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This day in history: 2 September

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410 historical events, births and deaths are listed for 2 September.
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2024: A suicide bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan, kills six people and injures 13.

Holidays and observances

Christian feast day: Acepsimas of Hnaita and companions (Syriac Orthodox Church)

Christian feast day: Agricola of Avignon

Christian feast day: Antoninus of Pamiers

Christian feast day: Brocard

Christian feast day: Diomedes

Christian feast day: Eleazar

Christian feast day: Hieu (abbess)

Christian feast day: Holy September Martyrs

Christian feast day: Ingrid of Sweden

Christian feast day: Justus of Lyon

Christian feast day: Margaret of Louvain

Christian feast day: Maxima of Rome

Events

2024A suicide bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan, kills six people and injures 13.

2024At least 129 inmates are killed and 59 more injured in an attempted prison break at Makala Prison in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

2024Four people are killed in a mass shooting targeting homeless people on a Chicago Transit Authority train in Forest Park, Illinois, United States.

2023India's first solar observation mission: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully launches Aditya-L1 from Satish Dhawan space centre.

2022Eighteen people are killed and 23 others are injured by a suicide bombing at a Sunni mosque in Herat, Afghanistan.

2019Hurricane Dorian, a category 5 hurricane, devastates the Bahamas, killing at least five.

2019The dive boat MV Conception catches fire and sinks near Santa Cruz Island, killing 34.

2018National Museum of Brazil fire: A massive fire destroys most of the Paço de São Cristóvão, which houses the National Museum of Brazil, in Rio de Janeiro. The museum holds important archaeοlogical and anthropological objects, including the r

2013The Eastern span replacement of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge opens at 10:15 pm at a cost of $6.4 billion, after the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake damaged the old span.

2010Israel-Palestinian conflict: the 2010 Israeli-Palestinian peace talks are launched by the United States.

2009The Andhra Pradesh, India helicopter crash occurs near Rudrakonda Hill, 40 nautical miles (74 km) from Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh, India. Fatalities include Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy, the Chief Minister of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.

2008Google launches its Google Chrome web browser.

1998Swissair Flight 111 crashes near Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia; all 229 people on board are killed.

1998The UN's International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda finds Jean-Paul Akayesu, the former mayor of a small town in Rwanda, guilty of nine counts of genocide.

1992The 7.7 Mw Nicaragua earthquake affects the west coast of Nicaragua. With a Ms–Mw disparity of half a unit, this tsunami earthquake triggers a tsunami that causes most of the damage and casualties, with at least 116 killed. Typical runup he

1990Transnistria is unilaterally proclaimed a Soviet republic; the Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev declares the decision null and void.

1987In Moscow, the trial begins for 19-year-old pilot Mathias Rust, who flew his Cessna airplane into Red Square in May.

1985Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Tamil politicians and former MPs M. Alalasundaram and V. Dharmalingam are shot dead.

1984Seven people are shot and killed and 12 wounded in the Milperra massacre, a shootout between the rival motorcycle gangs Bandidos and Comancheros in Sydney, Australia.

1970Aeroflot Flight 3630, a Tupolev Tu-124 en route from southern Russia to Lithuania, crashes after the pilots lost control of the aircraft at cruise altitude between Rostov-on-Don Airport and Vilnius Airport, on the second leg of the flight;

1970NASA announces the cancellation of two Apollo missions to the Moon, Apollo 15 (the designation is re-used by a later mission), and Apollo 19.

1968Operation OAU begins during the Nigerian Civil War.

1963CBS Evening News becomes U.S. network television's first half-hour weeknight news broadcast, when the show is lengthened from 15 to 30 minutes.

1960The first election of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile. The Tibetan community observes this date as Democracy Day.

1958A USAF RC-130 is shot down by fighters over Armenia when it strays into Soviet airspace while conducting a sigint mission. All crew members are killed.

1957President Ngô Đình Diệm of South Vietnam becomes the first foreign head of state to make a state visit to Australia.

1946The Interim Government of India is formed, headed by Jawaharlal Nehru as vice president with the powers of a Prime Minister.

1945Communist leader Ho Chi Minh proclaims the Democratic Republic of Vietnam after the end of the Nguyễn dynasty.

1945World War II: The Japanese Instrument of Surrender is signed by Japan and the major warring powers aboard the battleship USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, thus marking the official end to the war.

1944The last execution of a Finn in Finland takes place when soldier Olavi Laiho is executed by shooting in Oulu.

1939World War II: Following the start of the invasion of Poland the previous day, the Free City of Danzig (now Gdańsk, Poland) is annexed by Nazi Germany.

1935The Labor Day Hurricane, the most intense hurricane to strike the United States, makes landfall at Long Key, Florida, killing at least 400.

1923Kantō Massacre: Amid rumors that Koreans had been conducting acts of sabotage in the aftermath of the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake, lynch mobs of Japanese begin massacring thousands of civilians over the course of several weeks, mainly ethni

1912Arthur Rose Eldred is awarded the first Eagle Scout award of the Boy Scouts of America.

