Today In History
September 2

Events

• 1752 - Last Julian calender day in US & England (no Sept 3-Sept 13th)


• 1789 - US Treasury Department established by Congress


• 1859 - Gas lighting introduced to Hawaii


• 1897 - "McCall-magazine 1st published


• 1898 - Machine gun 1st used in battle


• 1900 - Telegraph use between Germany & US begins


• 1901 - VP Theodore Roosevelt advises, "Speak softly & carry a big stick"


• 1919 - Communist Party of America organizes in Chicago


• 1929 - Unilever forms by merger of Margarine Union & Lever Brothers


• 1936 - 1st transatlantic round-trip air flight


• 1937 - US Housing Authority created by National Housing Act


• 1940 - Great Smoky Mountains National Park dedicated


• 1952 - Dr Floyd J Lewis 1st uses deep freeze technique in heart surgery


• 1957 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site


• 1958 - National Defense Education Act was signed


• 1959 - US President Eisenhower arrives in Paris


• 1963 - AL Governor George C Wallace prevents integration of Tuskegee HS


• 1971 - New York's Electric Circus Club goes out of business


• 1974 - President Gerald Ford signs Employee Retirement Income Security Act


• 1987 - Donald Trump takes out a full page New York Times ad lambasting Japan


• 1989 - Rev Al Sharpton leads a civil rights march through Bensonhurst


• 1990 - Steve Allen, installed as a new abbot of Hartford St Zen Center, San Francisco


• 1991 - US officially recognizes independence of Estonia, Latvia & Lithuania


• 1992 - US dollar valued at 156.50 guilder (record)


• 1995 - Southern California begins using new area code 562

Baseball

• 1919 - National Commission recommends a best-of-9 World Series


• 1927 - Rumour starts that Yankee Lou Gehrig will be traded to Tigers


• 1946 - Johnny Neun replaces Bill Dickey as Yankee manager


• 1956 - Orioles trailing Red Sox 8-0 come back to win 11-10 in 9 innings


• 1957 - Milwaukee Braves' Frank Torre scores 6 runs in 1 game


• 1958 - Minnesota announces $9 million bond issue to improve Metropolitan Stadium


• 1962 - Stan Musial's 3,516th hit moves over Tris Speaker into 2nd place


• 1965 - Cubs slugger Ernie Banks hits his 400th HR (off Curt Simmons)


• 1969 - New York Yankee Joe Pepitone is reinstated


• 1969 - Ralph Houk signs 3-year contract to manage Yankees at $65,000 a season


• 1971 - Cesar Cedeno hits an inside-the-park grand slammer


• 1972 - Chicago White Sox Milt Pappas no-hits San Diego Padres, 1-0


• 1973 - Billy Martin fired as manager of Tigers


• 1978 - Reggie Jackson is 19th player to hit 20 HR in 11 straight years


• 1987 - Kevin Bass is 1st NLer to switch hit HRs in a game twice in 1 season

Golf

• 1940 - 23rd PGA Championship: Byron Nelson at Hershey CC Hershey Pennsylvania


• 1963 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Idaho Centennia Golf Tournament


• 1964 - Norman Manley scores 2-consecutive holes-in-one at Del Valley, Cal


• 1966 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Ladies' World Series of Golf


• 1973 - Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Charity Golf Classic


• 1979 - 79th US Golf Amateur Championship won by Mark O'Meara


• 1985 - Betsy King wins LPGA Rail Charity Golf Classic


• 1991 - Pat Bradley wins LPGA Rail Charity Golf Classic


• 1996 - Michelle McGann wins LPGA State Farm Rail Golf Classic

Boxing

• 1908 - Tommy Burns KOs Bill Lang in 6 for heavyweight boxing title


• 1995 - Frank Bruno beats Oliver McCall in 12 for heavyweight boxing title

Entertainment

• 1929 - WOR (New York City) ends affiliation with CBS radio network


• 1941 - Academy copyrights Oscar statuette


• 1954 - WTVD TV channel 11 in Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina (ABC) begins broadcasting


• 1955 - KCRA TV channel 3 in Sacramento, California (NBC) begins broadcasting


• 1958 - KAYS TV channel 7 in Hays, Kansas (CBS) begins broadcasting


• 1963 - CBS & NBC expand network news from 15 to 30 minutes


• 1967 - KUHI (now KSNF) TV channel 16 in Joplin, Missouri (CBS) begins broadcasting


• 1968 - Jerry Lewis' 3rd Muscular Dystrophy telethon


• 1972 - Rod Stewart's 1st #1 hit (You Wear it Well)


• 1974 - Jerry Lewis' 9th Muscular Dystrophy telethon


• 1978 - George Harrison marries Olivia


• 1982 - Rolling Stone Keith Richard's house burns down


• 1985 - Jerry Lewis' 20th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $33,100,000


• 1986 - Cathy Evelyn Smith sentenced to 3 years for death of John Belushi


• 1987 - Philips introduces CD-video


• 1991 - Jerry Lewis' 26th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $45,071,657


• 1993 - 10th MTV Awards: Pearl Jam, En Vogue wins


• 1995 - Actor Charlie Sheen (30th birthday) marries Donna Peele (25)


