Daily Calendar for Friday, September 2, 2022
Born
- Albert Spalding (baseball player) –
- Cleveland Amory (author of The Cat Who Came for Christmas) –
- Peter Ueberroth (businessman) –
- Terry Bradshaw (football player) –
- Christa McAuliffe (selected to be the first teacher in space) –
- Mark Harmon (actor) –
- Keanu Reeves (actor) –
- Salma Hayek (actress) –
- Erin Hershey Presley (actress) –
Died
- J. R. R. Tolkien (author) –
- Troy Donahue (actor) –
- Bob Denver (actor) –
Events
- Great Fire of London began–
- Congress established the United States Department of the Treasury–
- The first issue of McCall’s magazine was published. The magazine had previously been called Queens Magazine and Queen of Fashion–
- Vice President Theodore Roosevelt uttered the famous phrase, Speak softly and carry a big stick at the Minnesota State Fair–
- Japan surrendered formally at ceremonies held aboard the battleship Missouri, to end World War II–
- First ATM in U.S. debuted, Rockville Centre, N.Y.–
- Charles Burton started 3-year pole-to-pole expedition–
- The long awaited chess rematch between Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky began in Yugoslavia–
- Diana Nyad completed a two-day, two-night swim from Cuba to Florida and became the first person to accomplish the feat unaided by a shark cage–
Weather
- Denver had its earliest measurable snow, 4.2 inches–
- Hurricane Frances caused 2.5 million Florida residents and vacationers to flee the state. It was the biggest evacuation ever ordered in Florida–
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