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• Obama urged the crowd to vote this fall. He also said Jay-Z's story is "what Made In America means" and added that he enjoys listening to the rapper's music on his iPod.
• Jay-Z headlined the first night of the two-day festival he curated, performing hits like "99 Problems," ''Dirt Off Your Shoulder," ''Big Pimpin'" and "Empire State of Mind." He called it "the first annual Made In America festival."
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• Today's Highlight in History:
• On Sept. 2, 1945, Japan formally surrendered in ceremonies aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, ending World War II.
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• On this date:
• In 1666, the Great Fire of London broke out.
• In 1789, the United States Treasury Department was established.
• In 1864, during the Civil War, Union Gen. William T. Sherman's forces occupied Atlanta.
• In 1901, Vice President Theodore Roosevelt offered the advice, "Speak softly and carry a big stick" in a speech at the Minnesota State Fair.
• In 1924, the Rudolf Friml operetta "Rose Marie" opened on Broadway.
• In 1935, a Labor Day hurricane slammed into the Florida Keys, claiming more than 400 lives.
• In 1944, during World War II, Navy pilot Lt. George Herbert Walker Bush was shot down by Japanese forces as he completed a bombing run over the Bonin Islands. (Bush was rescued by the crew of the submarine USS Finback; his two crew members, however, died.)
• In 1945, Ho Chi Minh declared Vietnam an independent republic. (Ho died on this date in 1969.)
• In 1969, in what some regard as the birth of the Internet, two connected computers at the University of California, Los Angeles, passed test data through a 15-foot cable.

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