Page 6: Historical Events In September - 08

1936  On September - 08 princess Juliana & German prince Bernard Lippe-Biesterfeld get engaged   

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

1939  FDR declares "limited national emergency" due to war in Europe on this day in history.   

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  Italy surrenders to the allies in WW II on September - 08.   

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  The first V-2 rocket lands in Britain on this day in history.   

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

1944  Jan van Gilse, composer/Dutch resistance fighter, dies at 63 on September - 08.   

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

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

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

1948  On September - 08 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 September - 08.   

1951  Japan signs peace treaty with 48 countries (SF) on this day in history.   

1951  Jurgen Stroop, Nazi commander of Warsaw Ghetto, executed on this day in history.   

1952  On September - 08 ernest Hemingway's "Old Man &the Sea" published   

1952  On September - 08 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 September - 08 john de Young, cardinal/archbishop of Utrecht, dies at 69   

1956  Harry Belafonte's album "Calypso," goes to #1 &stays #1 for 31 weeks on this day in history.   

1956  Gerrit Bolkestein, Dutch minister of Education (1939-4.), dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1957  Pope Pius XII encyclical On motion pictures, radio, TV on September - 08.   

1958  On September - 08 oman turns over Gwadur (on Bal£chist n coast) to Pakistan   

1962  On this day in history hermann Standiger, German chemist (Nobel 1953), dies at 84   

1963  On September - 08 ines Cuervo de Priete, 34, gives birth to quintuplets, all boys   

1965  On September - 08 hurricane Betsy kills 75 in Louisiana &Florida   

1965  Dorothy Danridge, actress (Island in the Sun), dies at 41 in Hollywood on this day in history.   

1966  "That Girl" starring Marlo Thomas premiers on ABC-TV on September - 08.   

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

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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 September - 08.   

1207  Sancho II, king of Portugal was born on this day in history.   

1271  On September - 08 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  Ludovico Ariosto, Italy, poet (Orlando Furioso) was born on September - 08.   

1515  On this day in history birth of alfonso Salmeron, Spanish Jesuit biblical scholar (d. 1585)   

0394  On September - 08 death of arbogast, French general, commits suicide   

0701  On this day in history sergius I, Syrian/Italian Pope (687-701), dies   

0780  On this day in history leo IV de Chazaar, Byzantine Emperor (775-80), dies   

0876  On this day in history lodewijk de Duitser, king of East French Republic (833-76), dies at 72   

1100  On September - 08 clement III, [Wibert van Ravenna], 1st anti-pope (1084-1100), dies   

1397  Death of Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester on this day in history.   

1425  On this day in history death of king Charles III of Navarre (b. 1361)   

1539  On this day in history death of john Stokesley, English churchman