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TODAY - Sep 02, 2025

Thought of the Day

None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.

Today's Birthday

Wilhelm Ostwald
Wilhelm Ostwald Chemist, Russian(1853)

A Russian German, Chemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1909.

 
Christa McAuliffe
Christa McAuliffe Astronaut, American(1948)

An American teacher and astronaut from Concord, New Hampshire, and was one of the seven crew members killed in the Space Shuttle Challenger explosive

 
Jimmy Connors
Jimmy Connors Tennis Player, America(1952)

American tennis star who won eight Grand Slam singles championships with his powerful two-handed backhand stroke.

 
Lennox Lewis
Lennox Lewis Boxer, British(1965)

British former undisputed world Heavyweight champion boxer who was undefeated in his first 22 professional fights.

This day in History

1864

Union armies led by Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman occupy Atlanta. They will burn much of the city before beginning their march to the Atlantic Ocean.

1870

Louis Napoleon hands his sword to Kaiser William of Prussia, defeated after 40 days of war that confirm Germany as the most powerful nation in Europe.

1945

Ho Chi Minh becomes the President of the newly declared North Vietnam Republic. He proclaimed the independent Democratic Republic of Vietnam in Hanoi today.

1945

World War Two ended when Japan formally surrendered today to Supreme Allied Commander General Douglas MacArthur abroad the aircraft carrier USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay.

1966

The second most tragic incident hit the London city in the space of 12 months and it was The Great Fire of London.

1980

Canadian athlete and cancer activist, Terry Fox, with an artificial leg, completes a 3,000 mile run to raise money and awareness for cancer research.

2001

Death of A South-African cardiac surgeon Dr. Christiaan Barnard, who is best known as the heart transplant pioneer and performed the world's first successful human-to-human heart transplant.

Jimmy Connors (1952)

Jimmy Connors

An American professional tennis player, who won109 professional singles titles during his career, was born on 2nd September 1952 in East Saint Louis, Illinois. Connors attended the University of California at Los Angeles for one year. He won the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) men's singles title in 1971. In 1972, the left-handed Connors won his first two professional tournaments. He won five United States Opens, two Wimbledon titles and one Australian Open. He won grand slam doubles titles with Romanian player Ilie Nastase at Wimbledon in 1973 and at the U.S. Open in 1975. During his career he also served as spokesman for a number of commercial products.

Author : Dr. Nidhi Jindal