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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

1943  On this day in history italy surrenders to the allies in WW II   

1943  Gen Eisenhower announce unconditional surrender of Italy in WW II on this day in history.   

1944  German V2 rockets strike London for the first time on September - 08.   

1944  The first V-2 rocket lands in Britain on September - 08.   

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  On September - 08 60th US Womens Tennis: Pauline Betz beats Patricia Canning (119 63)   

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

1951  Forty-nine countries sign the Japanese Peace Treaty in San Francisco on this day in history.   

1951  On this day in history japan signs peace treaty with 48 countries (SF)   

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  "Carnival in Flanders" opens at New Century Theater NY for 6 perfs on September - 08.   

1954  SE Asia Treaty Org (SEATO) formed to stop communist spread in SE Asia on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history gerrit Bolkestein, Dutch minister of Education (1939-4.), dies at 84   

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 September - 08.   

1962  On September - 08 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  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history.   

1207  Sancho II, king of Portugal was born on this day in history.   

1271  On September - 08 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  On September - 08 birth of ludovico Ariosto, Italy, poet (Orlando Furioso)   

1515  On this day in history birth of alfonso Salmeron, Spanish Jesuit biblical scholar (d. 1585)   

0394  On September - 08 death of arbogast, French general, commits suicide   

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

0780  On September - 08 leo IV de Chazaar, Byzantine Emperor (775-80), dies   

0876  On September - 08 lodewijk de Duitser, king of East French Republic (833-76), dies at 72   

1100  On September - 08 clement III, [Wibert van Ravenna], 1st anti-pope (1084-1100), dies   

1397  Death of Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester on this day in history.   

1425  On September - 08 death of king Charles III of Navarre (b. 1361)   

1539  Death of John Stokesley, English churchman on September - 08.