Page 6: Historical Events In September - 02

1956  On September - 02 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  William A Craigie, Scottish lexicographer, dies at 90 on September - 02.   

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

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

1960  Tamara & Irina Press (USSR) become 1st sisters to win olympic gold on this day in history.   

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

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

1963  On September - 02 alabama Gov George C Wallace prevents integration of Tuskegee HS   

1963  On this day in history cBS &NBC expand network news from 15 to 30 minutes   

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  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  Johannes Bobrowski, writer, dies at 48 on this day in history.   

1968  On this day in history ernest Claes, Belgium, author (The White), dies at 82   

1969  North Vietnamese president Ho Chi Minh dies on this day in history.   

1969  On this day in history harry Williams Millard, producer, dies of cancer at 41   

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  George Harrison marries Olivia on September - 02.   

1978  On September - 02 graham Salmon set the worlds record for 100 meters by a blind man   

1978  John McClain performs 180 outside loops in an airplane over Houston on this day in history.   

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

1980  On this day in history 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  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 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  Amnesty International's Human Rights Now! tour begins in Wembley on September - 02.   

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  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  Georg Bohm, German organist/composer was born on September - 02.   

1675  On September - 02 birth of william Somervile, English poet (d. 1742)   

1716  Johann Trier, composer was born on this day in history.   

1731  On September - 02 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  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 this day in history.   

1274  On this day in history death of prince Munetaka, Japanese shogun (b. 1242)   

1384  Louis I, duke of Anjou/king of Naples (Battle of Poitiers), dies on September - 02.   

1397  Death of Francesco Landini, Italian composer on September - 02.   

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.