Bad weather caused a Chilean Air Force aircraft to crash into the Pacific Ocean, killing all 21 people on board.
American animated edutainment show Liberty's Kids aired its first episode.
An earthquake registering 7.7 Mw off the coast of Nicaragua became the first tsunami earthquake to be captured on modern broadband seismic networks.
Hurricane Elena, an unpredictable and damaging tropical cyclone that affected eastern and central portions of the United States Gulf Coast, made landfall near Biloxi, Mississippi, as a Category 3 major hurricane.
Paddy Roy Bates proclaimed HM Fort Roughs, a former World War II Maunsell Sea Fort in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk, England, as an independent sovereign state: the Principality of Sealand (pictured).
South Vietnamese president Ngô Đình Diệm began an official visit to Australia, the first by a foreign incumbent head of state to the country.
The interim government of India, headed by Jawaharlal Nehru, was formed to assist the transition of India from British rule to independence.
On the deck of the U.S. Navy battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay, representatives from the Empire of Japan and the Allied powers signed the Japanese Instrument of Surrender (pictured), formally ending World War II.
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 murdered thousands of ethnic minorities such as Koreans and Chinese over the course of several weeks.
Arthur Rose Eldred became the first person to attain the rank of Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America.
U.S. vice president Theodore Roosevelt first publicly used the phrase "speak softly and carry a big stick" at the Minnesota State Fair, describing his philosophy of negotiating peacefully while simultaneously threatening to use military force.
White miners in Rock Springs, Wyoming, attacked Chinese-American immigrants, killing at least 28 Chinese miners and causing approximately $150,000 in property damage.
Franco-Prussian War: Prussian forces captured Napoleon III at the Battle of Sedan, which led to the collapse of the Second French Empire within days.
French Revolution: Due to an overwhelming fear that foreign armies would attack Paris and prisoners would revolt, revolutionaries began the summary execution of more than a thousand prisoners.
The United States Department of the Treasury was founded following financial concerns in the new nation.
A large fire began in London's Pudding Lane and burned for five days (depicted), destroying St Paul's Cathedral and the homes of 70,000 of the city's 80,000 inhabitants.
Four people are killed in a mass shooting targeting homeless people on a Chicago Transit Authority train in Forest Park, Illinois, United States.
A suicide bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan, kills 6 people and injures 13.
At least 129 inmates are killed and 59 more injured in an attempted prison break at Makala Prison in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
India's first solar observation mission: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully launches Aditya-L1 from Satish Dhawan space centre.
Eighteen people are killed and 23 others are injured by a suicide bombing at a Sunni mosque in Herat, Afghanistan.
Hurricane Dorian, a category 5 hurricane, devastates the Bahamas, killing at least five.
The dive boat MV Conception catches fire and sinks near Santa Cruz Island, killing 34.
National Museum of Brazil fire, A massive fire destroys most of the Paço de São Cristóvão, which houses the National Museum of Brazil, in Rio de Janeiro. The museum holds important archaeοlogical and anthropological objects, including the remains of the Luzia Woman, Marajoara vases and Egyptian mummies.
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.
Israel-Palestinian conflict: the 2010 Israeli-Palestinian peace talks are launched by the United States.
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.
Google launches its Google Chrome web browser.
Swissair Flight 111 crashes near Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia; all 229 people on board are killed.
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.
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).
Transnistria is unilaterally proclaimed a Soviet republic; the Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev declares the decision null and void.
In Moscow, the trial begins for 19-year-old pilot Mathias Rust, who flew his Cessna airplane into Red Square in May.
Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Tamil politicians and former MPs M. Alalasundaram and V. Dharmalingam are shot dead.
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.
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.
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.
Operation OAU begins during the Nigerian Civil War.
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.
The first election of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile. The Tibetan community observes this date as Democracy Day.
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.
President Ngô Đình Diệm of South Vietnam becomes the first foreign head of state to make a state visit to Australia.
The Interim Government of India is formed, headed by Jawaharlal Nehru as vice president with the powers of a Prime Minister.
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.
Communist leader Ho Chi Minh proclaimed the Democratic Republic of Vietnam after the end of the Nguyễn dynasty.
The last execution of a Finn in Finland takes place when soldier Olavi Laiho is executed by shooting in Oulu.
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.
The Labor Day Hurricane, the most intense hurricane to strike the United States, makes landfall at Long Key, Florida, killing at least 400.
