Page 5: Historical Events In September - 02

1937  Peter Ueberroth, organized LA Olympics (1984)/baseball commissioner on September - 02.   

1937  On this day in history esther de Farmer-of Rich, actress (Kniertje-On hope of blessing), dies   

1938  On September - 02 glyn Worsnip, broadcaster   

1939  On September - 02 bobby Purify, rocker   

1940  On this day in history 23rd PGA Championship: Byron Nelson at Hershey CC Hershey Pa   

1940  Beverly Sanders, Hollywood Calif, actress (Lotsa Luck, CPO Sharkey) on September - 02.   

1941  On September - 02 academy copyrights Oscar statuette   

1941  Tommy Aycock, Edinburg TX, PGA golfer (1994 Las Vegas Senior-5th) on this day in history.   

1942  On this day in history sternbuch cable arrives at the Polish embassy in Washington, recounting the deportation of 100,000 Jews from Warsaw to death camps, and how Jewish babies were being used to produce soap and fertilizer for Germany industry.   

1942  On this day in history the Chief Rabbi of Norway, Julues Samuel, refuses to go into hiding and chooses to join 208 Norwegian Jews sent to Bergen Belsen.   

1942  German troops enter Stalingrad on September - 02.   

1943  On September - 02 glenn Sather, NHL coach (Edmonton Oiler)   

1944  Anne Frank (Diary of Anne Frank), is sent to Auschwitz on September - 02.   

1944  During WW II, George Bush ejects from a burning plane on September - 02.   

1944  On September - 02 belgium's Emissie bank closes   

1944  On September - 02 claude Nicollier, Vevey Switzerland, astronaut (STS 61-K, 46, 61, 75)   

1944  George W Norris, US senator (lame duck-amendement), dies on this day in history.   

1945  On this day in history allied forces arrive in Singapore and release prisoners of war   

1945  Formal surrender of Japan is signed on this day in history.   

1945  Ho Chi Minh declares Vietnam independence from France on this day in history.   

1945  On board the aircraft carrier 'Missouri', in Tokyo Bay, General Douglas MacArthur accepts the Japanese surrender on September - 02.   

1945  President Truman sets the date as V-J Day on this day in history.   

1945  V-J Day; formal surrender of Japan aboard USS Missouri (WWII ends) on September - 02.   

1945  On this day in history 59th US Womens Tennis: Sarah P Cooke beats Pauline Betz (36 86 64)   

1946  On this day in history johnny Neun replaces Bill Dickey as Yankee manager   

1949  On September - 02 fire in riverfront area kills 1,700 (Chungking China)   

1951  On September - 02 marine Helicopter Transport Squadron 161, equipped with HRS-1s, arrived Pusan, Korea   

1951  Australia, NZ & US sign ANZUS-pact on this day in history.   

1952  On this day in history the birth of Jimmy Connors, American tennis player   

1952  Dr Floyd J Lewis 1st uses deep freeze technique in heart surgery on this day in history.   

1954  Hurricane Edna batters NE US, killing 20 on this day in history.   

1955  On this day in history kCRA TV channel 3 in Sacramento, CA (NBC) begins broadcasting   

1955  Rudolf Kattnigg, composer, dies at 60 on September - 02.   

1956  Collapse of a RR bridge under a train kills 120 (India) on September - 02.   

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1243  On this day in history birth of gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Hertford, English politician (d. 1295)   

1548  On this day in history birth of vincenzo Scamozzi, Italian architect (d. 1616)   

1661  On September - 02 birth of georg Bohm, German organist/composer   

1675  On this day in history birth of william Somervile, English poet (d. 1742)   

1716  Johann Trier, composer was born on September - 02.   

1731  Johann F von Cronegk, German playwright (Olint und Sophronia) was born on this day in history.   

1750  Pehr Frigel, composer was born on this day in history.   

1753  Marie Josephine Louise of Savoy, queen of France (d. 1810) was born on September - 02.   

0421  Flavius Constantine III, emperor of Westromeinse, dies at about 51 on this day in history.   

0490  Death of Pheidippides, Greek hero on this day in history.   

1031  Death of Saint Emeric of Hungary on this day in history.   

1274  On this day in history death of prince Munetaka, Japanese shogun (b. 1242)   

1384  Louis I, duke of Anjou/king of Naples (Battle of Poitiers), dies on September - 02.   

1397  Death of Francesco Landini, Italian composer on this day in history.   

1418  Jan III Chalon, prince of Orange/gov of Burgundy, dies on this day in history.   

1540  Death of Lebna Dengel, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1501) on this day in history.