September 2nd (1939) was a Saturday. It's the 244th day of the year (245th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 121 days left to the end of the year.
Historical Events for 2nd September, 1939
» World War II: following the start of the Invasion of Poland known as invasion of Second Polish Republic e.g Poland the previous day, the Free City of Danzig (now Gdańsk, Poland) is annexed by Nazi Germany.
September 2nd Holidays in History
» Christian feast day:
» Acepsimas of Hnaita and companions (Syriac Orthodox Church)
» Agricola of Avignon
» Antoninus of Pamiers
» Castor of Apt
» Nonnosus
» Feast day of St Stephen, King and Confessor e.g San Esteban del Rey (Acoma Pueblo)
» N. F. S. Grundtvig (Lutheran Church)
» Lucian Tapiedi named Martyrs of Papua New Guinea (Anglican Communion)
» September 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
» Parliament of the Central Tibetan Administration or Democracy Day (Tibet)
» Independence day (Transnistria, unrecognized)
» Independence day (Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, unrecognized)
» National Day (Vietnam) known as National Day, celebrates the independence of Vietnam from Japan and France in 1945