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 Koreans and Chinese.
Arthur Rose Eldred is awarded the first Eagle Scout award of the Boy Scouts of America.
Vice President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt utters the famous phrase, "Speak softly and carry a big stick" at the Minnesota State Fair.
Battle of Omdurman: British and Egyptian troops defeat Sudanese tribesmen and establish British dominance in Sudan.
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.
Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Sedan: Prussian forces take Napoleon III of France and 100,000 of his soldiers prisoner.
Mutsuhito, Emperor Meiji of Japan, marries Masako Ichijō, thereafter known as Empress Shōken.
American Civil War: Union forces enter Atlanta, a day after the Confederate defenders flee the city, ending the Atlanta Campaign.
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.
The Carrington Event is the strongest geomagnetic storm on record.
The Tianjing incident takes place in Nanjing, China.
Napoleonic Wars: The British Royal Navy bombards Copenhagen with fire bombs and phosphorus rockets to prevent Denmark from surrendering its fleet to Napoleon.
A massive landslide destroys the town of Goldau, Switzerland, killing 457.
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.
The United States Department of the Treasury is founded.
Great Britain, along with its overseas possessions, adopts the Gregorian calendar.
The Great Fire of London breaks out and burns for three days, destroying 10,000 buildings, including Old St Paul's Cathedral.
The Italian city of Castro is completely destroyed by the forces of Pope Innocent X, ending the Wars of Castro.
4th Spanish Armada makes landfall in Ireland at Kinsale.
Entry of Mary, Queen of Scots into Edinburgh, a spectacular civic celebration for the Queen of Scotland, marred by religious controversy.
The Treaty of Jaffa is signed between Richard I of England and Saladin, leading to the end of the Third Crusade.
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.
Pharaoh Cleopatra VII of Egypt declares her son co-ruler as Ptolemy XV Caesarion.
Cicero launches the first of his Philippicae (oratorical attacks) on Mark Antony. He will make 14 of them over the following months.
Nickeil Alexander-Walker, Canadian basketball player
Choi Ye-bin, South Korean actress
645AR, American rapper
Brandon Ingram, American basketball player
Austin Abrams, American actor
Willy Adames, Dominican baseball player
Aleksander Barkov, Russian-Finnish ice hockey player
İbrahim Demir, Turkish footballer
Deimantas Petravičius, Lithuanian footballer
Kishen Velani, English cricketer
Tom Anderson, English footballer
Zaza Nadiradze, Georgian sprint canoeist
Robert Rooba, Estonian ice hockey player
Xenia Knoll, Swiss tennis player
Nenad Lukić, Serbian footballer
Alberto Masi, Italian footballer
Emiliano Martínez, Argentine footballer
Christian Bethancourt, Panamanian baseball player
Mareks Mejeris, Latvian basketball player
Gyasi Zardes, American footballer
Marcus Ericsson, Swedish race car driver
Shayla Worley, American gymnast
Marcus Morris, American basketball player
Markieff Morris, American basketball player
Alexandre Pato, Brazilian footballer
Zedd, Russian-German record producer, DJ, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter
Keisuke Kato, Japanese actor and singer
Javi Martínez, Spanish footballer
Ibrahim Šehić, Bosnian footballer
Ishant Sharma, Indian cricketer
Ishmeet Singh, Indian singer (died 2008)
Scott Moir, Canadian ice dancer
Spencer Smith, American musician
Gélson Fernandes, Swiss footballer
Kyle Hines, American basketball player
Keith Galloway, Australian rugby league player
Allison Miller, American actress
Jack Peñate, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
Rich Boy, American rapper and producer
Mark Foster, English rugby player
Joey Barton, English footballer
Jason Hammel, American baseball player
Mark Phillips, English footballer
Fariborz Kamkari, Iranian director, producer, and screenwriter
Jennifer Hopkins, American tennis player
Chris Tremlett, English cricketer
Dany Sabourin, Canadian ice hockey player
Danny Shittu, Nigerian footballer
Hiroki Yoshimoto, Japanese race car driver
Tomer Ben Yosef, Israeli footballer
Jonathan Kite, American actor and comedian
Brian Westbrook, American football player
Tiffany Hines, American actress
Frédéric Kanouté, Malian footballer
Sam Rivers, American musician
