In 2018, The National Museum of Brazil was destroyed by fire, losing more than 90% of the museum’s collection. Image: Wikimedia Commons
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.
In 2018, The National Museum of Brazil was destroyed by fire, losing more than 90% of the museum’s collection. Image: Wikimedia Commons
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.
