September 2

September 2 is the 245th day of the year (246th in leap years). There are 120 days remaining.

Births:

• 1961 - Carlos Valderrama, footballer
• 1987 - James Zitzmann, was born at 4:59 am.

Events:

• 1666? - Start of the Great Fire of London
• 1752 - Britain adopts the Gregorian Calendar, nearly two centuries later than most of Europe. To adjust for the accumulated discrepancies in the calendar, in Britain September 2 1752 is followed by Sptember 14. Supposedly, there was some popular resentment at this theft of eleven days.

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