Syleena Johnson, American R&B and soul singer-songwriter and actress
Aziz Zakari, Ghanaian sprinter
Jill Janus, American singer (died 2018)
MC Chris, American rapper, actor, and screenwriter
Tony Thompson, American singer (died 2007)
Sami Salo, Finnish ice hockey player
Jason Blake, American ice hockey player
Indika de Saram, Sri Lankan cricketer
Matthew Dunn, Australian swimmer
Nicholas Pinnock, English actor
Sudeep, Indian actor, filmmaker and television presenter
Robert Coles, English golfer
Kjetil André Aamodt, Norwegian skier
Pawan Kalyan, Indian actor politician
Tommy Maddox, American football player and coach
César Sánchez, Spanish footballer
Tom Steels, Belgian cyclist
Katt Williams, American comedian and actor
Laurence Brihaye, Belgian rhythmic gymnast
K-Ci, American R&B singer-songwriter
Stéphane Matteau, Canadian ice hockey player
Cynthia Watros, American actress
Francisco Acevedo, American serial killer
Frank Fontsere, American drummer and songwriter
Andreas Möller, German footballer and manager
Dino Cazares, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer
Massimo Cuttitta, Italian rugby player and coach
Salma Hayek, Mexican-American actress, director, and producer
Olivier Panis, French racing driver
Tuc Watkins, American actor
Lennox Lewis, English-Canadian boxer
Partho Sen-Gupta, Indian director and screenwriter
Andrea Illy, Italian businessman
Keanu Reeves, Canadian actor, singer, and producer
Sam Mitchell, American basketball player and coach
Alonso Lujambio, Mexican academic and politician (died 2012)
Prachya Pinkaew, Thai director, producer, and screenwriter
Tracy Smothers, American wrestler (died 2020)
Keir Starmer, English lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Eugenio Derbez, Mexican actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
Carlos Valderrama, Colombian footballer and manager
Ron Wasserman, American singer-songwriter and producer
Eric Dickerson, American football player and sportscaster
Kristin Halvorsen, Norwegian politician, Norwegian Minister of Finance
Rex Hudler, American baseball player and sportscaster
Drungo Hazewood, American baseball player (died 2013)
Guy Laliberté, Canadian businessman, philanthropist, and poker player, founded Cirque du Soleil
Lynne Kosky, Australian social worker and politician (died 2014)
Tony Alva, American skateboarder and bass player
Steve Porcaro, American keyboard player and songwriter
Mario Tremblay, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Linda Purl, American actress
Billi Gordon, American neuroscientist, author, and actor. (died 2018)
Gai Waterhouse, Scottish-Australian horse trainer and businesswoman
Andrej Babiš, Czech politician, Prime Minister of the Czech Republic
Maurice Colclough, English rugby player (died 2006)
Ahmad Shah Massoud, Afghan commander and politician, Afghan Minister of Defense (died 2001)
John Zorn, American saxophonist, composer, and producer
Jimmy Connors, American tennis player, coach, and sportscaster
Mihhail Lotman, Estonian linguist, scholar, and politician
Jim DeMint, American politician
Mark Harmon, American actor and producer
Mik Kaminski, English musician, rock violinist
Rosanna DeSoto, American actress
Michael Rother, German guitarist, keyboard player, and songwriter
Tony Windsor, Australian politician
Hans-Hermann Hoppe, American economist and philosopher
Moira Stuart, British broadcaster
Nate Archibald, American basketball player and coach
Terry Bradshaw, American football player, sportscaster, and actor
Christa McAuliffe, American educator and astronaut (died 1986)
Louis Michel, Belgian educator and politician, Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs
Jim Richards, New Zealand racing driver
Luis Ávalos, Cuban-American actor (died 2014)
Mary Goudie, Baroness Goudie, English humanitarian and politician
Marty Grebb, American keyboardist, guitarist, saxophonist, and music producer/arranger (died 2020)
Billy Preston, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (died 2006)
Walt Simonson, American author and illustrator
Dan White, American assassin and politician (died 1985)
Janet Simpson, English sprinter (died 2010)
Rosalind Ashford, American singer
Glen Sather, Canadian ice hockey player and manager
Joe Simon, American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2021)
Jyrki Otila, Finnish economist and politician (died 2003)
Sadhana Shivdasani, Indian actress (died 2015)
