Historical Events In September - 08

1936  Princess Juliana & German prince Bernard Lippe-Biesterfeld get engaged on this day in history.   

1937  On this day in history pan Arab conference about Palestine opens   

1939  On September - 08 fDR declares "limited national emergency" due to war in Europe   

1941  On this day in history entire Jewish community of Meretsch, Lithuania is exterminated   

1941  Blockade of Leningrad (St Petersburg) by Germany begins on this day in history.   

1943  Italy surrenders to the allies in WW II on this day in history.   

1943  Gen Eisenhower announce unconditional surrender of Italy in WW II on September - 08.   

1944  German V2 rockets strike London for the first time on this day in history.   

1944  On this day in history the first V-2 rocket lands in Britain   

1944  1st V-2 rockets land in London & Antwerp on this day in history.   

1944  On this day in history jan van Gilse, composer/Dutch resistance fighter, dies at 63   

1945  On September - 08 uS invades Japanese-held Korea   

1946  60th US Womens Tennis: Pauline Betz beats Patricia Canning (119 63) on this day in history.   

1947  British govt sails "Exodus" with fugitives from Nazis on September - 08.   

1948  British De Havilland 08-fighter flies faster than sound on this day in history.   

1949  On September - 08 richard Strauss, German composer (Also sprach Zarathustra), dies at 85   

1951  On this day in history forty-nine countries sign the Japanese Peace Treaty in San Francisco.   

1951  On this day in history japan signs peace treaty with 48 countries (SF)   

1951  Jurgen Stroop, Nazi commander of Warsaw Ghetto, executed on September - 08.   

1952  On September - 08 ernest Hemingway's "Old Man &the Sea" published   

1952  On September - 08 72nd US Mens Tennis: Frank A Sedgman beats Gardnar Mulloy (61 62 63)   

1953  On this day in history "Carnival in Flanders" opens at New Century Theater NY for 6 perfs   

1954  On this day in history sE Asia Treaty Org (SEATO) formed to stop communist spread in SE Asia   

1955  On this day in history john de Young, cardinal/archbishop of Utrecht, dies at 69   

1956  On September - 08 harry Belafonte's album "Calypso," goes to #1 &stays #1 for 31 weeks   

1956  Gerrit Bolkestein, Dutch minister of Education (1939-4.), dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1957  On this day in history pope Pius XII encyclical On motion pictures, radio, TV   

1958  Oman turns over Gwadur (on Bal£chist n coast) to Pakistan on September - 08.   

1962  Hermann Standiger, German chemist (Nobel 1953), dies at 84 on September - 08.   

1963  Ines Cuervo de Priete, 34, gives birth to quintuplets, all boys on September - 08.   

1965  On September - 08 hurricane Betsy kills 75 in Louisiana &Florida   

1965  On this day in history dorothy Danridge, actress (Island in the Sun), dies at 41 in Hollywood   

1966  "That Girl" starring Marlo Thomas premiers on ABC-TV on this day in history.   

1966  Star Trek makes its debut on NBC-TV on September - 08.   

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0801  On this day in history birth of ansgar, German Catholic archbishop (d. 865)   

0828  Ali al-Hadi, Shia Imam (d. 868) was born on September - 08.   

1157  Richard I, [Richard the Lion Hearted], King of England (1189-99) was born on September - 08.   

1207  On this day in history birth of sancho II, king of Portugal   

1271  On this day in history birth of charles Martel d'Anjou, son of Charles II of Naples (d. 1295)   

1380  On this day in history birth of bernardinus of Siena, Italian saint   

1474  On September - 08 birth of ludovico Ariosto, Italy, poet (Orlando Furioso)   

1515  On September - 08 birth of alfonso Salmeron, Spanish Jesuit biblical scholar (d. 1585)   

0394  On September - 08 death of arbogast, French general, commits suicide   

0701  On September - 08 sergius I, Syrian/Italian Pope (687-701), dies   

0780  Leo IV de Chazaar, Byzantine Emperor (775-80), dies on September - 08.   

0876  On September - 08 lodewijk de Duitser, king of East French Republic (833-76), dies at 72   

1100  On this day in history clement III, [Wibert van Ravenna], 1st anti-pope (1084-1100), dies   

1397  On this day in history death of thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester.   

1425  On September - 08 death of king Charles III of Navarre (b. 1361)   

1539  On September - 08 death of john Stokesley, English churchman