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T Calendar Gears Gregorian Calendar
Full Year 2020 September
September 2 is the 245th day of the
year (246th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 120 days remain until the end
of the year. Contents
·
1Events ·
2Births ·
3Deaths Events
·
44 BC – Pharaoh Cleopatra VII of Egypt declares
her son co-ruler as Ptolemy XV Caesarion.[citation
needed] ·
44 BC – Cicero launches
the first of his Philippicae (oratorical
attacks) on Mark Antony.
He will make 14 of them over the following months.[1] ·
31 BC – Final War of the Roman Republic: Battle of Actium:
Off the western coast of Greece, forces of Octavian defeat
troops under Mark Antony and Cleopatra.[2] ·
1192 –
The Treaty of
Jaffa is signed between Richard I of England and Saladin, leading to
the end of the Third Crusade.[3] ·
1649 –
The Italian city of Castro is
completely destroyed by the forces of Pope Innocent X,
ending the Wars of
Castro. ·
1666 –
The Great Fire of London breaks out and burns for
three days, destroying 10,000 buildings, including Old St Paul's Cathedral. ·
1752 –
Great Britain, along with its overseas possessions, adopts the Gregorian calendar. ·
1789 –
The United States Department of the Treasury is
founded. ·
1792 –
During what became known as the September Massacres of the French Revolution,
rampaging mobs slaughter three Roman Catholic bishops, more than two hundred
priests, and prisoners believed to be royalist sympathizers. ·
1806 –
A massive landslide destroys the town of Goldau, Switzerland,
killing 457. ·
1807 –
The British Royal Navy bombards Copenhagen with fire bombs and
phosphorus rockets to prevent Denmark from surrendering its fleet to
Napoleon. ·
1856 –
The Tianjing incident takes place in Nanjing, China. ·
1862 – American Civil War: United States President Abraham
Lincoln reluctantly restores Union General George B. McClellan to full command after
General John Pope's disastrous defeat at the Second Battle of Bull Run. ·
1864 –
American Civil War: Union forces enter Atlanta, a day after
the Confederate defenders flee the city, ending
the Atlanta Campaign. ·
1867 –
Mutsuhito, Emperor Meiji of
Japan, marries Masako Ichijō, thereafter known as Empress Shōken. ·
1870 – Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Sedan: Prussian forces
take Napoleon III of France and 100,000 of his
soldiers prisoner. ·
1885 – Rock 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 hundred more out of town. ·
1898 – Battle of Omdurman: British and Egyptian troops
defeat Sudanese tribesmen
and establish British dominance in Sudan. ·
1901 –
Vice President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt utters the famous phrase,
"Speak softly and carry a big stick" at the Minnesota State Fair. ·
1912 – Arthur Rose Eldred is awarded the first Eagle Scout award of the Boy Scouts of America. ·
1935 –
The Labor Day Hurricane, the most intense hurricane to
strike the United States, makes landfall at Long Key, Florida,
killing at least 400. ·
1939 – World 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. ·
1945 –
World War II: The Japanese Instrument of Surrender is signed by
Japan and the major warring powers aboard the battleship USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay. ·
1945 – Communist leader Ho Chi Minh proclaimed the Democratic Republic of Vietnam after
the end of the Nguyễn dynasty. ·
1946 –
The Interim Government of India is formed, headed
by Jawaharlal Nehru as vice president with the
powers of a Prime Minister. ·
1957 –
President Ngô Đěnh Diệm of South Vietnam becomes the first foreign head of state to make a state
visit to Australia. ·
1958 –
A 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. ·
1960 –
The first election of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile.
