Page 6: Historical Events In September - 08

1936  Princess Juliana & German prince Bernard Lippe-Biesterfeld get engaged on this day in history.   

1937  Pan Arab conference about Palestine opens on this day in history.   

1939  On September - 08 fDR declares "limited national emergency" due to war in Europe   

1941  Entire Jewish community of Meretsch, Lithuania is exterminated on this day in history.   

1941  Blockade of Leningrad (St Petersburg) by Germany begins on September - 08.   

1943  On September - 08 italy surrenders to the allies in WW II   

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 September - 08.   

1944  The first V-2 rocket lands in Britain on September - 08.   

1944  On September - 08 1st V-2 rockets land in London & Antwerp   

1944  Jan van Gilse, composer/Dutch resistance fighter, dies at 63 on September - 08.   

1945  US invades Japanese-held Korea on September - 08.   

1946  On September - 08 60th US Womens Tennis: Pauline Betz beats Patricia Canning (119 63)   

1947  British govt sails "Exodus" with fugitives from Nazis on September - 08.   

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

1949  Richard Strauss, German composer (Also sprach Zarathustra), dies at 85 on September - 08.   

1951  Forty-nine countries sign the Japanese Peace Treaty in San Francisco on this day in history.   

1951  On this day in history japan signs peace treaty with 48 countries (SF)   

1951  Jurgen Stroop, Nazi commander of Warsaw Ghetto, executed on this day in history.   

1952  Ernest Hemingway's "Old Man &the Sea" published on September - 08.   

1952  72nd US Mens Tennis: Frank A Sedgman beats Gardnar Mulloy (61 62 63) on this day in history.   

1953  "Carnival in Flanders" opens at New Century Theater NY for 6 perfs on September - 08.   

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

1956  Gerrit Bolkestein, Dutch minister of Education (1939-4.), dies at 84 on September - 08.   

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  Ines Cuervo de Priete, 34, gives birth to quintuplets, all boys on September - 08.   

1965  On this day in history hurricane Betsy kills 75 in Louisiana &Florida   

1965  On this day in history dorothy Danridge, actress (Island in the Sun), dies at 41 in Hollywood   

1966  "That Girl" starring Marlo Thomas premiers on ABC-TV on September - 08.   

1966  Star Trek makes its debut on NBC-TV on September - 08.   

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0801  Ansgar, German Catholic archbishop (d. 865) was born on September - 08.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1271  Charles Martel d'Anjou, son of Charles II of Naples (d. 1295) was born on September - 08.   

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

1474  On this day in history birth of ludovico Ariosto, Italy, poet (Orlando Furioso)   

1515  On this day in history birth of alfonso Salmeron, Spanish Jesuit biblical scholar (d. 1585)   

0394  Death of Arbogast, French general, commits suicide on September - 08.   

0701  Sergius I, Syrian/Italian Pope (687-701), dies on September - 08.   

0780  On September - 08 leo IV de Chazaar, Byzantine Emperor (775-80), dies   

0876  Lodewijk de Duitser, king of East French Republic (833-76), dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1100  Clement III, [Wibert van Ravenna], 1st anti-pope (1084-1100), dies on this day in history.   

1397  Death of Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester on September - 08.   

1425  On September - 08 death of king Charles III of Navarre (b. 1361)   

1539  On September - 08 death of john Stokesley, English churchman