Page 6: Historical Events In September - 08
Sunday, 09 February 2025
1936 Princess Juliana & German prince Bernard Lippe-Biesterfeld get engaged on this day in history.
1937 Pan Arab conference about Palestine opens on September - 08.
1939 FDR declares "limited national emergency" due to war in Europe on September - 08.
1941 Entire Jewish community of Meretsch, Lithuania is exterminated on this day in history.
1941 Blockade of Leningrad (St Petersburg) by Germany begins on this day in history.
1943 Italy surrenders to the allies in WW II on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1944 On this day in history the first V-2 rocket lands in Britain
1944 1st V-2 rockets land in London & Antwerp on this day in history.
1944 Jan van Gilse, composer/Dutch resistance fighter, dies at 63 on September - 08.
1945 US invades Japanese-held Korea on September - 08.
1946 60th US Womens Tennis: Pauline Betz beats Patricia Canning (119 63) on this day in history.
1947 On this day in history british govt sails "Exodus" with fugitives from Nazis
1948 British De Havilland 08-fighter flies faster than sound on September - 08.
1949 On September - 08 richard Strauss, German composer (Also sprach Zarathustra), dies at 85
1951 On this day in history forty-nine countries sign the Japanese Peace Treaty in San Francisco.
1951 On September - 08 japan signs peace treaty with 48 countries (SF)
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 this day in history 72nd US Mens Tennis: Frank A Sedgman beats Gardnar Mulloy (61 62 63)
1953 On this day in history "Carnival in Flanders" opens at New Century Theater NY for 6 perfs
1954 SE Asia Treaty Org (SEATO) formed to stop communist spread in SE Asia on September - 08.
1955 On September - 08 john de Young, cardinal/archbishop of Utrecht, dies at 69
1956 Harry Belafonte's album "Calypso," goes to #1 &stays #1 for 31 weeks on September - 08.
1956 On September - 08 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 Oman turns over Gwadur (on Bal£chist n coast) to Pakistan on this day in history.
1962 On this day in history hermann Standiger, German chemist (Nobel 1953), dies at 84
1963 On this day in history ines Cuervo de Priete, 34, gives birth to quintuplets, all boys
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 September - 08.
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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