Historical Events In September - 02

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

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 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 this day in history.   

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

1964  On September - 02 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 this day in history.   

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

1968  Ernest Claes, Belgium, author (The White), dies at 82 on September - 02.   

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 September - 02.   

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

1978  On this day in history george Harrison marries Olivia   

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

1978  On September - 02 john McClain performs 180 outside loops in an airplane over Houston   

1979  On September - 02 felix Aylmer, actor (Quartet, Hamlet, Dreaming Lips), dies at 90   

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

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 this day in history.   

1988  Amnesty International's Human Rights Now! tour begins in Wembley on September - 02.   

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  On September - 02 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 September - 02 birth of georg Bohm, German organist/composer   

1675  William Somervile, English poet (d. 1742) was born on September - 02.   

1716  On September - 02 birth of johann Trier, composer   

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

1750  Pehr Frigel, composer was born on September - 02.   

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 September - 02.   

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

1031  On September - 02 death of saint Emeric of Hungary   

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  Jan III Chalon, prince of Orange/gov of Burgundy, dies on this day in history.   

1540  Death of Lebna Dengel, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1501) on September - 02.