Some Unusual Flowers Seen During My Daily Walk

Bizarre weather we have been having in recent days. Yesterday stayed in the upper 60's for most of the day here, which is probably still well below average for this time of the year. Yet, it felt warmer than the temperature read. Then today, it returned to feeling like a hot and humid summer day after the earlier clouds and light rain.

Unusual, even for the turbulence of these times when seasons begin to change.

Anyway, I saw these flowers during my walk. Decided to take a picture, and it seemed like it would be worth sharing here.

Enjoy.

Chickenhawk Trump Administration Apparently is Seriously Considering Nuking Iran

“I am tired and sick of war. Its glory is all moonshine. It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, for vengeance, for desolation. War is hell.” 

― William Sherman

Often times, we hear the loudest voices in favor of war, such as this war in Iran, from people who themselves never fought in a war. They are wildly enthusiastic about sending others off to war. But then somehow, they themselves are exempt from serving.

This current war in Iran is a perfect example. Let us remember that Trump promised not to get into exactly this kind of war. And Trump himself is a great example of a typical American chickenhawk. Five deferments from the Vietnam conflict after receiving an elite military education. One, famously, was for heel spurs. Then promising not to get the United States in another war before breaking that promise by attacking Iran. Supposedly, the White House held a meeting to determine whether the use of nuclear weapons could be used, allegedly to either delay or outright cancel the upcoming elections by declaring a national emergency after the attack. 

Do anyone really even doubt anymore that Trump & Co. are capable of such a thing? Do you imagine that he will think first (or at all) about the human costs, or feel remorse after launching such a strike? 

No. With Trump, it's easy to figure out: he thinks only of his self-interest. And yeah, if he thinks that launching nuclear attack on Iran will help to keep him in power - or gain still more power - than you better believe that he will launch it. 

This man, who was too cowardly to fight the war he received an elite military education for, and who also promised to keep the United States out of wars, apparently now is seriously thinking about nuking Iran. 

You know, I am not a big fan of war. But I am particularly disgusted with chickenhawks like Trump and company. Men who never actually fought a war, but are quick to recruit young people to go off and fight - and die - in wars of their making, which are for their own narrow profit in some manner or another. This so-called leader has insulted members of the military and gold star families before. Remember when he turned his back on a Navy warship simply because it bore the name of a recently deceased political rival, in an act so disrespectful on so many levels that it could be it's own article?

Yeah, that's the guy who launched this damn war in Iran. And now, he just might launch a nuclear strike against Iran?

Absolutely disgusting.

That is why I started this post with the quote from a man who knew war intimately, and clearly had no good things to say about it. 

Man, I wish the people of the United Stats would wake up already.

What times we live in.

September 3rd: This Day in History

  

Once again, it should be reiterated, that this does not pretend to be a very extensive history of what happened on this day (nor is it the most original - the links can be found down below). If you know something that I am missing, by all means, shoot me an email or leave a comment, and let me know!

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history

In 36 BCE, in the Battle of Naulochus, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, Admiral of Octavian, defeated Sextus Pompeius, son of Pompey, thus ending Pompeian resistance to the Second Triumvirate. On this day in 301, San Marino, one of the smallest nations in the world and the world's oldest republic still in existence, was founded by Saint Marinus. In 1189 on this day, England's King Richard I (the Lion-Hearted) crowned in Westminster. 30 Jews were massacred at his coronation. The Battle at Nurnbergwas fought on this day in 1632, when the Duke Wallenstein beat Sweden. On this day in 1650, the Battle at Dunbar was fought between England and Scotland. The Battle at Worcester was fought on this day in 1651, with Oliver Cromwell destroying the English royalists. Richard Cromwell succeeded his father as English Lord Protector on this day in 1658. On this day in 1709, the first major group of Swiss/German colonists reached the Carolinas. England, France, Hannover & Prussia signed the Covenant of Hannover on this day in 1725. The Revolutionary War of Independence between the U.S. and Great Britain officially ended on this day in 1783 with the signing of the Treaty of Paris. On this day in 1791 during the days of the Revolution, the French Constitution was passed by the National Assembly. In 1798 on this day, the week-long Battle of St. George's Caye began between Spanish and British off the coast of Belize. Frederick Douglass escaped from slavery disguised as a sailor on this day in 1838. On this day in 1861 during the American Civil War, Confederate forces entered Kentucky, thus ending its neutrality. In 1900 on this day, the British annexed Natal in what is now modern day South Africa. Boer General Jan Smuts entered Kiba Drift in the Cape Colony on this day in 1901 during the Anglo-Boer War. On this day in 1918 during the so-called Great War (better known as World War I), the Allies forced the Germans back across the Hindenburg Line. Civil war broke out in China on this day in 1924, as Gen Tsi moved to Shanghai. On this day in 1939, Great Britain formally declared war on Germany. France followed six hours later, and they were quickly joined by Australia, NZ, South Africa & Canada. In 1944 on this day during the Holocaust, the last transport from Westerbork to Auschwitz took place. Former Beatle John Lennon left the United Kingdom for New York City on this day in 1971, never returning to Great Britain. On this day in 1984 during apartheid white minority rule, South Africa adopted a new constitution.

Here's a more detailed look at events that transpired on this date throughout history:

• In 36 BCE, in the Battle of Naulochus, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, Admiral of Octavian, defeated Sextus Pompeius, son of Pompey, thus ending Pompeian resistance to the Second Triumvirate. 

• On this day in 301, San Marino, one of the smallest nations in the world and the world's oldest republic still in existence, was founded by Saint Marinus. 

• On this day in 590, St Gregory I began his reign as Catholic Pope. 

• In 1189 on this day, England's King Richard I (the Lion-Hearted) crowned in Westminster. 30 Jews were massacred at his coronation. 

• The Battle of Ain Djaloet was fought on this day in 1260, Palestine defeated Mongol army. 

• Utrecht surrendered to Habsburgs army on this day in 1483. 

• In 1543 on this day, Cardinal Beaton replaced Earl Arran as Regent for Mary of Scotland. 

The Battle at Nurnbergwas fought on this day in 1632, when the Duke Wallenstein beat Sweden. 

On this day in 1650, the Battle at Dunbar was fought between England and Scotland. 

English Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell

• The Battle at Worcester was fought on this day in 1651, with Oliver Cromwell destroying the English royalists. Richard Cromwell succeeded his father as English Lord Protector on this day in 1658. 

• Ottoman troops broke through defenses of Vienna on this day in 1683. In 1697 on this day, King William's War in America ended with the Treaty of Ryswick. 

• On this day in 1709, the first major group of Swiss/German colonists reached the Carolinas. 

