It happened on a… September 2

2022

The legendary Serena Williams is playing her last tennis match. She is considered the greatest player in history and has won 39 career Grand Slam singles and doubles titles.

2018

Major fire at the National Museum of Brazil in Rio de Janeiro destroys most of its 20 million artifacts.

1998

Swissair Flight 111 crashes near Peggys Cove, Nova Scotia. All 229 people on board are killed.

1969

NBC-TV canceled “Star Trek.” The show had debuted on September 8, 1966.

1956

San Francisco cable cars replaced by bus service.

1944

Holocaust diarist Anne Frank sent to Auschwitz concentration camp.

1902

“A Trip To The Moon”, the first sci-fi film, released.

1752

Great Britain adopts the Gregorian calendar, nearly two centuries later than most of Western Europe.

1666

The Great Fire of London broke out. The fire burned for three days destroying 10,000 buildings including St. Paul’s Cathedral. Only 6 people were killed.