What Happened On September 2

What Happened On Sep 2 Events

1666 Sep 2
to 1666 Sep 5
 Great Fire of London
The Great Fire of London was a major conflagration that swept through the central parts of the English city of London, from Sunday, 2 September to Wednesday, 5 September 1666. The fire gu...
1789 Sep 2 The United States Department of the Treasury is Established
The Department of the Treasury is an executive department and the treasury of the United States federal government. It was established by an Act of Congress in 1789 to manage government r...
1861 Sep 2 Battle of Dry Wood Creek
The Battle of Dry Wood Creek (also known as the Battle of Big Dry Wood Creek or the Battle of the Mules) was fought on September 2, 1861 in Vernon County, Missouri during the American Civ...
1864 Sep 2
to 1864 Sep 4
 Battle of Berryville
Description: Maj. Gen. Philip Sheridan’s divisions marched south from Halltown, reaching Berryville on September 3. Happening upon elements of Brig. Gen. George Crook’s corps going into c...
1864 Sep 2 Union Forces Under General Sherman Capture Atlanta
On the night of September 1, Hood evacuated Atlanta, burning military supplies and installations, causing a great conflagration in the city (the dramatic fire scenes depicted in the 1939 ...
1885 Sep 2 The Rock Springs Massacre
On September 2, 1885, a mob of white coal miners attacked their Chinese co-workers (both groups were employed by the Union Pacific Coal Company) in Rock Springs, Wyoming Territory, over a...
1912 Sep 2 Arthur Rose Eldred Becomes the first Eagle Scout
Eldred completed the required 21 merit badges for Eagle in April of 1912. In the August 1912 issue of Boy’s Life, Eldred was listed in the Honor Roll section as having received the follo...
1914 Sep 2 Japanese 18th Infantry Division Begins Landings at Longkou
During the course of the naval operations off Tsingtao, the British Royal Navy (RN) attached the China Station's pre-dreadnought HMS Triumph and the destroyer HMS Usk to the IJN. The Brit...
1935 Sep 2 George Gershwin Completes Porgy And Bess
On September 2, 1935, George Gershwin signed his name to the completed orchestral score of the opera, Porgy and Bess. The composer called the 700-page score his masterpiece and never ceas...
1939 Sep 2 Construction on Stutthof Concentration Camp is Completed
In September 1939, the Germans established the Stutthof camp in a wooded area west of Stutthof (Sztutowo), a town about 22 miles east of Danzig (Gdansk). The area was secluded: to the nor...
1944 Sep 2 George H.W. Bush is Shot Down in the Pacific Ocean
He was assigned to Torpedo Squadron (VT-51) as the photographic officer in September 1943. The following year, his squadron was based on the USS San Jacinto as a member of Air Group 51, w...
1945 Sep 2 The Democratic Republic of Vietnam Declares its Independence
As the League for the Independence of Vietnam (Vietnam Doc Lap Dong Minh Hoi), better known as the Viet Minh, Vietnamese nationalists had fought against the Japanese invaders as well as t...
1945 Sep 2 V-J Day - Victory over Japan Day — World War II Ends with Japanese Surrender
Victory over Japan Day (V-J Day, also known as Victory in the Pacific Day, or V-P Day) is a name chosen for the day on which the Surrender of Japan occurred, effectively ending World War ...
1946 Sep 2 Formation of the Interim Government of India
Alarmed by the increasing lawlessness, Lord Wavell brought the Muslim League into the Interim Government. The formation of the coalition between the Congress and the League fanned politic...
1973 Sep 2 J.R.R. Tolkien Dies
Tolkien's wife, Edith, died on 29 November 1971, at the age of 82. Tolkien had the name Lúthien engraved on the stone at Wolvercote Cemetery, Oxford. When Tolkien died 21 months later on ...
1978 Sep 2 "Dawn Of The Dead" Is Released
Dawn of the Dead (also known as Zombi internationally) is a 1978 horror film, written and directed by George A. Romero. It was the second film made in Romero's Living Dead series, but con...
1980 Sep 2 "Atlantic City" Is Released
Atlantic City is a film directed by Louis Malle. Filmed in late 1979, it was released in France and Germany in 1980 and in the United States in 1981. The script was written by John Guare....
