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 this day in history.   

1939  On this day in history fDR declares "limited national emergency" due to war in Europe   

1941  On September - 08 entire Jewish community of Meretsch, Lithuania is exterminated   

1941  On this day in history blockade of Leningrad (St Petersburg) by Germany begins   

1943  On September - 08 italy surrenders to the allies in WW II   

1943  On September - 08 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 this day in history 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  US invades Japanese-held Korea on this day in history.   

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

1949  Richard Strauss, German composer (Also sprach Zarathustra), dies at 85 on this day in history.   

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

1951  On this day in history 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  72nd US Mens Tennis: Frank A Sedgman beats Gardnar Mulloy (61 62 63) on September - 08.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1962  On September - 08 hermann Standiger, German chemist (Nobel 1953), dies at 84   

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

1965  Hurricane Betsy kills 75 in Louisiana &Florida on September - 08.   

1965  On this day in history dorothy Danridge, actress (Island in the Sun), dies at 41 in Hollywood   

1966  "That Girl" starring Marlo Thomas premiers on ABC-TV on September - 08.   

1966  On September - 08 star Trek makes its debut on NBC-TV.   

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0801  On this day in history 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 September - 08.   

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

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

1515  Alfonso Salmeron, Spanish Jesuit biblical scholar (d. 1585) was born on September - 08.   

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

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 September - 08.   

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  Death of John Stokesley, English churchman on September - 08.