Page 6: Historical Events In September - 08

1936  Princess Juliana & German prince Bernard Lippe-Biesterfeld get engaged on September - 08.   

1937  On September - 08 pan Arab conference about Palestine opens   

1939  FDR declares "limited national emergency" due to war in Europe on September - 08.   

1941  Entire Jewish community of Meretsch, Lithuania is exterminated on September - 08.   

1941  On this day in history blockade of Leningrad (St Petersburg) by Germany begins   

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  On September - 08 german V2 rockets strike London for the first time   

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 September - 08.   

1945  US invades Japanese-held Korea on this day in history.   

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

1947  On this day in history british govt sails "Exodus" with fugitives from Nazis   

1948  On this day in history british De Havilland 08-fighter flies faster than sound   

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  Jurgen Stroop, Nazi commander of Warsaw Ghetto, executed on September - 08.   

1952  On this day in history ernest Hemingway's "Old Man &the Sea" published   

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

1953  On this day in history "Carnival in Flanders" opens at New Century Theater NY for 6 perfs   

1954  On this day in history 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  On September - 08 harry Belafonte's album "Calypso," goes to #1 &stays #1 for 31 weeks   

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

1957  On this day in history pope Pius XII encyclical On motion pictures, radio, TV   

1958  On this day in history oman turns over Gwadur (on Bal£chist n coast) to Pakistan   

1962  On September - 08 hermann Standiger, German chemist (Nobel 1953), dies at 84   

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  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 September - 08 star Trek makes its debut on NBC-TV.   

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

0828  Ali al-Hadi, Shia Imam (d. 868) was born on this day in history.   

1157  Richard I, [Richard the Lion Hearted], King of England (1189-99) was born on September - 08.   

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

1271  On this day in history birth of charles Martel d'Anjou, son of Charles II of Naples (d. 1295)   

1380  Bernardinus of Siena, Italian saint was born on September - 08.   

1474  Ludovico Ariosto, Italy, poet (Orlando Furioso) was born on September - 08.   

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

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

0701  Sergius I, Syrian/Italian Pope (687-701), dies on this day in history.   

0780  Leo IV de Chazaar, Byzantine Emperor (775-80), dies on September - 08.   

0876  Lodewijk de Duitser, king of East French Republic (833-76), dies at 72 on September - 08.   

1100  Clement III, [Wibert van Ravenna], 1st anti-pope (1084-1100), dies on September - 08.   

1397  On this day in history death of thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester.   

1425  Death of King Charles III of Navarre (b. 1361) on September - 08.   

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