1988 Sep 2 "Eight Men Out" Is Released
Eight Men Out is an American dramatic sports film, released in 1988, based on 8 Men Out, published in 1963, by Eliot Asinof. It was written and directed by John Sayles. It is a dramati...
1991 Sep 2 David Bowie releases Tin Machine II
Tin Machine II is an album by Tin Machine, originally released by Victory Music in 1991. For the American release of the album, the cover was airbrushed to remove the genitalia of the ...
1991 Sep 2 Morbid Angel releases Abominations of Desolation
Abominations of Desolation was an early demo album by Morbid Angel. While it was originally recorded in May 1986, the band did not release it at the time due to their dissatisfaction with...
1993 Sep 2 Sepultura release Chaos A.D.
Chaos A.D. (Chaos Anno Domini) is the fifth studio album by Brazilian heavy metal band Sepultura, released in late 1993 through Roadrunner Records. This was the record that helped the gro...
1996 Sep 2 The Fugees Release "Ready or Not" Single
"Fu-Gee-La" is the first single from the Fugees' second album, The Score. The song, which was produced by Salaam Remi, contains a sample of "If Loving You Is Wrong, I Don't Want To Be Rig...
1998 Sep 2 In-Flight Fire Causes Pilots to Lose Control on Swissair Flight 111
Swissair Flight 111 (SR-111, SWR-111) was a Swissair McDonnell Douglas MD-11 on a scheduled airline flight from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City, United States to Co...
1998 Sep 2 South Park Episode 211 - "Roger Ebert Should Lay Off the Fatty Foods"
The kids go on a field trip to the planetarium. All of the children except Cartman are acting wierd. As usual Stan and Kyle, with Kenny's sacrifice, try to get to bottom of the mystery. M...
2001 Sep 2 Adult Swim Launches on Cartoon Network
Adult Swim, stylized as [adult swim], is an adult-oriented cable television network that shares channel space with Cartoon Network from 10:00 PM to 6:00 AM ET/PT in the United States and ...
2003 Sep 2 "Badger Badger Badger" by Jonti Picking First Published
"Badger Badger Badger", "The Badger Song" or "Badgers" is a Flash cartoon by British animator Jonti Picking. It consists of images of badgers doing calisthenics, a toadstool in front of a...
2004 Sep 2 Boston Red Sox defeat Los Angeles Angels, 4-3
LeBron flubs a dunk now and then. Tiger muffs a 2-footer or two. Ichiro even swings and misses occasionally. But the Red Sox? The way they have mastered the art of winning, Terry Franc...
2004 Sep 2 Hurricane Ivan
Hurricane Ivan was the 10th most intense Atlantic hurricane ever recorded. The cyclone was also the sixth hurricane and the fourth major hurricane of the active 2004 Atlantic hurricane se...
2004 Sep 2 United Nations Security Counicil Resolution 1559 adopted
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1559 was a resolution adopted by the United Nations Security Council on September 2, 2004. It called upon Lebanon to establish its sovereignty o...
2005 Sep 2 Baltimore Orioles defeat Boston Red Sox, 7-3
FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Just kidding about the dateline. But this one -- a 7-3 loss to a demoralized, dragging flock of Orioles -- had that feel. The Sox, in losing at Fenway Park for only...
2005 Sep 2 FDA Approves Sanofi Aventis's Ambien CR
Treating insomnia (trouble falling asleep or staying asleep). Ambien CR Extended-Release Tablets are a sedative-hypnotic, or sleep medicine. It works by helping to increase certain nat...
2006 Sep 2 Toronto Blue Jays defeat Boston Red Sox, 5-1
Understandably, the home clubhouse at Fenway Park has been a somber place of late, with the club still shellshocked by the health concerns of two teammates. Yesterday, the gloom partia...
2007 Sep 2 Boston Red Sox defeat Baltimore Orioles, 3-2
You can't really call them the Cardiac Kids. If anything, the young players the Red Sox have brought up have kept the heartbeats of management fairly steady. When you dip into the farm fo...
2007 Sep 2 Entourage Season 4 Episode 12 - The Cannes Kids
At Cannes, the guys party it up and attend to the business of selling Medellin, and find themselves with two offers on the table before it's even screened, and in the end, the film is bou...
