From the past - Sept. 2

Published Tuesday September 2nd, 2008

1666 Great Fire of London starts; destroys St. Paul's Church

1850 Albert Spaulding, baseball player/founded Spaulding sports company, is born

1850 Eugene Field, author/journalist (Little Boy Blue), is born

1853 Wilhelm Ostwald, Germany, physical chemist (Nobel 1909), is born

1901 US vice-president Theodore Roosevelt advises, "Speak softly and carry a big stick."

1935 A hurricane slams the Florida Keys killing 423

1936 Joan Kennedy, first wife of Mass. Senator, Ted, is born

1944 Anne Frank (Diary of Anne Frank) is sent to Auschwitz

1943 Glenn Sather, NHL coach and general manager (Oilers, Rangers), is born

1944 During Second World War, George Bush ejects from a burning plane

1964 Keanu Reeves, actor (Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, The Matrix trilogy) is born

1964 Norman Manley scores two consecutive holes-in-one at Del Valley, California.

1972 Canada loses first game in Summit Series to Soviet national team 7-3.

1978 Graham Salmon set the worlds record for 100 meters by a blind man

1986 Canadian Cathy Evelyn Smith sentenced to three years in jail for involuntary manslaughter in the drug overdose that killed comedian John Belushi in 1982.

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