| Ambit's Today In History: A forced remembrance of the crucial, and trivial, people and events that have painted the canvass of human achievement. | |||||||
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September Is:
• Bourbon Month • Classical Music M. • Int'l Sq. Dance M. • N'l Mind Mapping M. • National Bed Check M. • National Chicken M. • National Courtesy M. • National Honey M. • National Papaya M. • National Piano M. • National Rice M. • Self Improvement M. |
Thursday, September 2nd Day 245 Of The Year 2010 |
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| On This Day: |
| At the Battle of Actium; Octavian defeats Antony, and becomes the Emporer Augustus | |
| Phidippides runs the first marathon, seeking aid from Sparta against the Persians | |
| Great Fire of London starts; destroys St Paul's Church | |
| Great Britain, and the British colonies, adopt the Gregorian calendar | |
| The adoption of the Stars and Stripes flag design is first revealed to the American public. | |
| U.S. Treasury Department established by Congress | |
| Gas lighting introduced to Hawaii | |
| Union General William T Sherman captures Atlanta | |
| Lord Kitchener retakes Sudan for Britain | |
| President Teddy Rooseveldt tells people to “Walk softly and carry a big stick” at the Minnesota State Fair, St. Paul, MN. | |
| Communist Party of America organized in Chicago | |
| Rudolf Friml's “Rose Marie” opens to rave reviews in NYC | |
| First non-stop airplane flight from Europe to U.S. (37 hrs) | |
| A hurricane slams the Florida Keys killing 423 | |
| First transatlantic round-trip air flight | |
| Anne Frank (Diary of Anne Frank) is sent to Auschwitz | |
| During WW II, George Bush ejects from a burning plane | |
| Ho Chi Minh declares Vietnam independence from France (National Day) | |
| V-J Day; formal surrender of Japan aboard USS Missouri (WWII ends) | |
| Hurricane Edna batters NE U.S., killing 20 | |
| Washington-Jackson cable line replaced by bus service | |
| Alabama Gov George C Wallace prevents integration of Tuskegee High School | |
| CBS & NBC expand network news from 15 to 30 minutes | |
| Norman L Manley scores back-to-back Holes in One at the Del Valle Country Club | |
| Cesar Cedeno hits an inside-the-park grand slammer | |
| George Harrison marries Olivia | |
| Graham Salmon set the worlds record for 100 meters by a blind man | |
| John McClain performs 180 outside loops in an airplane over Houston | |
| Reggie Jackson is 19th player to hit 20 HR in 11 straight years | |
| Yitzhak Shamir (Herut) endorsed by Menachem Begin for Israelli PM | |
| Cathy Evelyn Smith sentenced to 3 years for death of John Belushi | |
| Donald Trump takes out a full page NY Times ad lambasting Japan | |
| Kevin Bass is first NLer to switch hit home runs in a game twice in 1 season | |
| West German pilot Mathias Rust, who flew a private plane from Helsinki Finland, to Moscow's Red Square, goes on trial in Russia | |
| Rev Al Sharpton leads a civil rights march through Bensonhurst | |
| Jerry Lewis' 26th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $45 Million | |
| The United States and Russia agree to build a space station (the International Space Station remains a work in progress) | |
| A Swissair jetliner crashes off Nova Scotia, killing the 229 passengers and crew aboard | |
| FEMA, National Guard and U.S. military troops finally begin assisting stranded civilians and evacuating the Gulf Coast and New Orleans four days after the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina |
| Born On This Day: |
| Queen Lydia Kamekeha Liliuokalani, last queen of Hawaii (1891-93) (172 years ago) | |
| Henry George, land reformer, writer (Progress & Poverty) (171 years ago) | |
| Eugene Field, author/journalist (Little Boy Blue) (160 years ago) | |
| Wilhelm Ostwald, Germany, physical chemist (Nobel 1909) (157 years ago) | |
| Yang Hsiu-ch'ing, commander in chief of the Taiping Rebellion (154 years ago) | |
| Hiram Johnson, (Gov-Progressive-Cal) (144 years ago) | |
| Frank Laubach, Benton Pennsylvania, educator, taught reading through phonetics (126 years ago) | |
| Set Svanholm, Västeras Sweden, tenor (London Convent Garden 1948-57) (106 years ago) | |
| Vera Vague, (Barbara Jo Allen), NYC, actress (Follow the Leader) (106 years ago) | |
| Dorothy May Bundy-Cheney, winner of more than 141 U.S. tennis titles (94 years ago) | |
| Penny Santon, Greenwich Village NY, actress (Roll Out, Matt Houston) (94 years ago) | |
| Allen Drury, author (Advise & Consent-1960 Pulitzer Prize) (92 years ago) | |
| Martha Mitchell, wife of Attorney General John Mitchell (92 years ago) | |
| Marge Champion, Los Angeles CA, dancer (Marge & Gower Champion Show) (91 years ago) | |
| Ronnie Stevens, London England, actor (Rodney-Dick & the Duchess) (85 years ago) | |
| Alan K Simpson, (Sen-R-Wyo) (79 years ago) | |
| Joan Kennedy, first wife of Mass Senator, Ted (74 years ago) | |
| Beverly Sanders, Hollywood CA, actress (Lotsa Luck, CPO Sharkey) (70 years ago) | |
| Jimmy Clanton, Baton Rogue, La, rock vocalist (Just a Dream) (70 years ago) | |
| Claude Nicollier, Vevey Switzerland, astronaut (STS 61-K, 46) (66 years ago) | |
| Sharon Christa Corrigan McAuliffe, teacher/astronaut (Challenger) (62 years ago) | |
| Mark Harmon, Burbank actor (Dr Caldwell-St Elsewhere) (59 years ago) | |
| Michael Gray, Chicago Illinois, actor (Ronnie-Brian Keith Show) (59 years ago) | |
| Jimmy Connors, tennis brat (U.S. Open-78,82,83 Wimbeldon-74,82) (58 years ago) | |
| Linda Purl, Greenwich CT, actress (Gloria-Happy Days, Matlock) (55 years ago) | |
| Marlene Janssen, Rock Island Illinois, playmate (Nov, 1982) (52 years ago) | |
| Eric Dickerson, Texas, NFL halfback (LA Rams, Indianapolis Colts) (50 years ago) | |
| Keanu Reeves, actor (Matrix, Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure) (46 years ago) | |
| Mark Brettschneider, Cincinnati Ohio, actor (Jason-One Life to Live) (41 years ago) |
| And Don't Forget, Today Is: |
| (U.S.) National Beheading Day | |
| (Vietnam) Independence Day (1945) |
