2 September
Notable Births
Nickeil Alexander-Walker
b. 1998
Canadian basketball player (born 1998)
Choi Ye-bin
b. 1998
South Korean actress (born 1998)
Brandon Ingram
b. 1997
American basketball player (born 1997)
Austin Abrams
b. 1996
American actor (born 1996)
Willy Adames
b. 1995
Dominican baseball infielder (born 1995)
Aleksander Barkov
b. 1995
Finnish ice hockey player (born 1995)
Robert Rooba
b. 1993
Estonian ice hockey player (born 1993)
Xenia Knoll
b. 1992
Swiss tennis player (born 1992)
Emiliano Martínez
b. 1992
Argentine footballer (born 1992)
Ella Toone
b. 1992
English footballer (born 1999)
Christian Bethancourt
b. 1991
Panamanian baseball player (born 1991)
Gyasi Zardes
b. 1991
American soccer player (born 1991)
Marcus Ericsson
b. 1990
Swedish racing driver (born 1990)
Marcus Morris Sr.
b. 1989
American basketball player (born 1989)
Markieff Morris
b. 1989
American basketball player (born 1989)
Alexandre Pato
b. 1989
Brazilian footballer (born 1989)
Zedd
b. 1989
German music producer (born 1989)
Javi Martínez
b. 1988
Spanish footballer (born 1988)
Ibrahim Šehić
b. 1988
Bosnian footballer (born 1988)
Ishant Sharma
b. 1988
Indian cricketer
Notable Deaths
James Darren
d. 2024
American actor (1936–2024)
Rodolfo Hernández Suárez
d. 2024
Colombian politician (1945–2024)
Frank Drake
d. 2022
American astronomer and astrophysicist (1930–2022)
T. V. Sankaranarayanan
d. 2022
Indian musical artist (1945–2022)
Sidharth Shukla
d. 2021
Indian actor and model (1980–2021)
Mikis Theodorakis
d. 2021
Greek composer (1925–2021)
Claire Wineland
d. 2018
American activist and author (1997–2018)
Jerry Heller
d. 2016
American music manager and businessman (1940–2016)
Islam Karimov
d. 2016
Leader of Uzbekistan from 1989 to 2016
Norman Gordon
d. 2014
South African cricketer (1911–2014)
Helena Rakoczy
d. 2014
Polish gymnast (1921–2014)
Valérie Benguigui
d. 2013
French actress and theater director
Ronald Coase
d. 2013
British economist and Nobel laureate (1910–2013)
David Jacobs (broadcaster)
d. 2013
British broadcaster (1926–2013)
Frederik Pohl
d. 2013
American science fiction writer and editor (1919–2013)
Paul Scoon
d. 2013
Governor-General of Grenada from 1978 to 1992
Starship (band)
d. 2012
American rock band
Jack Boucher
d. 2012
American photographer (1931–2012)
John C. Marshall (musician)
d. 2012
British guitarist, vocalist and songwriter
Barbara McClintock
d. 1992
American scientist and cytogeneticist (1902–1992)
On This Day in History
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2024
Four people are killed in a mass shooting targeting homeless people on a Chicago Transit Authority train in Forest Park, Illinois, United States.
Chicago "L"
2024
A suicide bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan, kills 6 people and injures 13.
2024 Qala Bakhtiar bombing
2024
At least 129 inmates are killed and 59 more injured in an attempted prison break at Makala Prison in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
2024 Makala jailbreak attempt
2023
India's first solar observation mission: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully launches Aditya-L1 from Satish Dhawan space centre.
Aditya-L1
2022
Eighteen people are killed and 23 others are injured by a suicide bombing at a Sunni mosque in Herat, Afghanistan.
2022 Herat mosque bombing
2019
Hurricane Dorian, a category 5 hurricane, devastates the Bahamas, killing at least five.
Hurricane Dorian
2019
The dive boat MV Conception catches fire and sinks near Santa Cruz Island, killing 34.
Sinking of MV Conception
2018
National 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 remains of the Luzia Woman, Marajoara vases and Egyptian mummies.
National Museum of Brazil fire
2013
The 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.
Eastern span replacement of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge
2010
Israel-Palestinian conflict: the 2010 Israeli-Palestinian peace talks are launched by the United States.
Israeli–Palestinian conflict
2009
The Andhra Pradesh, India helicopter crash occurred near Rudrakonda Hill, 40 nautical miles (74 km) from Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh, India. Fatalities included Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy, the Chief Minister of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.
2009 Andhra Pradesh helicopter crash
2008
Google launches its Google Chrome web browser.
1998
Swissair Flight 111 crashes near Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia; all 229 people on board are killed.
Swissair Flight 111
1998
The 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.
United Nations
1992
The 7.7 Mw Nicaragua earthquake affected the west coast of Nicaragua. With a Ms–Mw disparity of half a unit, this tsunami earthquake triggered a tsunami that caused most of the damage and casualties, with at least 116 killed. Typical runup heights were 3–8 meters (9.8–26.2 ft).
1992 Nicaragua earthquake
1990
Transnistria is unilaterally proclaimed a Soviet republic; the Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev declares the decision null and void.
Transnistria
1987
In Moscow, the trial begins for 19-year-old pilot Mathias Rust, who flew his Cessna airplane into Red Square in May.
Mathias Rust
1985
Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Tamil politicians and former MPs M. Alalasundaram and V. Dharmalingam are shot dead.
Sri Lankan civil war
1984
Seven 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.
Milperra massacre
1970
NASA announces the cancellation of two Apollo missions to the Moon, Apollo 15 (the designation is re-used by a later mission), and Apollo 19.
NASA