John Thompson, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster (died 2020)
Leonard Appleyard, English diplomat, British Ambassador to China (died 2020)
Jimmy Clanton, American pop singer-songwriter
Ernie Sigley, Australian television host (died 2021)
Len Carlson, Canadian voice actor (died 2006)
Peter Ueberroth, American businessman
Andrew Grove, Hungarian-American businessman, engineer, and author (died 2016)
Károly Krajczár, Hungarian-Slovene author and educator (died 2018)
D. Wayne Lukas, American horse trainer (died 2025)
Hilla Becher, German conceptual photographer (died 2015)
Sam Gooden, American soul singer (died 2022)
Chuck McCann, American actor and screenwriter (died 2018)
Grady Nutt, American comedian, minister, and author (died 1982)
Ed Conlin, American basketball player and coach (died 2012)
Mathieu Kérékou, Beninese soldier and politician, President of Benin (died 2015)
Walter Davis Jr., American pianist (died 1990)
Arnold Greenberg, American businessman, co-founded Snapple (died 2012)
Clifford Jordan, American saxophonist (died 1993)
Alan Simpson, American politician, senator of Wyoming (died 2025)
Hal Ashby, American actor, director, and producer (died 1988)
Beulah Bewley, English physician and academic (died 2018)
Rex Hartwig, Australian tennis player (died 2022)
Victor Spinetti, Welsh actor and director (died 2012)
Jim Jordan, Canadian educator and politician (died 2012)
Horace Silver, American pianist and composer (died 2014)
Mel Stuart, American director and producer (died 2012)
Milo Hamilton, American sportscaster (died 2015)
Francis Matthews, English actor (died 2014)
Alice Raftary, American educator of blind adults (died 2014)
Hugo Montenegro, American composer and conductor (died 1981)
Daniel arap Moi, Kenyan educator and politician, 2nd President of Kenya (died 2020)
René Thom, French mathematician, biologist, and academic (died 2002)
Ramón Valdés, Mexican actor and comedian (died 1988)
Arthur Ashkin, American physicist and Nobel Prize laureate (died 2020)
Leigh Kamman, American radio host (died 2014)
Marge Champion, American actress, dancer, and choreographer (died 2020)
Lance Macklin, English racing driver and businessman (died 2002)
Allen Drury, American journalist and author (died 1998)
Laurindo Almeida, Brazilian-American guitarist and composer (died 1995)
Cleveland Amory, American author and critic (died 1997)
Ömer Lütfi Akad, Turkish director and screenwriter (died 2011)
Benjamin Aaron, American lawyer and scholar (died 2007)
Israel Gelfand, Russian-American mathematician and biologist (died 2009)
Bill Shankly, Scottish footballer and manager (died 1981)
Ernest Bromley, Australian cricketer (died 1967)
Romare Bearden, American painter and author (died 1988)
William F. Harrah, American businessman, founded Harrah's Entertainment (died 1978)
Lill Tschudi, Swiss artist (died 2004)
Paul Saagpakk, Estonian linguist, lexicographer, and academic (died 1996)
Donald Watson, English activist, founded the Vegan Society (died 2005)
Ruth Bancroft, American landscape and garden designer (died 2017)
Pertev Naili Boratav, Turkish author and educator (died 1998)
August Jakobson, Estonian author and politician (died 1963)
Andreas Embirikos, Greek psychoanalyst and poet (died 1975)
Adolph Rupp, American basketball player and coach (died 1977)
Fazlollah Zahedi, Iranian general and statesman, 36th Prime Minister of Iran (died 1963)
Joseph Roth, Austrian journalist and author (died 1939)
Dezső Kertész, Hungarian actor and film director (died 1965)
Frank Laubach, American missionary and mystic (died 1970)
Archduchess Elisabeth Marie of Austria (died 1963)
Herman, Estonian-Finnish archbishop (died 1961)
Werner von Blomberg, German field marshal (died 1946)
Frederick Soddy, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1956)
Lily Poulett-Harris, Australian cricketer and educator (died 1897)
Charles Vintcent, South African cricketer and rugby player (died 1943)
Simeón Ola, Filipino general and politician (died 1952)
John Bowser, English-Australian politician, 26th Premier of Victoria (died 1936)
Wilhelm Ostwald, Latvian-German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1932)
Paul Bourget, French author and critic (died 1935)
Eugene Field, American author and poet (died 1895)
Albert Spalding, American baseball player, manager, and businessman, co-founded the Spalding Sporting Goods Company (died 1915)
Woldemar Voigt, German physicist and academic (died 1919)
Henry George, American economist and author (died 1897)
