Page 6: Historical Events In September - 02

1956  Washington-Jackson cable line replaced by bus service on September - 02.   

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

1957  William A Craigie, Scottish lexicographer, dies at 90 on September - 02.   

1958  Great Britain performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island on this day in history.   

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  Greet Koeman, Dutch singer, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1962  Stan Musial's 3,516th hit moves over Tris Speaker into 2nd place on September - 02.   

1963  On September - 02 alabama Gov George C Wallace prevents integration of Tuskegee HS   

1963  On September - 02 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  On this day in history 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.)   

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 this day in history harry Williams Millard, producer, dies of cancer at 41   

1970  Allan Walker, actor/writer (Red Buttons Show), dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1973  John R R Tolkien, British story writer (Hobbit), dies of ulcer at 81 on this day in history.   

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 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  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  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 September - 02.   

1985  On this day in history abe Lenstra, Dutch soccer star, dies at 64   

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

1987  On this day in history donald Trump takes out a full page NY Times ad lambasting Japan   

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 this day in history.   

1989  Rev Al Sharpton leads a civil rights march through Bensonhurst on this day in history.   

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 September - 02.   

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 this day in history.   

1716  On September - 02 birth of johann Trier, composer   

1731  On this day in history birth of johann F von Cronegk, German playwright (Olint und Sophronia)   

1750  Pehr Frigel, composer was born on this day in history.   

1753  On September - 02 birth of marie Josephine Louise of Savoy, queen of France (d. 1810)   

0421  On September - 02 flavius Constantine III, emperor of Westromeinse, dies at about 51   

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

1031  On this day in history death of saint Emeric of Hungary   

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

1384  On this day in history louis I, duke of Anjou/king of Naples (Battle of Poitiers), dies   

1397  Death of Francesco Landini, Italian composer on September - 02.   

1418  Jan III Chalon, prince of Orange/gov of Burgundy, dies on this day in history.   

1540  Death of Lebna Dengel, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1501) on September - 02.