Post by farmgal on Sept 1, 2010 16:56:30 GMT -5
September 02 is the 245th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar.
There are 120 days remaining until the end of the year
Days left until election day November 02, 2010 61
Days left until election day November 06, 2012 796
1666 - The Great Fire of London breaks out and burns for three days, destroying 10,000 buildings including St Paul's Cathedral.
1752 - Great Britain adopts the Gregorian calendar, nearly two centuries later than most of Western Europe. In 1752, today was the last day of the Julian calendar in Great Britain and the British colonies; the Gregorian Calendar designed to correct the extra leap year day problem went into effect the next day with tomorrow being September 14, hence 11 days were dropped. Most other countries made the adjustment in 1582.
1758 - The first Anglican service of worship to be held on Canadian soil was led by Rev. Robert Wolfall at Frobisher Bay, on Baffin Island.
1784 - English clergyman Thomas Coke, 37, was consecrated, the first "bishop" of the Methodist Episcopal Church, by founder John Wesley. Coke afterward journeyed to America, where he and Francis Asbury oversaw Methodism in the Colonies.
1789 - The United States Department of the Treasury is founded.
1792 - During what became known as the September Massacres of the French Revolution, rampaging mobs slaughter three Roman Catholic Church bishops, more than two hundred priests, and prisoners believed to be royalist sympathizers.
1833 - Oberlin College is founded by John Shipherd and Philo P. Stewart.
1859 - A solar super storm affects electrical telegraph service.
science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2003/23oct_superstorm/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_storm_of_1859
1862 - American Civil War: President Abraham Lincoln reluctantly restores Union General George B. McClellan to full command after General John Pope's disastrous defeat at the Second Battle of Bull Run.
1864 - American Civil War: Union forces enter Atlanta, Georgia a day after the Confederate defenders flee the city
1885 - Rock Springs massacre: In Rock Springs, Wyoming, 150 white miners, who are struggling to unionize so they could strike for better wages and work conditions, attack their Chinese fellow workers, killing 28, wounding 15, and forcing several hundred more out of town.
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.
1925 - The U.S. Zeppelin the USS Shenandoah crashes, killing 14.
1930 The first non-stop airplane flight from Europe to the U.S. was completed as Capt. Dieudonne Coste and Maurice Bellonte of France arrived in Valley Stream, N.Y., aboard the Question Mark; it took 37 hours.
1930 - While a missionary in the Philippines, American linguistic pioneer Frank Laubach wrote in a letter: 'God is always awaiting the chance to give us high days. We so seldom are in deep earnest about giving him his chance.'
1935 - Labor Day Hurricane of 1935: a large hurricane hits the Florida Keys killing 423.
1939 - World War II: Following the start of the invasion of Poland the previous day, the Free City of Danzig (now Gdañsk, Poland) is annexed by Nazi Germany.
1945 - World War II: Combat ends in the Pacific Theater: the Instrument of Surrender of Japan is signed by Japanese Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu and accepted aboard the battleship USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay.
1945 - Vietnam declares its independence, forming the Democratic Republic of Vietnam.
1946 - Interim Government of India is formed with Jawaharlal Nehru as Vice President.
1949 - English apologist C.S. Lewis wrote in a letter: 'God, who foresaw your tribulation, has specially armed you to go through it, not without pain but without stain.'
1957 - President Ngo Dinh Diem of South Vietnam becomes the first foreign head of state to make a state visit to Australia.
1958 - United States Air Force C-130A-II is shot down by fighters over Yerevan, Armenia when it strays into Soviet airspace while conducting a sigint mission. All crew members are killed.
1960 - The first election of the Parliament of the Central Tibetan Administration, in history of Tibet. The Tibetan community observes this date as the Democracy Day.
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.
1970 - NASA announces the cancellation of two Apollo missions to the Moon, Apollo 15 (the designation is re-used by a later mission), and Apollo 19.
1991 - The United States recognizes the independence of the Baltic states: Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.
1992 - An earthquake in Nicaragua kills at least 116 people.
1998 - Swissair Flight 111 crashes near Peggys Cove, Nova Scotia. All 229 people on board are killed.
Births:
1805 - Esteban Echeverría, Argentine writer (d. 1851)
1810 - William Seymour Tyler, American educator and historian (d. 1897)
1830 - William Pierce Frye (d August 8, 1911) was an American politician from the U.S. state of Maine.
1838 - Liliuokalani of Hawaii, Queen of Hawaii (d. 1917)
1839 - Henry George (d 1897) was an American writer, politician and political economist, who was the most influential proponent of the land value tax, also known as the "single tax" on land.
