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  On September - 08 fDR declares "limited national emergency" due to war in Europe   

1941  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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  1st V-2 rockets land in London & Antwerp on September - 08.   

1944  Jan van Gilse, composer/Dutch resistance fighter, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1945  On this day in history uS invades Japanese-held Korea   

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 September - 08.   

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

1949  On this day in history richard Strauss, German composer (Also sprach Zarathustra), dies at 85   

1951  On September - 08 forty-nine countries sign the Japanese Peace Treaty in San Francisco.   

1951  Japan signs peace treaty with 48 countries (SF) on September - 08.   

1951  On September - 08 jurgen Stroop, Nazi commander of Warsaw Ghetto, executed   

1952  Ernest Hemingway's "Old Man &the Sea" published on September - 08.   

1952  On September - 08 72nd US Mens Tennis: Frank A Sedgman beats Gardnar Mulloy (61 62 63)   

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

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

1955  John de Young, cardinal/archbishop of Utrecht, dies at 69 on September - 08.   

1956  Harry Belafonte's album "Calypso," goes to #1 &stays #1 for 31 weeks on September - 08.   

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  Hermann Standiger, German chemist (Nobel 1953), dies at 84 on September - 08.   

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

1965  Hurricane Betsy kills 75 in Louisiana &Florida on this day in history.   

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  Star Trek makes its debut on NBC-TV on this day in history.   

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0801  On September - 08 birth of ansgar, German Catholic archbishop (d. 865)   

0828  On this day in history birth of ali al-Hadi, Shia Imam (d. 868)   

1157  Richard I, [Richard the Lion Hearted], King of England (1189-99) was born on this day in history.   

1207  On this day in history birth of sancho II, king of Portugal   

1271  On September - 08 birth of charles Martel d'Anjou, son of Charles II of Naples (d. 1295)   

1380  On September - 08 birth of bernardinus of Siena, Italian saint   

1474  Ludovico Ariosto, Italy, poet (Orlando Furioso) was born on this day in history.   

1515  Alfonso Salmeron, Spanish Jesuit biblical scholar (d. 1585) was born on this day in history.   

0394  Death of Arbogast, French general, commits suicide on September - 08.   

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

1397  On September - 08 death of thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester.   

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

1539  Death of John Stokesley, English churchman on this day in history.