September 2 - Hug

Hug?

Or maybe Heimlich.

This Day In History

1666

The Great Fire of London breaks out and burns for three days, destroying 10,000 buildings including St Paul's Cathedral.
1752
Great Britain adopts the Gregorian calendar, nearly two centuries later than most of Western Europe.

1833

Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio is founded by John Jay Shipherd and Philo P. Stewart.

1859

A solar super storm affects electrical telegraph service.

1901

Vice President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt utters the famous phrase, "Speak softly and carry a big stick" at the Minnesota State Fair.

1970

NASA announces the cancellation of two Apollo missions to the Moon, Apollo 15 (the designation is re-used by a later mission), and Apollo 19.

Famous Birthdays

1661

Georg Böhm, German organist and composer (d. 1733)

1820

Lucretia Hale, American journalist and author (d. 1900)

1838

Liliuokalani of Hawaii, Queen of Hawaii (d. 1917)

1850

Albert Spalding, American baseball player and co-founder of the A.G. Spalding sporting goods company (d. 1915)

1911

Romare Bearden, African American painter (d. 1988)

1935

D. Wayne Lukas, American horse trainer

1946

Walt Simonson, American comic book artist and writer

1948

Terry Bradshaw, American football player
Christa McAuliffe, American schoolteacher and astronaut (d. 1986)

1951

Mark Harmon, American actor

1952

Jimmy Connors, American tennis player

1966

Salma Hayek, Mexican actress

1979

Brian Westbrook, American football player