Birthdays occurring on September, 2

1839

Henry George was born on September 2, 1839 He who sees the truth, let him proclaim it, without asking who is for it or who is against it. More quotations from Henry George

1850

Eugene Field was born on September 2, 1850 American poet and journalist, known as "the poet of childhood", 1850-1895 Ideas came with explosive immediacy, like an instant birth. Human thought is like a monstrous pendulum; it keeps swinging from one extreme to the other. More quotations from Eugene Field

1852

P. Bourget was born on September 2, 1852 French novelist and critic, 1852-1935 One must live the way one thinks or end up thinking the way one has lived More quotations from P. Bourget

Deaths occurring on September, 2

1973

J.R.R. Tolkien died on September 2, 1973 English writer and author of richly inventive epic fantasy The Lord of the Rings, 1892-1973 Even the smallest person can change the course of the future.' More quotations from J.R.R. Tolkien

1992

Barbara McClintock died on September 2, 1992 American scientist. Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1983. 1902-1992 If you know you are on the right track, if you have this inner knowledge, then nobody can turn you off. . . no matter what they say. More quotations from Barbara McClintock

1997

Rudolf Bing died on September 2, 1997 Austrian Opera administrator, 1902-1997 There are two sighs of relief every night in the life of an opera manager. The first comes when the curtain goes up The second sigh of relief comes when the final curtain goes down without any disaster, and one realizes, gratefully, that the miracle has happened again. More quotations from Rudolf Bing