1847 - Roger Wolcott, 39th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1900)
1850 - Albert Spalding, baseball player and sporting goods manufacturer (d. 1915)
1869 - Hiram Percy Maxim, (d 1936) American inventor and manufacturer known especially for the "Maxim silencer" gun attachment.
1884 - Dr. Frank C. Laubach, Christian missionary, known as "The Apostle to the Illiterates," developed "Each One Teach One" literacy program.(d. 1970)
1901 - Adolph Rupp, American college basketball coach (d. 1977)
1911 - Romare Bearden, African American painter (d. 1988)
1914 - Tom Glazer, American folk singer and songwriter (d. 2003)
1915 - Meinhardt Raabe, actor, notable as Munchkin Coroner on The Wizard of Oz (d. 2010)
1915 - Benjamin Aaron, American labor law expert (d. 2007)
1917 - Cleveland Amory, American author (d. 1998)
1925 - Hugo Montenegro, American composer and bandleader (d. 1981
1928 - Horace Silver, American jazz pianist and composer.
1929 - Hal Ashby, American film director (d. 1988)
1931 - Clifford Jordan, American jazz saxophonist (d. 1993)
1934 - Grady Nutt, American humorist
1935 - D. Wayne Lukas, American horse trainer
1936 - Andrew Grove, American computer chip manufacturer
1937 - Peter Ueberroth, American sport executive
1941 - John Thompson, Jr., American college basketball coach
1943 - Joe Simon, American singer
1946 - Billy Preston, American musician (d. 2006)
1946 - Dan White, American assassin (d. 1985)
1946 - Walt Simonson, American comic book artist & writer
1948 - Terry Bradshaw, American football player
1948 - Christa McAuliffe, American schoolteacher and astronaut (d. 1986)
1951 - Jim DeMint, American politician
1951 - Mark Harmon, American actor
1952 - Jimmy Connors, American tennis player
1957 - Tony Alva, American skateboarder
1960 - Eric Dickerson, American football player
Deaths:
490 BC - Pheidippides, Greek hero, central figure in a story which was the inspiration for a modern sporting event, the marathon
1031 - Saint Emeric of Hungary
1898 - Wilford Woodruff, fourth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1807)
1921 - Anthony Francis Lucas (born Antun Lučić, 1855) was a Croatian-born oil explorer. With Pattillo Higgins he organized the drilling of an oil well near Beaumont, Texas that became known as Spindletop. This led to the widespread exploitation of oil and the start of the petroleum age.
1934 - Alcide Nunez, American jazz clarinetist (b. 1884)
1934 - Russ Columbo, American singer, violinist and actor (b. 1908)
1941 - Lloyd Seay, American stock car driver (b. 1919)
1944 - Bella Rosenfeld, Russian-born American wife of Marc Chagall and subject of many of his paintings (b. 1895)
1948 - Sylvanus Morley, American archaeologist and spy (b. 1883)
1953 - Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright IV, U.S. general (b. 1883)
1955 - Bjorn Kjellstrom, (b 1910) Inventor of the Silva compass which featured a rotating compass dial, and a transparent protractor base plate. As founder of Silva, Inc. in North America, Kjellstrom helped introduce the orienteering sport to the U.S. in the1940s, in part as a way to promote his product. He wrote Be Expert with Map and Compass, considered to be the "bible of orienteering."
1962 - William Wilkerson, American founder of the Hollywood Reporter and the Flamingo Hotel and nightclub owner (b. 1890)
1964 – Glenn Albert Black, American archaeologist (b. 1900)-
1964 - Alvin York, American soldier (b. 1887)
1969 - Ho Chi Minh, President of Vietnam (b. 1890)
1973 - Carl Dudley, American film director (South Seas Adventure) (b. 1910)
1973 - J. R. R. Tolkien, British writer (b. 1892)
1978 - Fred G. Meyer, American businessman, founder of Fred Meyer, Inc. (b. 1886)
1979 - Otto P. Weyland, American military figure (b. 1903)
1985 - Jay Youngblood, American professional wrestler (b. 1955)
1992 - Barbara McClintock, American geneticist, Nobel laureate (b. 1902)
1998 - Allen Drury, American novelist (Advise and Consent)(b. 1918)
2001 - Christiaan Barnard, (b 1922) South African surgeon who performed the world's first human heart transplant operation.
2005 - Bob Denver, American actor (b. 1935)
2006 - Bob Mathias, American athlete and congressman (b. 1930)
2006 - Willi Ninja, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1961)
Holidays and observances
Christian Feast Day:
Acepsimas of Hnaita and companions (Syriac Orthodox Church)
Agricola of Avignon
Antoninus of Pamiers
Castor of Apt
Nonnosus
San Esteban del Rey (Acoma Pueblo)
September 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
www.scopesys.com/cgi-bin/today2.cgi
www.todayinsci.com/9/9_02.htm
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_02
There are 120 days remaining until the end of the year
Days left until election day November 02, 2010 61
Days left until election day November 06, 2012 796
1666 - The Great Fire of London breaks out and burns for three days, destroying 10,000 buildings including St Paul's Cathedral.
