3 September
Notable Births
Tanitoluwa Adewumi
b. 2010
American chess player (born 2010)
Jack Dylan Grazer
b. 2003
American actor (born 2003)
Kaia Gerber
b. 2001
American model and actress (born 2001)
Brandon Williams (footballer)
b. 2000
English footballer (born 2000)
Rich Brian
b. 1999
Indonesian rapper (born 1999)
Carter Kieboom
b. 1997
American baseball player (born 1997)
Devin Singletary
b. 1997
American football player (born 1997)
Bernard Tekpetey
b. 1997
Ghanaian footballer
Joy (singer)
b. 1996
South Korean singer and actress (born 1996)
Abrahm DeVine
b. 1996
American swimmer
Florian Maitre
b. 1996
French cyclist
Callum Moore (Australian footballer)
b. 1996
Australian rules footballer (born 1996)
Neilson Powless
b. 1996
American and Oneida Nation cyclist (born 1996)
Yoane Wissa
b. 1996
Association football player (born 1996)
Myles Jack
b. 1995
American football player (born 1995)
Niklas Süle
b. 1995
German footballer (born 1995)
Francis Molo
b. 1994
Cook Islands & Samoa international rugby league footballer
Lee So-jung
b. 1993
South Korean singer (born 1993)
Dominic Thiem
b. 1993
Austrian tennis player (born 1993)
Lee Seong-jong
b. 1993
South Korean singer (born 1993)
Notable Deaths
Flora Fraser, 21st Lady Saltoun
d. 2024
Scottish hereditary peer (1930–2024)
Wayne Graham
d. 2024
American baseball player and coach (1936–2024)
Walter Becker
d. 2017
American musician, songwriter, and record producer (1950–2017)
John Ashbery
d. 2017
American poet (1927–2017)
Judy Carne
d. 2015
British actress (1939–2015)
Zhang Zhen (general)
d. 2015
Chandra Bahadur Dangi
d. 2015
Nepali man; shortest man in recorded history (1939–2015)
Ralph M. Holman
d. 2013
American judge
José Ramón Larraz
d. 2013
Spanish film director (1929–2013)
Griselda Blanco
d. 2012
Colombian drug lord (1943–2012)
Harold Dunaway
d. 2012
American stock car and sprint car driver
Michael Clarke Duncan
d. 2012
American actor (1957–2012)
List of Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients (J)
d. 2012
Sun Myung Moon
d. 2012
Korean religious leader (1920–2012)
Charlie Rose (politician)
d. 2012
American politician (1939–2012)
Noah Howard
d. 2010
American jazz musician
Robert Schimmel
d. 2010
American comedian (1950–2010)
Donald Blakeslee
d. 2008
United States Air Force officer (1917–2008)
Syd Jackson (Māori activist)
d. 2007
New Zealand activist
Jane Tomlinson
d. 2007
Deceased charity sporting fundraiser
On This Day in History
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2017
North Korea conducts its sixth and most powerful nuclear test.
North Korea
2016
The U.S. and China, together responsible for 40% of the world's carbon emissions, both formally ratify the Paris global climate agreement.
China
2010
After taking off from Dubai International Airport, UPS Airlines Flight 6 develops an in-flight fire in the cargo hold and crashes near Nad Al Sheba, killing both crew members on board.
Dubai International Airport
2004
Beslan school siege results in over 330 fatalities, including 186 children.
Beslan school siege
2001
In Belfast, Protestant loyalists begin a picket of Holy Cross, a Catholic primary school for girls.
Belfast
1997
Vietnam Airlines Flight 815 (Tupolev Tu-134) crashes on approach into Phnom Penh airport, killing 64.
Vietnam Airlines
1989
Cubana de Aviación Flight 9046 crashes into a residential area of Havana shortly after takeoff from José Martí International Airport, killing 150.
Cubana de Aviación Flight 9046
1989
Varig Flight 254 crashes in the Amazon rainforest near São José do Xingu in Brazil, killing 12.
Varig Flight 254
1987
In a coup d'état in Burundi, President Jean-Baptiste Bagaza is deposed by Major Pierre Buyoya.
1987 Burundian coup d'état
1981
The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, an international bill of rights for women, is instituted by the United Nations.
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
1978
During the Rhodesian Bush War a group of ZIPRA guerrillas shot down civilian Vickers Viscount aircraft (Air Rhodesia Flight 825) with a Soviet-made SAM Strela-2; of 56 passengers and crew 38 people died in crash, 10 were massacred by the guerrillas at the site.
Rhodesian Bush War
1976
Viking program: The American Viking 2 spacecraft lands at Utopia Planitia on Mars.
Viking program
1971
Qatar becomes an independent state.
Qatar
1967
Dagen H in Sweden: Traffic changes from driving on the left to driving on the right overnight.
Dagen H
1954
The People's Liberation Army begins shelling the Republic of China-controlled islands of Quemoy, starting the First Taiwan Strait Crisis.
People's Liberation Army
1950
"Nino" Farina becomes the first Formula One Drivers' champion after winning the 1950 Italian Grand Prix.
Giuseppe Farina
1945
A three-day celebration begins in China, following the Victory over Japan Day on September 2.
Victory over Japan Day
1944
Holocaust: Diarist Anne Frank and her family are placed on the last transport train from the Westerbork transit camp to the Auschwitz concentration camp, arriving three days later.
Diary
1943
World War II: British and Canadian troops land on the Italian mainland. On the same day, Walter Bedell Smith and Giuseppe Castellano sign the Armistice of Cassibile, although it is not announced for another five days.
Operation Baytown
1942
World War II: In response to news of its coming liquidation, Dov Lopatyn leads an uprising in the Ghetto of Lakhva (present-day Belarus).
Łachwa Ghetto