The Tibetan community observes this date as Democracy Day. ·
1963 – CBS Evening News becomes
U.S. network television's first half-hour weeknight news broadcast, when the
show is lengthened from 15 to 30 minutes. ·
1968 – Operation OAU begins
during the Nigerian Civil War. ·
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. ·
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. ·
1985 – Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Tamil politicians
and former MPs M. Alalasundaram and V. Dharmalingam are
shot dead. ·
1987 –
In Moscow, the trial begins for 19-year-old pilot Mathias Rust, who
flew his Cessna airplane
into Red Square in
May. ·
1990 – Transnistria is
unilaterally proclaimed a Soviet republic;
the Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev declares the decision null
and void. ·
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). ·
1998 – Swissair Flight 111 crashes near Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia; all 229 people onboard are
killed. ·
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. ·
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. ·
2010 – Israel-Palestinian conflict: the 2010 Israeli-Palestinian peace talks are
launched by the United States.[4] ·
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. ·
2019 – Hurricane Dorian, a
category 5 hurricane, devastates the Bahamas, killing at
least five.[5] Births
·
1243 – Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Gloucester, 6th Earl
of Hertford, English politician (d. 1295)[6] ·
1251 – Francis of Fabriano, Italian writer (d. 1322) ·
1516 – Francis I, Duke of Nevers (d. 1561) ·
1531 – Francesco Cattani da Diacceto, Bishop of
Fiesole (d. 1595) ·
1548 – Vincenzo Scamozzi, Italian architect (d. 1616) ·
1661 – Georg Böhm, German
organist and composer (d. 1733) ·
1675 – William Somervile, English poet and author (d.
1742) ·
1753 – Marie Joséphine of Savoy (d. 1810)[7] ·
1778 – Louis Bonaparte,
French-Dutch king (d. 1846)[8] ·
1805 – Esteban Echeverría, Argentinian poet and author (d.
1851) ·
1810 – Lysander Button,
American engineer (d. 1898) ·
1810 – William Seymour Tyler, American historian and
educator (d. 1897) ·
1814 – Ernst Curtius,
German archaeologist and historian (d. 1896)[9] ·
1820 – Lucretia Hale,
American journalist and author (d. 1900) ·
1830 – William P. Frye,
American lawyer and politician (d. 1911) ·
1838 – Bhaktivinoda Thakur, Indian guru and philosopher
(d. 1914) ·
1838 – Liliʻuokalani of
Hawaii (d. 1917)[10] ·
1839 – Henry George,
American economist and author (d. 1897) ·
1850 – Eugene Field,
American author and poet (d. 1895) ·
1850 – Albert Spalding,
American baseball player, manager, and businessman, co-founded the Spalding Sporting Goods Company (d. 1915) ·
1850 – Woldemar Voigt,
German physicist and academic (d. 1919) ·
1852 – Paul Bourget, French
author and critic (d. 1935)[11] ·
1853 – Wilhelm Ostwald,
Latvian-German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1932)[12] ·
1856 – John Bowser,
English-Australian politician, 26th Premier of Victoria (d. 1936) ·
1862 – Franjo Krežma,
Croatian violinist and composer (d. 1881) ·
1865 – Simeón Ola, Filipino
general and politician (d. 1952) ·
1866 – Charles Vintcent,
South African cricketer and rugby player (d. 1943) ·
1873 – Lily Poulett-Harris, Australian cricketer and
educator (d. 1897) ·
1877 – Frederick Soddy,
English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1956) ·
1878 – Herman,
Estonian-Finnish archbishop (d. 1961) ·
1878 – Werner von Blomberg, German field marshal (d. 1946) ·
1883 – Archduchess Elisabeth Marie of Austria (d.
1963) ·
1884 – Frank Laubach,
American missionary and mystic (d. 1970) ·
1892 – Dezső Kertész, Hungarian actor and film
director (d. 1965) ·
1894 – Joseph Roth,
Austrian journalist and author (d. 1939)[13] ·
1897 – Fazlollah Zahedi,
Iranian general and statesman, 36th Prime Minister of Iran (d. 1963) ·
1901 – Andreas Embirikos, Greek psychoanalyst and poet (d.