• England, France, Hannover & Prussia signed the Covenant of Hannover on this day in 1725. 

• Willem KH Friso was installed as Viceroy of Friesland on this day in 1731. 

• This day never happened in 1752, nor the next 10, as England adopted the Gregorian Calendar. People rioted believing the government stole 11 days of their lives. The American colonies also adopted the Gregorian calender (becomes Sept 14) on this day in 1752. 

Statue of a Continental Soldier of the American Revolutionary War of Independence in Trenton, New Jersey

• On this day in 1777, the Cooch's Bridge - Skirmish of American Revolutionary conflict in New Castle County, Delaware, during which the flag of the United States was flown in battle for the first time..

• In 1779 on this day, the Earl d'Orvilliers (French/Spanish Armada) sailed back to Brest. 

Early version of the American flag used during the Revolutionary War for Independence

• The Revolutionary War of Independence between the U.S. and Great Britain officially ended on this day in 1783 with the signing of the Treaty of Paris.  

The tricolore flag of France (above) which originated during the French Revolution. 

• On this day in 1791 during the days of the Revolution, the French Constitution was passed by the National Assembly. 

• In 1798 on this day, the week-long Battle of St. George's Caye began between Spanish and British off the coast of Belize.

1803 - English scientist John Dalton started using symbols to represent the atoms of different elements.

1826 - USS Vincennes leaves NY to become 1st warship to circumnavigate globe

1832 - Rebellious slaves set fire to Paramaribo Suriname

1833 - NY Sun begins publishing (1st daily newspaper)

Bust of Abolitionist Frederick Douglass

• Frederick Douglass escaped from slavery disguised as a sailor on this day in 1838.

1849 - California State Constitutional Convention convenes in Monterey

1852 - Anti Jewish riots break out in Stockholm

• 1855 - Indian Wars: In Nebraska, 700 soldiers under American General William S. Harney avenge the Grattan Massacre by attacking a Sioux village, killing 100 men, women, and children.

• On this day in 1861 during the American Civil War, Confederate forces entered Kentucky, thus ending its neutrality.

1864 - Battle of Berryville, VA

Abolitionist Frederick DouglassAbolitionist Frederick Douglass 

1864 - US, British, French & Dutch naval officer sails Staits of Simonoseki

1865 - Army commander in SC orders Freedmen's Bureau to stop seizing land

• 1874 - The congress of the state of México elevates Naucalpan to the category of Villa, with the title of "Villa de Juárez".

1878 - England's Princess Alice sinks; 645 die

1881 - 1st US Mens Tennis: Richard D Sears beats William E Glyn (60 63 62)

1881 - Anton Bruckner completes his 6th Symphony

1882 - French/Vietnamese/Chinese battle at Hanoi, 100s die

• 1888 - East Africa Company political & commercial rights

1888 - Queen Victoria grants William Mackinnons Imperial British

1890 - Oliver S Campbell wins US Tennis Open

1891 - 11th US Mens Tennis: Oliver S Campbell beats C Hobart (26 75 79 61 62)

1891 - Cotton pickers organize union & staged strike in Texas

1891 - John Stephens Durham, named minister to Haiti

1895 - 1st pro football game played, Latrobe beats Jeanette 12-0 (Penn)

The Voortrekker Monument in Pretoria, South Africa.

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• In 1900 on this day, the British annexed Natal in what is now modern day South Africa

Jan Smuts statue in London

• Boer General Jan Smuts entered Kiba Drift in the Cape Colony on this day in 1901 during the Anglo-Boer War.

1902 - Pittsburgh Pirates, win earliest pennent (full season)

1902 - Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Illustrious Client"

1903 - Resolute beats Shamrock III (England) in 13th America's Cup

1904 - St Louis Olympics closes

1906 - Phila Giants win Negro Championship Cup in Phila before 10,000 fans

1906 - Yanks win 2nd game on a forfeit over A's; 2nd forfeit win

1908 - James Barries "What Every Woman Knows," premieres in London

1911 - 31st US Mens Tennis: Wm A Larned beats Maurice E McLoughlin (64 64 62)

1912 - Arnold Schoenberg's "Funf Orchesterstucke," premieres

1912 - World's 1st cannery opens in England to supply food to the navy

1914 - British expeditionary army/general Lanrezacs army attacks the Marne

1914 - Cardinal Giacome della Chiesa becomes Pope Benedict XV

1914 - French troops vacate Reims

1914 - Prince Wilhelm von Wied leaves Albania

1916 - Allies turned back Germans in WW I's Battle of Verdun

1917 - 1st night bombing of London by German fighter planes

1917 - German troops over run Riga Latvia

1917 - Grover Cleveland Alexander pitches complete wins in a doubleheader

1917 - Utrecht soccer team Holland forms

1918 - 38th US Mens Tennis: R L Murray beats William T Tilden (63 61 75)

1918 - 5 soldiers hanged for alleged participation in Houston riot of 1917

• On this day in 1918 during the so-called Great War (better known as World War I), the Allies forced the Germans back across the Hindenburg Line.

1921 - 16th Davis Cup: USA beats Japan in New York (5-0)

1921 - KPB, Communist Party of Belgium forms

1923 - Dorothys Donelly's "Poppy," premieres in NYC

• Civil war broke out in China on this day in 1924, as Gen Tsi moved to Shanghai.

1924 - L Stallings & M Anderson's "What Price Glory?," premieres in NYC

1925 - 1st international handball match held

1925 - Dirigible "Shenandoah" crashed near Caldwell Ohio, 13 die

1928 - Baseball Hall of Famer Ty Cobb got his 4,191th & final career hit

1929 - Dow Jones hits a record peak of 381.17

1929 - Dow Jones Industrial Average reached all time high at the time (381.17), which was shortly followed by the Crash of 1929.

1930 - Hurricane kills 2,000, injures 4,000 (Dominican Republic)

1932 - Ellsworth Vines beats Henri Cochet for US Tennis title

1932 - Jimmie Foxx of A's hits 50th & 51st HRs to become 3rd to hit 50

1933 - Yevgeniy Abalakov reaches the highest point of the Soviet Union - Communism Peak (7495 m).

1934 - Tunisia began its move for independence

1935 - 1st automobile to exceed 300 mph, Sir Malcolm Campbell (301.337 mph)

1935 - Andrew Varipapa sets bowling record of 2,652 points in 10 games

1936 - 3rd NFL Chicago All-Star Game: All-Stars 7, Detroit 7 (76,000)

1938 - 1940 Olympic site changed from Tokyo Japan to Helsinki Finland

1939 - German U-boat sinks British passenger ship Athenia

• 1939 - Great Britain & France declare war on Germany after invasion of Poland

1939 - Yanks beat Red Sox on a forfeit, their 4th forfeit win

On this day in 1939, Great Britain formally declared war on Germany. France followed six hours later, and they were quickly joined by Australia, NZ, South Africa & Canada.