Bhaktivinoda Thakur, Indian guru and philosopher (died 1914)
Liliʻuokalani, Last sovereign monarch of Hawaiʻi (died 1917)
William P. Frye, American lawyer and politician (died 1911)
Lucretia Peabody Hale, American journalist and author (died 1900)
Ernst Curtius, German archaeologist and historian (died 1896)
Lysander Button, American engineer (died 1898)
William Seymour Tyler, American historian and educator (died 1897)
Esteban Echeverría, Argentinian poet and author (died 1851)
Louis Bonaparte, French-Dutch king (died 1846)
Marie Joséphine of Savoy (died 1810)
William Somervile, English poet and author (died 1742)
Georg Böhm, German organist and composer (died 1733)
Vincenzo Scamozzi, Italian architect (died 1616)
Francesco Cattani da Diacceto, Bishop of Fiesole (died 1595)
Francis I, Duke of Nevers (died 1561)
Francis of Fabriano, Italian writer (died 1322)
Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Gloucester, 6th Earl of Hertford, English politician (died 1295)
James Darren, American actor (born 1936)
Rodolfo Hernández Suárez, Colombian politician (born 1945)
Frank Drake, American radio astronomer and astrophysicist (born 1930)
T. V. Sankaranarayanan, Indian Carnatic vocalist (born 1945)
Siddharth Shukla, Indian TV and film actor (born 1980)
Mikis Theodorakis, Greek composer (born 1925)
Claire Wineland, American activist and author (born 1997)
Jerry Heller, American music manager (born 1940)
Islam Karimov, Uzbek politician, 1st President of Uzbekistan (born 1938)
Ephraim Engleman, American rheumatologist, author, and academic (born 1911)
F. Emmett Fitzpatrick, American lawyer and politician, 20th District Attorney of Philadelphia (born 1930)
Norman Gordon, South African cricketer (born 1911)
Helena Rakoczy, Polish gymnast (born 1921)
Goolam Essaji Vahanvati, Indian lawyer and politician, 13th Attorney General of India (born 1949)
Valérie Benguigui, French actress and director (born 1965)
Terry Clawson, English rugby player and coach (born 1940)
Ronald Coase, English-American economist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1910)
David Jacobs, English radio and television host (born 1926)
Frederik Pohl, American author and publisher (born 1919)
Paul Scoon, Grenadian politician, 2nd Governor-General of Grenada (born 1935)
Mark Abrahamian, American guitarist (born 1966)
Jack Boucher, American photographer and director (born 1931)
John C. Marshall, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1941)
Emmanuel Nunes, Portuguese-French composer and educator (born 1941)
Roberto Bruce, Chilean journalist (born 1979)
Felipe Camiroaga, Chilean television presenter (born 1966)
Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy, Indian politician, 14th Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh (born 1949)
Bill Melendez, Mexican-American animator, director, producer, and voice actor (born 1916)
Alan Waddell, Australian walker
Franz-Benno Delonge, German game designer, created TransAmerica (born 1957)
Max McNab, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1924)
Bob Mathias, American decathlete and politician (born 1930)
Willi Ninja, American dancer and choreographer (born 1961)
Dewey Redman, American saxophonist (born 1931)
Bob Denver, American actor (born 1935)
Joan Oró, Catalan biochemist and academic (born 1923)
Dick Reynolds, Australian footballer and coach (born 1915)
Christiaan Barnard, South African surgeon and academic (born 1922)
Troy Donahue, American actor (born 1936)
Elvera Sanchez, American dancer (born 1905)
Curt Siodmak, German-American author and screenwriter (born 1907)
Jackie Blanchflower, Northern Irish footballer (born 1933)
Allen Drury, American journalist and author (born 1918)
Rudolf Bing, Austrian-American manager (born 1902)
Viktor Frankl, Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist (born 1905)
Paddy Clift, Zimbabwean cricketer (born 1953)
Barbara McClintock, American geneticist and botanist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1902)
Alfonso García Robles, Mexican politician and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1911)
Robert Holmes à Court, South African-Australian businessman and lawyer (born 1937)
Brian Clay, Australian rugby league player (born 1935)
M. Alalasundaram, Sri Lankan Tamil teacher and politician
Abe Lenstra, Dutch footballer (born 1920)
V. Dharmalingam, Sri Lankan Tamil politician (born 1918)
Jay Youngblood, American wrestler (born 1955)
