Page 6: Historical Events In September - 02

1956  Washington-Jackson cable line replaced by bus service on this day in history.   

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

1957  William A Craigie, Scottish lexicographer, dies at 90 on this day in history.   

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

1959  On this day in history uS President Eisenhower arrives in Paris   

1960  On September - 02 tamara & Irina Press (USSR) become 1st sisters to win olympic gold   

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

1962  On September - 02 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 September - 02.   

1964  On September - 02 norman Manley scores 2-consecutive holes-in-one at Del Valley, Cal   

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 September - 02.   

1965  Johannes Bobrowski, writer, dies at 48 on this day in history.   

1968  Ernest Claes, Belgium, author (The White), dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1969  On this day in history north Vietnamese president Ho Chi Minh dies.   

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

1970  On September - 02 allan Walker, actor/writer (Red Buttons Show), dies at 64   

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

1978  George Harrison marries Olivia on September - 02.   

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

1978  On September - 02 john McClain performs 180 outside loops in an airplane over Houston   

1979  Felix Aylmer, actor (Quartet, Hamlet, Dreaming Lips), dies at 90 on this day in history.   

1980  On September - 02 william Douglas Denny, composer, dies at 70   

1982  Jay Novello, actor (Harum Scarum, Rebel Breed), dies of cancer at 78 on September - 02.   

1983  On this day in history 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  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 September - 02.   

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

1989  Rev Al Sharpton leads a civil rights march through Bensonhurst on September - 02.   

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

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1243  On September - 02 birth of gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Hertford, English politician (d. 1295)   

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

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

1675  William Somervile, English poet (d. 1742) was born on this day in history.   

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  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  On September - 02 flavius Constantine III, emperor of Westromeinse, dies at about 51   

0490  Death of Pheidippides, Greek hero on September - 02.   

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  Death of Francesco Landini, Italian composer on this day in history.   

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.