2 September 1912
#KnowSouthernHistoryOn this date in 1912 Jim Thorpe won Olympic Gold...
Other Years:
- 1935 - The third strongest recorded hurricane to strike North America, known as the "Labor Day Hurricane," struck the Florida Keys and tore northward through Georgia and the Carolinas causing $6 million dollars in damage and killing an estimated 600 Southerners.
- 1945 - Japan formally surrendered to Arkansas native, General Douglas McArthur in ceremonies aboard the U.S.S. Missouri, ending World War II.
- 1963 - Alabama Governor George Wallace prevented integration of Tuskegee High School.
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