Daily Calendar for Tuesday, September 2, 2025

Great Fire of London began– 1666
Congress established the United States Department of the Treasury– 1789
The first issue of McCall’s magazine was published. The magazine had previously been called Queens Magazine and Queen of Fashion– 1897
Vice President Theodore Roosevelt uttered the famous phrase, Speak softly and carry a big stick at the Minnesota State Fair– 1901
Japan surrendered formally at ceremonies held aboard the battleship Missouri, to end World War II– 1945
First ATM in U.S. debuted, Rockville Centre, N.Y.– 1969
Charles Burton started 3-year pole-to-pole expedition– 1979
The long awaited chess rematch between Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky began in Yugoslavia– 1992
Diana Nyad completed a two-day, two-night swim from Cuba to Florida and became the first person to accomplish the feat unaided by a shark cage– 2013

Denver had its earliest measurable snow, 4.2 inches– 1961
Hurricane Frances caused 2.5 million Florida residents and vacationers to flee the state. It was the biggest evacuation ever ordered in Florida– 2004