September 2nd - Important events on this day in history, Great Fire of London, U.S. Treasury Department

Today in History - September 2nd

1666 – The Great Fire of London breaks out. When it was finally extinguished three days later, nearly 400 acres in the city had been destroyed, including some 13,000 houses and the old St. Paul's Cathedral
1789 – The U.S. Treasury Department is established
1901 –Vice President Theodore Roosevelt offers the advice, "Speak softly and carry a big stick," in a speech at the Minnesota State Fair.

1935 – A hurricane slams into the Florida Keys, claiming 423 lives
Ho Chi Minh declares Vietnam an independent republic
1983 – On this day in history Tom Brokaw takes over as sole anchor of NBC’s “Nightly News:
1992 – The U.S. and Russia agreed to build a space station
2003 – A federal appeals court in San Francisco threw out more than 100 death sentences in Arizona, Montana and Idaho because the inmates had been sent to death row by judges instead of juries
2004 – President George W. Bush accepts his party's nomination for a second term at the Republican National Convention in New York City
2005 – A National Guard convoy packed with food, water and medicine rolls into New Orleans four days after Hurricane Katrina. President George W. Bush acknowledges the government's failure to stop lawlessness and help desperate people during a daylong tour of the Gulf Coast

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