1940 - 1st showing of high definition color TV

1940 - 39.4 CM rainfall at Sapulpa Oklahoma (state record)

Dictator of Nazi Germany Adolf HitlerDictator of Nazi Germany Adolf Hitler 1940 - Hitler orders invasion in England on Sept 21 (Operation Seelöwe/Sealion)

1940 - Neth government in exile of Gerbrandy forms London

1940 - Sicherheits police bans Free masons, Rotary & Red Cross

1940 - US gives Britain 50 destroyers in exchange for Newfoundland base lease

1941 - 1st use of Zyclon-B gas in Auschwitz (on Russian prisoners of war)

1941 - KYW TV channel 3 in Philadelphia, PA (NBC) begins broadcasting

1943 - British 8th army lands in South Italy (Messina)

1943 - General Castellano signs cease fire treaty in Sicily

1944 - 58th US Womens Tennis: P Betz beats Margaret Osborne duPont (63 86)

1944 - 68th & last transport of Dutch Jews (including Anne Frank) leaves for Auschwitz concentration camp

• 1944 - Canadian troops liberate Abbeville, France

1944 - Frank Parker beats Bill Talbert for US Tennis title

1944 - French troops liberate Lyon

  

• In 1944 on this day during the Holocaust, the last transport from Westerbork to Auschwitz took place.

1944 - Prince Bernhard appointed supreme commander of Neth Domestic Arm Force

1944 - Tank division of British Guards free Brussels

1945 - 65th US Mens Tennis: Sgt Frank A Parker beats Wm Talbert (14-12 61 62)

1945 - Japanese forces in Philippines surrender to Allies

1947 - Phila A's Bill McCahan no-hits Wash Senators, 3-0

1947 - Yanks get 18 singles to beat Red Soxs 11-2

1948 - W Gomulka deposed as general secretary of Polish Worker's party

1949 - Fire in Chiang-king, China, destroys 7,000 lives

Jewish Victim & Diarist of the Holocaust Anne FrankJewish Victim & Diarist of the Holocaust Anne Frank 1950 - "Nino" Farina becomes the first Formula One Drivers' champion after winning the 1950 Italian Grand Prix.

1951 - TV soap opera "Search for Tomorrow" debuts on CBS

• 1953 - European Convention on Human Rights goes into effect

• 1953 - French minister Francois Mitterrand, resigns due to colonial policy

1954 - China begins artillery bombing on Quemoy & Amoy

1954 - Espionage & Sabotage Act of 1954 signed

1954 - Pope Pius X canonized a saint

1954 - The People's Liberation Army begin shelling the ROC-controlled islands of Quemoy.

1954 - The German U-Boat U-505 began its move from a specially constructed dock to its final site at Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry.

1955 - KTBS TV channel 3 in Shreveport, LA (ABC) begins broadcasting

1956 - Tanks are deployed against racist demonstrators in Clinton, Tennessee

1957 - Warren Spahn sets record for a lefty pitcher with 41st shut-out

1962 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Spokane Golf Open

US Attorney General Robert Francis KennedyUS Attorney General Robert Francis Kennedy 1964 - US attorney general Robert Kennedy resigns

1964 - Wilderness Act signed into law by President Lyndon B Johnson

1965 - Curt Flood's record of 568 straight chances without an error begins

1965 - Garcia Godoy forms government in Dominican Republic

1965 - Jim Hickman becomes 1st NY Met to hit 3 HRs in a game

1965 - Pope Paul VI publishes encyclical Mysterium Fidei

1965 - Preparing a move to Anaheim, Angels change their name from LA to Calif

1966 - 24th World SF Convention honors Gene Roddenberry

1966 - Donovan hits #1 with "Sunshine Superman"

1967 - Final episode of "What's My Line?," hosted by John Charles Daly

1967 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Ladies' World Series of Golf

1967 - Last broadcast of "What's My Line" on CBS TV

• 1967 - Nguyen Van Thieu elected President of South Vietnam under a new constitution

• 1967 - Sweden begins driving on right-hand side of road

1967 - WJPM TV channel 33 in Florence, SC (PBS) begins broadcasting

Vietnamese Politican Nguyen Van ThieuVietnamese Politican Nguyen Van Thieu 1968 - Chicago White Sox set AL record of 39 loses by 1 run

1970 - After NL record 1,117 consec games, Billy Williams asks to sit out

1970 - Bill Halley & Comets reject $30,000 for 15 date tour of Australia

1970 - Indonesian president Suharto visits Netherlands

 Ran into this image of John Lennon, and just thought it was cool, as well as appropriate for the day, given that Paul McCartney was in town (Syracuse, New York, June 2022). 

• Former Beatle John Lennon left the United Kingdom for New York City on this day in 1971, never returning to Great Britain. 

1971 - Manlio Brosio resigns as sect-gen of NATO

• 1971 - Qatar regains complete independence from Britain

1971 - Watergate team breaks into Daniel Ellsberg's doctor's office

1973 - General Walters, ends term as acting director of CIA

1973 - Jerry Lewis' 8th Muscular Dystrophy telethon

1974 - Giants John Montefusco makes his major league debut

1974 - NBA guard Oscar Robertson retires

1974 - US & German DR establish diplomatic relations

1975 - Chartered 707 crashes in Atlas Mts of Morocco, 188 die

1975 - Steve Garvey begins his NL record 1,207 consecutive game streak

NBA Player Oscar RobertsonNBA Player Oscar Robertson 1976 - Viking 2 soft lands on Mars (Utopia), returns photos

1977 - Japan's Sadaharu Oh hits 756th HR to surpass Hank Aaron's total

1977 - Last broadcast of "Mary Tyler Moore Show" on NBC-TV

1978 - Crew of Soyuz 31 returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 29

1978 - Leonid Mossejev becomes European marathon champ (2:11:57.5)

1978 - Pope John Paul I officially installed as 264th supreme pontiff

1979 - Hurricane David, a strong Atlantic storm kills over 1,000

1979 - Iran army conquerors Mahabad

1979 - Jerry Lewis' 14th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $30,000,000

1979 - Jo Ann Washam wins LPGA Rail Charity Golf Classic

1981 - Gerald P Remy of Boston gets 6 hits in a baseball game

1981 - Longest game in Fenway Park, suspended in 19, Mariners-7, Red Sox-7

1982 - Jorgensen government in Denmark resigns

1984 - 28 year old Chicagoan wins $40 million in Illinois state lottery

1984 - Bruce Sutter breaks NL record for saves in a season with his 38th

Actress Mary Tyler MooreActress Mary Tyler Moore 1984 - Cindy Hill wins LPGA Rail Charity Golf Classic

1984 - Jerry Lewis' 19th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $32,074,566

Flag of South Africa during the apartheid era

• On this day in 1984 during apartheid white minority rule, South Africa adopted a new constitution.