1901Vice President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt utters the famous phrase, "Speak softly and carry a big stick" at the Minnesota State Fair.

1898Battle of Omdurman: British and Egyptian troops defeat Sudanese tribesmen and establish British dominance in Sudan.

1885Rock Springs massacre: In Rock Springs, Wyoming, 150 white miners, who are struggling to unionize so they could strike for better wages and work conditions, attack their Chinese fellow workers, killing 28, wounding 15 and forcing several hu

1870Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Sedan: Prussian forces take Napoleon III of France and 100,000 of his soldiers prisoner.

1867Mutsuhito, Emperor Meiji of Japan, marries Masako Ichijō, thereafter known as Empress Shōken.

1864American Civil War: Union forces enter Atlanta as the city surrenders, ending the Atlanta campaign as a victory for General William T. Sherman.

Born on this day

2002Bradley Barcola, French footballer

1998Choi Ye-bin, South Korean actress

1998Eetu Luostarinen, Finnish ice hockey player

1998Nickeil Alexander-Walker, Canadian basketball player

1997645AR, American rapper

1997Brandon Ingram, American basketball player

1996Austin Abrams, American actor

1995Aleksander Barkov, Russian-Finnish ice hockey player

1995Deimantas Petravičius, Lithuanian footballer

1995Willy Adames, Dominican baseball player

1994Ishika Taneja, Indian beautician.

1994Linda Dallmann, German professional footballer

1993Robert Rooba, Estonian ice hockey player

1993Tom Anderson, English footballer

1993Zaza Nadiradze, Georgian sprint canoeist

1992Alberto Masi, Italian footballer

1992Ella Toone, English footballer

1992Emiliano Martínez, Argentine footballer

1992Nenad Lukić, Serbian footballer

1992Xenia Knoll, Swiss tennis player

1991Christian Bethancourt, Panamanian baseball player

1991Gyasi Zardes, American footballer

1991Mareks Mejeris, Latvian basketball player

1990Marcus Ericsson, Swedish race car driver

1990Shayla Worley, American gymnast

1989Alexandre Pato, Brazilian footballer

1989Marcus Morris, American basketball player

1989Markieff Morris, American basketball player

1989Zedd, Russian-German record producer, DJ, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter

1988Ibrahim Šehić, Bosnian footballer

1988Ishant Sharma, Indian cricketer

1988Ishmeet Singh, Indian singer (died 2008)

1988Javi Martínez, Spanish footballer

1988Keisuke Kato, Japanese actor and singer

1987Scott Moir, Canadian ice dancer

1987Spencer Smith, American musician

1986Gélson Fernandes, Swiss footballer

1986Kyle Hines, American basketball player

1985Allison Miller, American actress

1985Keith Galloway, Australian rugby league player

Died on this day

2024James Darren, American actor (born 1936)

2024Rodolfo Hernández Suárez, Colombian politician (born 1945)

2022Frank Drake, American radio astronomer and astrophysicist (born 1930)

2022T. V. Sankaranarayanan, Indian Carnatic vocalist (born 1945)

2021Mikis Theodorakis, Greek composer (born 1925)

2021Siddharth Shukla, Indian TV and film actor (born 1980)

2018Claire Wineland, American activist and author (born 1997)

2016Islam Karimov, Uzbek politician, 1st President of Uzbekistan (born 1938)

2016Jerry Heller, American music manager (born 1940)

2015Ephraim Engleman, American rheumatologist, author, and academic (born 1911)

2014F. Emmett Fitzpatrick, American lawyer and politician, 20th District Attorney of Philadelphia (born 1930)

2014Goolam Essaji Vahanvati, Indian lawyer and politician, 13th Attorney General of India (born 1949)

2014Helena Rakoczy, Polish gymnast (born 1921)

2014Norman Gordon, South African cricketer (born 1911)

2013David Jacobs, English radio and television host (born 1926)

2013Frederik Pohl, American author and publisher (born 1919)

2013Paul Scoon, Grenadian politician, 2nd Governor-General of Grenada (born 1935)

2013Ronald Coase, English-American economist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1910)

2013Terry Clawson, English rugby player and coach (born 1940)

2013Valérie Benguigui, French actress and director (born 1965)

2012Emmanuel Nunes, Portuguese-French composer and educator (born 1941)

2012Jack Boucher, American photographer and director (born 1931)

2012John C. Marshall, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1941)

2012Mark Abrahamian, American guitarist (born 1966)

2011Felipe Camiroaga, Chilean television presenter (born 1966)

2011Roberto Bruce, Chilean journalist (born 1979)

2009Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy, Indian politician, 14th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh (born 1949)

2008Alan Waddell, Australian walker

2008Bill Melendez, Mexican-American animator, director, producer, and voice actor (born 1916)

2007Franz-Benno Delonge, German game designer, created TransAmerica (born 1957)

Quote of the day

“Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.”

attributed to Marcus Aurelius

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