September 2

1752: This was the last day of the Julian Calendar in Great Britain and the British colonies - the Gregorian Calendar designed to correct the extra leap year day problem went into effect the next day with tomorrow being September 14, hence 11 days were dropped. 1869: Hiram Percy Maxim, co-founder of the Amateur Radio Relay League (ARRL), was born. 1910: Blanche Scott, the first woman pilot in the U.S., made a solo flight at Lake Keuka. 1944: President George H.W. Bush was shot down at Chichi Jima island, in his Avenger aircraft. 1945: Japanese officials sign the act of unconditional surrender (VJ Day). 1948: Christa McAuliffe, the first female Shuttle astronaut who died in the Challenger accident, was born. 1969: NBC-TV canceled "Star Trek" - the show had debuted on September 8, 1966. 1973: English writer J. R. R. Tolkien, author of "The Hobbit" and "Lord of the Rings," died. 1987: Philips introduced the CD-video. 1985: 73 years after sinking off the Newfoundland coast, the wreckage of the Titanic was located. 1998: Pilots for Canada's largest airline launched their first strike in Air Canada's history. 2001: Dr. Christiaan Barnard, who performed the first human heart transplant, died.