Today In History

Today is September 2

Here is what happened today.

1997	Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Toronto Canada on CILQ 107.1 FM
1997	Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Montreal Canada on CHOM 97.7 FM
1996	Jerry Lewis' 31st Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $49,200,000
1996	Michelle McGann wins LPGA State Farm Rail Golf Classic
1996	Soyuz TM-24, lands
1995	Frank Bruno beats Oliver McCall in 12 for heavyweight boxing title
1995	Southern California begins using new area code 562
1995	Actor Charlie Sheen (30th birthday) marries Donna Peele (25)
1994	Miguel Indurain bicycles world record time (53,040 km)
1993	10th MTV Awards: Pearl Jam, En Vogue wins
1993	Day of Peace in South Africa
1993	Central African Republic ex-emperor Bokassa freed
1992	Nicaragua struck by earthquake/floodings; 118 die
1992	US dollar valued at 156.50 guilder (record)
1992	U.S. dollar valued at 156.50 guilder (record)
1991	Jerry Lewis' 26th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $45,071,657
1991	US officially recognizes independence of Estonia, Latvia & Lithuania
1991	Pat Bradley wins LPGA Rail Charity Golf Classic
1991	U.S. officially recognizes independence of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania
1990	Steve Allen, installed as a new abbot of Hartford St Zen Center, SF
1990	"Grapes of Wrath" closes at Cort Theater NYC after 188 performances
1990	Steve Allen, installed as a new abbot of Hartford St. Zen Center, SF
1990	"Grapes of Wrath" closes at Cort Theater New York City after 188 performances
1989	Rev Al Sharpton leads a civil rights march through Bensonhurst
1988	Amnesty International's Human Rights Now! tour begins in Wembley
1987	Kevin Bass is 1st NLer to switch hit home runs in a game twice in 1 season
1987	Donald Trump takes out a full page NY Times ad lambasting Japan
1987	Donald Trump takes out a full page New York Times ad lambasting Japan
1987	Kevin Bass is 1st NLer to switch hit HRs in a game twice in 1 season
1987	Philips introduces CD-video
1987	West German pilot Mathias Rust, who flew a private plane from Helsinki Finland, to Moscow's Red Square, forms trial in Russia
1986	Cathy Evelyn Smith sentenced to 3 years for death of John Belushi
1985	Betsy King wins LPGA Rail Charity Golf Classic
1985	Jerry Lewis' 20th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $33,100,000
1984	"Zorba" closes at Broadway Theater New York City after 362 performances
1984	"Zorba" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 362 performances
1983	Yitzhak Shamir (Herut) endorsed by Menachem Begin for Israeli PM
1982	Rolling Stone Keith Richard's house burns down
1981	U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test
1981	USSR performs underground nuclear test
1980	John Arlott calls his last game, England v Australia at Lord's
1980	John Arlott calls his last game, England vs. Australia at Lord's
1979	79th U.S. Golf Amateur Championship won by Mark O'Meara
1979	"I Remember Mama" closes at Majestic Theater New York City after 108 performances
1979	"I Remember Mama" closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 108 perfs
1979	79th US Golf Amateur Championship won by Mark O'Meara
1978	Reggie Jackson is 19th player to hit 20 HR in 11 straight years
1978	John McClain performs 180 outside loops in an airplane over Houston
1978	George Harrison marries Olivia
1978	Graham Salmon set worlds record for 100 meters by a blind man
1978	Gloria Fajardo (21) marries Emilio Estefan (25) (Miami Sound Machine)
1974	Prest Gerald Ford signs Employee Retirement Income Security Act
1974	Jerry Lewis' 9th Muscular Dystrophy telethon
1973	Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Charity Golf Classic
1973	Billy Martin fired as manager of Tigers
1973	Netherlands wins hockey world's championship
1972	Rod Stewart's 1st #1 hit (You Wear it Well)
1972	USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1972	Renate Stecher runs 100m European female record (11.07 sec)
