The Carrington Event is the strongest geomagnetic storm on record. The **Carrington Event of 1859** was the most powerful geomagnetic storm known to have struck…
Tag: 2 September
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 2019
Hurricane Dorian, a category 5 hurricane, devastates the Bahamas, killing at least five.
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…