Page 6: 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 this day in history.   

1939  On September - 08 fDR declares "limited national emergency" due to war in Europe   

1941  Entire Jewish community of Meretsch, Lithuania is exterminated on September - 08.   

1941  Blockade of Leningrad (St Petersburg) by Germany begins on September - 08.   

1943  On this day in history italy surrenders to the allies in WW II   

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  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 this day in history jan van Gilse, composer/Dutch resistance fighter, dies at 63   

1945  On September - 08 uS invades Japanese-held Korea   

1946  On September - 08 60th US Womens Tennis: Pauline Betz beats Patricia Canning (119 63)   

1947  British govt sails "Exodus" with fugitives from Nazis on September - 08.   

1948  British De Havilland 08-fighter flies faster than sound on this day in history.   

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

1951  On September - 08 forty-nine countries sign the Japanese Peace Treaty in San Francisco.   

1951  On September - 08 japan signs peace treaty with 48 countries (SF)   

1951  Jurgen Stroop, Nazi commander of Warsaw Ghetto, executed on this day in history.   

1952  Ernest Hemingway's "Old Man &the Sea" published on September - 08.   

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

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

1954  On September - 08 sE Asia Treaty Org (SEATO) formed to stop communist spread in SE Asia   

1955  On this day in history 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  On this day in history gerrit Bolkestein, Dutch minister of Education (1939-4.), dies at 84   

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  On this day in history hermann Standiger, German chemist (Nobel 1953), dies at 84   

1963  On September - 08 ines Cuervo de Priete, 34, gives birth to quintuplets, all boys   

1965  On this day in history hurricane Betsy kills 75 in Louisiana &Florida   

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

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0801  On September - 08 birth of ansgar, German Catholic archbishop (d. 865)   

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

1157  Richard I, [Richard the Lion Hearted], King of England (1189-99) was born on September - 08.   

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 this day in history birth of bernardinus of Siena, Italian saint   

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

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  Sergius I, Syrian/Italian Pope (687-701), dies on September - 08.   

0780  On this day in history leo IV de Chazaar, Byzantine Emperor (775-80), dies   

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 September - 08.   

1397  On September - 08 death of thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester.   

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