Page 5: 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  Glyn Worsnip, broadcaster on this day in history.   

1939  Bobby Purify, rocker on this day in history.   

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

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

1941  On this day in history academy copyrights Oscar statuette   

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

1942  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 on September - 02.   

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.   

1942  German troops enter Stalingrad on this day in history.   

1943  Glenn Sather, NHL coach (Edmonton Oiler) on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history belgium's Emissie bank closes   

1944  Claude Nicollier, Vevey Switzerland, astronaut (STS 61-K, 46, 61, 75) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

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

1949  Fire in riverfront area kills 1,700 (Chungking China) on September - 02.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1954  On this day in history hurricane Edna batters NE US, killing 20   

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

1955  On this day in history rudolf Kattnigg, composer, dies at 60   

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 this day in history.   

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

1661  On September - 02 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 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  Flavius Constantine III, emperor of Westromeinse, dies at about 51 on September - 02.   

0490  Death of Pheidippides, Greek hero on this day in history.   

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  Louis I, duke of Anjou/king of Naples (Battle of Poitiers), dies on this day in history.   

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

1418  On this day in history jan III Chalon, prince of Orange/gov of Burgundy, dies   

1540  Death of Lebna Dengel, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1501) on September - 02.