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- September 2nd -
1998
Swissair Flight 111, en route from New York City to Geneva, crashed into the Atlantic Ocean, killing all 229 people on board.
1990
The small country of Transnistria unilaterally declared its independence from what was then the Moldavian SSR of the Soviet Union, but independence has only been recognized by Abkhazia and South Ossetia, who are also partially recognised states.
1957
President Ngo Dinh Diem of South Vietnam became the first foreign head of state to make a state visit to Australia.
1901
U.S. Vice President Theodore Roosevelt first uttered the famous phrase "speak softly and carry a big stick" at the Minnesota State Fair, describing his philosophy of negotiating peacefully while simultaneously threatening to use military force.
1666
A large fire began on London's Pudding Lane and burned the city for three days , destroying St Paul's Cathedral and the homes of 70,000 of the city's 80,000 inhabitants.
31 BC
Final War of the Roman Republic: Troops supporting Octavian defeated the forces of Mark Antony and Cleopatra in the naval Battle of Actium on the Ionian Sea near Actium in Greece.
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