1752 - Great Britain adopts the Gregorian calendar, nearly two centuries later than most of Western Europe. In 1752, today was the last day of the Julian calendar in Great Britain and the British colonies; the Gregorian Calendar designed to correct the extra leap year day problem went into effect the next day with tomorrow being September 14, hence 11 days were dropped. Most other countries made the adjustment in 1582.
1758 - The first Anglican service of worship to be held on Canadian soil was led by Rev. Robert Wolfall at Frobisher Bay, on Baffin Island.
1784 - English clergyman Thomas Coke, 37, was consecrated, the first "bishop" of the Methodist Episcopal Church, by founder John Wesley. Coke afterward journeyed to America, where he and Francis Asbury oversaw Methodism in the Colonies.
1789 - The United States Department of the Treasury is founded.
1792 - During what became known as the September Massacres of the French Revolution, rampaging mobs slaughter three Roman Catholic Church bishops, more than two hundred priests, and prisoners believed to be royalist sympathizers.
1833 - Oberlin College is founded by John Shipherd and Philo P. Stewart.
1859 - A solar super storm affects electrical telegraph service.
science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2003/23oct_superstorm/
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_storm_of_1859
1862 - American Civil War: President Abraham Lincoln reluctantly restores Union General George B. McClellan to full command after General John Pope's disastrous defeat at the Second Battle of Bull Run.
1864 - American Civil War: Union forces enter Atlanta, Georgia a day after the Confederate defenders flee the city
1885 - Rock Springs massacre: In Rock Springs, Wyoming, 150 white miners, who are struggling to unionize so they could strike for better wages and work conditions, attack their Chinese fellow workers, killing 28, wounding 15, and forcing several hundred more out of town.
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.
1925 - The U.S. Zeppelin the USS Shenandoah crashes, killing 14.
1930 The first non-stop airplane flight from Europe to the U.S. was completed as Capt. Dieudonne Coste and Maurice Bellonte of France arrived in Valley Stream, N.Y., aboard the Question Mark; it took 37 hours.
1930 - While a missionary in the Philippines, American linguistic pioneer Frank Laubach wrote in a letter: 'God is always awaiting the chance to give us high days. We so seldom are in deep earnest about giving him his chance.'
1935 - Labor Day Hurricane of 1935: a large hurricane hits the Florida Keys killing 423.
1939 - World War II: Following the start of the invasion of Poland the previous day, the Free City of Danzig (now Gdañsk, Poland) is annexed by Nazi Germany.
1945 - World War II: Combat ends in the Pacific Theater: the Instrument of Surrender of Japan is signed by Japanese Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu and accepted aboard the battleship USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay.
1945 - Vietnam declares its independence, forming the Democratic Republic of Vietnam.
1946 - Interim Government of India is formed with Jawaharlal Nehru as Vice President.
1949 - English apologist C.S. Lewis wrote in a letter: 'God, who foresaw your tribulation, has specially armed you to go through it, not without pain but without stain.'
1957 - President Ngo Dinh Diem of South Vietnam becomes the first foreign head of state to make a state visit to Australia.
1958 - United States Air Force C-130A-II is shot down by fighters over Yerevan, Armenia when it strays into Soviet airspace while conducting a sigint mission. All crew members are killed.
1960 - The first election of the Parliament of the Central Tibetan Administration, in history of Tibet. The Tibetan community observes this date as the Democracy Day.
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.
1970 - NASA announces the cancellation of two Apollo missions to the Moon, Apollo 15 (the designation is re-used by a later mission), and Apollo 19.
1991 - The United States recognizes the independence of the Baltic states: Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.
1992 - An earthquake in Nicaragua kills at least 116 people.
1998 - Swissair Flight 111 crashes near Peggys Cove, Nova Scotia. All 229 people on board are killed.
Births:
1805 - Esteban Echeverría, Argentine writer (d. 1851)
1810 - William Seymour Tyler, American educator and historian (d. 1897)
1830 - William Pierce Frye (d August 8, 1911) was an American politician from the U.S. state of Maine.
1838 - Liliuokalani of Hawaii, Queen of Hawaii (d. 1917)
1839 - Henry George (d 1897) was an American writer, politician and political economist, who was the most influential proponent of the land value tax, also known as the "single tax" on land.
1847 - Roger Wolcott, 39th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1900)
1850 - Albert Spalding, baseball player and sporting goods manufacturer (d. 1915)
1869 - Hiram Percy Maxim, (d 1936) American inventor and manufacturer known especially for the "Maxim silencer" gun attachment.
