Historical Events In September - 08

1936  On September - 08 princess Juliana & German prince Bernard Lippe-Biesterfeld get engaged  

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  Entire Jewish community of Meretsch, Lithuania is exterminated on this day in history.  

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 September - 08.  

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

1944  On September - 08 the first V-2 rocket lands in Britain  

1944  1st V-2 rockets land in London & Antwerp on September - 08.  

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

1945  On this day in history uS invades Japanese-held Korea  

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

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

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

1951  Japan signs peace treaty with 48 countries (SF) on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

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

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

1958  Oman turns over Gwadur (on Bal£chist n coast) to Pakistan on this day in history.  

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 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 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  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 this day in history 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  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  On September - 08 death of arbogast, French general, commits suicide  

0701  Sergius I, Syrian/Italian Pope (687-701), dies on this day in history.  

0780  On September - 08 leo IV de Chazaar, Byzantine Emperor (775-80), dies  

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

1100  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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