09-02-2005, 05:19 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 started in Pudding Lane at the house of Thomas Farrinor near London Bridge. Samuel Pepys, a neighbor, was woken by the fire at around 1 AM. The fire burned for three days destroying 10,000 buildings including St. Paul's Cathedral, but only 16 people are known to have died.
1752 ~ The U.K. adopted the Gregorian Calendar, nearly two centuries later than most of Western Europe.
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.
1924 ~ Birthday of Daniel arap Moi, President of Kenya.
1944 ~ Anne Frank and her family were placed on the last transport train from Westerbork to Auschwitz. They arrived three days later.
1945 ~ The 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.
1964 ~ Death of Alvin York, Hero. He was the most decorated American soldier of World War I.
1969 ~ Death of Ho Chi Minh, Vietmamese Revolutionary, President & Prime Minister.
1973 ~ Death of J. R. R. Tolkien, British writer.
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