Historical Events In September - 08

1936  On this day in history princess Juliana & German prince Bernard Lippe-Biesterfeld get engaged  

1937  On this day in history pan Arab conference about Palestine opens  

1939  On September - 08 fDR declares "limited national emergency" due to war in Europe  

1941  On this day in history entire Jewish community of Meretsch, Lithuania is exterminated  

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 this day in history.  

1944  On September - 08 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 this day in history uS invades Japanese-held Korea  

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 September - 08.  

1948  On September - 08 british De Havilland 08-fighter flies faster than sound  

1949  On September - 08 richard Strauss, German composer (Also sprach Zarathustra), dies at 85  

1951  Forty-nine countries sign the Japanese Peace Treaty in San Francisco on September - 08.  

1951  Japan signs peace treaty with 48 countries (SF) on September - 08.  

1951  On this day in history 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  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 September - 08 harry Belafonte's album "Calypso," goes to #1 &stays #1 for 31 weeks  

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 this day in history.  

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  "That Girl" starring Marlo Thomas premiers on ABC-TV on this day in history.  

1966  Star Trek makes its debut on NBC-TV on this day in history.  

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0801  On September - 08 birth of ansgar, German Catholic archbishop (d. 865)  

0828  Ali al-Hadi, Shia Imam (d. 868) was born on this day in history.  

1157  On September - 08 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  Charles Martel d'Anjou, son of Charles II of Naples (d. 1295) was born on September - 08.  

1380  On September - 08 birth of bernardinus of Siena, Italian saint  

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

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  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 this day in history.  

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

1397  On September - 08 death of thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester.  

1425  Death of King Charles III of Navarre (b. 1361) on September - 08.  

1539  On this day in history death of john Stokesley, English churchman