1884 - Dr. Frank C. Laubach, Christian missionary, known as "The Apostle to the Illiterates," developed "Each One Teach One" literacy program.(d. 1970)
1901 - Adolph Rupp, American college basketball coach (d. 1977)
1911 - Romare Bearden, African American painter (d. 1988)
1914 - Tom Glazer, American folk singer and songwriter (d. 2003)
1915 - Meinhardt Raabe, actor, notable as Munchkin Coroner on The Wizard of Oz (d. 2010)
1915 - Benjamin Aaron, American labor law expert (d. 2007)
1917 - Cleveland Amory, American author (d. 1998)
1925 - Hugo Montenegro, American composer and bandleader (d. 1981
1928 - Horace Silver, American jazz pianist and composer.
1929 - Hal Ashby, American film director (d. 1988)
1931 - Clifford Jordan, American jazz saxophonist (d. 1993)
1934 - Grady Nutt, American humorist
1935 - D. Wayne Lukas, American horse trainer
1936 - Andrew Grove, American computer chip manufacturer
1937 - Peter Ueberroth, American sport executive
1941 - John Thompson, Jr., American college basketball coach
1943 - Joe Simon, American singer
1946 - Billy Preston, American musician (d. 2006)
1946 - Dan White, American assassin (d. 1985)
1946 - Walt Simonson, American comic book artist & writer
1948 - Terry Bradshaw, American football player
1948 - Christa McAuliffe, American schoolteacher and astronaut (d. 1986)
1951 - Jim DeMint, American politician
1951 - Mark Harmon, American actor
1952 - Jimmy Connors, American tennis player
1957 - Tony Alva, American skateboarder
1960 - Eric Dickerson, American football player
Deaths:
490 BC - Pheidippides, Greek hero, central figure in a story which was the inspiration for a modern sporting event, the marathon
1031 - Saint Emeric of Hungary
1898 - Wilford Woodruff, fourth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1807)
1921 - Anthony Francis Lucas (born Antun Lučić, 1855) was a Croatian-born oil explorer. With Pattillo Higgins he organized the drilling of an oil well near Beaumont, Texas that became known as Spindletop. This led to the widespread exploitation of oil and the start of the petroleum age.
1934 - Alcide Nunez, American jazz clarinetist (b. 1884)
1934 - Russ Columbo, American singer, violinist and actor (b. 1908)
1941 - Lloyd Seay, American stock car driver (b. 1919)
1944 - Bella Rosenfeld, Russian-born American wife of Marc Chagall and subject of many of his paintings (b. 1895)
1948 - Sylvanus Morley, American archaeologist and spy (b. 1883)
1953 - Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright IV, U.S. general (b. 1883)
1955 - Bjorn Kjellstrom, (b 1910) Inventor of the Silva compass which featured a rotating compass dial, and a transparent protractor base plate. As founder of Silva, Inc. in North America, Kjellstrom helped introduce the orienteering sport to the U.S. in the1940s, in part as a way to promote his product. He wrote Be Expert with Map and Compass, considered to be the "bible of orienteering."
1962 - William Wilkerson, American founder of the Hollywood Reporter and the Flamingo Hotel and nightclub owner (b. 1890)
1964 – Glenn Albert Black, American archaeologist (b. 1900)-
1964 - Alvin York, American soldier (b. 1887)
1969 - Ho Chi Minh, President of Vietnam (b. 1890)
1973 - Carl Dudley, American film director (South Seas Adventure) (b. 1910)
1973 - J. R. R. Tolkien, British writer (b. 1892)
1978 - Fred G. Meyer, American businessman, founder of Fred Meyer, Inc. (b. 1886)
1979 - Otto P. Weyland, American military figure (b. 1903)
1985 - Jay Youngblood, American professional wrestler (b. 1955)
1992 - Barbara McClintock, American geneticist, Nobel laureate (b. 1902)
1998 - Allen Drury, American novelist (Advise and Consent)(b. 1918)
2001 - Christiaan Barnard, (b 1922) South African surgeon who performed the world's first human heart transplant operation.
2005 - Bob Denver, American actor (b. 1935)
2006 - Bob Mathias, American athlete and congressman (b. 1930)
2006 - Willi Ninja, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1961)
Holidays and observances
Christian Feast Day:
Acepsimas of Hnaita and companions (Syriac Orthodox Church)
Agricola of Avignon
Antoninus of Pamiers
Castor of Apt
Nonnosus
San Esteban del Rey (Acoma Pueblo)
September 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
www.scopesys.com/cgi-bin/today2.cgi
www.todayinsci.com/9/9_02.htm
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_02