Page 5: Historical Events In September - 02

1937  Peter Ueberroth, organized LA Olympics (1984)/baseball commissioner on this day in history.   

1937  Esther de Farmer-of Rich, actress (Kniertje-On hope of blessing), dies on September - 02.   

1938  On this day in history glyn Worsnip, broadcaster   

1939  On September - 02 bobby Purify, rocker   

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

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

1941  On September - 02 academy copyrights Oscar statuette   

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

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  On this day in history german troops enter Stalingrad   

1943  Glenn Sather, NHL coach (Edmonton Oiler) on September - 02.   

1944  On September - 02 anne Frank (Diary of Anne Frank), is sent to Auschwitz   

1944  On September - 02 during WW II, George Bush ejects from a burning plane   

1944  Belgium's Emissie bank closes on this day in history.   

1944  Claude Nicollier, Vevey Switzerland, astronaut (STS 61-K, 46, 61, 75) on this day in history.   

1944  On September - 02 george W Norris, US senator (lame duck-amendement), dies   

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  On September - 02 president Truman sets the date as V-J Day.   

1945  On this day in history v-J Day; formal surrender of Japan aboard USS Missouri (WWII ends)   

1945  59th US Womens Tennis: Sarah P Cooke beats Pauline Betz (36 86 64) on September - 02.   

1946  Johnny Neun replaces Bill Dickey as Yankee manager on September - 02.   

1949  Fire in riverfront area kills 1,700 (Chungking China) on September - 02.   

1951  Marine Helicopter Transport Squadron 161, equipped with HRS-1s, arrived Pusan, Korea on this day in history.   

1951  On September - 02 australia, NZ & US sign ANZUS-pact   

1952  On September - 02 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 September - 02.   

1955  KCRA TV channel 3 in Sacramento, CA (NBC) begins broadcasting on September - 02.   

1955  On September - 02 rudolf Kattnigg, composer, dies at 60   

1956  On this day in history collapse of a RR bridge under a train kills 120 (India)   

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

1548  Vincenzo Scamozzi, Italian architect (d. 1616) was born on this day in history.   

1661  Georg Bohm, German organist/composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1716  On this day in history birth of johann Trier, composer   

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

1750  On this day in history birth of pehr Frigel, composer   

1753  On September - 02 birth of marie Josephine Louise of Savoy, queen of France (d. 1810)   

0421  Flavius Constantine III, emperor of Westromeinse, dies at about 51 on September - 02.   

0490  Death of Pheidippides, Greek hero on September - 02.   

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

1274  Death of Prince Munetaka, Japanese shogun (b. 1242) on this day in history.   

1384  On this day in history louis I, duke of Anjou/king of Naples (Battle of Poitiers), dies   

1397  On this day in history death of francesco Landini, Italian composer   

1418  On this day in history jan III Chalon, prince of Orange/gov of Burgundy, dies   

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