1975) ·
1901 – Adolph Rupp,
American basketball player and coach (d. 1977) ·
1904 – August Jakobson,
Estonian author and politician (d. 1963) ·
1907 – Pertev Naili Boratav, Turkish author and educator
(d. 1998) ·
1908 – Ruth Bancroft,
American landscape and garden designer (d. 2017) ·
1910 – Paul Saagpakk,
Estonian linguist, lexicographer, and academic (d. 1996) ·
1910 – Donald Watson,
English activist, founded the Vegan Society (d. 2005) ·
1911 – Romare Bearden,
American painter and author (d. 1988) ·
1911 – William F. Harrah, American businessman, founded
the Caesars Entertainment Corporation (d. 1978) ·
1911 – Lill Tschudi, Swiss
artist (d. 2004)[14] ·
1912 – Ernest Bromley, Australian cricketer (d. 1967) ·
1913 – Israel Gelfand,
Russian-American mathematician and biologist (d. 2009) ·
1913 – Bill Shankly,
Scottish footballer and manager (d. 1981) ·
1915 – Benjamin Aaron,
American lawyer and scholar (d. 2007) ·
1916 – Ömer Lütfi
Akad, Turkish director and screenwriter (d. 2011) ·
1917 – Laurindo Almeida,
Brazilian-American guitarist and composer (d. 1995) ·
1917 – Cleveland Amory,
American author and critic (d. 1997) ·
1918 – Allen Drury,
American journalist and author (d. 1998) ·
1919 – Marge Champion,
American actress, dancer, and choreographer ·
1919 – Lance Macklin,
English racing driver and businessman (d. 2002)[15] ·
1922 – Arthur Ashkin,
American physicist and Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2020) ·
1922 – Leigh Kamman,
American radio host (d. 2014) ·
1923 – René Thom, French
mathematician, biologist, and academic (d. 2002) ·
1923 – Ramón Valdés,
Mexican actor and comedian (d. 1988) ·
1924 – Daniel arap Moi,
Kenyan educator and politician, 2nd President of Kenya (d. 2020)[16] ·
1925 – Hugo Montenegro,
American composer and conductor (d. 1981) ·
1927 – Milo Hamilton,
American sportscaster (d. 2015) ·
1927 – Francis Matthews, English actor (d. 2014)[17] ·
1928 – Jim Jordan, Canadian educator and politician (d.
2012) ·
1928 – Horace Silver,
American pianist and composer (d. 2014) ·
1928 – Mel Stuart, American
director and producer (d. 2012) ·
1929 – Hal Ashby, American
actor, director, and producer (d. 1988) ·
1929 – Beulah Bewley,
English physician and academic (d. 2018) ·
1929 – Rex Hartwig,
Australian tennis player ·
1929 – Victor Spinetti,
Welsh actor and director (d. 2012) ·
1931 – Clifford Jordan,
American saxophonist (d. 1993) ·
1931 – Alan K. Simpson,
American politician, senator of Wyoming ·
1932 – Walter Davis, Jr., American pianist (d. 1990) ·
1932 – Arnold Greenberg, American businessman,
co-founded Snapple (d.
2012) ·
1933 – Ed Conlin, American
basketball player and coach (d. 2012) ·
1933 – Mathieu
Kérékou, Beninese soldier and politician, President of Benin (d. 2015) ·
1934 – Hilla Becher, German
conceptual photographer (d. 2015) ·
1934 – Sam Gooden, American
soul singer ·
1934 – Chuck McCann,
American actor and screenwriter (d. 2018) ·
1934 – Grady Nutt, American
comedian, minister, and author (d. 1982) ·
1935 – D. Wayne Lukas,
American horse trainer ·
1936 – Andrew Grove,
Hungarian-American businessman, engineer, and author (d. 2016) ·
1936 – Károly
Krajczár, Hungarian-Slovene author and educator (d. 2018) ·
1937 – Len Carlson,
Canadian voice actor (d. 2006) ·
1937 – Peter Ueberroth,
American businessman ·
1938 – Leonard Appleyard, English diplomat, British Ambassador to China (d.
2020) ·
1938 – Jimmy Clanton,
American pop singer-songwriter ·
1938 – Ernie Sigley,
Australian television host ·
1941 – Jyrki Otila, Finnish
economist and politician (d. 2003) ·
1941 – Sadhana Shivdasani, Indian actress (d. 2015) ·
1941 – John Thompson, American basketball player, coach,
and sportscaster (d. 2020) ·
1943 – Rosalind Ashford,
American singer ·
1943 – Glen Sather,
Canadian ice hockey player and manager ·
1943 – Joe Simon, American singer-songwriter and producer ·
1944 – Janet Simpson,
English sprinter (d. 2010) ·
1946 – Luis Ávalos,
Cuban-American actor (d. 2014) ·
1946 – Mary Goudie, Baroness Goudie, English humanitarian
and politician ·
1946 – Marty Grebb,
American keyboardist, guitarist, saxophonist, and music producer/arranger (d.