1985 - 20th Space Shuttle Mission (51-I)-Discovery 6-returns to Earth

1985 - England regain Cricket Ashes by beating Australia at The Oval

1985 - NY Met Gary Carter hits 3 consecutive HRs in a game

1986 - Alan Ayckbourn's "Woman in Mind," premieres in London

1986 - Astros & Cubs use a record 53 players in an 18 inning game

1987 - Coup in Burundi suspends constitution

1988 - Dennis Eckersley sets A's record with his 37th save en route to 45

1989 - "Into the Woods" closes at Martin Beck Theater NYC after 764 perfs

1989 - Iljushin-62 crashes down on residential area of Havana, 170 die

1989 - Chris Evert defeats 15-year-old Monica Seles for her 101st & last US Tennis Open singles victory

1990 - 9th no-hitter of 1990: Blue Jay Dave Steib beats Cleve 3-0

1990 - Beth Daniel wins LPGA Rail Charity Golf Classic

1990 - Helen Hudson sings national anthem in 26th park of year (San Diego)

1990 - Jerry Lewis' 25th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $44,172,186

1990 - White Sox reliever Bobby Thigpen sets save record at 47 en route to 57

1992 - Jerry Lewis' 27th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $45,759,368

1994 - Circulation of Neth Telegraph/News of the Day reaches 800,000

1995 - Carolina Panthers lose their 1st NFL game (Atlanta-23 Carolina-20 OT)

1995 - Jacksonville Jaguars lose their 1st NFL game (Houston-10, Jaguars-3)

1995 - NY Yankee Tony Fernandez hits for the cycle

1995 - Soyuz TM-22, launched into orbit

1995 - eBay founded.

1996 - Slowinski & Gage discovers 2^1257787-1 (34th known Mersenne prime)

• 1997 - A Vietnam Airlines Tupolev TU-134 crashes on approach into Phnom Penh airport, killing 64.

2004 - The Beslan school massacre ends in the deaths of approximately 344 people, mostly teachers and children.

2012 - 3 people are killed and 19 wounded by a car bombing in Peshawar, Pakistan

2012 - Typhoon Bolaven kills 48 people in North Korea

2012 - New Zealand announces its withdrawal of forces from Afghanistan

1189 - England's King Richard I was crowned in Westminster.   1783 - The Revolutionary War between the U.S. and Great Britain ended with the Treaty of Paris.   1833 - The first successful penny newspaper in the U.S., "The New York Sun," was launched by Benjamin H. Day.   1838 - Frederick Douglass boarded a train in Maryland on his way to freedom from being a slave.   1895 - The first professional football game was played in Latrobe, PA. The Latrobe YMCA defeated the Jeannette Athletic Club 12-0.   1935 - Sir Malcolm Campbell became the first person to drive an automobile over 300 miles an hour. He reached 304.331 MPH on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah.   1939 - British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, in a radio broadcast, announced that Britain and France had declared war on Germany. Germany had invaded Poland on September 1.   1943 - Italy was invaded by the Allied forces during World War II.   1951 - "Search for Tomorrow" debuted on CBS-TV.   1954 - "The Lone Ranger" was heard on radio for the final time after 2,956 episodes over a period of 21 years.   1966 - The television series "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet" ended after 14 years.   1967 - The TV game show "What's My Line?" broadcast its final episode. The show aired over 17 years on CBS.   1967 - Nguyen Van Thieu was elected president of South Vietnam under a new constitution.   1967 - In Sweden, motorists stopped driving on the left side of the road and began driving on the right side.   1976 - The U.S. spacecraft Viking 2 landed on Mars. The unmanned spacecraft took the first close-up, color photos of the planet's surface.   1981 - David Brinkley left NBC News after 38 years to join with ABC.   1981 - Egypt arrested more than 1,500 opponents of the government.   1984 - Bruce Sutter (St. Louis Cardinals) set a National League record by earning his 38th save of the season.   1986 - Peat Marwick International and Klynveld Main Goerdeler of the Netherlands agreed to merge and form the world’s largest accounting firm.   1989 - The U.S. began shipping military aircraft and weapons, worth $65 million, to Columbia in its fight against drug lords.   1994 - Russia and China announced that they would no longer be targeting nuclear missiles or using force against each other.   1999 - Mario Lemieux's ownership group officially took over the National Hockey League's Pittsburgh Penguins. Lemieux became the first player in the modern era of sports to buy the team he had once played for.

1189 Richard I (the Lion-Hearted) was crowned king of England at Westminster Abbey. 1658 Oliver Cromwell, the lord protector of England, died. 1783 The Treaty of Paris officially ended the Revolutionary War between the United States and Great Britain. 1939 Great Britain and France declared war on Germany during World War II. 1967 Nguyen Van Thieu was elected president of South Vietnam. 1974 Frank Robinson was named the first African-American manager in major league baseball. 1976 The unmanned U.S. spacecraft Viking II landed on Mars and took the first pictures of the planet's surface. 1978 Pope John Paul I was installed as the 264th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church.

The following links are to web sites that were used to complete this blog entry:

http://www.historyorb.com/today/events.php

http://on-this-day.com/onthisday/thedays/alldays/sep03.htm

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history

http://www.infoplease.com/dayinhistory

Trump Illegally Cutting Historical Trees in D.C. Without Court Approval

Sometimes, it is still shocking to think that one man can do so much damage to an entire country in such a short amount of time, and with such impunity. It sure was shocking at first to see it early on in Trump's second term, even though we had already had his first term to get used to certain levels of idiocy. But he did not do quite as much damage then as he has been doing now in his second term.

A lot of that damage has been with his intent to remake the nation's capital to his liking. Think about all that he managed to change just in the short time since he assumed the Oval Office for a second time. In the White House itself, he destroyed the Rose Garden, demolished the East Wing, and then installed a museum-like hall of presidential plaques, only with his own idiotic commentary tacked on to it. Now it seems the Supreme Court has given him the green light to build his ridiculous ballroom. Of course that's not enough, as he wants an underground bunker to be built. You know, like Hitler had in Berlin. 

