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==Events==

===Pre-1600===
*[[44 BC]] &ndash; [[Pharaoh]] [[Cleopatra VII]] of [[Egypt]] declares her son co-ruler as Ptolemy XV [[Caesarion]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=King|first=Arienne|date=10 July 2018|title=Caesarion|url=https://www.worldhistory.org/caesarion/|access-date=2021-03-21|website=World History Encyclopedia}}</ref>
*  44 BC   &ndash; [[Cicero]] launches the first of his ''[[Philippicae]]'' (oratorical attacks) on [[Mark Antony]]. He will make 14 of them over the following months.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Marcus Tullius Cicero|author2=Quintus Tullius Cicéron|author3=Cicero|title=On Obligations|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jvV8Pt4fZPAC&pg=PR9|year=2000|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-924018-0|page=9}}</ref>
*[[31 BC]] &ndash; [[Final War of the Roman Republic]]: [[Battle of Actium]]: Off the western coast of Greece, forces of [[Augustus|Octavian]] defeat troops under [[Mark Antony]] and [[Cleopatra]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Faith and Thought|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=raMcAAAAMAAJ|year=1934|publisher=Victoria Institute|page=182}}</ref>
*[[1192]] &ndash; The [[Treaty of Jaffa (1192)|Treaty of Jaffa]] is signed between [[Richard I of England]] and [[Saladin]], leading to the end of the [[Third Crusade]].<ref>{{cite book|author=George Archibald Campbell|title=The Crusades|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NT9NAQAAMAAJ|year=1938|publisher=R. M. McBride|page=327}}</ref>
*[[1561]] &ndash; [[Entry of Mary, Queen of Scots into Edinburgh]], a spectacular civic celebration for the Queen of Scotland, marred by religious controversy.<ref>Alan R. MacDonald, 'The Triumph of Protestantism: the burgh council of Edinburgh and the entry of Mary Queen of Scots', ''Innes Review'', 48:1 (Spring 1997), pp. 73–82.</ref>

===1601–1900===
*[[1601]] &ndash; [[4th Spanish Armada]] makes landfall in Ireland at [[Kinsale]].<ref>{{cite book| last=Glasgow | first=Tom |publisher= Military History Society of Ireland |title= The Elizabethan Navy in Ireland 1558- 1603|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7NM_AAAAYAAJ |page=301-04 | date=1966 }}</ref>
*[[1649]] &ndash; The Italian city of [[Castro, Lazio|Castro]] is completely destroyed by the forces of [[Pope Innocent X]], ending the [[Wars of Castro]].
*[[1666]] &ndash; The [[Great Fire of London]] breaks out and burns for three days, destroying 10,000 buildings, including [[Old St Paul's Cathedral]].
*[[1752]] &ndash; [[Kingdom of Great Britain|Great Britain]], along with its [[British Empire|overseas possessions]], [[Adoption of the Gregorian calendar#Great Britain and its colonies|adopts the Gregorian calendar]].
*[[1789]] &ndash; The [[United States Department of the Treasury]] is founded.
*[[1792]] &ndash; 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]] &ndash; A massive landslide destroys the town of [[Goldau]], Switzerland, killing 457.
*[[1807]] &ndash; Napoleonic Wars: The British Royal Navy [[Battle of Copenhagen (1807)|bombards Copenhagen]] with fire bombs and phosphorus rockets to prevent Denmark from surrendering its fleet to Napoleon.
*[[1856]] &ndash; The [[Tianjing incident]] takes place in [[Nanjing]], China.
*[[1859]] &ndash; The [[Carrington Event]] is the strongest geomagnetic storm on record.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Green |first1=James L. |last2=Boardsen |first2=Scott |last3=Odenwald |first3=Sten |last4=Humble |first4=John |last5=Pazamickas |first5=Katherine A. |title=Eyewitness reports of the great auroral storm of 1859 |journal=Advances in Space Research |date=January 2006 |volume=38 |issue=2 |pages=145–154 |doi=10.1016/j.asr.2005.12.021 |bibcode=2006AdSpR..38..145G |url=https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20050210157 |access-date=28 August 2020|hdl=2060/20050210157 |hdl-access=free }}</ref>
*[[1862]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: United States President Abraham Lincoln reluctantly restores Union General [[George B. McClellan]] to full command after General [[John Pope (general)|John Pope]]'s disastrous defeat at the [[Second Battle of Bull Run]].
*[[1864]] &ndash; American Civil War: Union forces enter [[Atlanta]], a day after the [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] defenders flee the city, ending the [[Atlanta Campaign]].
*[[1867]] &ndash; Mutsuhito, [[Emperor Meiji]] of Japan, marries Masako Ichijō, thereafter known as [[Empress Shōken]]. 
*[[1870]] &ndash; [[Franco-Prussian War]]: [[Battle of Sedan]]: [[Prussia]]n forces take [[Napoleon III of France]] and 100,000 of his soldiers prisoner.
*[[1885]] &ndash; [[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 [[Overseas Chinese|Chinese]] fellow workers killing 28, wounding 15 and forcing several hundred more out of town.
*[[1898]] &ndash; [[Battle of Omdurman]]: British and Egyptian troops defeat [[Sudan]]ese tribesmen and establish British dominance in Sudan.

===1901–present===
*[[1901]] &ndash; Vice President of the United States [[Theodore Roosevelt]] utters the famous phrase, "Speak softly and carry a [[Big Stick ideology|big stick]]" at the [[Minnesota State Fair]].
*[[1912]] &ndash; [[Arthur Rose Eldred]] is awarded the first [[Eagle Scout (Boy Scouts of America)|Eagle Scout]] award of the [[Boy Scouts of America]].
*[[1923]] &ndash; [[Kantō 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 ethnic minorities such as [[Zainichi Koreans|Koreans]] and Chinese.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Hasegawa |first=Kenji |date=June 15, 2022 |title=The 8 p.m. Battle Cry: The 1923 Earthquake and the Korean Sawagi in Central Tokyo |url=https://apjjf.org/2022/12/Hasegawa.html |access-date=July 8, 2023 |website=The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus|volume=20|issue=12}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230831-it-hurts-my-heart-japan-s-kanto-massacre-100-years-on | title='It hurts my heart': Japan's Kanto massacre, 100 years on | date=31 August 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://gjia.georgetown.edu/2021/10/25/un-remembering-the-massacre-how-japans-history-wars-are-challenging-research-integrity-domestically-and-abroad/ | title=Un-remembering the Massacre: How Japan's 'History Wars' are Challenging Research Integrity Domestically and Abroad | date=25 October 2021 }}</ref>
*[[1935]] &ndash; The [[1935 Labor Day Hurricane|Labor Day Hurricane]], the most intense hurricane to strike the United States, makes landfall at [[Long Key]], Florida, killing at least 400.
*[[1939]] &ndash; [[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]].
