What are the important events that happened on September 2? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
September 2: Facts & Myths About This Day
September 2 is the 246th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 120 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is August 20, 2024 – a Monday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 479,232 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectatetracontahexagon’ day.
Virgo is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Sapphire is the modern birthstone for this month. Agate is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 149 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,273 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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September 2 Historical Events
- 31 BC –Final War of the Roman Republic: Battle of Actium – off the western coast of Greece, forces of Octavian defeat troops under Mark Antony and Cleopatra.
- 1649 –The Italian city of Castro is completely destroyed by the forces of Pope Innocent X, ending the Wars of Castro.
- 1792 –During what became known as the September Massacres of the French Revolution, rampaging mobs slaughter three Roman Catholic Church bishops, more than two hundred priests, and prisoners believed to be royalist sympathizers.
- 1806 –A massive landslide destroys the town of Goldau, Switzerland, killing 457.
- 1811 –The University of Oslo is founded as The Royal Fredericks University, after Frederick VI of Denmark and Norway.
- 1856 –The Tianjing Incident takes place in Nanjing, China.
- 1859 –A solar super storm affects electrical telegraph service.
- 1945 –World War II: Combat ends in the Pacific Theater: the Instrument of Surrender of Japan is signed by Japanese Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu and accepted aboard the battleship USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay.
- 1991 –The United States recognize the independence of the Baltic states: Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.
- 1998 –Swissair Flight 111 crashes near Peggys Cove, Nova Scotia. All 229 people on board are killed.
Who were born on September 2?
- 1820 –Lucretia Hale, American journalist and author (d. 1900)
- 1847 –Roger Wolcott, 39th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1900)
- 1923 –René Thom, French mathematician (d. 2002)
- 1929 –Victor Spinetti, Welsh actor
- 1940 –Jimmy Clanton, American singer
- 1952 –Jimmy Connors, American tennis player
- 1960 –John S. Hall, American poet and spoken-word artist
- 1966 –Massimo Cuttitta, Italian rugby player and coach
- 1976 –Erin Hershey Presley, American actress
- 1983 –Aimee Osbourne, English singer, actress and columnist
Who died on September 2?
- 1397 –Francesco Landini, Italian composer (b. 1325 or 1335)
- 1768 –Antoine Deparcieux, French mathematician (b. 1703)
- 1834 –Thomas Telford, Scottish civil engineer (b. 1757)
- 1942 –Tom Williams, Irish republican (b. 1924)
- 1964 –Alvin York, American soldier (b. 1887)
- 1971 –Robert Mensah, Ghanaian football goalkeeper (b. 1939)
- 2000 –Elvera Sanchez, Puerto Rican dancer (b. 1905)
- 2002 –Dick Reynolds, Australian rules footballer and coach (b. 1915)
- 2004 –Eleni Zafeiriou, Greek actress (b. 1916)
- 2011 –Roberto Bruce, Chilean journalist (b. 1979)
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