Historical Events In September - 08
Friday, 31 March 2023
1936 On this day in history princess Juliana & German prince Bernard Lippe-Biesterfeld get engaged
1937 On this day in history pan Arab conference about Palestine opens
1939 On September - 08 fDR declares "limited national emergency" due to war in Europe
1941 On this day in history entire Jewish community of Meretsch, Lithuania is exterminated
1941 Blockade of Leningrad (St Petersburg) by Germany begins on September - 08.
1943 Italy surrenders to the allies in WW II on September - 08.
1943 Gen Eisenhower announce unconditional surrender of Italy in WW II on this day in history.
1944 On September - 08 german V2 rockets strike London for the first time
1944 On September - 08 the first V-2 rocket lands in Britain
1944 On September - 08 1st V-2 rockets land in London & Antwerp
1944 Jan van Gilse, composer/Dutch resistance fighter, dies at 63 on this day in history.
1945 On this day in history uS invades Japanese-held Korea
1946 60th US Womens Tennis: Pauline Betz beats Patricia Canning (119 63) on September - 08.
1947 British govt sails "Exodus" with fugitives from Nazis on September - 08.
1948 On September - 08 british De Havilland 08-fighter flies faster than sound
1949 On September - 08 richard Strauss, German composer (Also sprach Zarathustra), dies at 85
1951 Forty-nine countries sign the Japanese Peace Treaty in San Francisco on September - 08.
1951 Japan signs peace treaty with 48 countries (SF) on September - 08.
1951 On this day in history jurgen Stroop, Nazi commander of Warsaw Ghetto, executed
1952 On September - 08 ernest Hemingway's "Old Man &the Sea" published
1952 On this day in history 72nd US Mens Tennis: Frank A Sedgman beats Gardnar Mulloy (61 62 63)
1953 "Carnival in Flanders" opens at New Century Theater NY for 6 perfs on this day in history.
1954 SE Asia Treaty Org (SEATO) formed to stop communist spread in SE Asia on September - 08.
1955 On September - 08 john de Young, cardinal/archbishop of Utrecht, dies at 69
1956 On September - 08 harry Belafonte's album "Calypso," goes to #1 &stays #1 for 31 weeks
1956 Gerrit Bolkestein, Dutch minister of Education (1939-4.), dies at 84 on September - 08.
1957 On this day in history pope Pius XII encyclical On motion pictures, radio, TV
1958 On September - 08 oman turns over Gwadur (on Bal£chist n coast) to Pakistan
1962 Hermann Standiger, German chemist (Nobel 1953), dies at 84 on this day in history.
1963 On September - 08 ines Cuervo de Priete, 34, gives birth to quintuplets, all boys
1965 On September - 08 hurricane Betsy kills 75 in Louisiana &Florida
1965 On this day in history dorothy Danridge, actress (Island in the Sun), dies at 41 in Hollywood
1966 "That Girl" starring Marlo Thomas premiers on ABC-TV on this day in history.
1966 Star Trek makes its debut on NBC-TV on this day in history.
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