September 2/history

[more] What else happened today

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.