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| + | |summary= On September 1, 1939, [[Nazi Germany]] invaded [[Poland]] and set off the [[Second World War]]. While the [[United States]] would not enter the conflict for more than another two years, Britain and the Commonwealth faced down the Nazi menace from the beginning. | ||
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| + | Almost immediately, English and Canadian women were called to fill the industrial jobs that would otherwise be left to the men, who were signing up for the fight by the tens of thousands on both sides of the Atlantic. The war would forever change the so-called "gender dynamic" of the western workforce. Before the final surrender of Japan (on this day in 1945), every American would know exactly who [[wikipedia:Rosie the Riveter|Rosie the Riveter]] was. | ||
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| + | And every Canadian would know "'''Ronnie, the [[bren gun]] girl'''." | ||
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| + | ! style="background:#9BCD9B; border:1px solid green"| <div style="float:right"><small><nowiki>[</nowiki>[[September 2|more]]<nowiki>]</nowiki></small></div>What else happened today | ||
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| + | * [[1937]] — Pierre de Coubertin, French founder of the modern [[Olympic Games]] died in Geneva, [[Switzerland]] at the age of 74. | ||
| + | * [[1945]] — The Instrument of Surrender of Japan is signed by Japanese Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu and accepted aboard the battleship USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, bringing a welcome end to the [[Second World War]], six years and one day after it began. | ||
| + | * [[2009]] — [[MAIG]] Mayor Eddie Perez finds himself re-arrested and charged with first-degree larceny by extortion. He was already awaiting trial on bribery, fabricating evidence, and conspiracy to fabricate evidence felony charges. | ||
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| + | ==Today in pictures== | ||
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| + | </gallery> | ||
| + | ===Picture of the day=== | ||
| + | {{POTD:September 2}} | ||
| + | [[category:Dates]]</noinclude> | ||
