September 2nd
Today in America's Present Past
1789 | Congress: The Treasury Department was established by Congress.
1819 | POTUS: President James Madison penned a letter critical of McCulloch v Maryland to Judge Spencer Roane.
1838 | Liliuokalani, the last queen of Hawaii, was born.
1850 | Poet Eugene Field was born.
1860 | Indian Wars: Gallinas massacre.
1864 | Civil War: General Sherman occupied Atlanta, Georgia.
1884 | Educator Frank Laubach was born.
1885 | Civil Rights: Rock Springs, Wyoming, 150 union organizers attack and kill Chinese workers.
1901 | POTUS: Vice President Roosevelt’s “National Duties” speech, famous for its “carry a big stick and speak softly.”
1911 | Painter Romare Bearden was born.
1918 | Author Allen Drury was born.
1919 | Civil Rights: Communist Party of America organizes in Chicago.
1935 | Labor Day hurricane makes landfall in Florida, killing more than any other.
1944 | POTUS: President George H. W. Bush bails from a burning plane during a mission in the Pacific during WWII.
1945 | WWII: V-J Day, the formal surrender of Japan signed aboard the USS Missouri, marks the end of World War II.
1948 | Teacher and astronaut Christa McAuliffe was born.
1948 | Football Pro Terry Bradshaw was born.
1951 | Actor Mark Harmon was born.
1958 | Cold War: A U.S. Air Force C-130A-II is shot down by MiG-17 fighters over Yerevan, Armenia, when it strays into Soviet airspace while conducting a mission. All crew lost.
1964 | WWI veteran Alvin York dies.
1966 | Actress Salma Hayek was born.
1974 | POTUS: President Ford signs the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
1991 | Music: Garth Brooks’ ”Ropin' the Wind" debuted.
1992 | Geneticist Barbara McClintock died.
1995 | The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum opens in Cleveland, Ohio.
1998 | Author Allen Drury died.
2005 | Actor Bob Denver died.
2015 | POTUS: Democrat President Obama becomes the first president to visit the Arctic Circle at Kotzebue, Alaska.