Manos Katrakis, Greek actor (born 1908)
Feri Cansel, Turkish-Cypriot actress (born 1944)
Otto P. Weyland, American general (born 1903)
Fred G. Meyer, American businessman, founded Fred Meyer (born 1886)
Stephen Dunne, American actor (born 1918)
Stanisław Grochowiak, Polish poet and playwright (born 1934)
Mabel Vernon, American activist (born 1883)
Carl Dudley, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1910)
J. R. R. Tolkien, English novelist, short story writer, poet, and philologist (born 1892)
Robert Mensah, Ghanaian footballer (born 1939)
Ho Chi Minh, Vietnamese politician, 1st President of Vietnam (born 1890)
Johannes Bobrowski, German poet and author (born 1917)
Glenn Albert Black, American archaeologist and scholar (born 1900)
Alvin C. York, American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1887)
William Wilkerson, American publisher and businessman (born 1890)
Franz Leopold Neumann, German lawyer and political scientist (born 1900)
Hendrik Offerhaus, Dutch rower (born 1875)
Jonathan M. Wainwright, American general, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1883)
Sylvanus Morley, American archaeologist and spy (born 1883)
Mason Phelps, American golfer (born 1885)
Bella Rosenfeld, Russian-American model and author (born 1895)
Marsden Hartley, American painter and poet (born 1877)
Tom Williams (Irish republican), Executed Irish Republican
James Juvenal, American rower (born 1874)
Lloyd Seay, American race car driver (born 1919)
Pierre de Coubertin, French historian and educator, founded the International Olympic Committee (born 1863)
James Allan, New Zealand rugby player (born 1860)
Russ Columbo, American singer, violinist, and actor (born 1908)
Alcide Nunez, American clarinet player (Original Dixieland Jass Band) (born 1884)
Umegatani Tōtarō II, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 20th Yokozuna (born 1878)
Henry Lawson, Australian poet and author (born 1867)
Henry Austin Dobson, English poet and critic (born 1840)
John Forrest, Australian politician, 1st Premier of Western Australia (born 1847)
Henri Rousseau, French painter (born 1844)
Wilford Woodruff, American religious leader, 4th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (born 1807)
Giuseppe Bonavia, Maltese architect (born 1821)
Konstantinos Kanaris, Greek admiral and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Greece (born 1793)
N. F. S. Grundtvig, Danish pastor, philosopher, and author (born 1783)
William Rowan Hamilton, Irish physicist, astronomer, and mathematician (born 1805)
Thomas Telford, Scottish engineer and architect, designed the Menai Suspension Bridge (born 1757)
Franz Xaver von Zach, Hungarian-French astronomer and academic (born 1754)
Jiaqing Emperor of China (born 1760)
Jean Victor Marie Moreau, French general (born 1763)
Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim, German historian and theologian (born 1701)
Antoine Deparcieux, French mathematician and theorist (born 1703)
Henry Bouquet, Swiss-English colonel (born 1719)
Nathaniel Bliss, English astronomer and mathematician (born 1700)
Philip William, Elector Palatine, German Count Palatine of Neuburg (born 1615)
Sir Robert Vyner, 1st Baronet, English businessman and politician, Lord Mayor of London (born 1631)
Per Brahe the Younger, Swedish soldier and politician, Lord High Steward of Sweden (born 1602)
Kosem Sultan, Ottoman Valide sultan and regent (born 1589)
Karel van Mander, Dutch painter and poet (born 1548)
Dawit II of Ethiopia (born 1501)
Francesco Landini, Italian composer
Prince Munetaka, Japanese shōgun (born 1242)
King Munjong of Goryeo (born 1019)
Saint Emeric of Hungary (born 1000)
Máel Sechnaill mac Domnaill, king of Mide and High King of Ireland
John IV of Constantinople
Simeon Stylites, Byzantine saint (born 390)
Constantius III, Roman emperor
Christian feast day: Acepsimas of Hnaita and companions (Syriac Orthodox Church)
Christian feast day: Agricola of Avignon
Christian feast day: Antoninus of Pamiers
Christian feast day: Brocard
Christian feast day: Castor of Apt
Christian feast day: Diomedes
Christian feast day: Eleazar
Christian feast day: Hieu (abbess)
Christian feast day: Ingrid of Sweden
Christian feast day: Justus of Lyon
Christian feast day: Margaret of Louvain
Christian feast day: Maxima of Rome
Christian feast day: Nonnosus
Christian feast day: William of Roskilde
Christian feast day: 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)