Page 6: Historical Events In September - 08

1936  Princess Juliana & German prince Bernard Lippe-Biesterfeld get engaged on this day in history.   

1937  Pan Arab conference about Palestine opens on September - 08.   

1939  FDR declares "limited national emergency" due to war in Europe on September - 08.   

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

1941  Blockade of Leningrad (St Petersburg) by Germany begins on this day in history.   

1943  Italy surrenders to the allies in WW II on September - 08.   

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 this day in history the first V-2 rocket lands in Britain   

1944  1st V-2 rockets land in London & Antwerp on this day in history.   

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 September - 08.   

1947  British govt sails "Exodus" with fugitives from Nazis on this day in history.   

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  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 this day in history.   

1953  On September - 08 "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 on this day in history.   

1955  John de Young, cardinal/archbishop of Utrecht, dies at 69 on September - 08.   

1956  Harry Belafonte's album "Calypso," goes to #1 &stays #1 for 31 weeks on September - 08.   

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

1957  On this day in history pope Pius XII encyclical On motion pictures, radio, TV   

1958  On September - 08 oman turns over Gwadur (on Bal£chist n coast) to Pakistan   

1962  Hermann Standiger, German chemist (Nobel 1953), dies at 84 on September - 08.   

1963  Ines Cuervo de Priete, 34, gives birth to quintuplets, all boys on September - 08.   

1965  Hurricane Betsy kills 75 in Louisiana &Florida on this day in history.   

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  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  On this day in history birth of ali al-Hadi, Shia Imam (d. 868)   

1157  On this day in history birth of richard I, [Richard the Lion Hearted], King of England (1189-99)   

1207  Sancho II, king of Portugal was born on September - 08.   

1271  Charles Martel d'Anjou, son of Charles II of Naples (d. 1295) was born on this day in history.   

1380  On September - 08 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 September - 08.   

0701  Sergius I, Syrian/Italian Pope (687-701), dies on September - 08.   

0780  Leo IV de Chazaar, Byzantine Emperor (775-80), dies on September - 08.   

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