Page 6: Historical Events In September - 08
Wednesday, 15 April 2026
1936 Princess Juliana and German prince Bernard Lippe-Biesterfeld get engaged. 

1937 Pan Arab conference about Palestine opens. 

1939 FDR declares "limited national emergency" due to war in Europe. 

1941 Entire Jewish community of Meretsch, Lithuania is exterminated 

1941 Blockade of Leningrad (St Petersburg) by Germany begins 

1943 Italy surrenders to the allies in WW II. 

1943 Gen Eisenhower announce unconditional surrender of Italy in WW II 

1944 German V2 rockets strike London for the inaugural time 

1944 The inaugural V-2 rocket lands in Britain 

1944 1st V-2 rockets land in London and Antwerp 

1944 Jan van Gilse, composer/Dutch resistance fighter, dies at 63. 

1945 US invades Japanese-held Korea. 

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

1947 British govt sails "Exodus" with fugitives from Nazis 

1948 British De Havilland 08-fighter flies faster than sound. 

1949 Richard Strauss, German composer (Also sprach Zarathustra), dies at 85. 

1951 Forty-nine countries sign the Japanese Peace Treaty in San Francisco. 

1951 Japan signs peace treaty with 48 countries (SF) 

1951 Jurgen Stroop, Nazi commander of Warsaw Ghetto, executed. 

1952 Ernest Hemingway's "Old Man and the Sea" published. 

1952 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. 

1954 SE Asia Treaty Org (SEATO) formed to stop communist spread in SE Asia. 

1955 John de Young, cardinal/archbishop of Utrecht, dies at 69. 

1956 Harry Belafonte's album "Calypso," goes to #1 and stays #1 for 31 weeks. 

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

1957 Pope Pius XII encyclical On motion pictures, radio, TV. 

1962 Hermann Standiger, German chemist (Nobel 1953), dies at 84 

1963 Ines Cuervo de Priete, 34, gives birth to quintuplets, all boys 

1965 Hurricane Betsy results in the deaths of 75 in Louisiana and Florida. 

1965 Dorothy Danridge, actress (Island in the Sun), dies at 41 in Hollywood 

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

1966 Star Trek makes its debut on NBC-TV 

1967 Surveyor 5 launched; makes soft landing on Moon Sept 10. 

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