Historical Events In September - 02

1956  Washington-Jackson cable line replaced by bus service on September - 02.  

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

1957  William A Craigie, Scottish lexicographer, dies at 90 on this day in history.  

1958  Great Britain performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island on September - 02.  

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

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

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

1962  On this day in history 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.  

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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  On this day in history johannes Bobrowski, writer, dies at 48  

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 this day in history.  

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

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

1978  George Harrison marries Olivia on this day in history.  

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  William Douglas Denny, composer, dies at 70 on September - 02.  

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

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  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 September - 02 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  On September - 02 a Bartlett Giamatti, baseball commisioner, dies at 51  

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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  William Somervile, English poet (d. 1742) was born on September - 02.  

1716  Johann Trier, composer was born on September - 02.  

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

1750  On September - 02 birth of pehr Frigel, composer  

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

0421  On September - 02 flavius Constantine III, emperor of Westromeinse, dies at about 51  

0490  On September - 02 death of pheidippides, Greek hero  

1031  Death of Saint Emeric of Hungary on September - 02.  

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 September - 02.  

1397  On this day in history death of francesco Landini, Italian composer  

1418  On this day in history jan III Chalon, prince of Orange/gov of Burgundy, dies  

1540  On September - 02 death of lebna Dengel, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1501)