September 02

1666 – The Great Fire of London breaks out and burns for three days, destroying 10,000 buildings, including Old St Paul's Cathedral.
1752 – Great Britain, along with its overseas possessions, adopts the Gregorian calendar.
1859 – The Carrington Event is the strongest geomagnetic storm on record.
1930 - The first non-stop airplane flight from Europe to the U.S. was completed. The journey took 37 hours.