It is the 245th day of the year and we celebrate Saint Ingrid, but also Eustache, Nonnos and Tachou. September 2 is the day when the Japanese Empire bows to the American nuclear power.
Here is the ephemeris for September 2. This date is marked by the capitulation of Japan to the United States. During the Second World War, these two powers faced each other in what was called the Pacific War.
After the use – for the first time in history – of the atomic bomb, against the cities of Nagasaki and Hiroshima, the Japanese are routed and are forced to surrender. The act of capitulation is signed in Tokyo Bay, on the American ship Missouri.
Who is Saint Ingrid?
Ingrid was the granddaughter of the Swedish King Canute, who lived in the 13th century. Her royal origins made her an important figure, but she chose a path dedicated to spirituality. Saint Ingrid founded a convent, thus showing her commitment to religious and monastic life. Cloistered nuns are women consecrated to God who lead a contemplative life in a closed monastic environment.
In founding the convent, Saint Ingrid dedicated her life to prayer, meditation and the service of God. Saint Ingrid died in 1282 within the convent she had founded.
The front page of Figaro the 2 september 2023
The Figaro
What happened on September 2nd?
- 1666: Great Fire of London
- 1870: surrender of Napoleon III at Sedan
- 1910: death in Paris of the naive painter Henri Rousseau, known as the Douanier
- 1939: general mobilization order in France
- 1940: appearance of the first Citroën 2 CV which would not be marketed until after the war
- [1945:signingoftheactofsurrenderofJapan
- 1969: Death of Vietnamese President Ho Chi Minh
- 1973: Death of British novelist John Reginald R. Tolkien, author of the Lord of the Rings trilogy.
- 1981: opening of the first “Solidarity” Congress in Poland in Gdansk
- 1996: Claudie André-Deshays, the first French woman in space, returns to Earth aboard Soyuz-TM23
- 1998: A Swissair plane crashes into the sea off the coast of Halifax, Nova Scotia, killing 229 people.
- 2003: opening of the Averroès high school in Lille, the first Muslim high school in France
- 2013: American Diana Nyad swims from Cuba to Florida on her fifth attempt, becoming the first to complete the crossing without the protection of a shark cage.
- 2017: judoka Teddy Riner (+100 kg) wins his 9th world champion title in Budapest by beating Brazilian David Moura
- 2018: A fire ravages the National Museum of Rio, the largest natural history museum in Latin America
