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 this day in history.   

1957  On this day in history william A Craigie, Scottish lexicographer, dies at 90   

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

1959  US President Eisenhower arrives in Paris on September - 02.   

1960  On September - 02 tamara & Irina Press (USSR) become 1st sisters to win olympic gold   

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 this day in history.   

1964  On September - 02 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  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  North Vietnamese president Ho Chi Minh dies on this day in history.   

1969  On September - 02 harry Williams Millard, producer, dies of cancer at 41   

1970  Allan Walker, actor/writer (Red Buttons Show), dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1973  On this day in history 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  On September - 02 john McClain performs 180 outside loops in an airplane over Houston   

1979  Felix Aylmer, actor (Quartet, Hamlet, Dreaming Lips), dies at 90 on this day in history.   

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 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 September - 02.   

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 this day in history.   

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1243  Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Hertford, English politician (d. 1295) was born on this day in history.   

1548  On September - 02 birth of vincenzo Scamozzi, Italian architect (d. 1616)   

1661  On September - 02 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 September - 02.   

1731  On this day in history birth of johann F von Cronegk, German playwright (Olint und Sophronia)   

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 September - 02.   

0421  On this day in history flavius Constantine III, emperor of Westromeinse, dies at about 51   

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

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

1274  Death of Prince Munetaka, Japanese shogun (b. 1242) on September - 02.   

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 September - 02.   

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