A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.
September 2: Day of the Week
September 2, 2024 is the 246th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 120 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Monday.
If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is lunes.
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Here’s the September calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
Virgo is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Sapphire is the modern birthstone for this month. Agate is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
September 2 Historical Event(s)
44 BC
Pharaoh Cleopatra VII of Egypt declares her son co-ruler as Ptolemy XV Caesarion.
31 BC
Final War of the Roman Republic: Battle of Actium – off the western coast of Greece, forces of Octavian defeat troops under Mark Antony and Cleopatra.
421
Emperor Constantius III dies suddenly of an illness, his wife Galla Placidia becomes for the second time widow.
1649
The Italian city of Castro is completely destroyed by the forces of Pope Innocent X, ending the Wars of Castro.
1806
A massive landslide destroys the town of Goldau, Switzerland, killing 457.
1856
The Tianjing Incident takes place in Nanjing, China.
1867
Mutsuhito, Emperor Meiji of Japan, marries Masako Ichijō. The Empress consort is thereafter known as Lady Haruko. Since her death in 1914, she is called by the posthumous name Empress Shōken.
1885
Rock Springs massacre: in Rock Springs, Wyoming, 150 white miners, who are struggling to unionize so they could strike for better wages and work conditions, attack their Chinese fellow workers killing 28, wounding 15 and forcing several hundred more out of town.
1935
Labor Day Hurricane of 1935: a large hurricane hits the Florida Keys killing 423.
1963
CBS Evening News becomes U.S. network television’s first half-hour weeknight news broadcast, when the show is lengthened from 15 to 30 minutes.
Who were born on September 2?
1911
Romare Bearden, African American painter (d. 1988)
1924
Daniel arap Moi, 2nd President of Kenya
1937
Derek Fowlds, British actor
1959
Guy Laliberté, Canadian founder of Cirque du Soleil
1962
Eugenio Derbez, Mexican comedian and actor
1966
Tuc Watkins, American actor
1968
Cynthia Watros, American actress
1971
Tom Steels, Belgian cyclist
1979
Alex Chu, Korean singer
1989
Ishmeet Singh Sodhi, Indian playback singer (d. 2008)
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