September 2: National Day in Vietnam (1945); Victory over Japan Day in the United States
Jawaharlal Nehru
- 1792 – French Revolution: Due to an overwhelming fear that foreign armies would attack Paris and prisoners would revolt, thousands of people were summarily executed.
- 1864 – American Civil War: Union forces entered Atlanta, Georgia, a day after the Confederate defenders fled the city, bringing the Atlanta Campaign to a close.
- 1946 – The interim government of India, headed by Jawaharlal Nehru (pictured), was formed to assist the transition of India from British rule to independence.
- 1957 – President Ngô Đình Diệm of South Vietnam became the first foreign head of state to make a state visit to Australia.
- 1992 – An estimated magnitude 7.2 earthquake off the coast of Nicaragua was the first tsunami earthquake to be captured on modern broadband seismic networks.
Mary Cecil Allen (b. 1893) · Roekiah (d. 1945) · Barbara McClintock (d. 1992)
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