Page 5: Historical Events In September - 02

1937  On September - 02 peter Ueberroth, organized LA Olympics (1984)/baseball commissioner   

1937  Esther de Farmer-of Rich, actress (Kniertje-On hope of blessing), dies on this day in history.   

1938  Glyn Worsnip, broadcaster on September - 02.   

1939  On September - 02 bobby Purify, rocker   

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 this day in history.   

1941  On this day in history 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  On this day in history german troops enter Stalingrad   

1943  Glenn Sather, NHL coach (Edmonton Oiler) on September - 02.   

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

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 September - 02.   

1945  On this day in history allied forces arrive in Singapore and release prisoners of war   

1945  Formal surrender of Japan is signed on September - 02.   

1945  Ho Chi Minh declares Vietnam independence from France on this day in history.   

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

1945  President Truman sets the date as V-J Day on September - 02.   

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

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

1946  On this day in history johnny Neun replaces Bill Dickey as Yankee manager   

1949  On September - 02 fire in riverfront area kills 1,700 (Chungking China)   

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

1952  Dr Floyd J Lewis 1st uses deep freeze technique in heart surgery on this day in history.   

1954  On September - 02 hurricane Edna batters NE US, killing 20   

1955  KCRA TV channel 3 in Sacramento, CA (NBC) begins broadcasting on September - 02.   

1955  Rudolf Kattnigg, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1956  On September - 02 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  Vincenzo Scamozzi, Italian architect (d. 1616) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1753  Marie Josephine Louise of Savoy, queen of France (d. 1810) was born on September - 02.   

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

1274  On this day in history 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  Jan III Chalon, prince of Orange/gov of Burgundy, dies on this day in history.   

1540  Death of Lebna Dengel, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1501) on this day in history.