*[[1944]] &ndash; The last execution of a Finn in [[Finland]] takes place when soldier [[Olavi Laiho]] is executed by shooting in [[Oulu]].<ref>Penkkala-Arikka, Päivi (2006) ''Erään Mauno Olavin tarina. Olavi Laiho, viimeinen teloitettu suomalainen'' ["A Story of one Mauno Olavi. Olavi Laiho, the last executed Finn."]. (Master's thesis) University of Helsinki</ref>
*[[1945]] &ndash; World War II: The [[Japanese Instrument of Surrender]] is signed by Japan and the major warring powers aboard the battleship {{USS|Missouri|BB-63|6}} in [[Tokyo Bay]].
*  1945   &ndash; Communist leader [[Ho Chi Minh]] [[Proclamation of Independence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam|proclaimed]] the [[North Vietnam|Democratic Republic of Vietnam]] after the end of the [[Nguyễn dynasty]].
*[[1946]] &ndash; The [[Interim Government of India]] is formed, headed by [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] as vice president with the powers of a Prime Minister.
*[[1957]] &ndash; President [[Ngô Đình Diệm]] of [[South Vietnam]] becomes [[Ngo Dinh Diem presidential visit to Australia|the first foreign head of state to make a state visit to Australia]].
*[[1958]] &ndash; A USAF [[Lockheed RC-130 Hercules|RC-130]] [[1958 C-130 shootdown incident|is shot down]] by fighters over Armenia when it strays into Soviet airspace while conducting a [[Signals intelligence|sigint]] mission. All crew members are killed.
*[[1960]] &ndash; The first election of the [[Parliament of the Central Tibetan Administration|Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile]]. The Tibetan community observes this date as Democracy Day.
*[[1963]] &ndash; ''[[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]] &ndash; [[Operation OAU]] begins during the [[Nigerian Civil War]].
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[NASA]] announces the [[Canceled Apollo missions|cancellation]] of two [[Apollo program|Apollo]] missions to the Moon, [[Apollo 15]] (the designation is re-used by a later mission), and [[Canceled Apollo missions#Apollos 18–20|Apollo 19]].
*[[1984]] &ndash; Seven people are shot and killed and 12 wounded in the [[Milperra massacre]], a shootout between the rival motorcycle [[gang]]s [[Bandidos Motorcycle Club|Bandidos]] and [[Comanchero Motorcycle Club|Comanchero]]s in Sydney, Australia.
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Sri Lankan civil war|Sri Lankan Civil War]]: Sri Lankan Tamil politicians and former MPs [[M. Alalasundaram]] and [[V. Dharmalingam]] are shot dead.
*[[1987]] &ndash; In Moscow, the trial begins for 19-year-old pilot [[Mathias Rust]], who flew his [[Cessna]] airplane into [[Red Square]] in May.
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Transnistria]] is unilaterally proclaimed a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] republic; the [[Presidium of the Supreme Soviet|Soviet president]] [[Mikhail Gorbachev]] declares the decision null and void.
*[[1992]] &ndash; The 7.7 {{M|w}} [[1992 Nicaragua earthquake|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]] &ndash; [[Swissair Flight 111]] crashes near [[Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia]]; all 229 people on board are killed.
*  1998   &ndash; The [[United Nations|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]].
*[[2008]] &ndash; [[Google]] launches its [[Google Chrome]] web browser.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Research|title=Google Fast Facts|url=https://www.cnn.com/2014/06/30/business/google-fast-facts/index.html|access-date=2022-01-12|publisher=CNN|date=30 June 2014 }}</ref> 
*[[2009]] &ndash; The [[2009 Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister helicopter crash|Andhra Pradesh, India helicopter crash]] occurred near Rudrakonda Hill, 40 nautical miles (74&nbsp;km) from [[Kurnool]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[India]]. Fatalities included [[Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy]], the Chief Minister of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.
*[[2010]] &ndash; [[Israeli–Palestinian conflict|Israel-Palestinian conflict]]: the [[2010–11 Israeli–Palestinian peace talks|2010 Israeli-Palestinian peace talks]] are launched by the United States.<ref>{{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|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=2010-09-01|access-date=2018-10-29|language=en-US|issn=0190-8286}}</ref>
*[[2013]] &ndash; The [[Eastern span replacement of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge]] opens at 10:15 pm at a cost of $6.4&nbsp;billion, after the [[1989 Loma Prieta earthquake]] damaged the old span.
*[[2019]] &ndash; [[Hurricane Dorian]], a [[Category 5 Hurricane|category 5 hurricane]], devastates [[the Bahamas]], killing at least five.<ref>{{citation|website=Insider News|date=Sep 3, 2019|access-date=Sep 3, 2019|title=Hurricane Dorian is slowly inching from the Bahamas to the US, leaving devastation in its wake|url=https://www.insider.com/tropical-storm-dorian-track-hurricane-forecast-2019-8|author1=Aylin Woodward|author2=Morgan McFall-Johnsen}}</ref>
*  2019   &ndash; The dive boat MV ''Conception'' [[Sinking of MV Conception|catches fire and sinks]] near [[Santa Cruz Island]], killing 34.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/conception-dive-boat-sinking-fire-origins-14407113.php|title=What we know about the Santa Cruz Island boat fire disaster|last=Dowd|first=Katie|date=September 2, 2019|website=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]|access-date=September 2, 2019}}</ref>
*  [[2023]] &ndash; [[Aditya-L1|India's first solar observation mission]]: The [[ISRO|Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)]] successfully launches [[Aditya-L1]] from [[Satish Dhawan Space Centre|Satish Dhawan space centre]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Geeta Pandey |date=2023-09-01 |title=Aditya-L1: India successfully launches its first mission of the Sun |language=en-GB |publisher=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-66643805 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Aditya L1 Mission: Aditya L1 spacecraft launched successfully; first EarthBound firing scheduled for tomorrow, says ISRO |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/newsblogs/aditya-l1-live-news-updates-isro-first-solar-mission-launch-02-september-2023/liveblog/103297403.cms |access-date=2023-09-06 |website=The Economic Times |language=en}}</ref>

==Births==
===Pre-1600===
*[[1243]] &ndash; [[Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Gloucester|Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Gloucester, 6th Earl of Hertford]], English politician (d. 1295)<ref>{{cite book|author=Cardiff Naturalists' Society|title=Reports and Transactions|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yMzWAAAAIAAJ|year=1925|page=27}}</ref>
*[[1251]] &ndash; [[Francis of Fabriano]], Italian writer (d. 1322)
*[[1516]] &ndash; [[Francis I, Duke of Nevers]] (d. 1561)
*[[1531]] &ndash; [[Francesco Cattani da Diacceto (1531–1595)|Francesco Cattani da Diacceto]], Bishop of Fiesole (d. 1595)
