Page 6: Historical Events In September - 02

1956  On September - 02 washington-Jackson cable line replaced by bus service   

1957  1st edition newspaper the Ware Time (in Suriname), 1,700 die on this day in history.   

1957  On September - 02 william A Craigie, Scottish lexicographer, dies at 90   

1958  Great Britain performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island on this day in history.   

1959  On this day in history uS President Eisenhower arrives in Paris   

1960  On this day in history tamara & Irina Press (USSR) become 1st sisters to win olympic gold   

1961  Greet Koeman, Dutch singer, dies at 54 on September - 02.   

1962  Stan Musial's 3,516th hit moves over Tris Speaker into 2nd place on September - 02.   

1963  On this day in history alabama Gov George C Wallace prevents integration of Tuskegee HS   

1963  CBS &NBC expand network news from 15 to 30 minutes on this day in history.   

1964  Norman Manley scores 2-consecutive holes-in-one at Del Valley, Cal on September - 02.   

1964  Francisco H Craveiro Lopes, Portuguese gen/pres (1951-58), dies at 70 on September - 02.   

1965  The Beatles receive a gold record for the 45-rpm release of Help! (For our younger readers, 45-rpm is the speed that a hit single record revolves on the turntable of a record player.) on this day in history.   

1965  Johannes Bobrowski, writer, dies at 48 on this day in history.   

1968  Ernest Claes, Belgium, author (The White), dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1969  On this day in history north Vietnamese president Ho Chi Minh dies.   

1969  Harry Williams Millard, producer, dies of cancer at 41 on this day in history.   

1970  On this day in history allan Walker, actor/writer (Red Buttons Show), dies at 64   

1973  John R R Tolkien, British story writer (Hobbit), dies of ulcer at 81 on September - 02.   

1978  On September - 02 george Harrison marries Olivia   

1978  Graham Salmon set the worlds record for 100 meters by a blind man on September - 02.   

1978  John McClain performs 180 outside loops in an airplane over Houston on this day in history.   

1979  Felix Aylmer, actor (Quartet, Hamlet, Dreaming Lips), dies at 90 on September - 02.   

1980  William Douglas Denny, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1982  Jay Novello, actor (Harum Scarum, Rebel Breed), dies of cancer at 78 on September - 02.   

1983  On September - 02 yitzhak Shamir (Herut) endorsed by Menachem Begin for Israelli PM   

1985  On September - 02 a joint US-French expedition locates the wreckage of the ill-fated HMS Titanic.   

1985  On this day in history abe Lenstra, Dutch soccer star, dies at 64   

1986  On this day in history cathy Evelyn Smith sentenced to 3 years for death of John Belushi   

1987  Donald Trump takes out a full page NY Times ad lambasting Japan on this day in history.   

1987  On this day in history west German pilot Mathias Rust, who flew a private plane from Helsinki Finland, to Moscow's Red Square, goes on trial in Russia   

1988  On this day in history amnesty International's Human Rights Now! tour begins in Wembley   

1989  Rev Al Sharpton leads a civil rights march through Bensonhurst on September - 02.   

1989  A Bartlett Giamatti, baseball commisioner, dies at 51 on September - 02.   

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1243  On September - 02 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  William Somervile, English poet (d. 1742) was born on this day in history.   

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  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 September - 02.   

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

1397  Death of Francesco Landini, Italian composer on this day in history.   

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

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