Historical Events In September - 02

1937  Peter Ueberroth, organized LA Olympics (1984)/baseball commissioner on September - 02.   

1937  Esther de Farmer-of Rich, actress (Kniertje-On hope of blessing), dies on September - 02.   

1938  On September - 02 glyn Worsnip, broadcaster   

1939  Bobby Purify, rocker on this day in history.   

1940  23rd PGA Championship: Byron Nelson at Hershey CC Hershey Pa on this day in history.   

1940  Beverly Sanders, Hollywood Calif, actress (Lotsa Luck, CPO Sharkey) on September - 02.   

1941  Academy copyrights Oscar statuette on September - 02.   

1941  Tommy Aycock, Edinburg TX, PGA golfer (1994 Las Vegas Senior-5th) on September - 02.   

1942  On this day in history sternbuch cable arrives at the Polish embassy in Washington, recounting the deportation of 100,000 Jews from Warsaw to death camps, and how Jewish babies were being used to produce soap and fertilizer for Germany industry.   

1942  On this day in history the Chief Rabbi of Norway, Julues Samuel, refuses to go into hiding and chooses to join 208 Norwegian Jews sent to Bergen Belsen.   

1942  On this day in history german troops enter Stalingrad   

1943  On September - 02 glenn Sather, NHL coach (Edmonton Oiler)   

1944  On this day in history anne Frank (Diary of Anne Frank), is sent to Auschwitz   

1944  During WW II, George Bush ejects from a burning plane on September - 02.   

1944  On September - 02 belgium's Emissie bank closes   

1944  Claude Nicollier, Vevey Switzerland, astronaut (STS 61-K, 46, 61, 75) on September - 02.   

1944  On this day in history george W Norris, US senator (lame duck-amendement), dies   

1945  Allied forces arrive in Singapore and release prisoners of war on this day in history.   

1945  On September - 02 formal surrender of Japan is signed.   

1945  Ho Chi Minh declares Vietnam independence from France on this day in history.   

1945  On board the aircraft carrier 'Missouri', in Tokyo Bay, General Douglas MacArthur accepts the Japanese surrender on September - 02.   

1945  President Truman sets the date as V-J Day on September - 02.   

1945  On September - 02 v-J Day; formal surrender of Japan aboard USS Missouri (WWII ends)   

1945  59th US Womens Tennis: Sarah P Cooke beats Pauline Betz (36 86 64) on this day in history.   

1946  On this day in history johnny Neun replaces Bill Dickey as Yankee manager   

1949  Fire in riverfront area kills 1,700 (Chungking China) on this day in history.   

1951  Marine Helicopter Transport Squadron 161, equipped with HRS-1s, arrived Pusan, Korea on September - 02.   

1951  On this day in history australia, NZ & US sign ANZUS-pact   

1952  The birth of Jimmy Connors, American tennis player on this day in history.   

1952  Dr Floyd J Lewis 1st uses deep freeze technique in heart surgery on September - 02.   

1954  On September - 02 hurricane Edna batters NE US, killing 20   

1955  KCRA TV channel 3 in Sacramento, CA (NBC) begins broadcasting on September - 02.   

1955  Rudolf Kattnigg, composer, dies at 60 on September - 02.   

1956  Collapse of a RR bridge under a train kills 120 (India) on September - 02.   

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1243  Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Hertford, English politician (d. 1295) was born on September - 02.   

1548  On this day in history birth of vincenzo Scamozzi, Italian architect (d. 1616)   

1661  Georg Bohm, German organist/composer was born on this day in history.   

1675  William Somervile, English poet (d. 1742) was born on September - 02.   

1716  On September - 02 birth of johann Trier, composer   

1731  Johann F von Cronegk, German playwright (Olint und Sophronia) was born on September - 02.   

1750  On this day in history birth of pehr Frigel, composer   

1753  On September - 02 birth of marie Josephine Louise of Savoy, queen of France (d. 1810)   

0421  On this day in history flavius Constantine III, emperor of Westromeinse, dies at about 51   

0490  Death of Pheidippides, Greek hero on September - 02.   

1031  Death of Saint Emeric of Hungary on September - 02.   

1274  Death of Prince Munetaka, Japanese shogun (b. 1242) on this day in history.   

1384  Louis I, duke of Anjou/king of Naples (Battle of Poitiers), dies on September - 02.   

1397  On this day in history death of francesco Landini, Italian composer   

1418  Jan III Chalon, prince of Orange/gov of Burgundy, dies on September - 02.   

1540  Death of Lebna Dengel, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1501) on this day in history.