Today is Thursday, September 2, the 245th day of 2010. There are 120 days left in the year.
31B.C. ― Battle of Actium; Octavian defeats Antony, becomes Emperor Augustus
490 B.C. ― Phidippides runs first marathon, seeking aid from Sparta vs. Persia
1919 ― Communist Party of America organized in Chicago
1930 ― First non-stop airplane flight from Europe to U.S. (37 hours)
1944 ― Anne Frank (Diary of Anne Frank), is sent to Auschwitz
1945 ― Ho Chi Minh declares Vietnam independence from France (National Day)
1945 ― V-J Day; formal surrender of Japan aboard USS Missouri (WWII ends)
1971 ― Cesar Cedeno hits an inside-the-park grand slammer
1987 ― Donald Trump takes out a full page New York Times ad lambasting Japan
1988 ― Amnesty International's ``Human Rights Now” tour begins in Wembley