Historical Events In September - 08

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

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

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

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

1941  Blockade of Leningrad (St Petersburg) by Germany begins on September - 08.  

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

1943  On this day in history gen Eisenhower announce unconditional surrender of Italy in WW II  

1944  German V2 rockets strike London for the first time on this day in history.  

1944  On September - 08 the first V-2 rocket lands in Britain  

1944  On September - 08 1st V-2 rockets land in London & Antwerp  

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1944  On this day in history jan van Gilse, composer/Dutch resistance fighter, dies at 63  

1945  US invades Japanese-held Korea on this day in history.  

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

1947  On this day in history 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  Forty-nine countries sign the Japanese Peace Treaty in San Francisco on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1952  72nd US Mens Tennis: Frank A Sedgman beats Gardnar Mulloy (61 62 63) on September - 08.  

1953  On this day in history "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  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 September - 08 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  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  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  On this day in history "That Girl" starring Marlo Thomas premiers on ABC-TV  

1966  Star Trek makes its debut on NBC-TV on September - 08.  

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0801  On this day in history birth of ansgar, German Catholic archbishop (d. 865)  

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 September - 08.  

1271  On this day in history 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  Ludovico Ariosto, Italy, poet (Orlando Furioso) was born on this day in history.  

1515  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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 September - 08.  

1397  On September - 08 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  On September - 08 death of john Stokesley, English churchman