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September 02nd - Today's Highlights in History

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« on: September 02, 2009, 06:53:38 am »

Wednesday, September 02nd
The 245th day of 2009.
There are 120 days left in the year.
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Today's Highlights in History


   
   On Sept. 2, 1945, Japan formally surrendered in ceremonies aboard the USS Missouri, ending World War II. (Go to article.)

On Sept. 2, 1948, Christa McAuliffe, the American teacher who died in the 1986 space shuttle Challenger explosion, was born. Following her death on Jan. 28, 1986, her obituary appeared in The Times. (Go to obit. | Other Birthdays)
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   On September 2, 1871, Harper's Weekly featured a cartoon about the new "streetcar suburbs." (See the cartoon and read an explanation.)
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1666    The Great Fire of London broke out. When it was extinguished three days later, nearly 400 acres in the city had been destroyed, including some 13,000 houses and the old St. Paul's Cathedral.

1789    The U.S. Treasury Department was established.

1864    Union Gen. William T. Sherman's forces occupied Atlanta during the Civil War.

1901    Vice President Theodore Roosevelt offered the advice, "Speak softly and carry a big stick," in a speech at the Minnesota State Fair.

1935    A hurricane slammed into the Florida Keys, claiming 423 lives.

1944    Navy pilot George H.W. Bush was shot down by Japanese forces as he completed a bombing run over the Bonin Islands. The future president was rescued by a U.S. submarine.

1945    Ho Chi Minh declared Vietnam an independent republic.

1963    Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace prevented the integration of Tuskegee High School by encircling the building with state troopers.

1963    "The CBS Evening News" was lengthened from 15 to 30 minutes.

1969    North Vietnamese President Ho Chi Minh died.

1969    The first automatic teller machine to use magnetic-striped cards was opened to the public at Chemical Bank in New York.

1983    Tom Brokaw took over as anchor of NBC's "Nightly News."

1985    A U.S.-French expedition announced that it had located the wreckage of the Titanic about 560 miles off Newfoundland.

1992    The United States and Russia agreed to build a space station.

1998    A Swissair jetliner crashed off Nova Scotia, killing all 229 people aboard.

2004    President George W. Bush accepted his party's nomination for a second term at the Republican National Convention in New York City.

2005    A National Guard convoy packed with food, water and medicine rolled into New Orleans four days after Hurricane Katrina.
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« Reply #1 on: September 02, 2009, 06:54:58 am »

Current Birthdays


Keanu Reeves turns 45 years old today.

AP Photo/Dan Steinberg Actor Keanu Reeves turns 45 years old today.


94    Meinhardt Raabe
Actor ("The Wizard of Oz")

90    Marge Champion
Actress, dancer ("Show Boat")

81    Horace Silver
Jazz pianist

78    Alan K. Simpson
Former U.S. senator, R-Wyo.

72    Peter Ueberroth
Former baseball commissioner

70    Sam Gooden
R&B singer (The Impressions)

69    Jimmy Clanton
Singer

68    John Thompson
Hall of Fame basketball coach

66    Rosalind Ashford
R&B singer (Martha & the Vandellas)

66    Joe Simon
R&B singer

61    Nate Archibald
Basketball Hall of Famer

61    Terry Bradshaw
Football Hall of Famer, sportscaster

58    Jim DeMint
U.S. senator, R-S.C.

58    Mark Harmon
Actor ("NCIS," "St. Elsewhere")

57    Jimmy Connors
Tennis Hall of Famer

54    Linda Purl
Actress

51    Jerry Augustyniak
Rock musician (10,000 Maniacs)

50    Paul Deakin
Country musician (The Mavericks)

49    Eric Dickerson
Football Hall of Famer

43    Salma Hayek
Actress

41    Kristen Cloke
Actress

41    Cynthia Watros
Actress

40    K-Ci
R&B singer

36    Katt Williams
Actor

35    Michael Lombardi
Actor

32    Sam Rivers
Rock musician (Limp Bizkit)

22    Spencer Smith
Rock musician (Panic at the Disco)

Historic Birthdays




Christa McAuliffe

9/2/1948 - 1/28/1986
American teacher; died in the Challenger space shuttle explosion
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81    Ernst Curtius
9/2/1814 - 7/11/1896
German archaeologist; directed the excavation of Olympia

79    Lucretia Hale
9/2/1820 - 6/12/1900
American novelist and writer of children's books

81    Giovanni Verga
9/2/1840 - 1/27/1922
Italian novelist, short story writer and playwright

65    A. G. Spalding
9/2/1850 - 9/9/1915
American baseball player and sporting-goods manufacturer

78    Wilhelm Ostwald
9/2/1853 - 4/4/1932
Russian-born German Nobel Prize-winning chemist (1909)

79    Frederick Soddy
9/2/1877 - 9/22/1956
English Nobel Prize-winning chemist (1921)

67    Werner Blomberg
9/2/1878 - 3/22/1946
German general and minister of war under Hitler

81    Cleveland Amory
9/2/1917 - 10/14/1998
American critic, historian and journalist

57    Martha Mitchell
9/2/1918 - 5/31/1976
American figure in the Watergate scandal


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