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Today in history 2nd september, the following happened:

1920 W Somerset Maugham’s “East of Suez,” premieres in London
1919 Communist Party of America organizes in Chicago
1919 Italy agress to general voting right/proportional representation
1919 National Commission recommends a best-of-9 World Series
1917 Deutsche Vaterlands Party forms (by Admiral Tirpitz)
1914 General von Hausen and countess of France regime flees to Bordeaux
1913 Amsterdam reroutes sewage of canals to South Seas
1909 English King Edward VII signs South Africa Bill
1908 Tommy Burns KOs Bill Lang in 6 for heavyweight boxing title
1901 Vice President Theodore Roosevelt advises, “Speak softly and carry a big stick”
1900 Telegraph use between Germany and U.S. begins
1898 Battle of Omdurman: Lord Kitchener retakes Sudan for Britain
1898 Machine gun 1st used in battle
1894 Amsterdam Municipal theater opens
1870 Napoleon III surrenders to Prussian armies
1867 1st Girl School opens in Haarlem, Netherlands
1864 Union General William T Sherman captures Atlanta
1859 Gas lighting introduced to Hawaii
1839 Salon of Varietes opens in Amsterdam
1806 A side of Rossberg Peak collapses into Goldau Valley, Switzerland, kills 500
1796 Jews of the Netherlands are emancipated
1792 Paris masses remove nobles/clergymen out of jails and slaughter them
1789 U.S. Treasury Department established by Congress
1752 Last Julian calender day in U.S. and England (no Sept 3-Sept 13th)
1752 Last day of Julian calendar in Britain, British colonies
1743 England/Austria/Savoye-Sardinia sign Treaty of Worms
1732 Pope Clement XII renews anti-Jewish laws of Rome
1686 Habsburgse armies occupy Buda on Turks
1666 Great Fire in London ends, kills 8
1666 Fire in London destroys 13,000 houses and kills 8
1644 Battle at Lostwithiel: Robert Devereux’ infantry surrenders
1537 King Christian III publishes “Ordinance on the Danish Church”
1519 1st Battle of Tehuacingo, San Salvador vs Mexico
1192 Sultan Saladin and king Richard the lion hearted sign cease fire
911 Viking-monarch Oleg of Kiev-Russia signs treaty with Byzantines

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