September 8
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September 8 is the 251st day of the year (252nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. It is preceded by September 7, and succeeded by September 9. Following September 8, there are 114 days in the year.
Blavatsky's Gem of the Day
"The dog howls at the moon, but the moon heeds it not; be like the moon."
Events
- 1875 – Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, Henry Steel Olcott, William Quan Judge, and others, met to start organizing a Society "for the study and elucidation of Occultism, the Cabbala, etc.". This would eventually result in the founding of the Theosophical Society, officially started on November 17 of that year.
- 1880 – Founders H. P. Blavatsky and H. S. Olcott arrived at Simla to visit A. P. and Patience Sinnett.
Births
- 1888 – Consuelo de Aldag, Mexican lecturer in TS Adyar (d. 19??)
Deaths
- 1869 – Alexandra David-Néel, French explorer, Sanskrit scholar, and writer about Tibetan Buddhism. (b. October 12, 1968)
Holidays and observances
- None listed for this date.
External links
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