Also on September 1
🏛️ Public Holidays
Also observed in: Quốc khánh (VN)
🕰️ On This Day in History
- 2004 — The Crisis in Beslan commences when armed terrorists take schoolchildren and school staff hostage in North Ossetia (Russia); by the end... ↗
- 1991 — Uzbekistan declares independence from the Soviet Union. ↗
- 1985 — A joint American-French expedition locates the wreckage of the RMS Titanic. ↗
- 1983 — Cold War: Korean Air Lines Flight 007 is shot down by a Soviet Union jet fighter when the commercial aircraft enters Soviet airspace,... ↗
- 1982 — The United States Air Force Space Command is founded. ↗
🎂 Notable Births
- 1996 — Zendaya Stoermer Coleman, American actress and singer
- 1995 — Nathan MacKinnon, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1994 — Anna Smolina, Russian tennis player
- 1994 — Betty Cantrell, Miss America 2016
- 1993 — Mario Lemina, Gabonese footballer
🏀 Sports on this Date
- MLB: Athletics @ Texas Rangers — 00:05 Final
- MLB: Chicago White Sox @ Houston Astros — 00:10 Final
- MLB: Baltimore Orioles @ Colorado Rockies — 00:40 Final
- MLB: New York Yankees @ Los Angeles Angels — 01:38 Final
- MLB: Philadelphia Phillies @ Arizona Diamondbacks — 01:40 Final
- MLB: New York Mets @ Tampa Bay Rays — 22:40 Final