Pan Am Flight 73 is hijacked at Karachi International Airport.
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3 September 2004
The Beslan hostage crisis ends with the deaths of over 300 people, more than half of which are children.
2 September 1885
In Rock Springs, Wyoming, about 150 white miners, who are struggling to unionize so they could strike for better wages and work conditions, attack their…
1 September 1902
Probably the first science fiction film, A Trip to the Moon is released in France.
29 August 2005
Hurricane Katrina killsmore than 1,836 and causing over $80 billion in damage as devastates much of the U.S. Gulf Coast from Louisiana to Florida.
27 August 1776
British forces under General William Howe defeat the Americans under General George Washington in The Battle of Long Island.