Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/September 2
This is a list of selected September 2 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.
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September 2: Krishna Janmashtami (Hinduism, 2010); National Day in Vietnam (1945); Democracy Day in Tibet (1960); Onam (Malayalees)
- 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 – A large fire began on London's Pudding Lane and burned the city for three days (pictured), destroying St Paul's Cathedral and the homes of 70,000 of the city's 80,000 inhabitants.
- 1901 – U.S. Vice President Theodore Roosevelt first uttered the famous phrase "speak softly and carry a big stick" at the Minnesota State Fair, describing his philosophy of negotiating peacefully while simultaneously threatening to use military force.
- 1957 – President Ngo Dinh Diem of South Vietnam became the first foreign head of state to make a state visit to Australia.
- 1990 – Transnistria unilaterally declared its independence from what was then the Moldavian SSR of the Soviet Union, but independence has only been recognized by Abkhazia and South Ossetia, who are also partially recognised states.
- 1998 – Swissair Flight 111, en route from New York City to Geneva, crashed into the Atlantic Ocean, killing all 229 people on board.