*[[1548]] &ndash; [[Vincenzo Scamozzi]], Italian architect (d. 1616)

===1601–1900===
*[[1661]] &ndash; [[Georg Böhm]], German organist and composer (d. 1733)
*[[1675]] &ndash; [[William Somervile]], English poet and author (d. 1742)
*[[1753]] &ndash; [[Marie Joséphine of Savoy]] (d. 1810)<ref>{{cite book|title=Kings and Queens of France: Biographical Portraits|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JcBWAAAAYAAJ|year=1929|publisher=Lévy et Neurdein|pages=1–14}}</ref>
*[[1778]] &ndash; [[Louis Bonaparte]], French-Dutch king (d. 1846)<ref>{{cite book|author=Frederic T. Briffault|title=Prince Louis Napoleon Bonaparte|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=I1q5DXSWsbgC&pg=PA349|year=1852|publisher=Thomas Cautley Newby|page=349}}</ref>
*[[1805]] &ndash; [[Esteban Echeverría]], Argentinian poet and author (d. 1851)
*[[1810]] &ndash; [[Lysander Button]], American engineer (d. 1898)
*  1810   &ndash; [[William Seymour Tyler]], American historian and educator (d. 1897)
*[[1814]] &ndash; [[Ernst Curtius]], German archaeologist and historian (d. 1896)<ref>{{cite book|author=Thomas Hodgkin|title=Ernst Curtius|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=48kPAAAAQAAJ|year=1906|publisher=H. Frowde|page=1}}</ref> 
*[[1820]] &ndash; [[Lucretia Peabody Hale]], American journalist and author (d. 1900)<ref>{{cite book|first=Kathleen|last=Kuiper|title=Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature|location=Springfield|publisher=Merriam-Webster|year=1995|isbn=978-0-87779-042-6|page=508}}</ref>
*[[1830]] &ndash; [[William P. Frye]], American lawyer and politician (d. 1911)
*[[1838]] &ndash; [[Bhaktivinoda Thakur]], Indian guru and philosopher (d. 1914)
*  1838   &ndash; [[Liliʻuokalani]], Last sovereign monarch of Hawaiʻi (d. 1917)<ref>{{cite book|last=Craig|first=Bryan|chapter=Liliuokalani, Queen|editor-last1=Schlup|editor-first1=Leonard|editor-last2=Ryan|editor-first2=James G.|title=Historical Dictionary of the Gilded Age|location=Armonk, NY|publisher=M.E. Sharp|year=2003|isbn=978-0-76560-331-9|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lhRqUo9HzVwC|page=282}}</ref>
*[[1839]] &ndash; [[Henry George]], American economist and author (d. 1897)
*[[1850]] &ndash; [[Eugene Field]], American author and poet (d. 1895)
*  1850   &ndash; [[Albert Spalding]], American baseball player, manager, and businessman, co-founded the [[Spalding (sports equipment)|Spalding Sporting Goods Company]] (d. 1915)
*  1850   &ndash; [[Woldemar Voigt]], German physicist and academic (d. 1919)
*[[1852]] &ndash; [[Paul Bourget]], French author and critic (d. 1935)<ref>{{cite book|author=Dougal Robertson|title=Survive the Savage Sea|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-lFha0OHvlsC&pg=PA10|year=1974|publisher=Ardent Media|isbn=978-0-8161-6235-2|page=10}}</ref>
*[[1853]] &ndash; [[Wilhelm Ostwald]], Latvian-German chemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1932)<ref>{{cite web |title=The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1909 |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/1909/ostwald/facts/ |website=NobelPrize.org |access-date=29 August 2020}}</ref>
*[[1856]] &ndash; [[John Bowser]], English-Australian politician, 26th [[Premier of Victoria]] (d. 1936)
*[[1865]] &ndash; [[Simeón Ola]], Filipino general and politician (d. 1952)
*[[1866]] &ndash; [[Charles Vintcent]], South African cricketer and rugby player (d. 1943)
*[[1873]] &ndash; [[Lily Poulett-Harris]], Australian cricketer and educator (d. 1897)
*[[1877]] &ndash; [[Frederick Soddy]], English chemist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1956)
*[[1878]] &ndash; [[Herman (Aav)|Herman]], Estonian-Finnish archbishop (d. 1961)
*  1878   &ndash; [[Werner von Blomberg]], German field marshal (d. 1946)
*[[1883]] &ndash; [[Archduchess Elisabeth Marie of Austria]] (d. 1963)
*[[1884]] &ndash; [[Frank Laubach]], American missionary and mystic (d. 1970)
*[[1892]] &ndash; [[Dezső Kertész]], Hungarian actor and film director (d. 1965)  
*[[1894]] &ndash; [[Joseph Roth]], Austrian journalist and author (d. 1939)<ref>{{cite book|author=Donald G. Daviau|title=Major Figures of Modern Austrian Literature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=efFdE1xJYL4C|year=1988|publisher=Ariadne Press|isbn=978-0-929497-00-6|page=342}}</ref>
*[[1897]] &ndash; [[Fazlollah Zahedi]], Iranian general and statesman, 36th [[Prime Minister of Iran]] (d. 1963)

===1901–present===
*[[1901]] &ndash; [[Andreas Embirikos]], Greek psychoanalyst and poet (d. 1975)
*  1901   &ndash; [[Adolph Rupp]], American basketball player and coach (d. 1977)<ref name="UPI">{{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Sept. 2: Eugenio Derbez, Mark Harmon |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2022/09/02/Famous-birthdays-for-Sept-2-Eugenio-Derbez-Mark-Harmon/4401661990691/ |publisher=[[UPI]] |access-date=31 August 2023 |date=2 September 2022}}</ref>
*[[1904]] &ndash; [[August Jakobson]], Estonian author and politician (d. 1963)
*[[1907]] &ndash; [[Pertev Naili Boratav]], Turkish author and educator (d. 1998)
*[[1908]] &ndash; [[Ruth Bancroft]], American landscape and garden designer (d. 2017)
*[[1910]] &ndash; [[Paul Saagpakk]], Estonian linguist, lexicographer, and academic (d. 1996)
*  1910   &ndash; [[Donald Watson]], English activist, founded the Vegan Society (d. 2005)
*[[1911]] &ndash; [[Romare Bearden]], American painter and author (d. 1988)
*  1911   &ndash; [[William F. Harrah]], American businessman, founded [[Harrah's Entertainment]] (d. 1978)
*  1911   &ndash; [[Lill Tschudi]], Swiss artist (d. 2004)<ref>{{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}}</ref>
*[[1912]] &ndash; [[Ernest Bromley (cricketer)|Ernest Bromley]], Australian cricketer (d. 1967)
*[[1913]] &ndash; [[Israel Gelfand]], Russian-American mathematician and biologist (d. 2009)
*  1913   &ndash; [[Bill Shankly]], Scottish footballer and manager (d. 1981)
*[[1915]] &ndash; [[Benjamin Aaron]], American lawyer and scholar (d. 2007)
*[[1916]] &ndash; [[Ömer Lütfi Akad]], Turkish director and screenwriter (d. 2011)
*[[1917]] &ndash; [[Laurindo Almeida]], Brazilian-American guitarist and composer (d. 1995)
*  1917   &ndash; [[Cleveland Amory]], American author and critic (d. 1997)
*[[1918]] &ndash; [[Allen Drury]], American journalist and author (d. 1998)
*[[1919]] &ndash; [[Marge Champion]], American actress, dancer, and choreographer (d. 2020)<ref name="UPI" />
*  1919   &ndash; [[Lance Macklin]], English racing driver and businessman (d. 2002)<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1406160/Lance-Macklin.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1406160/Lance-Macklin.html |archive-date=2022-01-12 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Lance Macklin |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph  |date= 4 September 2002 |access-date=11 January 2014}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
*[[1922]] &ndash; [[Arthur Ashkin]], American physicist and [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 2020)
*  1922   &ndash; [[Leigh Kamman]], American radio host (d. 2014)
