Today is Thursday, Sept. 8, the 252nd day of 2016. There are 114 days left in the year.

Today’s birthdays: Senator Bernie Sanders, independent of Vermont, is 75. Author Ann Beattie is 69. Singer Aimee Mann is 56. Alternative country singer Neko Case is 46. Rhythm-and-blues singer Pink is 37. Actor Jonathan Taylor Thomas is 35.

In 1565, a Spanish expedition established the first permanent European settlement in North America at present-day St. Augustine, Fla.

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

In 1921, Margaret Gorman, 16, of Washington, D.C., was crowned the first ‘‘Miss America’’ in Atlantic City.

In 1935, Senator Huey Long, Democrat of Louisiana, was shot in the Louisiana State Capitol; he died two days later. (Assailant Dr. Carl Weiss was killed by Long’s bodyguards.)

In 1941, the 900-day Siege of Leningrad by German forces began during World War II.

In 1966, the series ‘‘Star Trek’’ premiered on NBC.

In 1974, President Ford granted a ‘‘full, free, and absolute pardon’’ to former president Nixon covering his entire term in office.

In 1986, ‘‘The Oprah Winfrey Show’’ began the first of 25 seasons in national syndication.

Last year, after resisting apologizing for using an e-mail account on a private server to conduct government business as secretary of state, Hillary Clinton shifted course, saying, ‘‘That was a mistake. I’m sorry about that. I take responsibility.’’