Page 6: Historical Events In September - 08

1936  Princess Juliana & German prince Bernard Lippe-Biesterfeld get engaged on September - 08.   

1937  Pan Arab conference about Palestine opens on September - 08.   

1939  On this day in history 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  On this day in history blockade of Leningrad (St Petersburg) by Germany begins   

1943  Italy surrenders to the allies in WW II on this day in history.   

1943  On this day in history gen Eisenhower announce unconditional surrender of Italy in WW II   

1944  German V2 rockets strike London for the first time on this day in history.   

1944  The first V-2 rocket lands in Britain on this day in history.   

1944  1st V-2 rockets land in London & Antwerp on this day in history.   

1944  On September - 08 jan van Gilse, composer/Dutch resistance fighter, dies at 63   

1945  US invades Japanese-held Korea on this day in history.   

1946  On this day in history 60th US Womens Tennis: Pauline Betz beats Patricia Canning (119 63)   

1947  On September - 08 british govt sails "Exodus" with fugitives from Nazis   

1948  British De Havilland 08-fighter flies faster than sound on September - 08.   

1949  On September - 08 richard Strauss, German composer (Also sprach Zarathustra), dies at 85   

1951  On this day in history forty-nine countries sign the Japanese Peace Treaty in San Francisco.   

1951  Japan signs peace treaty with 48 countries (SF) on September - 08.   

1951  On September - 08 jurgen Stroop, Nazi commander of Warsaw Ghetto, executed   

1952  On September - 08 ernest Hemingway's "Old Man &the Sea" published   

1952  On September - 08 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  John de Young, cardinal/archbishop of Utrecht, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1956  Harry Belafonte's album "Calypso," goes to #1 &stays #1 for 31 weeks on September - 08.   

1956  Gerrit Bolkestein, Dutch minister of Education (1939-4.), dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1957  Pope Pius XII encyclical On motion pictures, radio, TV on this day in history.   

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 September - 08.   

1963  Ines Cuervo de Priete, 34, gives birth to quintuplets, all boys on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history "That Girl" starring Marlo Thomas premiers on ABC-TV   

1966  Star Trek makes its debut on NBC-TV on this day in history.   

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0801  Ansgar, German Catholic archbishop (d. 865) was born on September - 08.   

0828  Ali al-Hadi, Shia Imam (d. 868) was born on this day in history.   

1157  On this day in history birth of richard I, [Richard the Lion Hearted], King of England (1189-99)   

1207  On September - 08 birth of sancho II, king of Portugal   

1271  On this day in history birth of charles Martel d'Anjou, son of Charles II of Naples (d. 1295)   

1380  On September - 08 birth of bernardinus of Siena, Italian saint   

1474  Ludovico Ariosto, Italy, poet (Orlando Furioso) was born on September - 08.   

1515  Alfonso Salmeron, Spanish Jesuit biblical scholar (d. 1585) was born on this day in history.   

0394  On this day in history death of arbogast, French general, commits suicide   

0701  On September - 08 sergius I, Syrian/Italian Pope (687-701), dies   

0780  Leo IV de Chazaar, Byzantine Emperor (775-80), dies on this day in history.   

0876  On September - 08 lodewijk de Duitser, king of East French Republic (833-76), dies at 72   

1100  On September - 08 clement III, [Wibert van Ravenna], 1st anti-pope (1084-1100), dies   

1397  On this day in history death of thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester.   

1425  Death of King Charles III of Navarre (b. 1361) on September - 08.   

1539  On September - 08 death of john Stokesley, English churchman