On This Day: What happened on 02 September?
We look back on this day in history and remember the people and events that shaped the world we live in today.
Here’s a look at what happened on this day, 02 September, throughout history. We remember the news, events, and people that influenced the course of history forever.
ON THIS DAY: 02 SEPTEMBER
1879 | Britain and the Zulu Nation signed a peace treaty
1980 | Zimbabwe announced it has severed diplomatic ties with South Africa, but would maintain a trade mission in Johannesburg.
2019 | Hurricane Dorian, a category 5 hurricane, devastated the Bahamas, and at least five people died.
2018 | The National Museum of Brazil was destroyed by fire, losing more than 90% of the museum’s collection.
2013 | The East Bridge replacement of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge opened at 10:15 PM at a cost of $6.4 billion, after the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake destroyed the old span.
2010 | Israel-Palestinian conflict: the 2010 Israeli-Palestinian peace talks were launched by the United States.
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BIRTHDAYS
1949 | American economist and philosopher, Hans-Hermann Hoppe.
1938 | Australian television host, Ernie Sigley.
1905 | South African athletics champion, Harry Hart, died in1979.
1933 | American basketball player and coach, Ed Conlin, died in 2012.
1953 | Afghan commander and politician, Afghan Minister of Defense, Ahmad Shah Massoud, died in 2001.
ON THIS DAY: DEATHS
2000 | German-American author and screenwriter, Curt Siodmak, 93.
2001 | South African surgeon and academic, Christiaan Barnard, 79.
2006 | American saxophonist, Dewey Redman, 75.
2014 | South African cricketer, Norman Gordon, 103.
2014 | American lawyer and politician, 20th District Attorney of Philadelphia, F. Emmett Fitzpatrick, 84.
SPORTS
1982 | Zimbabwean international football player, Tinashe Washington Nengomasha, was born in Harare, Zimbabwe on this day.
ENTERTAINMENT
1932 | South African artist, David Phaswane Mogano, was born in Pietersburg, Northern Transvaal
AFRICA FACT
Zambezi river flows through six countries, which are Zambia, Angola, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, and Mozambique.