1972	Chic White Sox Milt Pappas no-hits SD Padres, 1-0
1972	U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R.
1972	Chicago White Sox Milt Pappas no-hits San Diego Padres, 1-0
1971	New York's Electric Circus Club goes out of business
1971	Cesar Cedeno hits an inside-the-park grand slammer
1971	NY's Electric Circus Club goes out of business
1971	Chris Evert and Jimmy Connors win their 1st U.S. Open tennis matches
1971	Chris Evert & Jimmy Connors win their 1st US Open tennis matches
1970	1st tennis tie break at a Grand Slam (US Open) (9 pt sudden death)
1970	1st tennis tie break at a Grand Slam (U.S. Open) (9 pt sudden death)
1969	NY Yankee Joe Pepitone is reinstated
1969	New York Yankee Joe Pepitone is reinstated
1969	Ralph Houk signs 3-year contract to manage Yankees at $65,000 a season
1968	Jerry Lewis' 3rd Muscular Dystrophy telethon
1967	KUHI (now KSNF) TV channel 16 in Joplin, MO (CBS) begins broadcasting
1966	Mickey Wright wins LPGA Ladies' World Series of Golf
1965	Cubs slugger Ernie Banks hits his 400th HR (off Curt Simmons)
1965	Treblinka trial in Dusseldorf ends
1965	Treblinka trial in D?sseldorf ends
1964	Indonesian paratroopers lands in Malaysia
1964	Norman Manley scores 2-consecutive holes-in-one at Del Valley, Cal
1963	CBS and NBC expand network news from 15 to 30 minutes
1963	Mickey Wright wins LPGA Idaho Centennia Golf Tournament
1963	CBS & NBC expand network news from 15 to 30 minutes
1963	Alabama Gov George C Wallace prevents integration of Tuskegee HS
1962	USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
1962	Stan Musial's 3,516th hit moves over Tris Speaker into 2nd place
1962	U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R.
1960	Tamara and Irina Press (U.S.S.R.) become 1st sisters to win olympic gold
1960	Tamara & Irina Press (USSR) become 1st sisters to win olympic gold
1960	William Walton's 2nd Symphony, premieres
1959	U.S. President Eisenhower arrives in Paris
1959	US President Eisenhower arrives in Paris
1958	Great Britain performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island
1958	National Defense Education Act was signed
1958	Minn announces $9 million bond issue to improve Metropolitan Stadium
1958	Henry Verwoerd appointed PM of South Africa
1958	KAYS TV channel 7 in Hays, KS (CBS) begins broadcasting
1957	Milwaukee Braves' Frank Torre scores 6 runs in 1 game
1957	U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1957	US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1957	1st edition newspaper the Ware Time (in Suriname), 1,700 die
1956	Washington-Jackson cable line replaced by bus service
1956	Orioles trailing Red Sox 8-0 come back to win 11-10 in 9 innings
1956	Collapse of a RR bridge under a train kills 120 (India)
1955	KCRA TV channel 3 in Sacramento, California (NBC) begins broadcasting
1955	KCRA TV channel 3 in Sacramento, CA (NBC) begins broadcasting
1954	Hurricane Edna batters NE U.S., killing 20
1954	WTVD TV channel 11 in Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina (ABC) begins broadcasting
1954	WTVD TV channel 11 in Raleigh-Durham, NC (ABC) begins broadcasting
1954	Hurricane Edna batters NE US, killing 20
1952	Dr. Floyd J Lewis 1st uses deep freeze technique in heart surgery
1952	Dr Floyd J Lewis 1st uses deep freeze technique in heart surgery
1951	Australia, NZ & US sign ANZUS-pact
1951	Australia, NZ and U.S. sign ANZUS-pact
1949	Fire in riverfront area kills 1,700 (Chungking China)
1946	Johnny Neun replaces Bill Dickey as Yankee manager
1946	Nehru forms government in India
1946	Nehru forms govt in India
1945	59th U.S. Womens Tennis: Sarah P Cooke beats Pauline Betz (36 86 64)
1945	59th US Womens Tennis: Sarah P Cooke beats Pauline Betz (36 86 64)
1945	Ho Chi Minh declares Vietnam independence from France (National Day)
1945	V-J Day; formal surrender of Japan aboard USS Missouri (WW II ends)
1944	Holocaust diarist Anne Frank was sent to Auschwitz
1944	During WW II, George Bush ejects from a burning plane
1944	Belgium's Emissie bank closes
