample of the tape, invented by Richard Drew of 3M, was shipped to a Chicago firm which specialized in wrapping bakery goods in cellophane
* 1935, Senator Huey P. Long, "The Kingfish" of Louisiana politics, was shot and mortally wounded; he died two days later.
* 1945, Bess Myerson of New York was crowned "Miss America" in Atlantic City, New Jersey, becoming the first Jewish contestant to win the title
* 1951, a peace treaty with Japan was signed by 48 other nations in San Francisco
* 1974, President Ford granted an unconditional pardon to former President Nixon
* 1975, Boston's public schools began their court-ordered citywide busing program amid scattered incidents of violence
* 1995, Bosnia's warring sides reached a compromise in Geneva, agreeing to divide the nation into two states: one for the rebel Serbs and another for the Muslims and Croats
* 2000, World leaders ended the United Nations Millennium Summit with a pledge to solve humankind's problems, including poverty, war, AIDS, pollution and human rights abuses
* 2004, CBS' "60 Minutes Wednesday" aired a report questioning President Bush's National Guard service; however, CBS News ended up apologizing for a "mistake in judgment" after memos featured in the report were challenged as forgeries