Talk:September 2

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September 2: National Day for Vietnam (1945) 31 BC – Final War of the Roman Republic: Troops supporting Octavian defeated the forces of Mark Antony and Cleopatra in the naval Battle of Actium on the Ionian Sea near Actium in Greece. 1666 – Great Fire of London: A large fire began in London's Pudding Lane and burned the city for three days, destroying St Paul's Cathedral and the homes of 70,000 of the city's 80,000 inhabitants. 1870 – Franco-Prussian War: Prussian forces captured Napoleon III of France at the Battle of Sedan in Sedan, France; the Second French Empire collapsed within days. 1898 – Mahdist War: Forces led by Horatio Kitchener (pictured) defeated Sudanese tribesmen at the Battle of Omdurman in Omdurman, Khartoum, Sudan, establishing British dominance in northeastern Africa. 1945 – On the deck of the United States Navy battleship USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, representatives from the Empire of Japan and several Allied Powers signed the Japanese Instrument of Surrender, formally ending World War II. More events: September 1 – September 2 – September 3 Archive – By email – More anniversaries... It is now 02:43, June 11, 2008 (UTC) – Refresh this page

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Day uncertain (may be Sept 6, 7 or 8th for crowning but I could not find the day that the pageant started)

• 1921 - First Miss America pageant held in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

-- mav 05:58, 2 Sep 2003 (UTC)

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Entry in here twice: 1988 and 1998 --> A United Nations court finds Jean-Paul Akayesu, the former mayor of a small town in Rwanda, guilty of nine counts of genocide, marking the first time that the 1948 law banning genocide is enforced

I assume it has to be 1998, but would like to ask someone else to make the final decision.

thanks, deadstar

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Dominic Chianese birthday entry incorrect, commented out. 2/24/31, not 9/2/34 despite what The Sopranos website says.

JohnH

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1916: 16 German zepplins bombed London, killing 93 people and injuring 691. Could someone care to put this in?