Page 6: Historical Events In September - 02

1956  On this day in history washington-Jackson cable line replaced by bus service   

1957  1st edition newspaper the Ware Time (in Suriname), 1,700 die on September - 02.   

1957  On this day in history william A Craigie, Scottish lexicographer, dies at 90   

1958  Great Britain performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island on September - 02.   

1959  US President Eisenhower arrives in Paris on this day in history.   

1960  Tamara & Irina Press (USSR) become 1st sisters to win olympic gold on this day in history.   

1961  On this day in history greet Koeman, Dutch singer, dies at 54   

1962  On this day in history stan Musial's 3,516th hit moves over Tris Speaker into 2nd place   

1963  On this day in history alabama Gov George C Wallace prevents integration of Tuskegee HS   

1963  CBS &NBC expand network news from 15 to 30 minutes on this day in history.   

1964  Norman Manley scores 2-consecutive holes-in-one at Del Valley, Cal on September - 02.   

1964  On this day in history francisco H Craveiro Lopes, Portuguese gen/pres (1951-58), dies at 70   

1965  The Beatles receive a gold record for the 45-rpm release of Help! (For our younger readers, 45-rpm is the speed that a hit single record revolves on the turntable of a record player.) on this day in history.   

1965  Johannes Bobrowski, writer, dies at 48 on September - 02.   

1968  On this day in history ernest Claes, Belgium, author (The White), dies at 82   

1969  North Vietnamese president Ho Chi Minh dies on this day in history.   

1969  Harry Williams Millard, producer, dies of cancer at 41 on this day in history.   

1970  Allan Walker, actor/writer (Red Buttons Show), dies at 64 on September - 02.   

1973  On September - 02 john R R Tolkien, British story writer (Hobbit), dies of ulcer at 81   

1978  George Harrison marries Olivia on this day in history.   

1978  Graham Salmon set the worlds record for 100 meters by a blind man on September - 02.   

1978  John McClain performs 180 outside loops in an airplane over Houston on September - 02.   

1979  On September - 02 felix Aylmer, actor (Quartet, Hamlet, Dreaming Lips), dies at 90   

1980  William Douglas Denny, composer, dies at 70 on September - 02.   

1982  On this day in history jay Novello, actor (Harum Scarum, Rebel Breed), dies of cancer at 78   

1983  On September - 02 yitzhak Shamir (Herut) endorsed by Menachem Begin for Israelli PM   

1985  A joint US-French expedition locates the wreckage of the ill-fated HMS Titanic on this day in history.   

1985  On this day in history abe Lenstra, Dutch soccer star, dies at 64   

1986  Cathy Evelyn Smith sentenced to 3 years for death of John Belushi on this day in history.   

1987  On this day in history donald Trump takes out a full page NY Times ad lambasting Japan   

1987  West German pilot Mathias Rust, who flew a private plane from Helsinki Finland, to Moscow's Red Square, goes on trial in Russia on September - 02.   

1988  Amnesty International's Human Rights Now! tour begins in Wembley on September - 02.   

1989  On this day in history rev Al Sharpton leads a civil rights march through Bensonhurst   

1989  On September - 02 a Bartlett Giamatti, baseball commisioner, dies at 51   

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1243  Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Hertford, English politician (d. 1295) was born on this day in history.   

1548  Vincenzo Scamozzi, Italian architect (d. 1616) was born on September - 02.   

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

1675  William Somervile, English poet (d. 1742) was born on September - 02.   

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 September - 02.   

1753  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of pheidippides, Greek hero   

1031  On September - 02 death of saint Emeric of Hungary   

1274  Death of Prince Munetaka, Japanese shogun (b. 1242) on September - 02.   

1384  On September - 02 louis I, duke of Anjou/king of Naples (Battle of Poitiers), dies   

1397  On September - 02 death of francesco Landini, Italian composer   

1418  On September - 02 jan III Chalon, prince of Orange/gov of Burgundy, dies   

1540  On September - 02 death of lebna Dengel, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1501)