Historical Events In September - 02

1937  On this day in history peter Ueberroth, organized LA Olympics (1984)/baseball commissioner  

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

1938  Glyn Worsnip, broadcaster on this day in history.  

1939  Bobby Purify, rocker on September - 02.  

1940  23rd PGA Championship: Byron Nelson at Hershey CC Hershey Pa on September - 02.  

1940  On this day in history beverly Sanders, Hollywood Calif, actress (Lotsa Luck, CPO Sharkey)  

1941  Academy copyrights Oscar statuette on September - 02.  

1941  Tommy Aycock, Edinburg TX, PGA golfer (1994 Las Vegas Senior-5th) on this day in history.  

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

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1942  On September - 02 german troops enter Stalingrad  

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

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

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 this day in history.  

1944  On September - 02 george W Norris, US senator (lame duck-amendement), dies  

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

1945  Formal surrender of Japan is signed on this day in history.  

1945  Ho Chi Minh declares Vietnam independence from France on September - 02.  

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

1945  On this day in history president Truman sets the date as V-J Day.  

1945  V-J Day; formal surrender of Japan aboard USS Missouri (WWII ends) on September - 02.  

1945  59th US Womens Tennis: Sarah P Cooke beats Pauline Betz (36 86 64) on September - 02.  

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 this day in history.  

1951  Australia, NZ & US sign ANZUS-pact on this day in history.  

1952  On this day in history the birth of Jimmy Connors, American tennis player  

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  KCRA TV channel 3 in Sacramento, CA (NBC) begins broadcasting on this day in history.  

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

1956  Collapse of a RR bridge under a train kills 120 (India) on this day in history.  

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

1548  Vincenzo Scamozzi, Italian architect (d. 1616) was born on September - 02.  

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

1675  On this day in history birth of william Somervile, English poet (d. 1742)  

1716  Johann Trier, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

1750  Pehr Frigel, composer was born on this day in history.  

1753  Marie Josephine Louise of Savoy, queen of France (d. 1810) was born on this day in history.  

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

0490  On this day in history death of pheidippides, Greek hero  

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

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

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

1397  Death of Francesco Landini, Italian composer on September - 02.  

1418  On September - 02 jan III Chalon, prince of Orange/gov of Burgundy, dies  

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