September, 2nd in History

[Spiritus Temporis]

Events

Friday 02, 2005:
The Kingdom of Lovely is declared in Leicester Square, London, by King Danny I of Lovely.

Wednesday 02, 1998:
The UN's International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda finds Jean-Paul Akayesu, the former mayor of a small town in Rwanda, guilty of nine counts of genocide.

Saturday 02, 1995:
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame opens in Cleveland, Ohio.

Monday 02, 1991:
The United States recognizes the independence of the Baltic states: Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.

Sunday 02, 1990:
Transnistria declares its independence from Moldova; however, Moldova does not recognize it.

Wednesday 02, 1987:
In Moscow, the trial begins of 19-year-old pilot Mathias Rust, who flew his Cessna aircraft into Red Square in May 1987.

Tuesday 02, 1969:
1984 - Seven Die + Fifteen wounded in a clash between rival bikie gangs the Bandidos + the Comancheros @ the Millpera Tavern Millpera, Sydney.

Saturday 02, 1967:
The microstate Principality of Sealand unilaterally declares its independence.

Monday 02, 1963:
CBS Evening News becomes U.S. network television's first half-hour weeknight news broadcast, when the show is lengthened from 15 to 30 minutes.

Monday 02, 1946:
Ayn Rand began writing Atlas Shrugged.

Sunday 02, 1945:
Vietnam declares its independence, forming the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam).

Saturday 02, 1944:
Holocaust: Diarist Anne Frank and her family are placed on the last transport train from Westerbork to Auschwitz, arriving three days later.

Saturday 02, 1939:
Following the invasion of Poland, Freie Stadt Danzig Danzig (now Gdańsk, Poland) is annexed to Nazi Germany.

Monday 02, 1935:
Labor Day Hurricane of 1935: A large hurricane hits the Florida Keys killing 423.

Monday 02, 1901:
Vice President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt utters the famous phrase, "Speak softly and carry a big stick" at the Minnesota State Fair.

Friday 02, 1898:
British and Egyptian troops defeat Sudanese tribesmen and establishing British dominance in the Sudan.

Wednesday 02, 1885:
In Rock Springs, Wyoming, 150 white miners attack their Chinese fellow workers, killing 28, wounding 15, and forcing several hundred more out of town.

Friday 02, 1870:
Prussian forces take French Emperor Napoleon III and 100,000 of his soldiers prisoner.

Monday 02, 1867:
Mutsuhito, the Meiji Emperor of Japan marries Ichijo Masako. The Empress consort is thereafter known as Lady Haruko.

Friday 02, 1864:
American Civil War: Union forces enter Atlanta, Georgia a day after the Confederate defenders flee the city.

Tuesday 02, 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.

Monday 02, 1833:
Oberlin College is founded by John Shipherd and Philo P. Stewart.

Wednesday 02, 1807:
British Navy bombards Copenhagen with fire bombs and phosphorus rockets to prevent Denmark from surrendering its fleet to Napoleon.

Sunday 02, 1792:
During what became known as the September Massacres of the French Revolution, rampaging mobs slaughter three Roman Catholic Church bishops and more than two hundred priests.

Wednesday 02, 1789:
The United States Department of the Treasury is founded.

Saturday 02, 1752:
The United Kingdom adopts the Gregorian Calendar, nearly two centuries later than most of Western Europe.

Thursday 02, 1666:
The Great Fire of London breaks out and burns for three days, destroying 10,000 buildings including St. Paul's Cathedral.

Thursday 02, 1649:
The Italian city of Castro is completely destroyed by the forces of Pope Innocent X, ending the Wars of Castro.

Friday 02, -31:
Off the western coast of Greece, forces of Octavian defeat troops under Mark Antony and Cleopatra.

Sunday 02, -44:
The first of Cicero?s Philippics (oratorical attacks) on Mark Antony. He will make 14 of them over the next several months.

