Page 6: Historical Events In September - 08

1936  Princess Juliana & German prince Bernard Lippe-Biesterfeld get engaged on this day in history.   

1937  Pan Arab conference about Palestine opens on this day in history.   

1939  FDR declares "limited national emergency" due to war in Europe on September - 08.   

1941  Entire Jewish community of Meretsch, Lithuania is exterminated on September - 08.   

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 September - 08 gen Eisenhower announce unconditional surrender of Italy in WW II   

1944  German V2 rockets strike London for the first time on September - 08.   

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

1944  1st V-2 rockets land in London & Antwerp on this day in history.   

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

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

1946  60th US Womens Tennis: Pauline Betz beats Patricia Canning (119 63) on September - 08.   

1947  British govt sails "Exodus" with fugitives from Nazis on this day in history.   

1948  British De Havilland 08-fighter flies faster than sound on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history 72nd US Mens Tennis: Frank A Sedgman beats Gardnar Mulloy (61 62 63)   

1953  On September - 08 "Carnival in Flanders" opens at New Century Theater NY for 6 perfs   

1954  On September - 08 sE Asia Treaty Org (SEATO) formed to stop communist spread in SE Asia   

1955  On this day in history john de Young, cardinal/archbishop of Utrecht, dies at 69   

1956  On this day in history 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  Pope Pius XII encyclical On motion pictures, radio, TV on this day in history.   

1958  On this day in history oman turns over Gwadur (on Bal£chist n coast) to Pakistan   

1962  On September - 08 hermann Standiger, German chemist (Nobel 1953), dies at 84   

1963  Ines Cuervo de Priete, 34, gives birth to quintuplets, all boys on September - 08.   

1965  Hurricane Betsy kills 75 in Louisiana &Florida on September - 08.   

1965  On this day in history dorothy Danridge, actress (Island in the Sun), dies at 41 in Hollywood   

1966  "That Girl" starring Marlo Thomas premiers on ABC-TV on this day in history.   

1966  On this day in history star Trek makes its debut on NBC-TV.   

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0801  Ansgar, German Catholic archbishop (d. 865) was born on September - 08.   

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 September - 08.   

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  On this day in history birth of bernardinus of Siena, Italian saint   

1474  On this day in history birth of ludovico Ariosto, Italy, poet (Orlando Furioso)   

1515  On September - 08 birth of alfonso Salmeron, Spanish Jesuit biblical scholar (d. 1585)   

0394  On this day in history death of arbogast, French general, commits suicide   

0701  Sergius I, Syrian/Italian Pope (687-701), dies on September - 08.   

0780  Leo IV de Chazaar, Byzantine Emperor (775-80), dies on September - 08.   

0876  On September - 08 lodewijk de Duitser, king of East French Republic (833-76), dies at 72   

1100  Clement III, [Wibert van Ravenna], 1st anti-pope (1084-1100), dies on this day in history.   

1397  On this day in history death of thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester.   

1425  On September - 08 death of king Charles III of Navarre (b. 1361)   

1539  Death of John Stokesley, English churchman on September - 08.