UPI Almanac for Monday, Sept. 8, 2008.

UPI Almanac for Saturday, Sept. 8, 2007.

Today is Friday, Sept. 8, the 251st day of 2006 with 114 to follow.

Today is Thursday, Sept. 8, the 251st day of 2005 with 114 to follow.

The weekly UPI Almanac package for Sept. 5-11, 2005.

Today is Wednesday, Sept. 8, the 252nd day of 2004 with 114 to follow.

Today is Monday, Sept. 8, the 251st day of 2003 with 114 to follow.

Hank Williams Jr. born in Shreveport, La., 1949. Jimmie Rodgers dies at age 35, 1933.

Today's birthdays include Al Jolson, who was born in 1886; trumpeter Ziggy Elman in 1914; Peggy Lee in 1920; Miles Davis in 1926; Band drummer Levon Helm in 1943 (age 60); Verden "Phally" Allen, keyboardist for Mott the Hoople, in 1944 (age 59); the Guess