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Events

44 BC – Pharaoh Cleopatra VII of Egypt declares her son co-ruler as Ptolemy XV Caesarion.

44 BC – Cicero launches the first of his Philippicae (oratorical attacks) on Mark Antony. He will make 14 of them over the following months.

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.

1192 – The Treaty of Jaffa is signed between Richard I of England and Saladin, leading to the end of the Third Crusade.

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: Combat ends in the Pacific Theater: The Japanese Instrument of Surrender is signed by Japanese Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu and accepted aboard the battleship {{USS|Missouri|BB-63|6}} in Tokyo Bay.

1945 – Vietnam declares its independence, forming the Democratic Republic of Vietnam.

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

1958 – United States Air Force C-130A-II is shot down by fighters over Yerevan in Armenia when it strays into Soviet airspace while conducting a sigint mission. All crew members are killed.

1960 – The first election of the Parliament of the Central Tibetan Administration, in history of Tibet. 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 {{M|w}} Nicaragua earthquake affected the west coast of Nicaragua. With a {{M|s|link=y}}–{{M|w|link=y}} 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 {{convert|3|-|8|m|sp=us}}.

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-Palestian peace talks are launched by the United States.^[1]

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.

2018 – The National Museum of Brazil is destroyed by a fire, with the loss of over 90% of the museum's collection.

Births

1243 – Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Gloucester, 6th Earl of Hertford, English politician (d. 1295)

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)

1778 – Louis Bonaparte, French-Dutch king (d. 1846)

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)

1812 – William Fox, English-New Zealand lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of New Zealand (d. 1893)

1814 – Ernst Curtius, German archaeologist and historian (d. 1896)

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 – Liliuokalani of Hawaii (d. 1917)

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)

1853 – Wilhelm Ostwald, Latvian-German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1932)

1854 – Hans Jæger, Norwegian philosopher and activist (d. 1910)

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 – Ion Dragoumis, Greek philosopher and diplomat (d. 1920)

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)

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)^[2]

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 race car driver and businessman (d. 2002)

1922 – Arthur Ashkin, American physicist and Nobel Prize laureate

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

1925 – Hugo Montenegro, American composer and conductor (d. 1981)

1927 – Milo Hamilton, American sportscaster (d. 2015)

1927 – Francis Matthews, English actor (d. 2014)^[3]

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 (The Impressions)

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

1937 – Len Carlson, Canadian voice actor (d. 2006)

1937 – Peter Ueberroth, American businessman

1938 – Leonard Appleyard, English diplomat, British Ambassador to China

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

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

1946 – Billy Preston, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (d. 2006)

1946 – Walt Simonson, American author and illustrator

1946 – Dan White, American sergeant and politician (d. 1985)

1947 – Louis Michel, Belgian educator and politician, Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs

1947 – Jim Richards, New Zealand race car 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

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 – Olivier Grouillard, French race car driver

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

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 race car driver

1966 – Tuc Watkins, American actor

1967 – Frank Fontsere, American drummer and songwriter

1967 – Andreas Möller, German footballer and manager

1968 – David Dinsmore, Scottish journalist

1968 – Cynthia Watros, American actress

1969 – K-Ci, American R&B singer-songwriter

1969 – Stéphane Matteau, Canadian ice hockey player

1969 – Dave Naz, American photographer and director

1971 – Kjetil André Aamodt, Norwegian skier

1971 – Tommy Maddox, American football player and coach

1971 – César Sánchez, Spanish footballer

1971 – Tom Steels, Belgian cyclist

1971 – Pawan Kalyan, Tollywood actor, Indian politician

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 Peñate, 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 racing 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 – Robert Rooba, Estonian ice hockey player

1994 – Kishen Velani, English cricketer

1995 – İbrahim Demir, Turkish footballer

1995 – Deimantas Petravičius, Lithuanian footballer

1995 – Kian Lawley, American internet celebrity and actor

1996 – Lilla Barzó, Hungarian tennis player

1998 – Austin Cindric, American racing driver

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 à 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)

2018 – Conway Savage, Australian musician Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds (b. 1960)

Holidays and observances

Christian feast day:

Acepsimas of Hnaita and companions (Syriac Orthodox Church)
Agricola of Avignon
Antoninus of Pamiers
Brocard
Castor of Apt
Diomedes
Eleazar
Hieu
Ingrid of Sweden
Justus of Lyon
Margaret of Louvain
Maxima of Rome
Nonnosus
William of Roskilde
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)

References

1. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/31/AR2010083103335.html|title=Direct talks between Israeli and Palestinian leaders to begin|last=Zacharia|first=Janine|date=2010-09-01|access-date=2018-10-29|language=en-US|issn=0190-8286}}
2. ^{{cite web |title=Lill Tschudi (Biographical details) |url=http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/term_details.aspx?bioId=104931 |publisher=britishmuseum.org}}
3. ^{{cite news|last=Steven|first=Alasdair|title=Obituary: Francis Matthews, actor|work=The Scotsman|date=17 June 2014|accessdate=2 September 2018|url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/obituaries/obituary-francis-matthews-actor-1-3446136|postscript=none}}; {{cite news|last=Gaughan|first=Gavin|title=Francis Matthews obituary|work=The Guardian|date=15 June 2014|accessdate=2 September 2018|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2014/jun/15/francis-matthews}}

Events

Births

Deaths

Holidays and observances

References

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