Daily Calendar for Tuesday, September 2, 2025

Born

  • Albert Spalding (baseball player) –
  • Cleveland Amory (author of The Cat Who Came for Christmas) –
  • Peter Ueberroth (businessman) –
  • Terry Bradshaw (football player) –
  • Christa McAuliffe (selected to be the first teacher in space) –
  • Mark Harmon (actor) –
  • Keanu Reeves (actor) –
  • Salma Hayek (actress) –
  • Erin Hershey Presley (actress) –

Died

  • J. R. R. Tolkien (author) –
  • Troy Donahue (actor) –
  • Bob Denver (actor) –

Events

  • Great Fire of London began–
  • Congress established the United States Department of the Treasury–
  • The first issue of McCall’s magazine was published. The magazine had previously been called Queens Magazine and Queen of Fashion–
  • Vice President Theodore Roosevelt uttered the famous phrase, Speak softly and carry a big stick at the Minnesota State Fair–
  • Japan surrendered formally at ceremonies held aboard the battleship Missouri, to end World War II–
  • First ATM in U.S. debuted, Rockville Centre, N.Y.–
  • Charles Burton started 3-year pole-to-pole expedition–
  • The long awaited chess rematch between Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky began in Yugoslavia–
  • 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–

Weather

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

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