September 2 in history
Events on September 2
Notable events that happened on September 2 in past years.
- 2024
Four people are killed in a mass shooting targeting homeless people on a Chicago Transit Authority train in Forest Park, Illinois, United States.
Wikipedia article: Chicago "L" - 2022
Eighteen people are killed and 23 others are injured by a suicide bombing at a Sunni mosque in Herat, Afghanistan.
Wikipedia article: 2022 Herat mosque bombing - 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.
Wikipedia article: Eastern span replacement of the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge - 1998
Swissair Flight 111 crashes near Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia; all 229 people on board are killed.
Wikipedia article: Swissair Flight 111 - 1987
In Moscow, the trial begins for 19-year-old pilot Mathias Rust, who flew his Cessna airplane into Red Square in May.
Wikipedia article: Mathias Rust - 1970
Aeroflot Flight 3630, a Tupolev Tu-124 en route from southern Russia to Lithuania, crashes after the pilots lost control of the aircraft at cruise altitude between Rostov-on-Don Airport and Vilnius Airport, on the second leg of the flight; all 37 passengers and crew are killed.
Wikipedia article: Aeroflot Flight 3630 - 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.
Wikipedia article: Lockheed RC-130 Hercules - 1944
The last execution of a Finn in Finland takes place when soldier Olavi Laiho is executed by shooting in Oulu.
Wikipedia article: Finland - 1912
Arthur Rose Eldred is awarded the first Eagle Scout award of the Boy Scouts of America.
Wikipedia article: Arthur Rose Eldred - 1870
Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Sedan: Prussian forces take Napoleon III of France and 100,000 of his soldiers prisoner.
Wikipedia article: Franco-Prussian War - 1859
The Carrington Event is the strongest geomagnetic storm on record.
Wikipedia article: Carrington Event - 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.
Wikipedia article: September Massacres - 1649
The Italian city of Castro is completely destroyed by the forces of Pope Innocent X, ending the Wars of Castro.
Wikipedia article: Castro, Lazio - 1192
The Treaty of Jaffa is signed between Richard I of England and Saladin, leading to the end of the Third Crusade.
- 44 BC
Cicero launches the first of his Philippicae (oratorical attacks) on Mark Antony. He will make 14 of them over the following months.
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