09-02-2004, 05:33 AM
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September 2nd
31 BC ~ Battle of Actium - Off the western coast of Greece, forces of Octavian defeat troops under Mark Antony and Cleopatra. This date is often used for the beginning of the Roman Empire.
1666 ~ Great Fire of London: A large fire broke out in London in the house of Charles II's baker on Pudding Lane near London Bridge. The fire burned for three days destroying 10,000 buildings including St. Paul's Cathedral, but only 16 people are known to have died.
1853 ~ Birthday of Wilhelm Ostwald, Chemist.
1898 ~ Battle of Omdurman - British and Egyptian troops led by Horatio Kitchener defeated Sudanese tribesmen led by Khalifa Abdullah al-Taashi, establishing British dominance in the Sudan.
1936 ~ Birthday of Andrew Grove, co-founder and chairman of Intel.
1938 ~ Death of Pierre de Coubertin, French founder of the modern Olympic Games.
1944 ~ Diarist Anne Frank and her family were placed on the last transport train from Westerbork to Auschwitz. They arrived three days later.
1945 ~ The final official surrender of Japan was accepted by General Douglas MacArthur and Admiral Chester Nimitz from a delegation led by Mamoru Shigemitsu, aboard the battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay, bringing World War II to an end.
1948 ~ Birthday of Christa McAuliffe, Teacher, Astronaut.
1964 ~ Death of Alvin York, Hero. He was the most decorated American soldier of World War I.
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