September 2
1666 The Great Fire of London broke out and burned for three days, destroying 10,000 buildings including St Paul's Cathedral.
1752 Great Britain adopted the Gregorian calendar, nearly two centuries later than most of Western Europe.
1877 Frederick Soddy, British chemist, Nobel laureate was born.
1945 Japan formally surrendered in ceremonies aboard the USS Missouri, ending WW II.
1969 The first automatic teller machine to use magnetic-striped cards was opened to the public at Chemical Bank in New York.
1985 A US-French expedition announced that it had located the wreckage of the Titanic about 560 miles off Newfoundland.
September 3
1189 England's King Richard I (The Lion Heart) was crowned in Westminster Abbey.
1658 Oliver Cromwell, the Lord Protector of England, died.
1724 Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, British soldier and Governor of Quebec was born.
1783 The Treaty of Paris between the United States and Great Britain officially ended the Revolutionary War.
1803 English scientist John Dalton began using symbols to represent the atoms of different elements.
1939 Britain and France declared war on Germany, two days after the Nazi invasion of Poland.
1976 The unmanned US spacecraft Viking 2 landed on Mars to take the first close-up, colour photos of the planet's surface.
Ottawa Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society (OGS) is responsible for Carleton, Lanark, Renfrew, Prescott and Russell Counties. Our mission is “To encourage, assist and bring together all those interested in the pursuit of family history.” If you want to discover more about your family origins, or how and where to locate information about your ancestors, our members will be there to help you.
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