The damage was not restricted merely to the White House, though. Trump drained the Reflecting Pool and painted it "American flag blue" (whatever that is supposed to be for a pool) and then filled it with scummy water before it needed to be drained. Of course he blamed Obama for that fiasco, and also claimed that people had effectively destroyed the Reflecting Pool, thus justifying an ugly fence to block access to it. Trump has also started to lay the ground for an arch, which many are calling the "Arc de Trump." After all, he seems to want to build it in honor of himself. Who else?

Now, Trump is tearing out some historical trees in Washington, as well. This he is doing despite not having the proper permission. But when has that ever stopped him before?

Indeed, Trump has ordered the removal of cherry blossoms along the Potomac, as well as trees planted right next to the Kennedy Center. Those trees are historical and should be valued as a national treasure, frankly. The blossoms were a gift from Japan early in the 20th century. As for the trees at the Kennedy Center, they were planted shortly after Kennedy was assassinated to commemorate the memory of the late president. That those trees were on the grounds of the Kennedy Center is significant, of course, because Trump briefly and illegally renamed it after himself before being ordered to remove his name. That apparently pissed off Trump something fierce, because now, he is threatening to tear the building down unless he gets to have his name on it again.

Once again, as if any more proof were needed, Trump is proving that he does not build anything as much as he destroys things. True, one could argue that he is building the ballroom or the "Arc de Trump." But those things are vanity projects to himself, to glorify him. They are selfish and literally very costly ambitions that actually say more about how tone deaf this presidency is, focusing on these expensive monuments to a mediocre man rather than actually helping Americans out at a time when most are struggling. Plus, he needs to destroy things in order to build these monuments to himself. He did not hesitate to destroy the Rose Garden, the East Wing of the White House, or the Reflecting Pool. And he is now literally threatening to destroy the Kennedy Center. 

This man is not just an awful human being, but a historically horrendous president. Whether it is lawful or not, regardless of whether he has received approval from the necessary authorities or not, he just does things because he wants to. If the law stands in the way, he just ignores it. He acts like he has total impunity, and that his actions are always going to come to fruition. That there will never be a reckoning.

Of course, in that regard, he is going by what he sees. And what he has seen now throughout his life is a country that accommodates his bullshit and never, ever seems  to have the stomach to actually hold him accountable for his crimes. 

Now, he continues to almost literally scar the city of Washington as he desires. Never mind the public good and the interest of ordinary Americans coming to visit the nation's capital. Trump wants yet another golf course for elites like him (if not for him privately, perhaps) and specifically to his liking. If he does not like those historical cherry blossoms which were given to the nation as a gift from Japan over a century ago, he simply tears them down. And what are the odds that Trump will not seek to privatize this course for himself and his friends? Because all we need is yet one more Trump golf course. And this one will come at the expense of beauty and history. 

Truly, this all feels symbolic of the Trump presidency as a whole. Or perhaps it would be more appropriate to describe it as an A-hole.

Everything is always about Trump, forever and after. Everything so that he is catered to, everything to his specifications. His presidency has and will be defined by one thing: he always comes first, and the country, and the world, comes second. A distant second. Never one does he think about possibly sacrificing even the least bit of self-indulgence for the good of the country. It's always about him. And tens of millions of pathetic cult members validate his selfishness by supporting him throughout all of this crap.

The result in a very real sense has been that the country has grown smaller and poorer. And I mean that in every sense of those words.

Trump is worse than worthless, and is actively sucking all of the good that this country has, trying to make it and everyone here as miserable as he is.

Seriously, this needs to come to an end.

Dozens of Trees Quietly Toppled in D.C. Without Court Approval Ahead of Trump’s New Golf Course Makeover: Report by Charlotte Phillipp  Published on August 28, 2026:

The Trump administration did not release any design plans, construction schedule or budget for the golf course by the time the trees were cut, The Washington Post reported  

https://people.com/dozens-trees-quietly-toppled-dc-without-court-approval-ahead-trumps-new-golf-course-makeover-report-12072010

Dozens of Trees Quietly Toppled in D.C. Without Court Approval Ahead of Trump’s New Golf Course Makeover: Report

Today Marks the Anniversary of V-J Day in 1945, When Japan Officially Surrendered, Officially Ending World War II

 

Statue of an American Soldier at the World War II Memorial in Trenton, New Jersey

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Sep 2, 1945: Allies celebrate V-J Day

On this day in 1945, the USS Missouri hosts the formal surrender of the Japanese government to the Allies. Victory over Japan was celebrated back in the States.

As Japanese troops finally surrendered to Americans on the Caroline, Mariana, and Palau islands, representatives of their emperor and prime minister were preparing to formalize their capitulation. In Tokyo Bay, aboard the Navy battleship USS Missouri, the Japanese foreign minister, Mamoru Shigemitsu, and the chief of staff of the Japanese army, Yoshijiro Umezu, signed the "instrument of surrender." Representing the Allied victors was Gen. Douglas MacArthur, commander of the U.S. Army forces in the Pacific, and Adm. Chester Nimitz, commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, now promoted to the newest and highest Navy rank, fleet admiral. Among others in attendance was Lt. Gen. Jonathan Wainwright, who had taken command of the forces in the Philippines upon MacArthur's departure and had been recently freed from a Japanese POW camp in Manchuria.

Shigemitsu would be found guilty of war crimes and sentenced to seven years in prison subsequent to the surrender. The grand irony is that he had fought for concessions on the Japanese side in order to secure an early peace. He was paroled in 1950 and went on to become chairman of Japan's Progressive Party. MacArthur would fight him again when he was named commander in chief of the United Nations forces in Korea in 1950.

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So yes, today if the 80th anniversary of V-J Day. That was the day when Japan officially surrendered (although they had, in principle, surrendered earlier). This surrender marked the official end of World War II.

Japan had arguably begun World War II well before the conflict erupted in Europe, and even before Hitler ever ascended to power in Europe. They invaded Manchuria in 1931. This conflict escalated in 1937, and became the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1937. Eventually, this became part of World War II, which is why it seems to me that World War II actually began earlier than September 1, 1939, when Hitler invaded Poland. 

Of course, these were two different theaters of war. Hitler and Nazi Germany invaded numerous countries and basically took over almost all of Europe for a while, but eventually were beaten back to the borders of the Reich and then into the capital city of Berlin. Once Berlin fell and Hitler committed suicide, it was a matter of days before the top-ranking Nazis officially surrendered on May 8, 1045, although it is celebrated on May 9, 1945 in Russia. 

It was Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii on December 7, 1941, which forcibly brought the United States into the conflict. The United States declared war on Japan the next day, and then Germany declared war on the United States days after that. Thus, all of the world's major powers at that point were engaged in the conflict, which was and still is the biggest war the world has ever seen. 

However, it ended on this day in 1945 with the official surrender of Japan, on what has come to be known as V-J Day.