2020) ·
1946 – Billy Preston,
American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (d. 2006) ·
1946 – Walt Simonson,
American author and illustrator ·
1946 – Dan White, American
assassin and politician (d. 1985) ·
1947 – Louis Michel,
Belgian educator and politician, Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs ·
1947 – Jim Richards, New Zealand racing driver ·
1948 – Nate Archibald,
American basketball player and coach ·
1948 – Terry Bradshaw,
American football player, sportscaster, and actor ·
1948 – Christa McAuliffe, American educator and astronaut
(d. 1986) ·
1949 – Moira Stuart,
British broadcaster ·
1949 – Hans-Hermann Hoppe, American economist and
philosopher ·
1950 – Rosanna DeSoto,
American actress ·
1950 – Michael Rother,
German guitarist, keyboard player, and songwriter ·
1951 – Jim DeMint, American
politician ·
1951 – Mark Harmon,
American actor and producer ·
1951 – Mik Kaminski,
English musician, rock violinist ·
1952 – Jimmy Connors,
American tennis player, coach, and sportscaster ·
1952 – Mihhail Lotman,
Estonian linguist, scholar, and politician ·
1953 – Maurice Colclough, English rugby player (d. 2006) ·
1953 – Ahmad Shah Massoud, Afghan commander and
politician, Afghan Minister of Defense (d. 2001) ·
1953 – John Zorn, American
saxophonist, composer, and producer ·
1954 – Billi Gordon,
American neuroscientist, author, and actor. (d. 2018) ·
1954 – Gai Waterhouse,
Scottish-Australian horse trainer and businesswoman ·
1956 – Mario Tremblay,
Canadian ice hockey player and coach ·
1957 – Tony Alva, American
skateboarder and bass player ·
1957 – Steve Porcaro,
American keyboard player and songwriter ·
1958 – Lynne Kosky,
Australian social worker and politician (d. 2014) ·
1959 – Drungo Hazewood,
American baseball player (d. 2013) ·
1959 – Guy Laliberté,
Canadian businessman, philanthropist, and poker player, founded Cirque du Soleil ·
1960 – Eric Dickerson,
American football player and sportscaster ·
1960 – Kristin Halvorsen, Norwegian politician, Norwegian Minister of Finance ·
1960 – Rex Hudler, American
baseball player and sportscaster ·
1961 – Carlos Valderrama, Colombian footballer and manager ·
1961 – Ron Wasserman,
American singer-songwriter and producer ·
1962 – Eugenio Derbez,
Mexican actor, director, producer, and screenwriter ·
1962 – Alonso Lujambio,
Mexican academic and politician (d. 2012) ·
1962 – Prachya Pinkaew,
Thai director, producer, and screenwriter ·
1962 – Keir Starmer,
English lawyer and politician, Leader of the Labour Party ·
1962 – Tracy Smothers,
American wrestler ·
1963 – Sam Mitchell, American basketball player and coach ·
1964 – Andrea Illy, Italian
businessman ·
1964 – Keanu Reeves,
Lebanese-Canadian actor, singer, and producer ·
1965 – Lennox Lewis,
English-Canadian boxer ·
1965 – Partho Sen-Gupta,
Indian director and screenwriter ·
1966 – Dino Cazares,
American guitarist, songwriter, and producer ·
1966 – Massimo Cuttitta,
Italian rugby player and coach ·
1966 – Salma Hayek,
Mexican-American actress, director, and producer ·
1966 – Olivier Panis,
French racing driver[18] ·
1966 – Tuc Watkins,
American actor ·
1967 – Frank Fontsere,
American drummer and songwriter ·
1967 – Andreas
Möller, German footballer and manager ·
1968 – Cynthia Watros,
American actress ·
1969 – K-Ci, American
R&B singer-songwriter ·
1969 – Stéphane Matteau, Canadian ice hockey player ·
