Historical Events In September - 02

1956  On September - 02 washington-Jackson cable line replaced by bus service   

1957  On this day in history 1st edition newspaper the Ware Time (in Suriname), 1,700 die   

1957  William A Craigie, Scottish lexicographer, dies at 90 on September - 02.   

1958  On this day in history great Britain performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island   

1959  US President Eisenhower arrives in Paris on September - 02.   

1960  Tamara & Irina Press (USSR) become 1st sisters to win olympic gold on September - 02.   

1961  On this day in history greet Koeman, Dutch singer, dies at 54   

1962  Stan Musial's 3,516th hit moves over Tris Speaker into 2nd place on this day in history.   

1963  Alabama Gov George C Wallace prevents integration of Tuskegee HS on this day in history.   

1963  On this day in history cBS &NBC expand network news from 15 to 30 minutes   

1964  Norman Manley scores 2-consecutive holes-in-one at Del Valley, Cal on this day in history.   

1964  On this day in history francisco H Craveiro Lopes, Portuguese gen/pres (1951-58), dies at 70   

1965  On September - 02 the Beatles receive a gold record for the 45-rpm release of Help! (For our younger readers, 45-rpm is the speed that a hit single record revolves on the turntable of a record player.)   

1965  On September - 02 johannes Bobrowski, writer, dies at 48   

1968  Ernest Claes, Belgium, author (The White), dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1969  North Vietnamese president Ho Chi Minh dies on September - 02.   

1969  On September - 02 harry Williams Millard, producer, dies of cancer at 41   

1970  Allan Walker, actor/writer (Red Buttons Show), dies at 64 on September - 02.   

1973  On this day in history john R R Tolkien, British story writer (Hobbit), dies of ulcer at 81   

1978  George Harrison marries Olivia on September - 02.   

1978  Graham Salmon set the worlds record for 100 meters by a blind man on September - 02.   

1978  John McClain performs 180 outside loops in an airplane over Houston on this day in history.   

1979  On this day in history felix Aylmer, actor (Quartet, Hamlet, Dreaming Lips), dies at 90   

1980  On this day in history william Douglas Denny, composer, dies at 70   

1982  Jay Novello, actor (Harum Scarum, Rebel Breed), dies of cancer at 78 on September - 02.   

1983  Yitzhak Shamir (Herut) endorsed by Menachem Begin for Israelli PM on September - 02.   

1985  A joint US-French expedition locates the wreckage of the ill-fated HMS Titanic on September - 02.   

1985  On this day in history abe Lenstra, Dutch soccer star, dies at 64   

1986  On September - 02 cathy Evelyn Smith sentenced to 3 years for death of John Belushi   

1987  On this day in history donald Trump takes out a full page NY Times ad lambasting Japan   

1987  West German pilot Mathias Rust, who flew a private plane from Helsinki Finland, to Moscow's Red Square, goes on trial in Russia on this day in history.   

1988  On September - 02 amnesty International's Human Rights Now! tour begins in Wembley   

1989  Rev Al Sharpton leads a civil rights march through Bensonhurst on this day in history.   

1989  On September - 02 a Bartlett Giamatti, baseball commisioner, dies at 51   

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1243  On this day in history birth of gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Hertford, English politician (d. 1295)   

1548  On September - 02 birth of vincenzo Scamozzi, Italian architect (d. 1616)   

1661  On September - 02 birth of georg Bohm, German organist/composer   

1675  William Somervile, English poet (d. 1742) was born on this day in history.   

1716  On September - 02 birth of johann Trier, composer   

1731  On this day in history birth of johann F von Cronegk, German playwright (Olint und Sophronia)   

1750  Pehr Frigel, composer was born on September - 02.   

1753  On this day in history birth of marie Josephine Louise of Savoy, queen of France (d. 1810)   

0421  Flavius Constantine III, emperor of Westromeinse, dies at about 51 on September - 02.   

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

1031  On this day in history death of saint Emeric of Hungary   

1274  On September - 02 death of prince Munetaka, Japanese shogun (b. 1242)   

1384  On September - 02 louis I, duke of Anjou/king of Naples (Battle of Poitiers), dies   

1397  Death of Francesco Landini, Italian composer on this day in history.   

1418  Jan III Chalon, prince of Orange/gov of Burgundy, dies on this day in history.   

1540  On this day in history death of lebna Dengel, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1501)