By Janelle Today, September 2, 2017, marks Geocaching.com’s 17th birthday. Woohoo! (You’re lookin‘ good — you’ve only gotten better with age!). But what else happened on this day in history?
Here are 17 events that also happened on September 2nd.
Queen Cleopatra VII declares her son, Ptolemy XV Caesarion, as co-ruler of Egypt, 44 BC.
Ptolemy XV Caesarion2. Great Britain adopts the Gregorian calendar, nearly two centuries after most of Western Europe, 1752.
Great Britain adopts the Gregorian calendar3. First bank robbery in the US: Bank of Pennsylvania robbed of $162,821, 1798.
The other kind of cash4. A solar superstorm — known as the Carrington Event — affects electrical telegraph service, 1859.
Solar superstorm5. Telegraph service between Germany and United States begins, 1900.
Telegraphs around the world6. The first science fiction film, A Trip to the Moon, is released, 1902.
Trip to the Moon7. Henri Rousseau, French post-impressionist painter dies, 1910.
Henri Rousseau8. Margaret Mitchell, American author of Gone with the Wind marries Red Berrien Upshaw, 1922.
Clark Gable reads Gone with the Wind9. First transatlantic round trip air flight is completed, 1936.
Vrooooom10. Academy copyrights Oscar statuette, 1941.
Oscar11. Dr. F. John Lewis 1st uses deep freeze technique in heart surgery, 1952.
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