Historical Events In September - 02

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

1957  On this day in history 1st edition newspaper the Ware Time (in Suriname), 1,700 die   

1957  On September - 02 william A Craigie, Scottish lexicographer, dies at 90   

1958  On this day in history great Britain performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island   

1959  US President Eisenhower arrives in Paris on September - 02.   

1960  On this day in history tamara & Irina Press (USSR) become 1st sisters to win olympic gold   

1961  On September - 02 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  On this day in history cBS &NBC expand network news from 15 to 30 minutes   

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

1964  Francisco H Craveiro Lopes, Portuguese gen/pres (1951-58), dies at 70 on September - 02.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1969  On September - 02 north Vietnamese president Ho Chi Minh dies.   

1969  On September - 02 harry Williams Millard, producer, dies of cancer at 41   

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

1973  John R R Tolkien, British story writer (Hobbit), dies of ulcer at 81 on September - 02.   

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  On this day in history john McClain performs 180 outside loops in an airplane over Houston   

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

1980  William Douglas Denny, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1982  Jay Novello, actor (Harum Scarum, Rebel Breed), dies of cancer at 78 on this day in history.   

1983  Yitzhak Shamir (Herut) endorsed by Menachem Begin for Israelli PM on September - 02.   

1985  On September - 02 a joint US-French expedition locates the wreckage of the ill-fated HMS Titanic.   

1985  Abe Lenstra, Dutch soccer star, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

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

1987  Donald Trump takes out a full page NY Times ad lambasting Japan on September - 02.   

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 this day in history.   

1988  On this day in history amnesty International's Human Rights Now! tour begins in Wembley   

1989  On September - 02 rev Al Sharpton leads a civil rights march through Bensonhurst   

1989  A Bartlett Giamatti, baseball commisioner, dies at 51 on September - 02.   

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

1548  On this day in history birth of vincenzo Scamozzi, Italian architect (d. 1616)   

1661  On this day in history birth of georg Bohm, German organist/composer   

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

1716  On September - 02 birth of johann Trier, composer   

1731  Johann F von Cronegk, German playwright (Olint und Sophronia) was born on September - 02.   

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

1753  Marie Josephine Louise of Savoy, queen of France (d. 1810) was born on this day in history.   

0421  Flavius Constantine III, emperor of Westromeinse, dies at about 51 on this day in history.   

0490  Death of Pheidippides, Greek hero on this day in history.   

1031  Death of Saint Emeric of Hungary on September - 02.   

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

1384  Louis I, duke of Anjou/king of Naples (Battle of Poitiers), dies on this day in history.   

1397  On September - 02 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 September - 02.