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| Birthday September 02, 1838 Queen Liliuokalani, last queen of Hawaii (1891-93) |
| Birthday September 02, 1839 Henry George, land reformer, writer (Progress & Poverty) |
| Birthday September 02, 1853 Wilhelm Ostwald, German physical chemist (Nobel 1909) |
| Birthday September 02, 1866 Hiram Johnson, Calif governor, Progressive |
| Birthday September 02, 1918 Martha Mitchell, wife of Attorney General |
| Birthday September 02, 1918 Allan Drury, author |
| Birthday September 02, 1937 Peter Ueberroth, baseball commissioner |
| Birthday September 02, 1948 Terry Bradshaw, NFL quarterback (Pittsburgh Steelers) |
| Birthday September 02, 1951 Mark Harmon |
| Birthday September 02, 1952 Jimmy Connors, tennis brat |
| Birthday September 02, 1955 Linda Purl |
| History September 02, 0000 The Battle of Actium |
| History September 02, 0031 BC Battle of Actium; Octavian defeats Antony becomes Emp Augustus |
| History September 02, 0490 BC Phidippides runs 1st marathon seeking aid from Sparta vs. Persia |
| History September 02, 1620 Mayflower sets sail from Plymouth with 102 Pilgrims |
| History September 02, 1666 Great Fire of London begins |
| History September 02, 1666 Great Fire of London starts; destroys St. Paul's Church |
| History September 02, 1752 Last day of Julian calendar in Britain British colonies |
| History September 02, 1789 Congress founds U.S. Treasury |
| History September 02, 1789 US Treasury Department established by Congress |
| History September 02, 1804 K L Harding discovers Juno 3rd known asteroid |
| History September 02, 1859 Gas lighting introduced to Hawaii |
| History September 02, 1862 McClellan is restored to full command |
| History September 02, 1885 Whites massacre Chinese in Wyoming Territory |
| History September 02, 1898 Lord Kitchener retakes Sudan for Britain |
| History September 02, 1917 Fatherland Party formally launched in Germany |
| History September 02, 1923 Great Tokyo Fire continues to blaze |
| History September 02, 1927 Rumour starts that Gehrig will be traded to Tigers |
| History September 02, 1936 1st transatlantic round-trip air flight |
| History September 02, 1944 Navy aviator George H.W. Bush and his squadron attacked |
| History September 02, 1945 Japan surrenders |
| History September 02, 1945 Vietnam independence proclaimed |
| History September 02, 1945 Allies celebrate V-J Day |
| History September 02, 1945 Vietnam declares independence from France (National Day) |
| History September 02, 1945 V-J Day; formal surrender of Japan aboard USS Missouri |
| History September 02, 1946 Johnny Neun replaces Bill Dickey as Yankee manager |
| History September 02, 1946 The Iceman Cometh, by Eugene O'Neill, opens on Broadway |
| History September 02, 1956 Washington-Jackson cable line replaced by bus service |
| History September 02, 1957 Milwaukee Brave's Frank Torre scores 6 runs in 1 game |
| History September 02, 1959 Ford introduces the compact, fuel-efficient Falcon |
| History September 02, 1963 CBS & NBC expand network news from 15 to 30 minutes |
| History September 02, 1969 Ho Chi Minh dies |
| History September 02, 1972 47th North Vietnamese MiG shot down |
| History September 02, 1973 Billy Martin fired as manager of Tigers |
| History September 02, 1973 Lord of the Rings creator Tolkien dies |
| History September 02, 1978 Reggie Jackson is 19th player to hit 20 HR in 11 straight years |
| History September 02, 1987 Trial of Mathias Rust begins |
| History September 02, 1991 Connors celebrates birthday with win at U.S. Open |
| History September 02, 1996 Michael Jackson earns his 12th and final solo #1 with You Are Not Alone |
| History September 02, 1998 A UN court hands down the first international conviction for genocide |
| History September 02, 2013 Diana Nyad, 64, makes record swim from Cuba to Florida |