Page 6: Historical Events In September - 02

1956  On this day in history washington-Jackson cable line replaced by bus service   

1957  1st edition newspaper the Ware Time (in Suriname), 1,700 die on September - 02.   

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

1958  On September - 02 great Britain performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island   

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

1960  Tamara & Irina Press (USSR) become 1st sisters to win olympic gold on September - 02.   

1961  On September - 02 greet Koeman, Dutch singer, dies at 54   

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

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 September - 02.   

1964  On this day in history norman Manley scores 2-consecutive holes-in-one at Del Valley, Cal   

1964  On this day in history francisco H Craveiro Lopes, Portuguese gen/pres (1951-58), dies at 70   

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 September - 02.   

1965  On September - 02 johannes Bobrowski, writer, dies at 48   

1968  On September - 02 ernest Claes, Belgium, author (The White), dies at 82   

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  Allan Walker, actor/writer (Red Buttons Show), dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1973  On September - 02 john R R Tolkien, British story writer (Hobbit), dies of ulcer at 81   

1978  On September - 02 george Harrison marries Olivia   

1978  Graham Salmon set the worlds record for 100 meters by a blind man on this day in history.   

1978  John McClain performs 180 outside loops in an airplane over Houston on September - 02.   

1979  On this day in history felix Aylmer, actor (Quartet, Hamlet, Dreaming Lips), dies at 90   

1980  On September - 02 william Douglas Denny, composer, dies at 70   

1982  Jay Novello, actor (Harum Scarum, Rebel Breed), dies of cancer at 78 on this day in history.   

1983  Yitzhak Shamir (Herut) endorsed by Menachem Begin for Israelli PM on this day in history.   

1985  On this day in history a joint US-French expedition locates the wreckage of the ill-fated HMS Titanic.   

1985  Abe Lenstra, Dutch soccer star, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1986  Cathy Evelyn Smith sentenced to 3 years for death of John Belushi on this day in history.   

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

1987  West German pilot Mathias Rust, who flew a private plane from Helsinki Finland, to Moscow's Red Square, goes on trial in Russia on September - 02.   

1988  On September - 02 amnesty International's Human Rights Now! tour begins in Wembley   

1989  On September - 02 rev Al Sharpton leads a civil rights march through Bensonhurst   

1989  On this day in history a Bartlett Giamatti, baseball commisioner, dies at 51   

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

1548  On this day in history birth of vincenzo Scamozzi, Italian architect (d. 1616)   

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  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 this day in history.   

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

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

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  On September - 02 death of francesco Landini, Italian composer   

1418  Jan III Chalon, prince of Orange/gov of Burgundy, dies on September - 02.   

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