Page 5: Historical Events In September - 02

1937  Peter Ueberroth, organized LA Olympics (1984)/baseball commissioner on this day in history.   

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

1938  Glyn Worsnip, broadcaster on September - 02.   

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  On this day in history beverly Sanders, Hollywood Calif, actress (Lotsa Luck, CPO Sharkey)   

1941  Academy copyrights Oscar statuette on September - 02.   

1941  On September - 02 tommy Aycock, Edinburg TX, PGA golfer (1994 Las Vegas Senior-5th)   

1942  On September - 02 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  The Chief Rabbi of Norway, Julues Samuel, refuses to go into hiding and chooses to join 208 Norwegian Jews sent to Bergen Belsen on September - 02.   

1942  On September - 02 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  On September - 02 during WW II, George Bush ejects from a burning plane   

1944  Belgium's Emissie bank closes on September - 02.   

1944  On this day in history claude Nicollier, Vevey Switzerland, astronaut (STS 61-K, 46, 61, 75)   

1944  George W Norris, US senator (lame duck-amendement), dies on this day in history.   

1945  Allied forces arrive in Singapore and release prisoners of war on September - 02.   

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

1945  On September - 02 ho Chi Minh declares Vietnam independence from France   

1945  On board the aircraft carrier 'Missouri', in Tokyo Bay, General Douglas MacArthur accepts the Japanese surrender on this day in history.   

1945  On September - 02 president Truman sets the date as V-J Day.   

1945  On this day in history v-J Day; formal surrender of Japan aboard USS Missouri (WWII ends)   

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

1946  Johnny Neun replaces Bill Dickey as Yankee manager on this day in history.   

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

1951  On this day in history marine Helicopter Transport Squadron 161, equipped with HRS-1s, arrived Pusan, Korea   

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

1952  The birth of Jimmy Connors, American tennis player on September - 02.   

1952  On September - 02 dr Floyd J Lewis 1st uses deep freeze technique in heart surgery   

1954  Hurricane Edna batters NE US, killing 20 on this day in history.   

1955  On September - 02 kCRA TV channel 3 in Sacramento, CA (NBC) begins broadcasting   

1955  On September - 02 rudolf Kattnigg, composer, dies at 60   

1956  On this day in history collapse of a RR bridge under a train kills 120 (India)   

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1243  Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Hertford, English politician (d. 1295) was born on this day in history.   

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

1661  On this day in history birth of georg Bohm, German organist/composer   

1675  On September - 02 birth of william Somervile, English poet (d. 1742)   

1716  On September - 02 birth of johann Trier, composer   

1731  Johann F von Cronegk, German playwright (Olint und Sophronia) was born on this day in history.   

1750  On September - 02 birth of pehr Frigel, composer   

1753  On September - 02 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  On September - 02 death of pheidippides, Greek hero   

1031  Death of Saint Emeric of Hungary on this day in history.   

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

1384  On this day in history louis I, duke of Anjou/king of Naples (Battle of Poitiers), dies   

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

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

1540  On September - 02 death of lebna Dengel, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1501)