• 1996 - Jerry Lewis' 31st Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $49,200,000


• 1997 - Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Montreal Canada on CHOM 97.7 FM


• 1997 - Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Toronto Canada on CILQ 107.1 FM

Trains Planes and Automobiles

• 1930 - 1st non-stop airplane flight from Europe to US (37 hrs)


• 1956 - Washington-Jackson cable line replaced by bus service


• 1978 - John McClain performs 180 outside loops in an airplane over Houston

Weather

• 1935 - A hurricane slams Florida Keys killing 423


• 1954 - Hurricane Edna batters NE US, killing 20

Disasters

• 1806 - A side of Rossberg Peak collapses into Goldau Valley Switz, kills 500


• 1894 - Forest fires destroy Hinckley Minnesota: about 600 die


• 1935 - A hurricane slams Florida Keys killing 423


• 1949 - Fire in riverfront area kills 1,700 (Chungking China)


• 1956 - Collapse of a RR bridge under a train kills 120 (India)


• 1992 - Nicaragua struck by earthquake/floodings; 118 die

Weddings

• 1978 - George Harrison marries Olivia


• 1978 - Gloria Fajardo (21) marries Emilio Estefan (25) (Miami Sound Machine)


• 1995 - Actor Charlie Sheen (30th birthday) marries Donna Peele (25)

World War II

• 1942 - German troops enter Stalingrad


• 1944 - During WW II, George Bush ejects from a burning plane


• 1944 - Holocaust diarist Anne Frank was sent to Auschwitz


• 1944 - US leaders meet in Belgium


• 1945 - V-J Day; formal surrender of Japan aboard USS Missouri (WW II ends)

Cival War

• 1864 - Union General William T Sherman captures Atlanta

Birthdays

• 1661 - Georg Bohm, German organist/composer


• 1716 - Johann Trier, composer


• 1731 - Johann F von Cronegk, German playwright (Olint und Sophronia)


• 1750 - Pehr Frigel, composer


• 1763 - Caroline von Schelling, [Michaelis], German author


• 1778 - Leopold FJJJ van Sassen Ysselt, Dutch politician


• 1798 - Thomas Holliday Hicks, (Union Gov) died in 1865


• 1814 - Ernst Curtius, German archaeologist/historian


• 1837 - James Harrison Wilson, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1925


• 1838 - Liliuokalani, [Lydia Paki], last queen of Hawaii (1891-93)


• 1839 - Henry George, land reformer/writer (Progress & Poverty)


• 1850 - Albert Spaulding, baseball player/founded Spaulding sports company


• 1850 - Eugene Field, author/journalist (Little Boy Blue)


• 1853 - Wilhelm Ostwald, Germany, physical chemist (Nobel 1909)


• 1856 - Yang Hsiu-ch'ing, commander in chief of Taiping Rebellion


• 1866 - Hiram Johnson, (Gov-Progressive-Cal)


• 1870 - Marie Ault, [Mary Cragg], Wigan England


• 1878 - Werner von Blomberg, German minister of Reichswehr


• 1884 - Frank Laubach, Benton Pennsylvania, educator, taught reading through phonetics


• 1892 - Felix Wolfes, composer


• 1894 - Joseph Roth, Austria, journalist/writer (Hotel Savoy)


• 1904 - Vera Vague, [Barbara Jo Allen], NYC, actress (Follow the Leader)


• 1905 - Bernard C J Lievegoed, Dutch anthroposophist? (founder Free College)


• 1908 - Barbara Jo Allen, NYC, actress (Ice Capades Revue, Rosie the Riveter)


• 1910 - Bruce Boyce, singer/teacher


• 1911 - Eileen Way, actress (Les Miserables, Rainbow, Vikings, Assassin)


• 1911 - Rene Amengual, composer


• 1912 - Johan Daisne, [Herman Thiery], Belgian writer (magic realism)


• 1914 - Booker T Laury, blues pianist/vocalist


• 1915 - Dai-Keong Lee, composer


• 1915 - Hans Joachim Koellreutter, composer


• 1916 - Dorothy May Bundy-Cheney, winner of more than 141 US tennis titles


• 1916 - Penny Santon, Greenwich Village New York, actress (Roll Out, Matt Houston)


• 1917 - Cleveland Amory, Nahant Massachusetts, conservationist/TV reviewer (TV Guide)


• 1917 - Laurindo Almeida, Brazilian guitarist (developed bossa nova)


• 1918 - Allen Drury, author (Advise & Consent-1960 Pulitzer Prize)


• 1918 - Laurindo Almeida, composer/guitarist


• 1918 - Martha Mitchell, wife of Attorney General John Mitchell


• 1919 - Gideon William Waldrop, composer


• 1919 - Marge Champion, Los Angeles California, dancer (Marge & Gower Champion Show)


• 1925 - Ronnie Stevens, London England, actor (Rodney-Dick & Duchess)


• 1927 - Francis Matthews, British actor (On the Bowery, Paul Temple)


• 1927 - Leonard Katzman, TV producer


• 1927 - Trudi Jochum-Beiser, Austria, downhill skier (Olympic-gold-1952)