*[[1923]] &ndash; [[René Thom]], French mathematician, biologist, and academic (d. 2002)
*  1923   &ndash; [[Ramón Valdés]], Mexican actor and comedian (d. 1988)
*[[1924]] &ndash; [[Daniel arap Moi]], Kenyan educator and politician, 2nd [[President of Kenya]] (d. 2020)<ref>{{cite book|author=Kiprono arap Kemei|title=This Man Moi – Professor of Politics or Manipulative Tyrant?|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EGwwAQAAIAAJ|year=2002|publisher=Pen-Works Press Services|page=17}}</ref>
*[[1925]] &ndash; [[Hugo Montenegro]], American composer and conductor (d. 1981)
*[[1927]] &ndash; [[Milo Hamilton]], American sportscaster (d. 2015)
*  1927   &ndash; [[Francis Matthews (actor)|Francis Matthews]], English actor (d. 2014)<ref>{{cite news|last=Steven|first=Alasdair|title=Obituary: Francis Matthews, actor|work=The Scotsman|date=17 June 2014|access-date=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|access-date=2 September 2018|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2014/jun/15/francis-matthews}}</ref>
*  1927   &ndash; [[Alice Raftary]], American educator of blind adults (d. 2014)<ref>{{Cite news |date=2014-04-06 |title=Raftary |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/55125682/raftary/ |access-date=2020-07-11 |work=Detroit Free Press |page=A23 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>
*[[1928]] &ndash; [[Jim Jordan (Canadian politician)|Jim Jordan]], Canadian educator and politician (d. 2012)
*  1928   &ndash; [[Horace Silver]], American pianist and composer (d. 2014)<ref>{{cite web |title=Horace Silver obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/jun/19/horace-silver |website=The Guardian |access-date=14 January 2022 |language=en |date=19 June 2014}}</ref>
*  1928   &ndash; [[Mel Stuart]], American director and producer (d. 2012)
*[[1929]] &ndash; [[Hal Ashby]], American actor, director, and producer (d. 1988)
*  1929   &ndash; [[Beulah Bewley]], English physician and academic (d. 2018)
*  1929   &ndash; [[Rex Hartwig]], Australian tennis player (d. 2022)<ref>{{cite web |title=Tribute: Remembering Rex Hartwig |url=https://www.tennis.com.au/news/2022/12/31/tribute-remembering-rex-hartwig |website=Tennis Australia |language=en-AU |date=31 December 2022}}</ref>
*  1929   &ndash; [[Victor Spinetti]], Welsh actor and director (d. 2012)
*[[1931]] &ndash; [[Clifford Jordan]], American saxophonist (d. 1993)
*  1931 &ndash; [[Alan K. Simpson|Alan Simpson]], American politician, senator of Wyoming (d. 2025)<ref>{{Cite news |last=McFadden |first=Robert D. |date=March 14, 2025 |title=Alan K. Simpson, a Folksy Republican Force in the Senate, Dies at 93 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/14/us/politics/alan-k-simpson-dead.html |access-date=March 18, 2025 |work=[[The New York Times]] |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
*[[1932]] &ndash; [[Walter Davis Jr.]], American pianist (d. 1990)
*  1932   &ndash; [[Arnold Greenberg (Snapple)|Arnold Greenberg]], American businessman, co-founded [[Snapple]] (d. 2012)<ref name="UPI" />
*[[1933]] &ndash; [[Ed Conlin]], American basketball player and coach (d. 2012)
*  1933   &ndash; [[Mathieu Kérékou]], Beninese soldier and politician, [[President of Benin]] (d. 2015)
*[[1934]] &ndash; [[Hilla Becher]], German conceptual photographer (d. 2015)
*  1934   &ndash; [[Sam Gooden]], American soul singer (d. 2022)
*  1934   &ndash; [[Chuck McCann]], American actor and screenwriter (d. 2018)
*  1934   &ndash; [[Grady Nutt]], American comedian, minister, and author (d. 1982)
*[[1935]] &ndash; [[D. Wayne Lukas]], American horse trainer<ref name="UPI" />
*[[1936]] &ndash; [[Andrew Grove]], Hungarian-American businessman, engineer, and author (d. 2016)
*  1936   &ndash; [[Károly Krajczár]], Hungarian-Slovene author and educator (d. 2018)
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[Len Carlson]], Canadian voice actor (d. 2006)
*  1937   &ndash; [[Peter Ueberroth]], American businessman
*[[1938]] &ndash; [[Leonard Appleyard]], English diplomat, [[List of Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to China|British Ambassador to China]] (d. 2020)
*  1938   &ndash; [[Jimmy Clanton]], American pop singer-songwriter<ref name="AP" /> 
*  1938   &ndash; [[Ernie Sigley]], Australian television host (d. 2021)
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[Jyrki Otila]], Finnish economist and politician (d. 2003)
*  1941   &ndash; [[Sadhana Shivdasani]], Indian actress (d. 2015)
*  1941   &ndash; [[John Thompson (basketball)|John Thompson]], American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster (d. 2020)<ref name="UPI" />
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[Rosalind Ashford]], American singer<ref name="AP" />  
*  1943   &ndash; [[Glen Sather]], Canadian ice hockey player and manager
*  1943   &ndash; [[Joe Simon (musician)|Joe Simon]], American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2021)
*[[1944]] &ndash; [[Janet Simpson]], English sprinter (d. 2010)
*[[1946]] &ndash; [[Luis Ávalos]], Cuban-American actor (d. 2014)
*  1946   &ndash; [[Mary Goudie, Baroness Goudie]], English humanitarian and politician
*  1946   &ndash; [[Marty Grebb]], American keyboardist, guitarist, saxophonist, and music producer/arranger (d. 2020)
*  1946   &ndash; [[Billy Preston]], American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (d. 2006)
*  1946   &ndash; [[Walt Simonson]], American author and illustrator
*  1946   &ndash; [[Dan White]], American assassin and politician (d. 1985)
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[Louis Michel]], Belgian educator and politician, [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (Belgium)|Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs]]
*  1947   &ndash; [[Jim Richards (racing driver)|Jim Richards]], New Zealand racing driver
*[[1948]] &ndash; [[Nate Archibald]], American basketball player and coach<ref name="UPI" />
*  1948   &ndash; [[Terry Bradshaw]], American football player, sportscaster, and actor<ref name="UPI" />
*  1948   &ndash; [[Christa McAuliffe]], American educator and astronaut (d. 1986)<ref>{{cite web |title=Space Shuttle Challenger Fast Facts |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2013/09/15/us/space-shuttle-challenger-fast-facts/index.html |publisher=CNN|date=16 September 2013 |access-date=4 December 2021}}</ref>
*[[1949]] &ndash; [[Hans-Hermann Hoppe]], American economist and philosopher
*  1949   &ndash; [[Moira Stuart]], British broadcaster
*[[1950]] &ndash; [[Rosanna DeSoto]], American actress 
*  1950   &ndash; [[Michael Rother]], German guitarist, keyboard player, and songwriter 
*  1950   &ndash; [[Tony Windsor]], Australian politician<ref name=pbio>{{cite NSW Parliament |title      = Mr Antony Harold Curties Windsor (1950– ) |id=2065 |former=Yes |accessdate=13 May 2019}}</ref>
*[[1951]] &ndash; [[Jim DeMint]], American politician
