2 September 1987

In Moscow, the trial begins for 19-year-old pilot Mathias Rust, who flew his Cessna airplane into Red Square in May. Mathias Rust was an 18…

2 September 1985

Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Tamil politicians and former MPs M. Alalasundaram and V. Dharmalingam are shot dead. The Sri Lankan Civil War, which…

2 September 1998

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….

2 September 1987

In Moscow, the trial begins for 19-year-old pilot Mathias Rust, who flew his Cessna airplane into Red Square in May.

2 September 1970

NASA announces the cancellation of two Apollo missions to the Moon, Apollo 15 (the designation is re-used by a later mission), and Apollo 19. [rdp-wiki-embed…

2 September 1912

Arthur Eldred is awarded the first Eagle Scout award of the Boy Scouts of America. Arthur Rose Eldred August 16, 1895 – January 4, 1951…

2 September 1998

All 229 people on board are killed when Swissair Flight 111 crashes in Nova Scotia. Scores of bodies and bits of debris were recovered from…