Page 6: Historical Events In September - 02

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

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

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

1958  On this day in history great Britain performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island   

1959  US President Eisenhower arrives in Paris on this day in history.   

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

1961  On this day in history 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  Alabama Gov George C Wallace prevents integration of Tuskegee HS on September - 02.   

1963  CBS &NBC expand network news from 15 to 30 minutes on September - 02.   

1964  Norman Manley scores 2-consecutive holes-in-one at Del Valley, Cal on this day in history.   

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

1965  On this day in history 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.)   

1965  Johannes Bobrowski, writer, dies at 48 on September - 02.   

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

1969  North Vietnamese president Ho Chi Minh dies on September - 02.   

1969  Harry Williams Millard, producer, dies of cancer at 41 on September - 02.   

1970  On September - 02 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 this day in history.   

1978  George Harrison marries Olivia on September - 02.   

1978  On this day in history graham Salmon set the worlds record for 100 meters by a blind man   

1978  On this day in history 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  William Douglas Denny, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1982  On September - 02 jay Novello, actor (Harum Scarum, Rebel Breed), dies of cancer at 78   

1983  On this day in history yitzhak Shamir (Herut) endorsed by Menachem Begin for Israelli PM   

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

1985  On September - 02 abe Lenstra, Dutch soccer star, dies at 64   

1986  Cathy Evelyn Smith sentenced to 3 years for death of John Belushi on September - 02.   

1987  On September - 02 donald Trump takes out a full page NY Times ad lambasting Japan   

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  Rev Al Sharpton leads a civil rights march through Bensonhurst on this day in history.   

1989  On September - 02 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  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  On September - 02 birth of william Somervile, English poet (d. 1742)   

1716  On September - 02 birth of johann Trier, composer   

1731  On September - 02 birth of johann F von Cronegk, German playwright (Olint und Sophronia)   

1750  Pehr Frigel, composer was born on this day in history.   

1753  On this day in history birth of marie Josephine Louise of Savoy, queen of France (d. 1810)   

0421  Flavius Constantine III, emperor of Westromeinse, dies at about 51 on this day in history.   

0490  Death of Pheidippides, Greek hero on September - 02.   

1031  On this day in history death of saint Emeric of Hungary   

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

1384  On this day in history louis I, duke of Anjou/king of Naples (Battle of Poitiers), dies   

1397  On September - 02 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 this day in history.