September 02

Friday 02, 2005:

The Kingdom of Lovely is declared in Leicester Square, London, by King Danny I of Lovely.

Wednesday 02, 1998:

The UN's International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda finds Jean-Paul Akayesu, the former mayor of a small town in Rwanda, guilty of nine counts of genocide.

Saturday 02, 1995:

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame opens in Cleveland, Ohio.

Monday 02, 1991:

The United States recognizes the independence of the Baltic states: Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.

Sunday 02, 1990:

Transnistria declares its independence from Moldova; however, Moldova does not recognize it.

Wednesday 02, 1987:

In Moscow, the trial begins of 19-year-old pilot Mathias Rust, who flew his Cessna aircraft into Red Square in May 1987.

Tuesday 02, 1969:

1984 - Seven Die + Fifteen wounded in a clash between rival bikie gangs the Bandidos + the Comancheros @ the Millpera Tavern Millpera, Sydney.

Saturday 02, 1967:

The microstate Principality of Sealand unilaterally declares its independence.

Monday 02, 1963:

CBS Evening News becomes U.S. network television's first half-hour weeknight news broadcast, when the show is lengthened from 15 to 30 minutes.

Monday 02, 1946:

Ayn Rand began writing Atlas Shrugged.

Sunday 02, 1945:

Vietnam declares its independence, forming the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam).

Saturday 02, 1944:

Holocaust: Diarist Anne Frank and her family are placed on the last transport train from Westerbork to Auschwitz, arriving three days later.

Saturday 02, 1939:

Following the invasion of Poland, Freie Stadt Danzig Danzig (now Gdańsk, Poland) is annexed to Nazi Germany.

Monday 02, 1935:

Labor Day Hurricane of 1935: A large hurricane hits the Florida Keys killing 423.

Monday 02, 1901:

Vice President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt utters the famous phrase, "Speak softly and carry a big stick" at the Minnesota State Fair.

Friday 02, 1898:

British and Egyptian troops defeat Sudanese tribesmen and establishing British dominance in the Sudan.

Wednesday 02, 1885:

In Rock Springs, Wyoming, 150 white miners attack their Chinese fellow workers, killing 28, wounding 15, and forcing several hundred more out of town.

Friday 02, 1870:

Prussian forces take French Emperor Napoleon III and 100,000 of his soldiers prisoner.

Monday 02, 1867:

Mutsuhito, the Meiji Emperor of Japan marries Ichijo Masako. The Empress consort is thereafter known as Lady Haruko.

Friday 02, 1864:

American Civil War: Union forces enter Atlanta, Georgia a day after the Confederate defenders flee the city.

Tuesday 02, 1862:

American Civil War: President Abraham Lincoln reluctantly restores Union General George McClellan to full command after General John Pope's disastrous defeat at the Battle of Second Bull Run.

Monday 02, 1833:

Oberlin College is founded by John Shipherd and Philo P. Stewart.

Wednesday 02, 1807:

British Navy bombards Copenhagen with fire bombs and phosphorus rockets to prevent Denmark from surrendering its fleet to Napoleon.

Sunday 02, 1792:

During what became known as the September Massacres of the French Revolution, rampaging mobs slaughter three Roman Catholic Church bishops and more than two hundred priests.

Wednesday 02, 1789:

The United States Department of the Treasury is founded.

Saturday 02, 1752:

The United Kingdom adopts the Gregorian Calendar, nearly two centuries later than most of Western Europe.

Thursday 02, 1666:

The Great Fire of London breaks out and burns for three days, destroying 10,000 buildings including St. Paul's Cathedral.

Thursday 02, 1649:

The Italian city of Castro is completely destroyed by the forces of Pope Innocent X, ending the Wars of Castro.

Friday 02, -31:

Off the western coast of Greece, forces of Octavian defeat troops under Mark Antony and Cleopatra.

Sunday 02, -44:

The first of Cicero?s Philippics (oratorical attacks) on Mark Antony. He will make 14 of them over the next several months.

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