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September 2
(Redirected from 2 September)
September 2 is the 245th day of the year (246th in leap years). There are 120 days remaining.
Events
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31 BC - Roman Civil War: Battle of Actium - Off the western coast of Greece, forces of Octavian defeat troops under Mark Antony and Cleopatra.
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1649 - The Italian city of Castro is completely destroyed by the forces of Pope Innocent X, ending the Wars of Castro.
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1666 - The Great Fire of London breaks out and burns for three days destroying 10,000 buildings including St. Paul's Cathedral.
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1752 - The United Kingdom adopts the Gregorian Calendar, nearly two centuries later than most of Western Europe.
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1789 - United States Department of the Treasury was founded.
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1807 - British Navy bombards Copenhagen with fire bombs and phosphorus rockets to prevent Denmark from surrendering its fleet to Napoleon. 70% of the city was destroyed and 2000 citizens were killed.
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1862 - American Civil War: President Abraham Lincoln reluctantly restores Union General George McClellan to full command after General John Pope's disastrous defeat at the Battle of Second Bull Run.
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1864 - American Civil War: Union forces under General William T. Sherman enter Atlanta, Georgia a day after the Confederate defenders fled the city.
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1870 - Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Sedan - Prussian forces defeat the French armies and take emperor Napoleon III and 100,000 of his soldiers prisoner at Sedan.
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1885 - In Rock Springs, Wyoming, 150 white miners attack their Chinese coworkers, killing 28, wounding 15, and forcing several hundred more out of town.
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1898 - Battle of Omdurman - British and Egyptian troops led by Horatio Kitchener defeat Sudanese tribesmen led by Khalifa Abdullah al-Taashi , thus establishing British dominance in the Sudan.
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1901 - Vice President Theodore Roosevelt utters the famous phrase, "Speak softly and carry a big stick" at the Minnesota State Fair.
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1935 - Labor Day Hurricane of 1935: A large hurricane hit the Florida Keys killing 423.
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1939 - Following the invasion of Poland, Freie Stadt Danzig Danzig (now Gdańsk, Poland) ruled by Nazi leader Forster is annexed to Nazi Germany.
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1944 - Holocaust: Diarist Anne Frank and her family are placed on the last transport train from Westerbork to Auschwitz. They arrive three days later.
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1945 - World War II ends: The final official surrender of Japan was accepted by General Douglas MacArthur and Admiral Chester Nimitz aboard the battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay.
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1945 - Vietnam declares its independence forming the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam).
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1963 - CBS Evening News becomes network television's first half-hour weeknight news broadcast, when the show is lengthened from 15 to 30 minutes.
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1967 - The microstate Principality of Sealand unilaterally declared its independence.
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1969 - The first automatic teller machine in the United States is installed in Rockville Centre, New York.
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1987 - In Moscow, the trial of 19-year-old pilot Mathias Rust, who flew his Cessna airplane into Red Square in May 1987, begins.
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1991 - The United States recognizes the independence of the Baltic states: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
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1995 - Rock and Roll Hall of Fame opens in Cleveland, Ohio.
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1998 - In Canada, pilots for Air Canada launch the first strike in company's history.
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1998 - A McDonnell Douglas MD-11 airliner carrying Swissair Flight 111 crashes near Peggys Cove, Nova Scotia after taking off from New York City en-route to Geneva. All 229 people on board are killed.
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1998 - A United Nations court finds Jean-Paul Akayesu, the former mayor of a small town in Rwanda, guilty of nine counts of genocide, marking the first time that the 1948 law banning genocide is enforced.
Births
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1830 - William P. Frye, American politician
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1838 - Liliuokalani of Hawaii, Queen of the Hawaiian Islands (d. 1917)
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1850 - Albert Spalding, American baseball player and sporting goods manufacturer
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1853 - Wilhelm Ostwald, German chemist
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1866 - Hiram Johnson, former Governor of California and political activist
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1877 - Frederick Soddy, British chemist
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1884 - Dr. Frank C. Laubach, Christian missionary and founder of Laubach Literacy
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1917 - Cleveland Amory , author
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1923 - Rene Thom, French mathematician
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1924 - Daniel arap Moi, longtime president of Kenya.
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1929 - Hal Ashby, film director
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1934 - Dominic Chianese, actor
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1936 - Andrew Grove, co-founder and chairman of Intel
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1944 - Al Matthews, American actor (d. 2002)
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1948 - Terry Bradshaw, American football player
- 1948 - Christa McAuliffe, American teacher, astronaut (d. 1986)
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1951 - Mark Harmon, actor
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1952 - Jimmy Connors, American tennis player
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1961 - Eric Dickerson, American football Hall of Famer
- 1961 - Carlos Valderrama, Colombian football player
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1964 - Keanu Reeves, American actor
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1965 - Lennox Lewis, Canadian/British boxer
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1966 - Salma Hayek, Mexican actress
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1969 - Cedric "K-Ci" Hailey, R&B singer
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1971 - Tommy Maddox, American football quarterback
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1972 - Sergei Zholtok, professional ice hockey player
Deaths
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421 - Constantius III, Roman Emperor
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1274 - Prince Munetaka, 6th Kamakura shogun in Japan (b. 1242)
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1540 - Lebna Dengel , Emperor of Ethiopia
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1764 - Revd Nathaniel Bliss, Astronomer Royal
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1832 - Franz Xaver, Baron Von Zach, Scientific Editor, Astronomer
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1834 - Thomas Telford, British civil engineer
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1898 - Wilford Woodruff, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1807)
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1921 - Anthony Francis Lucas Croatian-American oil exploration pioneer (b.1855)
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1921 - Henry Austin Dobson, poet (b. 1840)
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1934 - Alcide Nunez, jazz musician (b. 1884)
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1937 - Pierre de Coubertin, French founder of the modern Olympic Games
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1953 - US General Jonathan Wainwright, Medal of Honor recipient
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1964 - Alvin York, most decorated American soldier of World War I
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1981 - Andrija Maurovic, Croat illustrator (b.1901)
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1973 - J. R. R. Tolkien, British writer (b. 1892)
- 1973 - Carl Dudley,American movie director (b. 1910)
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1976 - Stanisław Grochowiak, Polish poet and dramatist (b. 1934)
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1992 - Barbara McClintock, American geneticist
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1997 - Rudolph Bing, opera manager
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1998 - Allen Drury, author
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2000 - Elvera Sanchez, Puertorican dancer
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2000 - Curt Siodmak , science fiction author
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2001 - Christiaan Barnard, South African heart surgeon
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2001 - Troy Donahue , actor
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2004 - Joan Oró, Scientist.
Holidays and observances
External links
September 1 - September 3 - August 2 - October 2 - more historical anniversaries
Last updated: 05-07-2005 17:15:35
Last updated: 05-13-2005 07:56:04
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