1944	US leaders meet in Belgium
1944	U.S. leaders meet in Belgium
1942	German troops enter Stalingrad
1941	Academy copyrights Oscar statuette
1940	Great Smoky Mountains National Park dedicated
1940	23rd PGA Championship: Byron Nelson at Hershey CC Hershey Pa
1937	U.S. Housing Authority created by National Housing Act
1937	US Housing Authority created by National Housing Act
1936	1st transatlantic round-trip air flight
1935	A hurricane slams Florida Keys killing 423
1930	1st non-stop airplane flight from Europe to U.S. (37 hrs)
1930	1st non-stop airplane flight from Europe to US (37 hrs)
1929	Unilever forms by merger of Margarine Union and Lever Bros
1929	WOR (New York City) ends affiliation with CBS radio network
1929	Unilever forms by merger of Margarine Union & Lever Bros
1929	WOR (NYC) ends affiliation with CBS radio network
1927	Rumour starts that Yankee Lou Gehrig will be traded to Tigers
1926	Italy signs treaty with Yemen
1924	Rudolf Friml's "Rose Marie" opens to rave reviews in New York City
1924	44th US Mens Tennis: William Tilden beats William Johnston (61 97 62)
1924	Rudolf Friml's "Rose Marie" opens to rave reviews in NYC
1924	44th U.S. Mens Tennis: William Tilden beats William Johnston (61 97 62)
1922	President Ebert declares "Deutschland uber alas" as German national anthem
1922	Pres Ebert declares "Deutschland ?ber alas" as German national anthem
1920	W Somerset Maugham's "East of Suez," premieres in London
1919	Italy agress to general voting right/proportional representation
1919	National Commission recommends a best-of-9 World Series
1919	Communist Party of America organizes in Chicago
1917	Deutsche Vaterlands Party forms (by admiral Tirpitz)
1914	Gen von Hausen and countess of France regime flees to Bordeaux
1914	-3] Gen von Hausen & countess of France regime flees to Bordeaux
1913	Amsterdam reroutes sewage of canals to South Seas
1911	Joao Chagas forms Portuguese govt
1911	Joao Chagas forms Portuguese government
1909	English King Edward VII signs South Africa Bill
1908	Tommy Burns KOs Bill Lang in 6 for heavyweight boxing title
1901	VP Theodore Roosevelt advises, "Speak softly and carry a big stick"
1901	VP Theodore Roosevelt advises, "Speak softly & carry a big stick"
1900	Telegraph use between Germany and U.S. begins
1900	Telegraph use between Germany & US begins
1898	Machine gun 1st used in battle
1898	Battle of Omdurman: Lord Kitchener retakes Sudan for Britain
1897	"McCall-magazine 1st published
1894	Forest fires destroy Hinckley Minnesota: about 600 die
1894	-3] Amsterdam Municipal theater opens
1894	Amsterdam Municipal theater opens
1870	Napoleon III surrenders to Prussian armies
1867	1st Girl School opens in Haarlem Neth
1864	Union General William T Sherman captures Atlanta
1859	Gas lighting introduced to Hawaii
1839	Salon of Vari‚t‚s opens in Amsterdam
1839	Salon of Varietes opens in Amsterdam
1806	A side of Rossberg Peak collapses into Goldau Valley Switz, kills 500
1796	Jews of the Netherlands are emancipated
1792	Paris masses remove nobles/clergymen out of jails and slaughter them
1792	Paris masses remove nobles/clergymen out of jails & slaughter them
1789	US Treasury Department established by Congress
1789	U.S. Treasury Department established by Congress
1752	Last Julian calender day in US & England (no Sept 3-Sept 13th)
1752	Last Julian calender day in U.S. and England (no Sept 3-Sept 13th)
1752	Last day of Julian calendar in Britain, British colonies
1743	England/Austria/Savoye-Sardinia sign Treaty of Worms
1732	Pope Clement XII renews anti-Jewish laws of Rome
1686	Habsburgse armies occupy Buda on Turks
1666	Great Fire in London ends, kills 8
1666	Fire in London destroys 13,000 houses and kills 8
1666	Fire in London destroys 13,000 houses & kills 8
1666	-06] Great Fire in London ends, kills 8 [NS=Sept 12]
1644	Battle at Lostwithiel: Robert Devereux' infantry surrenders
1537	King Christian III publishes "Ordinance on the Danish Church"
1519	1st Battle of Tehuacingo, San Salvador vs Mexico