*  1951   &ndash; [[Mark Harmon]], American actor and producer<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for September 2, 2022 includes celebrities Keanu Reeves, Salma Hayek |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/09/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-september-2-2022-includes-celebrities-keanu-reeves-salma-hayek.html |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |agency=Associated Press |access-date=31 August 2023 |date=2 September 2022}}</ref>
*  1951   &ndash; [[Mik Kaminski]], English musician, rock violinist
*[[1952]] &ndash; [[Jimmy Connors]], American tennis player, coach, and sportscaster<ref name="UPI" />
*  1952   &ndash; [[Mihhail Lotman]], Estonian linguist, scholar, and politician
*[[1953]] &ndash; [[Maurice Colclough]], English rugby player (d. 2006)
*  1953   &ndash; [[Ahmad Shah Massoud]], Afghan commander and politician, [[Ministry of Defense (Afghanistan)|Afghan Minister of Defense]] (d. 2001)
*  1953   &ndash; [[John Zorn]], American saxophonist, composer, and producer
*[[1954]] &ndash; [[Billi Gordon]], American neuroscientist, author, and actor. (d. 2018)
*  1954   &ndash; [[Gai Waterhouse]], Scottish-Australian horse trainer and businesswoman
*  1954   &ndash; [[Andrej Babiš]], Czech politician, [[Prime Minister of the Czech Republic]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vlada.cz/en/clenove-vlady/andrej-babis-115426 |title=Curriculum Vitae on Government}}</ref>
*[[1955]] &ndash; [[Linda Purl]], American actress<ref name="AP" /> 
*[[1956]] &ndash; [[Mario Tremblay]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach
*[[1957]] &ndash; [[Tony Alva]], American skateboarder and bass player
*  1957   &ndash; [[Steve Porcaro]], American keyboard player and songwriter 
*[[1958]] &ndash; [[Lynne Kosky]], Australian social worker and politician (d. 2014)
*[[1959]] &ndash; [[Drungo Hazewood]], American baseball player (d. 2013)
*  1959   &ndash; [[Guy Laliberté]], Canadian businessman, philanthropist, and poker player, founded [[Cirque du Soleil]]<ref name="UPI" />
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Eric Dickerson]], American football player and sportscaster<ref name="UPI" />
*  1960   &ndash; [[Kristin Halvorsen]], Norwegian politician, [[Minister of Finance (Norway)|Norwegian Minister of Finance]]
*  1960   &ndash; [[Rex Hudler]], American baseball player and sportscaster
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[Eugenio Derbez]], Mexican actor, director, producer, and screenwriter<ref name="UPI" />
*  1961   &ndash; [[Carlos Valderrama]], Colombian footballer and manager
*  1961   &ndash; [[Ron Wasserman]], American singer-songwriter and producer 
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Alonso Lujambio]], Mexican academic and politician (d. 2012)
*  1962   &ndash; [[Prachya Pinkaew]], Thai director, producer, and screenwriter
*  1962   &ndash; [[Tracy Smothers]], American wrestler (d. 2020)
*  1962   &ndash; [[Keir Starmer]], English lawyer and politician, [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]]
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[Sam Mitchell (basketball)|Sam Mitchell]], American basketball player and coach
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Andrea Illy]], Italian businessman
*  1964   &ndash; [[Keanu Reeves]], Canadian actor, singer, and producer<ref name="AP" /> 
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[Lennox Lewis]], English-Canadian boxer 
*  1965   &ndash; [[Partho Sen-Gupta]], Indian director and screenwriter
*[[1966]] &ndash; [[Dino Cazares]], American guitarist, songwriter, and producer 
*  1966   &ndash; [[Massimo Cuttitta]], Italian rugby player and coach
*  1966   &ndash; [[Salma Hayek]], Mexican-American actress, director, and producer<ref name="AP" /> 
*  1966   &ndash; [[Olivier Panis]], French racing driver<ref>{{cite book|author=Francois-Michel Gregoire|title=Who Works in Formula One 2006|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=B1ErRfjy4I0C&pg=PA89|date=April 2006|publisher=Who Works Sports Publications|isbn=978-1-901711-42-4|page=89}}</ref>
*  1966   &ndash; [[Tuc Watkins]], American actor<ref name="AP" /> 
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[Frank Fontsere]], American drummer and songwriter 
*  1967   &ndash; [[Andreas Möller]], German footballer and manager
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Cynthia Watros]], American actress<ref name="AP" /> 
*1968 &ndash; [[Francisco Acevedo]], American serial killer<ref>{{cite web | url=https://dani-hendrix.medium.com/three-women-strangled-to-death-in-the-streets-of-new-york-by-francisco-acevedo-7075f0ae3716 | title=Three women strangled to death in the streets of New York by Francisco Acevedo | date=21 August 2023 }}</ref>
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Laurence Brihaye]], Belgian rhythmic gymnast<ref>{{Cite web |title=Olympedia – Laurence Brihaye |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/28098 |access-date=2024-09-02 |website=olympedia.org}}</ref>
*1969 &ndash; [[K-Ci (singer)|K-Ci]], American R&B singer-songwriter<ref name="AP" />  
*  1969   &ndash; [[Stéphane Matteau]], Canadian ice hockey player
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Kjetil André Aamodt]], Norwegian skier
*  1971   &ndash; [[Pawan Kalyan]], Indian actor politician
*  1971   &ndash; [[Tommy Maddox]], American football player and coach
*  1971   &ndash; [[César Sánchez]], Spanish footballer
*  1971   &ndash; [[Tom Steels]], Belgian cyclist
*  1971   &ndash; [[Katt Williams]], American comedian and actor<ref name="UPI" />
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Robert Coles (golfer)|Robert Coles]], English golfer
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Jason Blake (ice hockey)|Jason Blake]], American ice hockey player
*  1973   &ndash; [[Indika de Saram]], Sri Lankan cricketer
*  1973   &ndash; [[Matthew Dunn (swimmer)|Matthew Dunn]], Australian swimmer
*  1973   &ndash; [[Nicholas Pinnock]], English actor<ref name="AP" /> 
*  1973   &ndash; [[Sudeep]], Indian actor, filmmaker and television presenter
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Sami Salo]], Finnish ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Sami Salo |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/sami-salo-8465202 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=31 August 2023}}</ref>
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[Jill Janus]], American singer (d. 2018)
*  1975   &ndash; [[MC Chris]], American rapper, actor, and screenwriter
*  1975 &ndash; [[Tony Thompson (singer)|Tony Thompson]], American singer (d. 2007)<ref name="obi WTH">{{cite web |url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/wacotrib/name/tony-thompson-obituary?id=29639896|title=Tony Thompson Obituary|date=June 7, 2007|accessdate=August 28, 2022|publisher=Waco Tribune-Herald}}</ref> 
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[Syleena Johnson]], American R&B and soul singer-songwriter and actress
*  1976   &ndash; [[Aziz Zakari]], Ghanaian sprinter
*[[1977]] &ndash; [[Tiffany Hines]], American actress<ref name="AP" /> 
*  1977   &ndash; [[Frédéric Kanouté]], Malian footballer
*  1977   &ndash; [[Sam Rivers (bassist)|Sam Rivers]], American musician<ref name="AP" /> 
