September 2nd ) in History.
September 2nd
1666 Great Fire of London begins at 2am at a baker's shop in Pudding Lane, destroying 80% of London.
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1752 (Julian year) – Great Britain adopted the Gregorian calendar, making the next day September 14, 1752. There was no September 3-13 in the British Empire, including the American colonies.
This also led the New Year’s Day to go from March 25th to January 1st, as followed in Scotland. However, a reaction toward the decision was bound to come as the citizens of London refused to pay their taxes early. As a result, the fiscal year was made to start from April 6th, and even today, it starts on the same date.
This rather small shift in the usage of calendars brought about several bigger
changes in birthdays, saint’s days, festivals along with the dates for paying rent, interest, wages, prison releases, military discharges, and even the delivery of goods. The government made many attempts to accept the idea and even tried using media and propagating slogans like “The New Style the True Style.”
As expected, it didn’t go well with the majority and remained widely unpopular. Some of the reasons that historians believe people may have rejected it were:
The fact that a good eleven days had been taken away from their lives
The idea that this change was brought about by foreigners and should not have been accepted
Apparently, mobs gathered after the idea was disapproved and many people chose to stick to the old calendar as revenge. Even after several decades, the outcry to return people their eleven days did not die down. However, we don’t know for sure what brought people to the same page or whether it even did so or not, but the modern-day Gregorian calendar is what determines all major days, dates, and decisions in the whole world.
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The Construction of Penrhyn Quarry Railroad commenced on 2 September 1800. It was one of the earliest overground narrow gauge railways in the world and served the Penrhyn quarry near Bethesda, taking their slate produce to Port Penrhyn, near Bangor. The first slate travelled on 25 June 1801.
Japan's Surrender in WWII (1945): On this day, Japan formally surrendered to the Allies aboard the USS Missouri, marking the end of World War II. This event is commemorated as V-J Day (Victory over Japan Day).
First Computer Bug (1947): On this day, Grace Hopper recorded the first computer bug—a moth trapped in a relay of the Harvard Mark II computer. This incident led to the term "debugging."
Google Founded (1998): Larry Page and Sergey Brin officially founded Google Inc. This search engine giant has since become a cornerstone of the internet, revolutionizing access to information.
2 Sep 1972
The Erie Canal Soda Pop Festival was held over three days on Bull Island, near Griffin, Indiana. The Promoters expected over 50,000 music fans, and over 200,000 attended the festival. Many bands pulled out as the festival drifted steadily into anarchy. Bands that did appear included Flash Cadillac & the Continental Kids, Black Oak Arkansas, Cheech and Chong, Foghat, Albert King, Brownsville Station, Canned heat, Flash, Ravi Shankar, Rory Gallagher, Lee Michaels and Frosty, the Eagles, The Amboy Dukes, and Gentle Giant. Three concert goers drowned in the Wabash River and as the festival ended, the remnants of the crowd burned down the music stand.
1666 Great Fire of London begins at 2am at a baker's shop in Pudding Lane, destroying 80% of London.
…
1752 (Julian year) – Great Britain adopted the Gregorian calendar, making the next day September 14, 1752. There was no September 3-13 in the British Empire, including the American colonies.
This also led the New Year’s Day to go from March 25th to January 1st, as followed in Scotland. However, a reaction toward the decision was bound to come as the citizens of London refused to pay their taxes early. As a result, the fiscal year was made to start from April 6th, and even today, it starts on the same date.
This rather small shift in the usage of calendars brought about several bigger
changes in birthdays, saint’s days, festivals along with the dates for paying rent, interest, wages, prison releases, military discharges, and even the delivery of goods. The government made many attempts to accept the idea and even tried using media and propagating slogans like “The New Style the True Style.”
As expected, it didn’t go well with the majority and remained widely unpopular. Some of the reasons that historians believe people may have rejected it were:
The fact that a good eleven days had been taken away from their lives
The idea that this change was brought about by foreigners and should not have been accepted
Apparently, mobs gathered after the idea was disapproved and many people chose to stick to the old calendar as revenge. Even after several decades, the outcry to return people their eleven days did not die down. However, we don’t know for sure what brought people to the same page or whether it even did so or not, but the modern-day Gregorian calendar is what determines all major days, dates, and decisions in the whole world.
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The Construction of Penrhyn Quarry Railroad commenced on 2 September 1800. It was one of the earliest overground narrow gauge railways in the world and served the Penrhyn quarry near Bethesda, taking their slate produce to Port Penrhyn, near Bangor. The first slate travelled on 25 June 1801.
Japan's Surrender in WWII (1945): On this day, Japan formally surrendered to the Allies aboard the USS Missouri, marking the end of World War II. This event is commemorated as V-J Day (Victory over Japan Day).
First Computer Bug (1947): On this day, Grace Hopper recorded the first computer bug—a moth trapped in a relay of the Harvard Mark II computer. This incident led to the term "debugging."
Google Founded (1998): Larry Page and Sergey Brin officially founded Google Inc. This search engine giant has since become a cornerstone of the internet, revolutionizing access to information.
2 Sep 1972
The Erie Canal Soda Pop Festival was held over three days on Bull Island, near Griffin, Indiana. The Promoters expected over 50,000 music fans, and over 200,000 attended the festival. Many bands pulled out as the festival drifted steadily into anarchy. Bands that did appear included Flash Cadillac & the Continental Kids, Black Oak Arkansas, Cheech and Chong, Foghat, Albert King, Brownsville Station, Canned heat, Flash, Ravi Shankar, Rory Gallagher, Lee Michaels and Frosty, the Eagles, The Amboy Dukes, and Gentle Giant. Three concert goers drowned in the Wabash River and as the festival ended, the remnants of the crowd burned down the music stand.
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