1192	Sultan Saladin & king Richard the lion hearted sign cease fire
1192	Sultan Saladin and king Richard the lion hearted sign cease fire
911	Viking-monarch Oleg of Kiev-Russia signs treaty with Byzantines

These people died on September 2

1997	Rudolf Bing, opera manager (NY Met Opera), dies at 95
1997	Viktor Frankl, psychotherapist (Man's Search for Meaning), dies at 92
1996	Cyril Reuben, violinist, dies at 69
1996	Emily Kngwarreye, artist, dies at 86
1996	Kenneth M Stewart, euro MP for Merseyside West, dies at 71
1996	Otto Luening, composer, dies at 96
1996	Paddy Clift, cricketer (Rhod & Leicester all-rounder 1970-88), dies
1995	Vaclav Neummann, conductor, dies at 74
1994	Harry Vincent Kemp, poet, dies at 82
1994	Mildred Mcafee Horton, US 1st head mistress of WAVES, dies
1994	Richard M Major, US anti-terror specialist (CIA Red Book), dies at 72
1994	Roy Castle, entertainer, dies at 62
1994	Detlef Macha, German DR cyclist (5x world champ), dies at 35
1993	John/Eoin Higgins, N Ire supreme court justice (1984-93), dies at 66
1993	Eric Berry, English/US actor (Pippin, 49th Parallel), dies at 80
1992	Barbara McClintock, US, geneticist (Nobel 1983), dies at 90
1992	Piotr Jaroszewicz, premier of Poland (1970-80), dies
1991	Concetto Lo Bello, Italian intl soccer judge, dies
1991	Alfonso Garcia Robles, Mexican foreign minister (Nobel 1982), dies
1989	A Bartlett Giamatti, baseball commisioner, dies at 51
1985	Abe Lenstra, Dutch soccer star, dies at 64
1982	Tom Bakker, actor (Golden Voyage of Sinbad), dies of a drug OD at 42
1982	Jay Novello, actor (Harum Scarum, Rebel Breed), dies of cancer at 78
1980	William Douglas Denny, composer, dies at 70
1979	Felix Aylmer, actor (Quartet, Hamlet, Dreaming Lips), dies at 90
1973	John R R Tolkien, British story writer (Hobbitt), dies of ulcer at 81
1970	Cornelis L "Kees" van Baaren, Dutch composer (Hollow Men), dies at 63
1970	Allan Walker, actor/writer (Red Buttons Show), dies at 64
1969	Harry Williams Millard, producer, dies of cancer at 41
1968	Ernest Claes, Belgium, author (The White), dies at 82
1965	Johannes Bobrowski, writer, dies at 48
1964	Morris Ankrum, actor (Kronos, Earth vs Flying Saucers), dies at 67
1964	Francisco H Craveiro Lopes, Portuguese gen/pres (1951-58), dies at 70
1961	Greet Koeman, Dutch singer, dies at 54
1957	William A Craigie, Scottish lexicographer, dies at 90
1955	Rudolf Kattnigg, composer, dies at 60
1944	George W Norris, US senator (lame duck-amendement), dies
1937	Esther de Farmer-of Rich, actress (Kniertje-On hope of blessing), dies
1937	Pierre de Coubertin, baron/revivor of Olympics, dies at 74
1934	Ruggiero de Rudolpho "Russ" Columbo, US singer/violist, dies at 26
1915	August Stramm, writer, dies at 41
1914	EugŠne OdŠne, French mayor of Senlis, executed
1910	Henri "le Douanier" Rousseau, French ambassador/painter, dies
1906	Guiseppe Giacosa, Ital screenwriter (libretti opera Puccini), dies
1905	Walter Cecil Macfarren, composer, dies at 79
1898	Hubert Howard, British journalist (Times), dies through friendly fire
1896	Nat Thompson, cricketer (played 1st Two Tests for Australia), dies
1891	Ferdinand Christian Wilhelm Praeger, composer, dies at 76
1870	Charles Victor Arthur Saint-Leon, composer, dies at 48
1862	Thornton F Brodhead, US lawyer/politician/brig-general, dies at 40
1790	Johann N von Hontheim, German religious historian/Bishop, dies
1779	Onno Zwier van Hairs, Fries poet (Agon), dies at 66
1715	Constantin Christian Dedekind, composer, dies at 87
1698	Justus Vingboons, Architect, buried
1645	lady Alice Lisle, English widow of John Lisle, beheaded
1606	Carel van Mander, Flemish painter/art historian, dies at 58
1566	Taddeo Zuccari, Italian painter, dies at 37
1547	Hernan Cortes, Spanish general defeated Aztec Indians
1418	Jan III Chalon, prince of Orange/gov of Burgundy, dies
1384	Louis I, duke of Anjou/king of Naples (Battle of Poitiers), dies
421	Flavius Constantine III, emperor of Westromeinse, dies at about 51

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