1971 – Kjetil André Aamodt, Norwegian skier ·
1971 – Pawan Kalyan, Indian
actor politician ·
1971 – Tommy Maddox,
American football player and coach ·
1971 – César Sánchez,
Spanish footballer ·
1971 – Tom Steels, Belgian
cyclist ·
1971 – Katt Williams,
American comedian and actor ·
1972 – Robert Coles, English golfer ·
1973 – Matthew Dunn,
Australian swimmer ·
1973 – Jason Blake, American ice hockey player ·
1973 – Indika de Saram, Sri
Lankan cricketer ·
1973 – Sudeep, Indian
actor, filmmaker and television presenter ·
1974 – Steven Johnson, Australian race car driver ·
1975 – Jill Janus, American
singer (d. 2018) ·
1975 – MC Chris, American
rapper, actor, and screenwriter ·
1976 – Syleena Johnson,
American R&B and soul singer-songwriter and actress ·
1976 – Aziz Zakari,
Ghanaian sprinter ·
1977 – Frédéric Kanouté, Malian footballer ·
1979 – Tomer Ben Yosef,
Israeli footballer ·
1979 – Brian Westbrook,
American football player ·
1980 – Dany Sabourin,
Canadian ice hockey player ·
1980 – Danny Shittu,
Nigerian footballer ·
1980 – Hiroki Yoshimoto,
Japanese race car driver ·
1981 – Fariborz Kamkari,
Iranian director, producer, and screenwriter ·
1981 – Jennifer Hopkins,
American tennis player ·
1981 – Chris Tremlett,
English cricketer ·
1982 – Joey Barton, English
footballer ·
1982 – Jason Hammel,
American baseball player ·
1982 – Mark Phillips, English footballer ·
1983 – Rich Boy, American
rapper and producer ·
1983 – Mark Foster, English rugby player ·
1984 – Jack Peńate, English
singer-songwriter and guitarist ·
1985 – Keith Galloway,
Australian rugby league player ·
1986 – Gélson Fernandes, Swiss footballer ·
1986 – Kyle Hines, American
basketball player ·
1987 – Scott Moir, Canadian
ice dancer ·
1988 – Ibrahim Šehić, Bosnian footballer ·
1988 – Keisuke Kato,
Japanese actor and singer ·
1988 – Javi Martínez,
Spanish footballer ·
1988 – Ishant Sharma,
Indian cricketer ·
1988 – Ishmeet Singh,
Indian singer (d. 2008) ·
1989 – Marcus Morris, American basketball player ·
1989 – Zedd, Russian-German record producer,
DJ, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter ·
1989 – Markieff Morris,
American basketball player ·
1989 – Alexandre Pato,
Brazilian footballer ·
1990 – Marcus Ericsson,
Swedish race car driver ·
1990 – Shayla Worley,
American gymnast ·
1991 – Gyasi Zardes,
American footballer ·
1992 – Xenia Knoll, Swiss
tennis player ·
1992 – Nenad Lukić, Serbian footballer ·
1992 – Alberto Masi,
Italian footballer ·
1993 – Tom Anderson, English footballer ·
1993 – Zaza Nadiradze,
Georgian sprint canoeist[19] ·
1993 – Robert Rooba,
Estonian ice hockey player ·
1994 – Kishen Velani,
English cricketer ·
1995 – İbrahim Demir,
Turkish footballer ·
1995 – Deimantas Petravičius, Lithuanian footballer ·
1995 – Willy Adames,
Dominican baseball player Deaths
·
421 – Constantius III,
Roman emperor ·
459 – Simeon Stylites,
Byzantine saint (b. 390) ·
595 – John IV of Constantinople ·
1022 – Máel Sechnaill mac Domnaill, king of Mide and High King of Ireland ·
1031 – Saint Emeric of Hungary (b. 1000) ·
1083 –
King Munjong of Goryeo (b. 1019) ·
1274 – Prince Munetaka,
Japanese shōgun (b. 1242) ·
1397 – Francesco Landini, Italian composer ·
1540 – Dawit II of
Ethiopia (b. 1501) ·
1606 – Karel van Mander,
Dutch painter and poet (b. 1548) ·
1651 – Kosem Sultan,
Ottoman Valide Sultan and regent (b.1589) ·
1680 – Per Brahe the Younger, Swedish soldier and
