Historical Events In September - 08

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

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 this day in history.  

1943  Gen Eisenhower announce unconditional surrender of Italy in WW II on September - 08.  

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

1944  On this day in history the first V-2 rocket lands in Britain  

1944  On this day in history 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 September - 08 uS invades Japanese-held Korea  

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

1947  On this day in history british govt sails "Exodus" with fugitives from Nazis  

1948  On this day in history british De Havilland 08-fighter flies faster than sound  

1949  On this day in history 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  On this day in history japan signs peace treaty with 48 countries (SF)  

1951  On this day in history jurgen Stroop, Nazi commander of Warsaw Ghetto, executed  

1952  On this day in history ernest Hemingway's "Old Man &the Sea" published  

1952  72nd US Mens Tennis: Frank A Sedgman beats Gardnar Mulloy (61 62 63) on September - 08.  

1953  On this day in history "Carnival in Flanders" opens at New Century Theater NY for 6 perfs  

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 September - 08.  

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 this day in history.  

1957  On September - 08 pope Pius XII encyclical On motion pictures, radio, TV  

1958  On this day in history 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  On this day in history star Trek makes its debut on NBC-TV.  

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0801  Ansgar, German Catholic archbishop (d. 865) was born on this day in history.  

0828  On this day in history birth of ali al-Hadi, Shia Imam (d. 868)  

1157  On September - 08 birth of richard I, [Richard the Lion Hearted], King of England (1189-99)  

1207  Sancho II, king of Portugal was born on September - 08.  

1271  On September - 08 birth of charles Martel d'Anjou, son of Charles II of Naples (d. 1295)  

1380  Bernardinus of Siena, Italian saint was born on this day in history.  

1474  On this day in history birth of ludovico Ariosto, Italy, poet (Orlando Furioso)  

1515  On this day in history birth of alfonso Salmeron, Spanish Jesuit biblical scholar (d. 1585)  

0394  Death of Arbogast, French general, commits suicide on September - 08.  

0701  On this day in history sergius I, Syrian/Italian Pope (687-701), dies  

0780  Leo IV de Chazaar, Byzantine Emperor (775-80), dies on September - 08.  

0876  Lodewijk de Duitser, king of East French Republic (833-76), dies at 72 on this day in history.  

1100  Clement III, [Wibert van Ravenna], 1st anti-pope (1084-1100), dies on this day in history.  

1397  Death of Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester on this day in history.  

1425  Death of King Charles III of Navarre (b. 1361) on this day in history.  

1539  Death of John Stokesley, English churchman on this day in history.