Today in History - History - September 2nd

44 BCQueen Cleopatra VII of Egypt declares her son co-ruler as Ptolemy XV Caesarion.

1991Pat Bradley wins LPGA Rail Charity Golf Classic

1996Jerry Lewis' 31st Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $49,200,000

1987Donald Trump takes out a full page NY Times ad lambasting Japan

1974Jerry Lewis' 9th Muscular Dystrophy telethon

1969NY Yankee Joe Pepitone is reinstated

1985Jerry Lewis' 20th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $33,100,000

1927Rumour starts that Yankee Lou Gehrig will be traded to Tigers

1962Stan Musial's 3,516th hit moves over Tris Speaker into 2nd place

1966Mickey Wright wins LPGA Ladies' World Series of Golf

1952[James] Jimmy Connors, St. Louis Illinois, US tennis champion (US Open-78, 82, 83 Wimbledon-74, 82)

1877Frederick Soddy, Eastbourne, England, chemist, Nobel laureate, (d. 1956)

1965Lennox Lewis, London England, heavyweight boxer (Olympic-gold-1988, WBC boxing champ)

1966Salma Hayek, Veracruz, Mexico, actress (Desparado)

1978Singer Gloria Estefan (21) weds musician and producer Emilio Estefan (25)

1989Actor Sam Neill (41) weds actress Noriko Watanabe (24)

1995Actor Charlie Sheen (30) weds model Donna Peele (25) in Malibu, California

1922"Gone With The Wind" author Margaret Mitchell (21) weds Red Berrien Upshaw

1978George Harrison marries Olivia

1908Naval officer Robert Scott (40) weds sculptress Kathleen Bruce (30) at the Chapel Royal in London, England

1989NBA basketball star Michael Jordan (26) weds Juanita Vanoy (30) at the Little White Chapel in Las Vegas

1824US Navy flag officer David Farragut (23) weds Susan Caroline Marchant

490 BCPheidippides, Greek hero and inspiration for the modern marathon

1973John R R Tolkien, British story writer (Hobbit), dies of an ulcer at 81