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/02-september/on-this-day.html


People born on September 02

1976:
Phil Lipscomb, American bassist (Taproot) (b: September 2, 1976) (Biography of Phil Lipscomb)

1972:
Sergei Zholtok, Latvian hockey player (b: September 2, 1972 ; d: November 3, 2004) (Biography of Sergei Zholtok)

1971:
Tommy Maddox, American football player (b: September 2, 1971) (Biography of Tommy Maddox)

1969:
Cedric "K-Ci" Hailey, American singer (b: September 2, 1969) (Biography of Cedric "K-Ci" Hailey)

1966:
Salma Hayek, Mexican actress (b: September 2, 1966) (Biography of Salma Hayek)

1965:
Lennox Lewis, Canadian-British boxer (b: September 2, 1965) (Biography of Lennox Lewis)

1964:
Keanu Reeves, American actor (b: September 2, 1964) (Biography of Keanu Reeves)

1961:
Eric Dickerson, American football player (b: September 2, 1961) (Biography of Eric Dickerson)
Carlos Valderrama, Colombian footballer (b: September 2, 1961) (Biography of Carlos Valderrama (soccer player))

1960:
Sue Foley, American writer (b: September 2, 1960) (Biography of Sue Foley)

1953:
John Zorn, American musician (b: September 2, 1953) (Biography of John Zorn)

1952:
Jimmy Connors, American tennis player (b: September 2, 1952) (Biography of Jimmy Connors)

1951:
Mark Harmon, American actor (b: September 2, 1951) (Biography of Mark Harmon)

1950:
Rosanna DeSoto, American actress (b: September 2, 1950) (Biography of Rosanna DeSoto)

1948:
Christa McAuliffe, American schoolteacher and astronaut (b: September 2, 1948 ; d: January 28, 1986) (Biography of Christa McAuliffe)
Terry Bradshaw, American football player (b: September 2, 1948) (Biography of Terry Bradshaw)

1944:
Al Matthews, American actor (b: September 2, 1944) (Biography of Al Matthews)

1941:
David Bale, South African-born activist (b: September 2, 1941 ; d: December 30, 2003) (Biography of David Bale)

1936:
Andrew Grove, American computer chip manufacturer (b: September 2, 1936) (Biography of Andrew Grove)

1929:
Hal Ashby, American film director (b: September 2, 1929 ; d: December 27, 1988) (Biography of Hal Ashby)

1924:
Daniel arap Moi, President of Kenya (b: September 2, 1924) (Biography of Daniel arap Moi)

1923:
Rene Thom, French mathematician (b: September 2, 1923) (Biography of Rene Thom)

1917:
Cleveland Amory, author (b: September 2, 1917 ; d: October 14, 1998) (Biography of Cleveland Amory)

1884:
Dr. Frank C. Laubach, Christian missionary (b: September 2, 1884 ; d: June 11, 1970) (Biography of Frank Laubach)

1879:
An Jung-geun, assassin of the Japanese politician Ito Hirobumi (b: September 2, 1879 ; d: March 26, 1910) (Biography of An Jung-geun)

1877:
Frederick Soddy, British chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b: September 2, 1877 ; d: September 22, 1956) (Biography of Frederick Soddy)

1862:
Franjo Kre?ma, Croatian violinist (b: September 2, 1862) (Biography of Franjo Kre?ma)

1853:
Wilhelm Ostwald, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b: September 2, 1853 ; d: April 4, 1932) (Biography of Wilhelm Ostwald)

1850:
Woldemar Voigt, German physicist (b: September 2, 1850 ; d: December 13, 1919) (Biography of Woldemar Voigt)
Albert Spalding, baseball player and sporting goods manufacturer (b: September 2, 1850 ; d: September 9, 1915) (Biography of Albert Spalding)

1838:
Liliuokalani of Hawaii, Queen of Hawaii (b: September 2, 1838 ; d: November 11, 1917) (Biography of Liliuokalani of Hawaii)

1830:
William P. Frye, American politician (b: September 2, 1830 ; d: August 8, 1911) (Biography of William P. Frye)

1810:
William Seymour Tyler, American educator and historian (b: September 2, 1810 ; d: November 19, 1897) (Biography of William Seymour Tyler)

1675:
William Somervile, English poet (b: September 2, 1675 ; d: July 19, 1742) (Biography of William Somervile)

1548:
Vincenzo Scamozzi, Italian architect (b: September 2, 1548 ; d: August 7, 1616) (Biography of Vincenzo Scamozzi)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/02-september/births.html