September 8

Beginning on 28 September 1918, Allied forces — prominently including re‑engaged Belgian units alongside British and French formations — launched a coordinated offensive in the Ypres salient and across West Flanders. Part of the larger Hundred Days Offensive that had broken German initiative in August, the action pushed German lines back toward the River Lys, freed towns and villages long under occupation, and helped fracture the German defensive position in northern Belgium.

In the early hours of September 6, 2009, passengers aboard SuperFerry 9 experienced a nightmare at sea. The ship, en route to Iloilo City, began listing dangerously off the coast of the Zamboanga Peninsula, and within hours, it was lost to the depths of the Sulu Sea. Rescue efforts saved over 900 lives, but the tragedy claimed nine, and the disaster shed light on the precarious state of maritime safety in the Philippines.

On September 15, 1942, while steaming east of the Solomon Islands to support the Guadalcanal campaign, the fleet carrier USS Wasp (CV‑7) was struck by a spread of torpedoes fired from Japanese submarine I‑19. Multiple hits ignited catastrophic fires fed by aviation fuel and ordnance, forcing the abandonment of the ship and leaving a lasting imprint on American carrier operations during the Pacific War.