September 2
People born on this day are Virgo.
- 1990
Transnistria is unilaterally proclaimed a Soviet republic; the Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev declares the decision null and void.
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Swissair Flight 111 crashes near Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia; all 229 people on board are killed.
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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.
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Google launches its Google Chrome web browser.
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The Andhra Pradesh, India helicopter crash occurs near Rudrakonda Hill, 40 nautical miles (74 km) from Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh, India. Fatalities include Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy, the Chief Minister of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.
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Israel-Palestinian conflict: the 2010 Israeli-Palestinian peace talks are launched by the United States.
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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.
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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.
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Hurricane Dorian, a category 5 hurricane, devastates the Bahamas, killing at least five.
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The dive boat MV Conception catches fire and sinks near Santa Cruz Island, killing 34.
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India's first solar observation mission: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully launches Aditya-L1 from Satish Dhawan space centre.
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Four people are killed in a mass shooting targeting homeless people on a Chicago Transit Authority train in Forest Park, Illinois, United States.
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2002Bradley Barcola, French footballer
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1998Nickeil Alexander-Walker, Canadian basketball player
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1998Choi Ye-bin, South Korean actress
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1998Eetu Luostarinen, Finnish ice hockey player
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1997Brandon Ingram, American basketball player
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1996Austin Abrams, American actor
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1995Willy Adames, Dominican baseball player
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1995Aleksander Barkov, Russian-Finnish ice hockey player
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1994Linda Dallmann, German professional footballer
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1993Robert Rooba, Estonian ice hockey player
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1992Xenia Knoll, Swiss tennis player
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1992Emiliano Martínez, Argentine footballer
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