On this day, Sept. 8

1504 Michelangelo’s towering marble statue of David was unveiled to the public in Florence, Italy.

1900 Galveston, Texas, was struck by a hurricane that killed an estimated 8,000 people.

1943 During World War II, Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower announced Italy’s surrender; Nazi Germany denounced Italy’s decision as a cowardly act.

1964 Public schools in Prince Edward County, Va., reopened after being closed for five years by officials attempting to prevent courtordered racial desegregation.

1974 President Gerald R. Ford granted a “full, free, and absolute pardon” to former President Richard Nixon covering his entire term in office.

1985 Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds tied Ty Cobb’s career record for hits, singling for hit number 4,191 during a game against the Cubs in Chicago.

1986 “The Oprah Winfrey Show” began the first of 25 seasons in national syndication.

2016 California and federal regulators fined Wells Fargo a combined $185 million, alleging the bank’s employees illegally opened millions of unauthorized accounts for their customers in order to meet aggressive sales goals.

2017 Category 5 Hurricane Irma regained battered Cuba with 160mph winds.

2022 Queen Elizabeth II, who spent more than seven decades on the British throne, died at age 96; her 73-year-old son became King Charles III.

Today’s birthdays: Ventriloquist Willie Tyler, 83. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., 82. Actor Alan Feinstein, 82. Author Ann Beattie, 76. Actor Heather Thomas, 66. Singer Aimee Mann, 63. Pop musician David Steele (Fine Young Cannibals), 63. Actor Thomas Kretschmann, 61. TV personality Brooke Burke, 52. Actor David Arquette, 52. TV-radio personality Kennedy, 51. Rock musician Richard Hughes (Keane), 48. Actor Larenz Tate, 48. Actor Nathan Corddry, 46. R&B singer Pink, 44. Singer-songwriter Eric Hutchinson, 43. Actor Jonathan Taylor Thomas, 42. Rapper Wiz Khalifa, 36. Actor Gaten Matarazzo (TV: “Stranger Things”), 21.