| September 2 |
| 1666 |
|
The Great Fire of London, which devastates the city,
begins. |
| 1789 |
|
The Treasury Department, headed by Alexander Hamilton,
is created in New York City. |
| 1792 |
|
Verdun, France, surrenders to the Prussian Army. |
| 1798 |
|
The Maltese people revolt against the French occupation,
forcing the French troops to take refuge in the citadel of Valetta in Malta. |
| 1870 |
|
Napoleon III capitulates to the Prussians at Sedan,
France. |
| 1885 |
|
In Rock Springs, Wyoming Territory, 28 Chinese laborers
are killed and hundreds more chased out of town by striking coal miners. |
| 1898 |
|
Sir Herbert Kitchner leads the British to victory
over the Mahdists at Omdurman and takes Khartoum. |
| 1910 |
|
Alice Stebbins Wells is admitted to the Los Angeles
Police Force as the first woman police officer to receive an appointment based
on a civil service exam. |
| 1915 |
|
Austro-German armies take Grodno, Poland. |
| 1944 |
|
Troops of the U.S. First Army enter Belgium. |
| 1945 |
|
Japan signs the document of surrender aboard the
USS Missouri, ending World War II |
| 1945 |
|
Vietnam declares its independence and Nationalist
leader Ho Chi Minh proclaims himself its first president. |
| 1956 |
|
Tennessee National Guardsmen halt rioters protesting
the admission of 12 African-Americans to schools in Clinton. |
| 1963 |
|
Alabama Governor George Wallace calls state troopers
to Tuskegee High School to prevent integration. |
| 1975 |
|
Joseph W. Hatcher of Tallahassee, Florida, becomes
the state's first African-American supreme court justice since Reconstruction. |
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