September 2nd: This Day in History

   

Once again, it should be reiterated, that this does not pretend to be a very extensive history of what happened on this day (nor is it the most original - the links can be found down below). If you know something that I am missing, by all means, shoot me an email or leave a comment, and let me know!

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On this day in 44 BCE, Pharaoh Cleopatra VII of Egypt declared her son the co-ruler as Ptolemy XV Caesarion. Also on this day in 44 BCE came the first of Cicero's Philippics (oratorical attacks) on Mark Antony. Ultimately, he made 14 of them in the following months. On this day in 31 BCE during the final war of the Roman Republic, the Battle of Actium was fought off the western coast of Greece, with the forces of Octavian defeating troops under Mark Antony and Cleopatra. Octavian, as Augustus Caesar, became the first Roman emperor. On this day in 1519 was fought the first Battle of Tehuacingo, San Salvador vs Mexico. King Christian III published "Ordinance on the Danish Church" on this day in 1537. The Battle at Lostwithiel was fought on this day in 1644, when Robert Devereux's infantry surrendered. Habsburg armies occupied Buda on Turks on this day in 1686. On this day in 1789, the US Treasury Department was established by Congress. On this day in 1792, the September Massacres of the French Revolution broke out: In 1807 on this day, the Royal Navy bombarded Copenhagen with fire bombs and phosphorus rockets to prevent Denmark from surrendering its fleet to Napoleon. In 1856 on this day, Tianjing's struggle Incident in Nanjing, China. French Emperor Napoleon III surrendered to Prussian armies on this day in 1870. On this day in 1898, the machine gun was first used in battle. The Battle of Omdurman was fought on this day in 1898, with Lord Kitchener retaking Sudan for Britain. On this day in 1901, American Vice-President Theodore Roosevelt famously stated, "Speak softly & carry a big stick." King Edward VII signed the South Africa Act on this day in 1909. This Act created the Union of South Africa from the British colonies of the Cape of Good Hope and Natal, as well as the conquered former Boer Republics of the Orange Free State and Transvaal. It also made provisions for Rhodesia possibly to join the union at some point in the future, although that never actually came to pass. Weimar German President Friedrich Ebert declared that "Deutschland uber alles" as German national anthem on this day in 1922. V-J Day, the day recognizing the formal surrender of Japan and with it the official end of World War II, occurred on this day in 1945. The official peace terms were signed aboard the USS Missouri. In 1958 on this day, Hendrik Verwoerd was appointed as Prime Minister of South Africa. In 1991 on this day, the United States officially recognized the independence of the Baltic States of Estonia, Latvia & Lithuania. They had formerly been part of the Soviet Union. Central African Republic ex-Emperor Bokassa was freed on this day in 1993. On this day in 1996, a peace agreement was signed between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines and the Moro National Liberation Front in Malacañang Palace.

Here's a more detailed look at events that transpired on this date throughout history:

• On this day in 44 BCE, Pharaoh Cleopatra VII of Egypt declared her son the co-ruler as Ptolemy XV Caesarion. Also on this day in 44 BCE came the first of Cicero's Philippics (oratorical attacks) on Mark Antony. Ultimately, he made 14 of them in the following months. 

• On this day in 31 BCE during the final war of the Roman Republic, the Battle of Actium was fought off the western coast of Greece, with the forces of Octavian defeating troops under Mark Antony and Cleopatra. Octavian, as Augustus Caesar, became the first Roman emperor. 

• In 911 on this day, Viking-monarch Oleg of Kiev-Russia signed treaty with the Byzantines. 

• Sultan Saladin & King Richard the Lionheart signed a cease fire on this day in 1192. 

• On this day in 1519 was fought the first Battle of Tehuacingo, San Salvador vs Mexico. 

• King Christian III published "Ordinance on the Danish Church" on this day in 1537. 

• The Battle at Lostwithiel was fought on this day in 1644, when Robert Devereux's infantry surrendered. 

• On this day in 1649, the Italian city of Castro was completely destroyed by the forces of Pope Innocent X, ending the Wars of Castro. 

• The Great Fire of London began at 2am in Pudding Lane on this day in 1666. As a result, 80% of London was destroyed. 

• Habsburg armies occupied Buda on Turks on this day in 1686. 

• In 1732 on this day, Pope Clement XII renewed anti-Jewish laws of Rome. 

• On this day in 1743, England/Austria/Savoye-Sardinia signed the Treaty of Worms. 

• In 1752 on this day, the last Julian calendar day in US & Britain/British colonies (no Sept 3-Sept 13th).  

• On this day in 1789, the US Treasury Department was established by Congress.

The tricolore flag of France (above) which originated during the French Revolution. Below, another symbol of the French Revolution was the guillotine.

• On this day in 1792, the September Massacres of the French Revolution broke out: In Paris rampaging mobs slaughtered 3 Roman Catholic Bishops, more than two hundred priests, and prisoners believed to be royalist sympathizers. 

• In 1796 on this day, Jews of the Netherlands are emancipated. 

• A side of Rossberg Peak collapsed into Goldau Valley, Switzerland, killing 500 people on this day in 1806. 

• In 1807 on this day, the Royal Navy bombarded Copenhagen with fire bombs and phosphorus rockets to prevent Denmark from surrendering its fleet to Napoleon. 

• In 1839 on this day, the Salon of Varietes opens in Amsterdam. 

• In 1856 on this day, Tianjing's struggle Incident in Nanjing, China. 

• Gas lighting was introduced to Hawaii on this day in 1859. A solar super storm affected electrical telegraph service on this day in 1859.

• On this day in 1864 during the American Civil War, Union General William T Sherman captured and burned Atlanta, Georgia. The first Girl School opened in Haarlem, Netherlands, on this day in 1867. 

Painting of Napoleon III, which hangs in the Napoleon III Apartment in the Louvre Museum, Paris, France. 

• French Emperor Napoleon III surrendered to Prussian armies on this day in 1870. In 1885 on this day in Rock Springs, Wyoming, 150 white miners, who were struggling to unionize so they could strike for better wages and work conditions, attacked their Chinese fellow workers, killing 28, wounding 15, and forcing several hundred more out of town. 

• On this day in 1894, the Amsterdam Municipal theater opened. 

• Forest fires destroyed Hinckley, Minnesota, killing about 600, on this day in 1894. "McCall-magazine was first published on this day in 1897. 

• The Battle of Omdurman was fought on this day in 1898, with Lord Kitchener retaking Sudan for Britain. 

• On this day in 1898, the machine gun was first used in battle. 

Telegraph use between Germany & US began on this day in 1900. 

• On this day in 1901, American Vice-President Theodore Roosevelt famously stated, "Speak softly & carry a big stick."