2008 Sep 2 Boston Red Sox defeat Baltimore Orioles, 14-2
The "MVP! MVP!" chants continue from adoring fans who are continually amazed that such a small player can generate so much power. Yet again last night, Dustin Pedroia, hitting cleanup aft...
2008 Sep 2 New York Mets defeat Milwaukee Brewers, 6-5
MILWAUKEE - Jon Niese showed plenty of guts and a world of potential. He just didn't show that he's quite ready to pitch in the big leagues, particularly in a September pennant race. S...
2009 Sep 2 Auto-Tune the News #8: dragons. geese. Michael Vick. (ft. T-Pain)
We were honored to be joined in our newsmangling by Chairman Pain of the Federal Commission of T-Pain.
2009 Sep 2 Chicago White Sox defeat Minnesota Twins, 4-2
The Twins have not been scoring many runs lately, as in Wednesday's 4-2 loss to the Chicago White Sox in the Metrodome. But one reason the Twins are 11-4 in their past 15 games is outf...
2009 Sep 2 Chris Brown Appears on Larry King to Discuss Rihanna Beating
Chris Brown sat down with Larry King in his first interview since his February 8 arrest for assaulting his ex-girlfriend, pop star Rihanna. In a “no-holds barred” interview that will a...
2009 Sep 2 Colorado Rockies defeat New York Mets, 5-2
DENVER - Rockies pinstripes seem to suit Jason Giambi, too. Giambi, pinch-hitting with the bases loaded for the second straight game, and in his second day as a Rockie, delivered a tie...
2009 Sep 2 Democratic Sources Say President Obama to Give Speech on Health Care Reform to Joint Session of Congress on September 9
President Obama will address the contentious issue of health-care reform in a speech to a joint session of Congress on September 9, multiple Democratic sources said Wednesday. President ...
2009 Sep 2 Emory University Sequesters Students with Flu-Like Symptoms in an Attempt to Avoid Swine Flu Outbreak
Officials with Emory University in Atlanta say around 50 students with swine flu have been moved to a separate dorm. Those students are not attending classes and school workers are bringi...
2009 Sep 2 Former Congressman James Traficant Is Released From Prison
ROCHESTER, Minnesota (CNN) – Former Rep. James Traficant was released from federal prison Wednesday. CNN affiliates KTTC and KAAL report that Traficant — sporting knee socks, shorts an...
2009 Sep 2 Immigrant group targets Mark Kirk with TV ads featuring his face on a condom
Mark Kirk's record on immigration reform is not sterling. It's also a topic he'd prefer to avoid. But if the North Shore Republican wants to run for U.S. Senate, the group Illinois Immigr...
2009 Sep 2 Man's Fingertip Bitten Off at Rally for Health-Care Reform
One of a national series of rallies for health-care reform took a violent turn Wednesday night when, according to authorities in Thousand Oaks, Calif., an unidentified man bit off the tip...
2009 Sep 2 New York Yankees defeat Baltimore Orioles, 10-2
BALTIMORE - CC Sabathia's stellar second half has thrust his name into the American League Cy Young conversation, but the big lefthander has his eye on another piece of hardware. "I'll...
2009 Sep 2 St. Louis Cardinals defeat Milwaukee Brewers, 10-3
St. Louis — It just keeps getting worse for the Milwaukee Brewers' starting rotation, which at this point is nearly impossible. Right-hander Dave Bush didn't look like a pitcher equipp...
2009 Sep 2 Tampa Bay Rays defeat Boston Red Sox, 8-5
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - The bases were loaded. The dugout was filled with extra players, including Mike Lowell and Rocco Baldelli, and yet Alex Gonzalez strode to the plate with the Red So...
2009 Sep 2 Wichita Falls School Refuses to Air Obama Back-to-School Speech
Thanks, but no thanks — is the message from the Wichita Falls school superintendent to the president of the United States. President Barack Obama has plans to give a live special addre...
2010 Sep 2 Boston Red Sox defeat Baltimore Orioles, 6-4
BALTIMORE — There are still some things to look forward to in this Red Sox season, and one of them is this weekend series, when the White Sox bring their brand new player — Manny Ramirez ...