politician, Lord High Steward of Sweden (b. 1602) ·
1688 – Sir Robert Vyner, 1st Baronet, English businessman
and politician, Lord Mayor of London (b. 1631) ·
1690 – Philip William, Elector Palatine, German Count
Palatine of Neuburg (b. 1615) ·
1764 – Nathaniel Bliss,
English astronomer and mathematician (b. 1700) ·
1765 – Henry Bouquet,
Swiss-English colonel (b. 1719) ·
1768 – Antoine Deparcieux, French mathematician and
theorist (b. 1703) ·
1790 – Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim, German historian and
theologian (b. 1701) ·
1813 – Jean Victor Marie Moreau, French general (b. 1763) ·
1820 – Jiaqing Emperor of
China (b. 1760) ·
1832 – Franz Xaver von Zach, Hungarian-French astronomer
and academic (b. 1754) ·
1834 – Thomas Telford,
Scottish engineer and architect, designed the Menai Suspension Bridge (b. 1757) ·
1865 – William Rowan Hamilton, Irish physicist,
astronomer, and mathematician (b. 1805) ·
1872 – N. F. S. Grundtvig, Danish pastor, philosopher, and
author (b. 1783) ·
1877 – Constantine Kanaris, Greek admiral and politician,
16th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1793) ·
1885 – Giuseppe Bonavia, Maltese
architect (b. 1821) ·
1898 – Wilford Woodruff,
American religious leader, 4th President of The Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1807) ·
1910 – Henri Rousseau,
French painter (b. 1844) ·
1918 – John Forrest,
Australian politician, 1st Premier of Western Australia (b. 1847) ·
1921 – Henry Austin Dobson, English poet and critic (b.
1840) ·
1922 – Henry Lawson,
Australian poet and author (b. 1867) ·
1927 – Umegatani Tōtarō II, Japanese sumo
wrestler, the 20th Yokozuna (b.
1878) ·
1934 – James Allan, New Zealand rugby player (b. 1860) ·
1934 – Russ Columbo,
American singer, violinist, and actor (b. 1908) ·
1934 – Alcide Nunez,
American clarinet player (Original Dixieland Jass Band) (b. 1884) ·
1937 – Pierre de Coubertin, French historian and educator,
founded the International Olympic Committee (b. 1863) ·
1941 – Lloyd Seay, American
race car driver (b. 1919) ·
1942 – James Juvenal,
American rower (b. 1874) ·
1943 – Marsden Hartley,
American painter and poet (b. 1877) ·
1944 – Bella Rosenfeld,
Russian-American model and author (b. 1895) ·
1945 – Mason Phelps,
American golfer (b. 1885) ·
1948 – Sylvanus Morley,
American archaeologist and spy (b. 1883) ·
1953 – Hendrik Offerhaus, Dutch rower (b. 1875) ·
1953 – Jonathan M. Wainwright, American general, Medal of Honor recipient
(b. 1883) ·
1954 – Franz Leopold Neumann, German lawyer and political
scientist (b. 1900) ·
1962 – William Wilkerson, American publisher and
businessman (b. 1890) ·
1964 – Glenn Albert Black, American archaeologist and
scholar (b. 1900) ·
1964 – Alvin C. York,
American colonel, Medal of
Honor recipient (b. 1887) ·
1965 – Johannes Bobrowski, German poet and author (b.
1917) ·
1969 – Ho Chi Minh,
Vietnamese politician, 1st President of Vietnam (b. 1890) ·
1971 – Robert Mensah,
Ghanaian footballer (b. 1939) ·
1973 – Carl Dudley,
American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1910) ·
1973 – J. R. R. Tolkien,
English novelist, short story writer, poet, and philologist (b. 1892) ·
1975 – Mabel Vernon,
American activist (b. 1883) ·
1976 – Stanisław Grochowiak, Polish poet and
playwright (b. 1934) ·
1977 – Stephen Dunne, American actor (b. 1918) ·
1978 – Fred G. Meyer,
American businessman, founded Fred Meyer (b.
