Updated September 7, 2012, 2:28 pm
On Sept. 8, 1974, President Ford granted an unconditional pardon to former President Nixon.
On Sept. 8, 1900, Claude Pepper, the American politician and champion of aid to the elderly, was born. Following his death on May 30, 1989, his obituary appeared in The Times.
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Claude Pepper 9/8/1900 – 5/30/1989 American senator (1936-51) and U.S. representative (1963-89) from Florida; championed help for the elderly.Go to obituary »
58 Ludovico Ariosto 9/8/1474 – 7/6/1533
Italian poet59 Marin Mersenne 9/8/1588 – 9/1/1648
French philosopher and theologian90 Margaret Olivia Sage 9/8/1828 – 11/4/1918
American philanthropist83 Frederic Mistral 9/8/1830 – 3/25/1914
French Nobel Prize-winning poet (1904 )62 Antonin Dvorak 9/8/1841 – 5/1/1904
Bohemian composer71 Jessie Willcox Smith 9/8/1863 – 5/3/1935
American painter and illustrator63 Robert A. Taft 9/8/1889 – 7/31/1953
American senator from Ohio (1939-53) and powerful Republican Party leader35 Jimmie Rodgers 9/8/1897 – 5/26/1933
American country and western singer and guitarist90 Buck Leonard 9/8/1907 – 11/27/1997
American baseball player30 Patsy Cline 9/8/1932 – 3/5/1963
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