What happened on September 2nd?
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| 31 BC | Octavian defeats Mark Antony and Cleopatra at the Battle of Actium, ending the Roman civil wars Learn more.. |
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| 1192 | Richard and Saladin finalise the Treaty of Jaffa giving Muslims control over Jerusalem but allowed unarmed Christian pilgrims Learn more.. |
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| 1666 | The Great Fire of London begins in a bakery in Pudding Lane near the Tower Learn more.. |
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| 1752 | The last day of the Julian calendar in England, switching instead to the Gregorian calendar, resulting in a major adjustment effectively losing 11 days Learn more.. |
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| 1870 | Napoleon III surrendered to the Prussians during the Battle of Sedan, resulting in the fall of the Second French Empire. Learn more.. |
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| 1923 | The first elections were held in the Irish Free State after achieving independence from Britain. Learn more.. |
| 1930 | French aviators Dieudonne Coste and Maurice Bellonte made the first non-stop flight from Europe to the USA. Learn more.. |
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| 1945 | Ho Chi Minh proclaimed the independence of Vietnam and the establishment of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. Learn more.. |
| The formal Japanese surrender to the Allies aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay. Learn more.. | |
| 1948 | Christa McAuliffe, the first "ordinary citizen" in space, was born in Boston (as Sharon Christa Corrigan). Learn more.. |
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| 1962 | Soviet Russia agreed to send arms to Cuba, leading to the October Missile Crisis after the shipments were discovered by the U.S. Learn more.. |
| 1963 | Alabama Governor George Wallace forcibly halted public school integration by encircling Tuskegee High School with state troopers. Learn more.. |
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| 2026 | Today |
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