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[Tomer Ben Yosef]], Israeli footballer
*  1979   &ndash; [[Jonathan Kite]], American actor and comedian<ref name="AP" /> 
*  1979   &ndash; [[Brian Westbrook]], American football player
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[Dany Sabourin]], Canadian ice hockey player
*  1980   &ndash; [[Danny Shittu]], Nigerian footballer
*  1980   &ndash; [[Hiroki Yoshimoto]], Japanese race car driver
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Fariborz Kamkari]], Iranian director, producer, and screenwriter
*  1981   &ndash; [[Jennifer Hopkins]], American tennis player
*  1981   &ndash; [[Chris Tremlett]], English cricketer
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[Joey Barton]], English footballer
*  1982   &ndash; [[Jason Hammel]], American baseball player
*  1982   &ndash; [[Mark Phillips (footballer)|Mark Phillips]], English footballer
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Rich Boy]], American rapper and producer
*  1983   &ndash; [[Mark Foster (rugby union)|Mark Foster]], English rugby player
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Jack Peñate]], English singer-songwriter and guitarist
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Keith Galloway]], Australian rugby league player
*  1985   &ndash; [[Allison Miller]], American actress<ref name="AP" /> 
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Gélson Fernandes]], Swiss footballer
*  1986   &ndash; [[Kyle Hines]], American basketball player
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Scott Moir]], Canadian ice dancer
*  1987   &ndash; [[Spencer Smith (musician)|Spencer Smith]], American musician<ref name="AP" /> 
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Keisuke Kato]], Japanese actor and singer
*  1988   &ndash; [[Javi Martínez]], Spanish footballer
*  1988   &ndash; [[Ibrahim Šehić]], Bosnian footballer 
*  1988   &ndash; [[Ishant Sharma]], Indian cricketer
*  1988   &ndash; [[Ishmeet Singh]], Indian singer (d. 2008)
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Marcus Morris (basketball)|Marcus Morris]], American basketball player
*  1989   &ndash; [[Markieff Morris]], American basketball player
*  1989   &ndash; [[Alexandre Pato]], Brazilian footballer
*  1989   &ndash; [[Zedd]], Russian-German record producer, DJ, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter<ref name="AP" /> 
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Marcus Ericsson]], Swedish race car driver
*  1990   &ndash; [[Shayla Worley]], American gymnast
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Christian Bethancourt]], Panamanian baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Christian Bethancourt |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/christian-bethancourt-542194 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=31 August 2023}}</ref>
*  1991   &ndash; [[Mareks Mejeris]], Latvian basketball player<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/international/players/mareks-mejeris-1.html|title=Mareks Mejeris International Stats|website=Basketball-Reference.com}}</ref>
*  1991   &ndash; [[Gyasi Zardes]], American footballer
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Xenia Knoll]], Swiss tennis player
*  1992   &ndash; [[Nenad Lukić (footballer, born 1992)|Nenad Lukić]], Serbian footballer
*  1992   &ndash; [[Alberto Masi]], Italian footballer
*  1992   &ndash; [[Emiliano Martínez]], Argentine footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Emiliano Martínez |url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/4245/Emiliano-Mart%C3%ADnez/overview |publisher=Premier League |access-date=30 August 2020}}</ref>
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[Tom Anderson (footballer, born 1993)|Tom Anderson]], English footballer
*  1993   &ndash; [[Zaza Nadiradze]], Georgian sprint canoeist<ref>{{cite web|title=Zaza Nadiradze|url=https://www.olympic.org/zaza-nadiradze|publisher=International Olympic Committee|access-date=17 June 2020}}</ref>
*  1993   &ndash; [[Robert Rooba]], Estonian ice hockey player
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[Kishen Velani]], English cricketer
*[[1995]] &ndash; [[Willy Adames]], Dominican baseball player
*  1995   &ndash; [[Aleksander Barkov]], Russian-Finnish ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Aleksander Barkov |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/aleksander-barkov-8477493 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=31 August 2023}}</ref>
*  1995   &ndash; [[İbrahim Demir]], Turkish footballer
*  1995   &ndash; [[Deimantas Petravičius]], Lithuanian footballer
*[[1996]] &ndash; [[Austin Abrams]], American actor<ref name="UPI" />
*[[1997]] &ndash; [[645AR]], American rapper<ref>{{Cite news |title=About 645AR |work=HotNewHipHop |url=https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/profile/645ar |access-date=January 5, 2023}}</ref>
*  1997   &ndash; [[Brandon Ingram]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Brandon Ingram |url=https://www.nba.com/player/1627742/brandon-ingram |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=31 August 2023}}</ref>
*[[1998]] &ndash; [[Nickeil Alexander-Walker]], Canadian basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Nickeil Alexander-Walker |url=https://www.nba.com/player/1629638/nickeil-alexander-walker |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=31 August 2023}}</ref>
*  1998   &ndash; [[Choi Ye-bin]], South Korean actress<ref>{{cite web |title=최예빈 > stars {{!}} 제이와이드컴퍼니 – J,WIDE-COMPANY |url=http://www.jwide.co.kr/bbs/board.php?bo_table=21&wr_id=36 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417125721/http://www.jwide.co.kr/bbs/board.php?bo_table=21&wr_id=36 |archive-date=April 17, 2021 |access-date=April 13, 2021 |website=J,WIDE-COMPANY |language=ko}}</ref>
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==Deaths==
===Pre-1600===
* [[421]] &ndash; [[Constantius III]], Roman emperor
* [[459]] &ndash; [[Simeon Stylites]], Byzantine saint (b. 390)
* [[595]] &ndash; [[John IV of Constantinople]]
*[[1022]] &ndash; [[Máel Sechnaill mac Domnaill]], [[king of Mide]] and [[High King of Ireland]]
*[[1031]] &ndash; [[Saint Emeric of Hungary]] (b. 1000)
*[[1083]] &ndash; King [[Munjong of Goryeo]] (b. 1019)
*[[1274]] &ndash; [[Prince Munetaka]], Japanese shōgun (b. 1242)
*[[1397]] &ndash; [[Francesco Landini]], Italian composer
*[[1540]] &ndash; [[Dawit II]] of Ethiopia (b. 1501)

===1601–1900===
*[[1606]] &ndash; [[Karel van Mander]], Dutch painter and poet (b. 1548)
*[[1651]] &ndash; [[Kosem Sultan]], Ottoman Valide sultan and regent (b. 1589)
*[[1680]] &ndash; [[Per Brahe the Younger]], Swedish soldier and politician, [[Lord High Steward of Sweden]] (b. 1602)
*[[1688]] &ndash; [[Sir Robert Vyner, 1st Baronet]], English businessman and politician, [[Lord Mayor of London]] (b. 1631)
*[[1690]] &ndash; [[Philip William, Elector Palatine]], German Count Palatine of Neuburg (b. 1615)
*[[1764]] &ndash; [[Nathaniel Bliss]], English astronomer and mathematician (b. 1700)
*[[1765]] &ndash; [[Henry Bouquet]], Swiss-English colonel (b. 1719)
