Page 6: 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 this day in history.   

1939  FDR declares "limited national emergency" due to war in Europe on this day in history.   

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 September - 08 italy surrenders to the allies in WW II   

1943  On this day in history gen Eisenhower announce unconditional surrender of Italy in WW II   

1944  On this day in history german V2 rockets strike London for the first time   

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

1944  On September - 08 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 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  On this day in history 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 September - 08 jurgen Stroop, Nazi commander of Warsaw Ghetto, executed   

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

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

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

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

1955  John de Young, cardinal/archbishop of Utrecht, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

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

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

1957  Pope Pius XII encyclical On motion pictures, radio, TV on September - 08.   

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

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

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

0828  Ali al-Hadi, Shia Imam (d. 868) was born on September - 08.   

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

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 September - 08.   

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

1515  Alfonso Salmeron, Spanish Jesuit biblical scholar (d. 1585) was born on this day in history.   

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  Lodewijk de Duitser, king of East French Republic (833-76), dies at 72 on September - 08.   

1100  Clement III, [Wibert van Ravenna], 1st anti-pope (1084-1100), dies on September - 08.   

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 September - 08.   

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