• 1927 - Tzvi Avni, composer


• 1928 - Miloslav Istvan, composer


• 1928 - Peter Mansfield, writer


• 1930 - Andrey Pavlovich Petrov, composer


• 1931 - Alan K Simpson, minority whip (Sen-R-WY, 1979- )


• 1931 - Pierre Huyskens, Dutch radio host


• 1934 - Michael Sahl, composer


• 1935 - Jim Moody, (Rep-D-Wisconsin, 1983- )


• 1936 - David Leonard Blake, composer


• 1936 - Joan Kennedy, 1st wife of Massachusetts Senator, Ted


• 1937 - Peter Ueberroth, organized Los Angeles Olympics (1984)/baseball commissioner


• 1938 - Glyn Worsnip, broadcaster


• 1939 - Bobby Purify, rocker


• 1939 - Robert Lee Dickey, US singer (I'm your puppet)


• 1939 - Sam Gooden, Chattanooga Tenn, rock vocalist (Impressions-Gypsy Woman)


• 1940 - Beverly Sanders, Hollywood California, actress (Lotsa Luck, CPO Sharkey)


• 1940 - Jimmy Clanton, Baton Rogue, Louisiana, rock vocalist (Just a Dream)


• 1940 - Mike Pyne, jazz Pianist


• 1941 - Tommy Aycock, Edinburg Texas, PGA golfer (1994 Las Vegas Senior-5th)


• 1943 - Glenn Sather, NHL coach (Edmonton Oiler)


• 1943 - Joe Simon, US singer (Power of Love)


• 1943 - Rosalind Ashford, Detroit, rock vocalist (Martha Reeve & Vandellas)


• 1944 - Claude Nicollier, Vevey Switzerland, astronaut (STS 61-K, 46, 61, 75)


• 1946 - Luis Avalos, Havana Cuba, actor (Condo, E/R, I Had 3 Wives)


• 1946 - Marty Grebb, Chicago, rocker (Buckinghams)


• 1948 - Sharon Christa Corrigan McAuliffe, teacher/astronaut (STS 25)


• 1948 - Terry Bradshaw, NFL QB (Pittsburgh Steelers)/announcer (CBS, FOX)


• 1949 - Albert West[laken], Dutch singer (Dumb Willie)


• 1951 - Mark Harmon, Burbank California, actor (Dr Caldwell-St Elsewhere)


• 1951 - Michael Gray, Chicago Illinois, actor (Ronnie-Brian Keith Show)


• 1951 - Mike Kaminsky, rocker


• 1952 - Earl Pomeroy, (Rep-D-North Dakota)


• 1952 - Jimmy Connors, tennis brat (US Open-78, 82, 83 Wimbledon-74, 82)


• 1953 - Gerhard P J Thiele, Brenz Germany, astronaut


• 1955 - Linda Purl, Greenwich Connecticut, actress (Gloria-Happy Days, Matlock)


• 1957 - Steve Porcaro, Los Angeles Cal, rock keyboards/vocalist (Toto-Roseanna, Africa)


• 1958 - Marlene Janssen, Rock Island Illinois, playmate (Nov, 1982)


• 1959 - Esther Oosterbeek, Dutch singer (Dolly Dots)


• 1960 - Eric Dickerson, Texas, NFL halfback (Los Angeles Rams, Colts/2,105 yds in 1984)


• 1960 - Rex Hudler, Tempe Arizona, outfielder (New York Yankees, California Angels)


• 1961 - Jeff Russell, Cincinnatti Ohio, pitcher (Texas Rangers)


• 1963 - Sam Mitchell, NBA forward (Minnesota Timberwolves)


• 1964 - Keanu Reeves, Beirut, actor (Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, Speed)


• 1965 - Doug Linton, Santa Ana California, pitcher (Kansas City Royals)


• 1965 - Lennox Lewis, WBC boxing champ


• 1966 - Salma Hayek, actress (Desparado)


• 1968 - Ricardo de Jongh, soccer player (Dordrecht '90)


• 1969 - Mark Brettschneider, Cincinnati Ohio, actor (Jason-One Life to Live)


• 1969 - Russell Freeman, NFL tackle (Oakland Raiders)


• 1969 - Shani Waugh, Bunbury Aust, LPGA golfer (Aust sub-jr champ-1986, 87)


• 1971 - Rich Aurilia, Brooklyn New York, infielder (SF Giants)


• 1971 - Shauna Sand, San Diego California, actress (Renegade)


• 1971 - Tommy Maddox, NFL quarterback (New York Giants)


• 1972 - James Willis, NFL linebacker (Philadelphia Eagles)


• 1972 - Katarina Studenikova, Bratislava Slovak Rep, tennis star


• 1973 - Matthew Dunn, Leeton NSW Australia, swimmer (Olympics-96)


• 1974 - Jason Lawson, NBA center (Orlando Magic)


• 1974 - Karina Wieland, Australian rower (Olympics-96)


• 1980 - Ashley Witmer, Miss Pennsylvania Teen USA (1997)


• 1981 - Katie Teft, Grand Rapids Michigan, gymnast (Olympics-96)

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