*[[1768]] &ndash; [[Antoine Deparcieux]], French mathematician and theorist (b. 1703)
*[[1790]] &ndash; [[Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim]], German historian and theologian (b. 1701)
*[[1813]] &ndash; [[Jean Victor Marie Moreau]], French general (b. 1763)
*[[1820]] &ndash; [[Jiaqing Emperor]] of China (b. 1760)
*[[1832]] &ndash; [[Franz Xaver von Zach]], Hungarian-French astronomer and academic (b. 1754)
*[[1834]] &ndash; [[Thomas Telford]], Scottish engineer and architect, designed the [[Menai Suspension Bridge]] (b. 1757)
*[[1865]] &ndash; [[William Rowan Hamilton]], Irish physicist, astronomer, and mathematician (b. 1805)
*[[1872]] &ndash; [[N. F. S. Grundtvig]], Danish pastor, philosopher, and author (b. 1783)
*[[1877]] &ndash; [[Konstantinos Kanaris]], Greek admiral and politician, 16th [[List of Prime Ministers of Greece|Prime Minister of Greece]] (b. 1793)
*[[1885]] &ndash; [[Giuseppe Bonavia]], Maltese architect (b. 1821)
*[[1898]] &ndash; [[Wilford Woodruff]], American religious leader, 4th [[President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] (b. 1807)

===1901–present===
*[[1910]] &ndash; [[Henri Rousseau]], French painter (b. 1844)
*[[1918]] &ndash; [[John Forrest]], Australian politician, 1st [[Premier of Western Australia]] (b. 1847)
*[[1921]] &ndash; [[Henry Austin Dobson]], English poet and critic (b. 1840)
*[[1922]] &ndash; [[Henry Lawson]], Australian poet and author (b. 1867)
*[[1927]] &ndash; [[Umegatani Tōtarō II]], Japanese sumo wrestler, the 20th [[Makuuchi#Yokozuna|Yokozuna]] (b. 1878)
*[[1934]] &ndash; [[James Allan (rugby union)|James Allan]], New Zealand rugby player (b. 1860)
*  1934   &ndash; [[Russ Columbo]], American singer, violinist, and actor (b. 1908)
*  1934   &ndash; [[Alcide Nunez]], American clarinet player ([[Original Dixieland Jass Band]]) (b. 1884)
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[Pierre de Coubertin]], French historian and educator, founded the [[International Olympic Committee]] (b. 1863)<ref>{{cite web |title=Pierre, baron de Coubertin {{!}} Biography, Olympics, & Facts {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Pierre-baron-de-Coubertin |website=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=15 April 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[Lloyd Seay]], American race car driver (b. 1919)
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[Tom Williams (Irish republican)]], Executed [[Irish Republicanism|Irish Republican]]<ref>Jim McVeigh, ''Executed Tom Williams and the IRA'', Beyond the Pale Publications, Belfast, {{ISBN|1900960052}}</ref>
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[James Juvenal]], American rower (b. 1874)
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[Marsden Hartley]], American painter and poet (b. 1877)
*[[1944]] &ndash; [[Bella Rosenfeld]], Russian-American model and author (b. 1895)
*[[1945]] &ndash; [[Mason Phelps]], American golfer (b. 1885)
*[[1948]] &ndash; [[Sylvanus Morley]], American archaeologist and spy (b. 1883)
*[[1953]] &ndash; [[Hendrik Offerhaus]], Dutch rower (b. 1875)
*  1953   &ndash; [[Jonathan M. Wainwright (general)|Jonathan M. Wainwright]], American general, [[Medal of Honor]] recipient (b. 1883)
*[[1954]] &ndash; [[Franz Leopold Neumann]], German lawyer and political scientist (b. 1900)
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[William Wilkerson]], American publisher and businessman (b. 1890)
*[[1964]] &ndash; [[Glenn Albert Black]], American archaeologist and scholar (b. 1900)
*  1964   &ndash; [[Alvin C. York]], American colonel, [[Medal of Honor]] recipient (b. 1887)
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[Johannes Bobrowski]], German poet and author (b. 1917)
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Ho Chi Minh]], Vietnamese politician, 1st [[President of Vietnam]] (b. 1890)
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Robert Mensah]], Ghanaian footballer (b. 1939)
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Carl Dudley]], American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1910)
*  1973   &ndash; [[J. R. R. Tolkien]], English novelist, short story writer, poet, and philologist (b. 1892)
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[Mabel Vernon]], American activist (b. 1883)
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[Stanisław Grochowiak]], Polish poet and playwright (b. 1934)
*[[1977]] &ndash; [[Stephen Dunne (actor)|Stephen Dunne]], American actor (b. 1918)
*[[1978]] &ndash; [[Fred G. Meyer]], American businessman, founded [[Fred Meyer]] (b. 1886)
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[Otto P. Weyland]], American general (b. 1903)
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Feri Cansel]], Turkish-Cypriot actress (b. 1944)
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Manos Katrakis]], Greek actor (b. 1908)
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[M. Alalasundaram]], Sri Lankan Tamil teacher and politician
*  1985   &ndash; [[Abe Lenstra]], Dutch footballer (b. 1920)
*  1985   &ndash; [[V. Dharmalingam]], Sri Lankan Tamil politician (b. 1918)
*  1985   &ndash; [[Jay Youngblood]], American wrestler (b. 1955)
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Brian Clay]], Australian rugby league player (b. 1935)
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Robert Holmes à Court]], South African-Australian businessman and lawyer (b. 1937)
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Alfonso García Robles]], Mexican politician and diplomat, [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1911)
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Barbara McClintock]], American geneticist and botanist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1902)
*[[1996]] &ndash; [[Paddy Clift]], Zimbabwean cricketer (b. 1953)
*[[1997]] &ndash; [[Rudolf Bing]], Austrian-American manager (b. 1902)
*  1997   &ndash; [[Viktor Frankl]], Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist (b. 1905)
*[[1998]] &ndash; [[Jackie Blanchflower]], Northern Irish footballer (b. 1933)
*  1998   &ndash; [[Allen Drury]], American journalist and author (b. 1918)
*[[2000]] &ndash; [[Elvera Sanchez]], American dancer (b. 1905)
*  2000   &ndash; [[Curt Siodmak]], German-American author and screenwriter (b. 1907)
*[[2001]] &ndash; [[Christiaan Barnard]], South African surgeon and academic (b. 1922)
*  2001   &ndash; [[Troy Donahue]], American actor (b. 1936)
*[[2002]] &ndash; [[Dick Reynolds]], Australian footballer and coach (b. 1915)
*[[2004]] &ndash; [[Joan Oró]], Catalan biochemist and academic (b. 1923)
*[[2005]] &ndash; [[Bob Denver]], American actor (b. 1935)
*[[2006]] &ndash; [[Bob Mathias]], American decathlete and politician (b. 1930)
*  2006   &ndash; [[Willi Ninja]], American dancer and choreographer (b. 1961)
*  2006   &ndash; [[Dewey Redman]], American saxophonist (b. 1931)
*[[2007]] &ndash; [[Franz-Benno Delonge]], German game designer, created ''[[TransAmerica (board game)|TransAmerica]]'' (b. 1957)
*  2007   &ndash; [[Max McNab]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1924)
