September 2

September 2 is the 245th day of the year (246th in leap years). There are 120 days remaining. ==Events== * 44 BC - Pharaoh Cleopatra VII of Egypt declares her son co-ruler as Ptolemy XV Caesarion. *31 BC - Roman Civil War: Battle of Actium - Off the western coast of Greece, forces of Octavian defeat troops under Mark Antony and Cleopatra VII of Egypt. *1649 - The Italy city of Castro (city) is completely destroyed by the forces of Pope Innocent X, ending the Wars of Castro. *1666 - The Great Fire of London breaks out and burns for three days destroying 10,000 buildings including St. Paul's Cathedral. *1752 - The United Kingdom adopts the Gregorian Calendar, nearly two centuries later than most of Western Europe. *1789 - United States Department of the Treasury was founded. *1792 - During what became known as the September Massacres of the French Revolution, rampaging mobs slaughtered three Roman Catholic Church bishops and more than two hundred priests. *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. *1862 - American Civil War: President Abraham Lincoln reluctantly restores United States General George McClellan to full command after General John Pope (military officer)'s disastrous defeat at the Battle of Second Bull Run. *1864 - American Civil War: United States forces under General William T. Sherman enter Atlanta, Georgia a day after the Confederate States of America defenders fled the city. *1867 - Mutsuhito, the Meiji Emperor of Japan marries Ichijo Masako. The Empress consort is thereafter known as Lady Haruko. *1870 - Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Sedan - Prussian forces defeat the France armies and take emperor Napoleon III and 100,000 of his soldiers prisoner at Sedan, France. *1885 - In Rock Springs, Wyoming, 150 white miners attack their Overseas Chinese coworkers, killing 28, wounding 15, and forcing several hundred more out of town. *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. *1901 - Vice President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt utters the famous phrase, "Speak softly and carry a Big Stick Diplomacy" at the Minnesota State Fair. *1935 - Labor Day Hurricane of 1935: A large hurricane hit the Florida Keys killing 423. *1939 - Following the invasion of Poland, Freie Stadt Danzig Danzig (now Gdansk, Poland) ruled by Nazi leader Forster is annexed to Nazi Germany. *1944 - Holocaust: Diarist Anne Frank and her family are placed on the last transport train from Westerbork to Auschwitz. They arrive three days later. *1945 - World War II ends: The final official surrender of Japan was accepted by General Douglas MacArthur and Admiral Chester Nimitz aboard the battleship USS Missouri (BB-63) in Tokyo Bay. *1945 - Vietnam declares its independence forming the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam). *1963 - ''CBS Evening News'' becomes network television's first half-hour weeknight news broadcast, when the show is lengthened from 15 to 30 minutes. *1967 - The microstate Sealand unilaterally declared its independence. *1969 - The first automatic teller machine in the United States is installed in Rockville Centre, New York. *1987 - In Moscow, the trial of 19-year-old pilot Mathias Rust, who flew his Cessna airplane into Red Square in May 1987, begins. *1991 - The United States recognizes the independence of the Baltic states: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. *1995 - Rock and Roll Hall of Fame opens in Cleveland, Ohio. *1998 - In Canada, pilots for Air Canada launch the first strike in company's history. *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. *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. *2001 - Cartoon Network begins its adult-orientated block, Adult Swim. ==Births== *1830 - William P. Frye, American politician *1838 - Liliuokalani of Hawaii, Queen of Hawaii (d. 1917) *1850 - Albert Spalding, baseball player and sporting goods manufacturer *1853 - Wilhelm Ostwald, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1932) *1866 - Dion Smith, Governor of California and political activist *1877 - Frederick Soddy, British chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1956) *1884 - Frank Laubach, Christian missionary *1917 - Cleveland Amory, author *1923 - Rene Thom, French mathematician *1924 - Daniel arap Moi, President of Kenya *1929 - Hal Ashby, film director *1934 - Dominic Chianese, actor *1936 - Andrew Grove, American computer chip manufacturer *1944 - Al Matthews, American actor (d. 2002) *1948 - Terry Bradshaw, American football player *1948 - Christa McAuliffe, American schoolteacher and astronaut (d. 1986) *1951 - Mark Harmon, actor *1952 - Jimmy Connors, American tennis player *1953 - John Zorn, American musician *1961 - Eric Dickerson, American football player *1961 - Carlos Valderrama (soccer player), Colombian footballer *1964 - Keanu Reeves, American actor *1965 - Lennox Lewis, Canadian-British boxer *1966 - Salma Hayek, Mexican actress *1969 - Cedric \"K-Ci\" Hailey, singer *1971 - Tommy Maddox, American football player *1972 - Sergei Zholtok, hockey player ==Deaths== * 421 - Constantius III, Roman Emperor * 1274 - Prince Munetaka, 6th Kamakura shogun in Japan (b. 1242) * 1540 - Dawit II of Ethiopia, Emperor of Ethiopia * 1764 - Revd Nathaniel Bliss, Astronomer Royal * 1832 - Franz Xaver, Baron Von Zach, Scientific Editor, Astronomer * 1834 - Thomas Telford, United Kingdom civil engineer * 1898 - Wilford Woodruff, president of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1807) * 1921 - Anthony Francis Lucas Croatian-American oil exploration pioneer (b.1855) * 1921 - Henry Austin Dobson, poet (b. 1840) * 1934 - Alcide Nunez, jazz musician (b. 1884) * 1937 - Pierre de Coubertin, France founder of the modern Olympic Games (b. 1863) * 1953 - United States Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright IV, Medal of Honor recipient * 1964 - Alvin York, most decorated American soldier of World War I * 1981 - Andrija Maurovic, Croat illustrator (b.1901) * 1973 - J. R. R. Tolkien, United Kingdom writer (b. 1892) * 1973 - Carl Dudley,American movie director (b. 1910) * 1976 - Stanislaw Grochowiak, Polish poet and dramatist (b. 1934) * 1992 - Barbara McClintock, United States genetics * 1997 - Rudolph Bing, opera manager * 1998 - Allen Drury, author * 2000 - Elvera Sanchez, Puertorican dancer * 2000 - Curt Siodmak, science fiction author * 2001 - Christiaan Barnard, South African heart surgeon * 2001 - Troy Donahue, actor * 2004 - Joan Or�, Scientist. ==Holidays and observances== *Mauritius - Ganesh Chaturthi == External links == * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/2 BBC: On This Day] ----- September 1 - September 3 - August 2 - October 2 - more historical anniversaries ang:2 H�ligm�na� bs:Septembar 2 la:2 Septembris vi:2 th�ng 9

September 2

--User:Maveric149 00:13, 1 Mar 2004 (UTC) Template:September 2 selected anniversaries - Template talk:September 2 selected anniversaries - [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Template:September_2_selected_anniversaries&action=edit edit] ---- Day uncertain (may be Sept 6, 7 or 8th for crowning but I could not find the day that the pageant started) *1921 - First Miss America pageant held in Atlantic City, New Jersey. -- User:Maveric149 05:58, 2 Sep 2003 (UTC) ---- Entry in here twice: 1988 and 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 I assume it has to be 1998, but would like to ask someone else to make the final decision. thanks, user:deadstar

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