Page 6: Historical Events In September - 08

1936  Princess Juliana & German prince Bernard Lippe-Biesterfeld get engaged on September - 08.   

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  On September - 08 blockade of Leningrad (St Petersburg) by Germany begins   

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

1943  On September - 08 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  On September - 08 1st V-2 rockets land in London & Antwerp   

1944  Jan van Gilse, composer/Dutch resistance fighter, dies at 63 on September - 08.   

1945  US invades Japanese-held Korea on September - 08.   

1946  On this day in history 60th US Womens Tennis: Pauline Betz beats Patricia Canning (119 63)   

1947  On September - 08 british govt sails "Exodus" with fugitives from Nazis   

1948  On this day in history british De Havilland 08-fighter flies faster than sound   

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

1951  On September - 08 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 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  72nd US Mens Tennis: Frank A Sedgman beats Gardnar Mulloy (61 62 63) on September - 08.   

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 September - 08.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1957  On this day in history 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 this day in history hermann Standiger, German chemist (Nobel 1953), dies at 84   

1963  Ines Cuervo de Priete, 34, gives birth to quintuplets, all boys on this day in history.   

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

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  On September - 08 birth of ali al-Hadi, Shia Imam (d. 868)   

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

1207  On September - 08 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  On September - 08 birth of bernardinus of Siena, Italian saint   

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  Death of Arbogast, French general, commits suicide on this day in history.   

0701  On this day in history sergius I, Syrian/Italian Pope (687-701), dies   

0780  Leo IV de Chazaar, Byzantine Emperor (775-80), dies on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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  On September - 08 death of john Stokesley, English churchman