*[[2008]] &ndash; [[Bill Melendez]], Mexican-American animator, director, producer, and voice actor (b. 1916)
*  2008   &ndash; [[Alan Waddell]], Australian walker
*[[2009]] &ndash; [[Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy]], Indian politician, 14th [[Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh]] (b. 1949)
*[[2011]] &ndash; [[Roberto Bruce]], Chilean journalist (b. 1979)
*  2011   &ndash; [[Felipe Camiroaga]], Chilean television presenter (b. 1966)
*[[2012]] &ndash; [[Mark Abrahamian]], American guitarist (b. 1966)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Jack Boucher]], American photographer and director (b. 1931)
*  2012   &ndash; [[John C. Marshall (musician)|John C. Marshall]], English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1941)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Emmanuel Nunes]], Portuguese-French composer and educator (b. 1941)
*[[2013]] &ndash; [[Valérie Benguigui]], French actress and director (b. 1965)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Terry Clawson]], English rugby player and coach (b. 1940)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Ronald Coase]], English-American economist and author, [[Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1910)
*  2013   &ndash; [[David Jacobs (broadcaster)|David Jacobs]], English radio and television host (b. 1926)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Frederik Pohl]], American author and publisher (b. 1919)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Paul Scoon]], Grenadian politician, 2nd [[Governor-General of Grenada]] (b. 1935)
*  2014   &ndash; [[F. Emmett Fitzpatrick]], American lawyer and politician, 20th [[District Attorney of Philadelphia]] (b. 1930)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Norman Gordon]], South African cricketer (b. 1911)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Helena Rakoczy]], Polish gymnast (b. 1921)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Goolam Essaji Vahanvati]], Indian lawyer and politician, 13th [[Attorney General of India]] (b. 1949)
*[[2015]] &ndash; [[Ephraim Engleman]], American rheumatologist, author, and academic (b. 1911)
*[[2016]] &ndash; [[Jerry Heller]], American music manager (b. 1940)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Johnson|first=Alex|date=2016-09-03|title=Jerry Heller, controversial manager of N.W.A., dies at 75|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/jerry-heller-controversial-manager-n-w-dies-75-n642496|access-date=2021-09-10|publisher=NBC News|language=en}}</ref>
*  2016   &ndash; [[Islam Karimov]], Uzbek politician, 1st [[President of Uzbekistan]] (b. 1938)
*[[2018]] &ndash; [[Claire Wineland]], American activist and author (b. 1997)<ref>{{Cite web|author=Jessica Ravitz|date=2018-09-03|title=Claire Wineland, inspirational speaker and social media star, dies one week after lung transplant|url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/03/health/claire-wineland-obit/index.html|access-date=2021-06-15|publisher=CNN|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Mizoguchi|first=Karen|date=2018-09-03|title=Social Media Star Claire Wineland, 21, Dies a Week After Undergoing a Lung Transplant|url=https://people.com/human-interest/claire-wineland-dies-week-after-lung-transplant/|access-date=2021-06-15|website=[[People (magazine)|People]]|language=en}}</ref>
*[[2021]] &ndash; [[Siddharth Shukla]], Indian TV and film actor (b. 1980)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Siddharth Shukla, Indian TV actor dies at 40|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-58395388|publisher=BBC|date=2021-09-02|access-date=2021-09-02}}</ref>
*  2021   &ndash; [[Mikis Theodorakis]], Greek composer (b. 1925)<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.ekathimerini.com/news/1167241/renowned-composer-mikis-theodorakis-dies/| title = Renowned composer Mikis Theodorakis dies}}</ref>
*[[2022]] &ndash; [[Frank Drake]], American radio astronomer and astrophysicist (b. 1930)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/frank-drake-pioneer-in-the-search-for-alien-life-dies-at-92 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220902222004/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/frank-drake-pioneer-in-the-search-for-alien-life-dies-at-92 |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 2, 2022 |title=Frank Drake, pioneer in the search for alien life, dies at 92 |website=National Geographic |date=3 September 2022 |access-date=3 September 2022 |first1=Michael |last1=Greshko}}</ref>
*  2022 &ndash; [[T. V. Sankaranarayanan]], Indian Carnatic vocalist (b. 1945)<ref>{{cite news |title=T.V. Sankaranarayanan passes away |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/tv-sankaranarayanan-passes-away/article65842969.ece |date=2 September 2022 |access-date=3 September 2022 |work=The Hindu}}</ref>
*  [[2024]] – [[James Darren]], American actor (b. 1936)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Saperstein |first=Pat |date=2024-09-02 |title=James Darren, Teen Idol Actor in 'Gidget,' Singer and Director, Dies at 88 |url=https://variety.com/2024/film/news/james-darren-gidget-moondoggie-star-trek-1236127756/ |access-date=2024-09-03 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref>
*  2024 – [[Rodolfo Hernández Suárez]], Colombian politician (b. 1945)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Alsema |first=Adriaan |date=2024-09-02 |title=Rodolfo Hernandez, runner-up in Colombia's 2022 election, dies at 79 |url=https://colombiareports.com/rodolfo-hernandez-runner-up-in-colombias-2022-election-dies-at-79/ |access-date=2024-09-03 |website=Colombia News {{!}} Colombia Reports |language=en}}</ref>
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==Holidays and observances==
* Christian [[feast day]]:
** [[Acepsimas of Hnaita]] and companions ([[Syriac Orthodox Church]])
** [[Agricola of Avignon]]
** [[Antoninus of Pamiers]]
** [[Saint Brocard|Brocard]]
** [[Castor of Apt]]
** [[Saint Diomedes#Saint Diomedes (II)|Diomedes]]
** [[Eleazar]]
** [[Hieu]]
** [[Saint Ingrid of Skänninge|Ingrid of Sweden]]
** [[Justus of Lyon]]
** [[Margaret of Louvain]]
** [[Maxima of Rome]]
** [[Nonnosus]]
** [[William of Roskilde]]
** [[September 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]]
* [[Parliament of the Central Tibetan Administration|Democracy Day]] ([[Tibet]])
* [[Independence Day]] ([[Transnistria]], unrecognized)
* [[Independence Day]] ([[Republic of Artsakh|Artsakh]], unrecognized)
* [[List of food days#September|National Blueberry Popsicle Day]] (United States)
* [[National Day (Vietnam)|National Day]], celebrates the independence of [[Vietnam]] from Japan and France in 1945
* [[Victory over Japan Day]] (United States)

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/2 |title=On This Day |publisher=BBC}}
* {{NYT On this day|month=09|day=02}}
* {{cite web |url=https://www.onthisday.com/events/september/2 |title=Historical Events on September 2 |publisher=OnThisDay.com}}

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