1902 - "A Trip To The Moon," the 1st science fiction film released

1908 - Tommy Burns KOs Bill Lang in 6 for heavyweight boxing title

• 1909 - English King Edward VII signed the South Africa Bill

King Edward VII signed the South Africa Act on this day in 1909. This Act created the Union of South Africa from the British colonies of the Cape of Good Hope and Natal, as well as the conquered former Boer Republics of the Orange Free State and Transvaal. It also made provisions for Rhodesia possibly to join the union at some point in the future, although that never actually came to pass. 

1911 - Joao Chagas forms Portuguese government

1913 - Amsterdam reroutes sewage of canals to South Seas

1914 - -3] Gen von Hausen & countess of France regime flees to Bordeaux

1917 - Deutsche Vaterlands Party forms (by admiral Tirpitz)

1919 - Communist Party of America organizes in Chicago

1919 - Italy agress to general voting right/proportional representation

1919 - National Commission recommends a best-of-9 World Series

1920 - W Somerset Maugham's "East of Suez," premieres in London

• Weimar German President Friedrich Ebert declared that "Deutschland uber alles" as German national anthem on this day in 1922. 

1924 - 44th US Mens Tennis: William Tilden beats William Johnston (61 97 62)

1924 - Rudolf Friml's "Rose Marie" opens to rave reviews in NYC

1925 - The U.S. Zeppelin the USS Shenandoah crashes, killing 14.

1926 - Italy signs treaty with Yemen

1927 - Rumour starts that Yankee Lou Gehrig will be traded to Tigers

1929 - Unilever forms by merger of Margarine Union & Lever Bros

1929 - WOR (NYC) ends affiliation with CBS radio network

1930 - 1st non-stop airplane flight from Europe to US (37 hrs)

1935 - A hurricane slams Florida Keys killing 423

1936 - 1st transatlantic round-trip air flight

1937 - US Housing Authority created by National Housing Act

• 1940 - Great Smoky Mountains National Park dedicated

1941 - Academy copyrights Oscar statuette

1942 - German troops enter Stalingrad

1944 - Belgium's Emissie bank closes

US President George H. W. BushUS President George H. W. Bush 

• On this day in 1944 during World War II, future American President George H. W. Bush  ejected from a burning plane.

• 1944 - Holocaust diarist Anne Frank was sent to Auschwitz

1944 - US leaders meet in Belgium

1945 - 59th US Womens Tennis: Sarah P Cooke beats Pauline Betz (36 86 64)

• 1945 - Ho Chi Minh declares Vietnam independence from France (National Day)

Statue of an American Soldier at the World War II Memorial in Trenton, New Jersey

• V-J Day, the day recognizing the formal surrender of Japan and with it the official end of World War II, occurred on this day in 1945. The official peace terms were signed aboard the USS Missouri.

1946 - Johnny Neun replaces Bill Dickey as Yankee manager

1946 - Nehru forms government in India

1949 - Fire in riverfront area kills 1,700 (Chungking China)

1951 - Australia, NZ & US sign ANZUS-pact

1952 - Dr Floyd J Lewis 1st uses deep freeze technique in heart surgery

1954 - Hurricane Edna batters NE US, killing 20

1954 - WTVD TV channel 11 in Raleigh-Durham, NC (ABC) begins broadcasting

1955 - KCRA TV channel 3 in Sacramento, CA (NBC) begins broadcasting

1956 - Collapse of a RR bridge under a train kills 120 (India)

Jewish Victim & Diarist of the Holocaust Anne FrankJewish Victim & Diarist of the Holocaust Anne Frank 1956 - Orioles trailing Red Sox 8-0 come back to win 11-10 in 9 innings

1956 - Washington-Jackson cable line replaced by bus service

1957 - 1st edition newspaper the Ware Time (in Suriname), 1,700 die

1957 - Milwaukee Braves' Frank Torre scores 6 runs in 1 game

1957 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

1958 - Great Britain performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island

Flag of South Africa during the apartheid era

• In 1958 on this day, Hendrik Verwoerd was appointed as Prime Minister of South Africa. Verwoerd would come to be very powerful and influential, even to the point where he came to be known as the architect of apartheid, having been responsible for many of the racial policies during his tenure. Also, he attempted to make intellectual arguments justifying the strict racial segregation policies of South Africa, which won him the loyalty of many supporters.

1958 - KAYS TV channel 7 in Hays, KS (CBS) begins broadcasting

1958 - Minn announces $9 million bond issue to improve Metropolitan Stadium

1958 - National Defense Education Act was signed

1958 - U.S. Air Force C-130A-II is shot down by fighters over Yerevan, Armenia when it strays into Soviet airspace while conducting a sigint mission. All crew lost.

General Dwight Eisenhower, 34th President of the United States

• 1959 - US President Eisenhower arrived in Paris

1960 - Tamara & Irina Press (USSR) become 1st sisters to win olympic gold

1960 - William Walton's 2nd Symphony, premieres

1960 - The first election of the Parliament of the Central Tibetan Administration, in history of Tibet. The Tibetan community observes this date as the Democracy Day.

1962 - Stan Musial's 3,516th hit moves over Tris Speaker into 2nd place

1962 - USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR

1963 - Alabama Gov George C Wallace prevents integration of Tuskegee HS

1963 - CBS & NBC expand network news from 15 to 30 minutes

1963 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Idaho Centennia Golf Tournament

• 1964 - Indonesian paratroopers lands in Malaysia

1965 - Cubs slugger Ernie Banks hits his 400th HR (off Curt Simmons)

• 1965 - Treblinka trial in Dusseldorf ends

1966 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Ladies' World Series of Golf

1967 - KUHI (now KSNF) TV channel 16 in Joplin, MO (CBS) begins broadcasting

1967 - The Principality of Sealand is established, ruled by Prince Paddy Roy Bates.

1968 - Jerry Lewis' 3rd Muscular Dystrophy telethon

1969 - NY Yankee Joe Pepitone is reinstated

1969 - Ralph Houk signs 3-year contract to manage Yankees at $65,000 a season

1969 - The first automatic teller machine in the United States is installed in Rockville Center, New York.

