Historical Events In September - 08

1936  On this day in history princess Juliana & German prince Bernard Lippe-Biesterfeld get engaged  

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

1939  FDR declares "limited national emergency" due to war in Europe on September - 08.  

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

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  1st V-2 rockets land in London & Antwerp on September - 08.  

1944  Jan van Gilse, composer/Dutch resistance fighter, dies at 63 on September - 08.  

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 September - 08 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 September - 08 japan signs peace treaty with 48 countries (SF)  

1951  Jurgen Stroop, Nazi commander of Warsaw Ghetto, executed on September - 08.  

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

1952  72nd US Mens Tennis: Frank A Sedgman beats Gardnar Mulloy (61 62 63) on this day in history.  

1953  On September - 08 "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  On September - 08 john de Young, cardinal/archbishop of Utrecht, dies at 69  

1956  Harry Belafonte's album "Calypso," goes to #1 &stays #1 for 31 weeks on this day in history.  

1956  Gerrit Bolkestein, Dutch minister of Education (1939-4.), dies at 84 on September - 08.  

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 September - 08.  

1965  Hurricane Betsy kills 75 in Louisiana &Florida on this day in history.  

1965  Dorothy Danridge, actress (Island in the Sun), dies at 41 in Hollywood on this day in history.  

1966  On September - 08 "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  On September - 08 birth of ansgar, German Catholic archbishop (d. 865)  

0828  On September - 08 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 this day in history.  

1271  Charles Martel d'Anjou, son of Charles II of Naples (d. 1295) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

1515  On September - 08 birth of alfonso Salmeron, Spanish Jesuit biblical scholar (d. 1585)  

0394  Death of Arbogast, French general, commits suicide on this day in history.  

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

1425  On this day in history death of king Charles III of Navarre (b. 1361)  

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