Historical Events for 2nd September 2019

1519 – 1st Battle of Tehuacingo, San Salvador vs Mexico
1882 – US National Championship Men’s Tennis, Newport R.I.: Defending champion Richard Sears beats Clarence M. Clark 6-1, 6-4, 6-0
1898 – Battle of Omdurman: Lord Kitchener retakes Sudan for Britain
1931 – Bing Crosby makes his solo radio debut
1958 – National Defense Education Act was signed
1982 – Rolling Stone Keith Richard’s house burns down
1985 – Jerry Lewis’ 20th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $33,100,000
1993 – Day of Peace in South Africa
1996 – Soyuz TM-24, lands
2018 – About 400 prisoners escape a jail near Tripoli in Libya during militia fighting

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