1970 - 1st tennis tie break at a Grand Slam (US Open) (9 pt sudden death)

1971 - Cesar Cedeno hits an inside-the-park grand slammer

1971 - Chris Evert & Jimmy Connors win their 1st US Open tennis matches

1971 - NY's Electric Circus Club goes out of business

1972 - Chicago White Sox Milt Pappas no-hits SD Padres, 1-0

1972 - Renate Stecher runs 100m European female record (11.07 sec)

1972 - Rod Stewart's 1st #1 hit (You Wear it Well)

1972 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR

1973 - Billy Martin fired as manager of Tigers

1973 - Netherlands wins hockey world's championship

1973 - Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Charity Golf Classic

Singer Rod StewartSinger Rod Stewart 1974 - Jerry Lewis' 9th Muscular Dystrophy telethon

• 1974 - Prest Gerald Ford signs Employee Retirement Income Security Act

1978 - Graham Salmon set worlds record for 100 meters by a blind man

1978 - John McClain performs 180 outside loops in an airplane over Houston

1978 - Reggie Jackson is 19th player to hit 20 HR in 11 straight years

1979 - "I Remember Mama" closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 108 perfs

1979 - 79th US Golf Amateur Championship won by Mark O'Meara

1980 - John Arlott calls his last game, England v Australia at Lord's

1981 - USSR performs underground nuclear test

1982 - Rolling Stone Keith Richard's house burns down

1983 - Yitzhak Shamir (Herut) endorsed by Menachem Begin for Israeli PM

1984 - "Zorba" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 362 performances

1985 - Betsy King wins LPGA Rail Charity Golf Classic

1985 - Jerry Lewis' 20th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $33,100,000

1986 - Cathy Evelyn Smith sentenced to 3 years for death of John Belushi

1987 - Donald Trump takes out a full page NY Times ad lambasting Japan

1987 - Kevin Bass is 1st NLer to switch hit HRs in a game twice in 1 season

1987 - Philips introduces CD-video

1987 - West German pilot Mathias Rust, who flew a private plane from Helsinki Finland, to Moscow's Red Square, forms trial in Russia

1988 - Amnesty International's Human Rights Now! tour begins in Wembley

1989 - Rev Al Sharpton leads a civil rights march through Bensonhurst

1990 - "Grapes of Wrath" closes at Cort Theater NYC after 188 performances

1990 - Steve Allen, installed as a new abbot of Hartford St Zen Center, SF

1991 - Jerry Lewis' 26th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $45,071,657

• In 1991 on this day, the United States officially recognized the independence of the Baltic States of Estonia, Latvia & Lithuania. They had formerly been part of the Soviet Union.

 

• 1992 - Nicaragua struck by earthquake/floodings; 118 die

1992 - US dollar valued at 156.50 guilder (record)

1993 - 10th MTV Awards: Pearl Jam, En Vogue wins

• Central African Republic ex-Emperor Bokassa was freed on this day in 1993.

Minister and Civil Rights Activist Al SharptonMinister and Civil Rights Activist Al Sharpton 

• 1993 - Day of Peace in South Africa

1995 - Southern California begins using new area code 562

1996 - Soyuz TM-24, lands

• On this day in 1996, a peace agreement was signed between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines and the Moro National Liberation Front in Malacañang Palace.

1998 - Swissair Flight 111 crashes near Peggys Cove, Nova Scotia. All 229 people on board are killed.

1998 - The UN's International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda finds Jean-Paul Akayesu, the former mayor of a small town in Rwanda, guilty of nine counts of genocide.

2012 - A decades-long ban on veiled female news presenters is lifted from State television in Egypt

2012 - 15 people are killed by a car bomb attack at a refugee camp in Sbeineh, Palestine

   1666 - The Great Fire of London broke out. The fire burned for three days destroying 10,000 buildings including St. Paul's Cathedral. Only 6 people were killed.   1775 - Hannah, the first American war vessel was commissioned by General George Washington.   1789 - The U.S. Treasury Department was established.   1864 - During the U.S. Civil War Union forces led by Gen. William T. Sherman occupied Atlanta following the retreat of the Confederates.   1897 - The first issue of "McCall’s" magazine was published. The magazine had been known previously as "Queens Magazine" and "Queen of Fashion."   1901 - Theodore Roosevelt, then Vice President, said "Speak softly and carry a big stick" in a speech at the Minnesota State Fair.   1930 - The "Question Mark" made the first non-stop flight from Europe to the U.S. The plane was flown by Captain Dieudonne Coste and Maurice Bellonte.   1935 - A hurricane hit the Florida Keys killing 423 people.   1938 - The first railroad car to be equipped with fluorescent lighting was put into operation on the New York Central railroad.   1945 - Japan surrendered to the U.S. aboard the USS Missouri, ending World War II. The war ended six years and one day after it began.   1945 - Ho Chi Minh declared the independence the Democratic Republic of Vietnam.   1961 - The U.S.S.R. resumed nuclear weapons testing. Test ban treaty negotiations had failed with the U.S. and Britain when the three nations could not agree upon the nature and frequency of on-site inspections.   1962 - Ken Hubbs, of the Chicago Cubs, set a major-league baseball fielding record when he played errorless for his 74th consecutive game.   1963 - The integration of Tuskegee High School was prevented by state troopers assigned by Alabama Gov. George Wallace. Wallace had the building surrounded by state troopers.   1963 - "The CBS Evening News" was lengthened from 15 to 30 minutes.   1969 - Ho Chi Minh died. He was the president of North Vietnam.   1969 - NBC-TV canceled "Star Trek." The show had debuted on September 8, 1966.   1973 - Billy Martin was fired as manager of the Detroit Tigers. Martin was relieved of his duties three days after ordering his pitchers to throw spitballs against Cleveland Indians batters.   1985 - It was announced that the Titanic had been found on September 1 by a U.S. and French expedition 560 miles off Newfoundland. The luxury liner had been missing for 73 years.   1986 - Cathy Evelyn Smith was sentenced to three years in prison for involuntary manslaughter in connection with the overdose death of John Belushi.   1991 - The U.S. formally recognized the independence of Lithuania, Lativa and Estonia.   1992 - The U.S. and Russia agreed to a joint venture to build a space station.   1996 - Muslim rebels and the Philippine government signed a pact formally ending 26-years of insurgency that had killed more than 120,000 people.   1998 - In Canada, pilots for Canada's largest airline launch their first strike in Air Canada's history.   1998 - 229 people were killed when a Swissair jetliner crashed into the Atlantic near Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia. The pilot had reported smoke in the cockpit a few minutes before the crash.

1666 The great fire of London broke out, destroying much of the city, including St. Paul's Cathedral. 1789 The U.S. Treasury Department was established. 1901 Vice President Theodore Roosevelt gave his "speak softly and carry a big stick" speech, regarding foreign policy, at the Minnesota State Fair. 1945 Japan's formal surrender in World War II was celebrated as Victory over Japan (V-J) Day. 1945 Ho Chi Minh declared Vietnam an independent republic. 1963 Alabama governor George Wallace prevented the racial integration of Tuskegee High School by encircling the building with state troopers. 1969 North Vietnamese president Chi Minh died.

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