1886) ·
1979 – Otto P. Weyland,
American general (b. 1903) ·
1983 – Feri Cansel,
Turkish-Cypriot actress (b. 1944) ·
1984 – Manos Katrakis,
Greek actor (b. 1908) ·
1985 – M. Alalasundaram,
Sri Lankan Tamil teacher and politician ·
1985 – Abe Lenstra, Dutch
footballer (b. 1920) ·
1985 – V. Dharmalingam, Sri
Lankan Tamil politician (b. 1918) ·
1985 – Jay Youngblood,
American wrestler (b. 1955) ·
1987 – Brian Clay,
Australian rugby league player (b. 1935) ·
1990 – Robert Holmes ŕ Court, South African-Australian
businessman and lawyer (b. 1937) ·
1991 – Alfonso García Robles, Mexican politician and
diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911) ·
1992 – Barbara McClintock, American geneticist and
botanist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902) ·
1996 – Paddy Clift,
Zimbabwean cricketer (b. 1953) ·
1997 – Rudolf Bing,
Austrian-American manager (b. 1902) ·
1997 – Viktor Frankl,
Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist (b. 1905) ·
1998 – Jackie Blanchflower, Northern Irish footballer (b.
1933) ·
1998 – Allen Drury,
American journalist and author (b. 1918) ·
2000 – Elvera Sanchez,
American dancer (b. 1905) ·
2000 – Curt Siodmak,
German-American author and screenwriter (b. 1907) ·
2001 – Christiaan Barnard, South African surgeon and
academic (b. 1922) ·
2001 – Troy Donahue,
American actor (b. 1936) ·
2002 – Dick Reynolds,
Australian footballer and coach (b. 1915) ·
2004 – Joan Oró, Catalan
biochemist and academic (b. 1923) ·
2005 – Bob Denver, American
actor (b. 1935) ·
2006 – Bob Mathias,
American decathlete and politician (b. 1930) ·
2006 – Willi Ninja,
American dancer and choreographer (b. 1961) ·
2006 – Dewey Redman,
American saxophonist (b. 1931) ·
2007 – Franz-Benno Delonge, German game designer,
created TransAmerica (b. 1957) ·
2007 – Max McNab, Canadian
ice hockey player and coach (b. 1924) ·
2008 – Bill Melendez,
Mexican-American animator, director, producer, and voice actor (b. 1916) ·
2008 – Alan Waddell,
Australian walker ·
2009 – Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy, Indian politician,
14th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh (b. 1949) ·
2011 – Roberto Bruce,
Chilean journalist (b. 1979) ·
2011 – Felipe Camiroaga,
Chilean television presenter (b. 1966) ·
2012 – Mark Abrahamian,
American guitarist (b. 1966) ·
2012 – Jack Boucher,
American photographer and director (b. 1931) ·
2012 – John C. Marshall, English singer-songwriter and
guitarist (b. 1941) ·
2012 – Emmanuel Nunes,
Portuguese-French composer and educator (b. 1941) ·
2013 – Valérie Benguigui, French actress and director (b.
1965) ·
2013 – Terry Clawson,
English rugby player and coach (b. 1940) ·
2013 – Ronald Coase, English-American
economist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1910) ·
2013 – David Jacobs, English radio and television host (b.
1926) ·
2013 – Frederik Pohl,
American author and publisher (b. 1919) ·
2013 – Paul Scoon,
Grenadian politician, 2nd Governor-General of Grenada (b. 1935) ·
2014 – Peter Carter, Nigerian-English diplomat, British Ambassador to Estonia (b. 1956) ·
2014 – F. Emmett Fitzpatrick, American lawyer and politician,
20th District Attorney of Philadelphia (b. 1930) ·
2014 – Norman Gordon, South
African cricketer (b. 1911) ·
2014 – Helena Rakoczy,
Polish gymnast (b. 1921) ·
2014 – Goolam Essaji Vahanvati, Indian lawyer and
politician, 13th Attorney General of India (b. 1949) ·
2015 – Ephraim Engleman,
American rheumatologist, author, and academic (b. 1911) ·
2016 – Islam Karimov, Uzbek
politician, 1st President of Uzbekistan (b. 1938) Holidays and observances
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Christian feast day: o Acepsimas of Hnaita and companions (Syriac Orthodox Church) o Brocard o Diomedes o Eleazar o Hieu o Nonnosus o September 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) ·
Democracy Day (Tibet) ·
Independence Day (Transnistria,
unrecognized) ·
Independence Day (Artsakh, unrecognized) ·
National Blueberry Popsicle Day (United States) ·
National Day, celebrates the independence of Vietnam from
Japan and France in 1945 ·
Victory over Japan Day (United States) |
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