September 2

September 2 is the 245th day of the year (246th in leap years). There are 120 days remaining.

Events

31 BC - Battle of Actium between forces of Octavian and Mark Antony, won by Octavian
1666 - Start of the Great Fire of London
1752 - Britain adopts the Gregorian Calendar, nearly two centuries later than most of Western Europe
1789 - United States Department of the Treasury was founded
1898 - Horatio Kitchener captures Sudan
1921 - First Miss America pageant held in Atlantic City, New Jersey
1944 - Anne Frank is sent to Auschwitz
1945 - Japanese surrender ends World War II
1945 - Vietnam declares its independence
1967 - Micro-state of Sealand is declared
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

1850 - Albert Spalding, American baseball player and sporting goods manufacturer
1853 - Wilhelm Ostwald, German chemist
1866 - Hiram Johnson, former Governor of California and political activist
1877 - Frederick Soddy, British chemist
1917 - Cleveland Amory[?], author
1923 - Rene Thom, French mathematician
1929 - Hal Ashby[?], film director
1948 - Christa McAuliffe, American teacher, astronaut
1948 - Terry Bradshaw, American football player
1951 - Mark Harmon[?], actor
1952 - Jimmy Connors, American tennis player
1961 - Carlos Valderrama, Colombian football player
1964 - Keanu Reeves, American actor
1965 - Lennox Lewis, Canadian/British boxer
1968 - Salma Hayek, Mexican actress

Deaths

1832 - Franz Xaver, Baron Von Zach, Scientific Editor, Astronomer
1834 - Thomas Telford, British civil engineer
1937 - Pierre de Coubertin, French founder of the modern Olympic Games
1953 - US General Jonathan Wainwright, Medal of Honor recipient
1964 - Alvin York, most decorated American soldier of World War I
1969 - Ho Chi Minh, president of North Vietnam
1973 - J. R. R. Tolkien, British writer
1992 - Barbara McClintock, American geneticist
1998 - Allen Drury[?], author
2000 - Curt Siodmak[?], science fiction author
2001 - Christiaan Barnard, South African heart surgeon
2001 - Troy Donahue[?], actor

September 1 - September 3 - August 2 - October 2 - more historical anniversaries

See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December

		September 2
		September 2 is the 245th day of the year (246th in leap years). There are 120 days remaining. Events 31 BC - Battle of Actium between forces of Octavian and Mark Antony, won by Octavian 1666 - Start of the Great Fire of London 1752 - Britain adopts the Gregorian Calendar, nearly two centuries later than most of Western Europe 1789 - United States Department of the Treasury was founded 1898 - Horatio Kitchener captures Sudan 1921 - First Miss America pageant held in Atlantic City, New Jersey 1944 - Anne Frank is sent to Auschwitz 1945 - Japanese surrender ends World War II 1945 - Vietnam declares its independence 1967 - Micro-state of Sealand is declared 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 1850 - Albert Spalding, American baseball player and sporting goods manufacturer 1853 - Wilhelm Ostwald, German chemist 1866 - Hiram Johnson, former Governor of California and political activist 1877 - Frederick Soddy, British chemist 1917 - Cleveland Amory[?], author 1923 - Rene Thom, French mathematician 1929 - Hal Ashby[?], film director 1948 - Christa McAuliffe, American teacher, astronaut 1948 - Terry Bradshaw, American football player 1951 - Mark Harmon[?], actor 1952 - Jimmy Connors, American tennis player 1961 - Carlos Valderrama, Colombian football player 1964 - Keanu Reeves, American actor 1965 - Lennox Lewis, Canadian/British boxer 1968 - Salma Hayek, Mexican actress Deaths 1832 - Franz Xaver, Baron Von Zach, Scientific Editor, Astronomer 1834 - Thomas Telford, British civil engineer 1937 - Pierre de Coubertin, French founder of the modern Olympic Games 1953 - US General Jonathan Wainwright, Medal of Honor recipient 1964 - Alvin York, most decorated American soldier of World War I 1969 - Ho Chi Minh, president of North Vietnam 1973 - J. R. R. Tolkien, British writer 1992 - Barbara McClintock, American geneticist 1998 - Allen Drury[?], author 2000 - Curt Siodmak[?], science fiction author 2001 - Christiaan Barnard, South African heart surgeon 2001 - Troy Donahue[?], actor September 1 - September 3 - August 2 - October 2 - more historical anniversaries See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
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