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Starship's 1985 album, Knee Deep in the Hoopla, was certified platinum by the RIAA, and included two singles that went to number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart: "We Built This City" and "Sara".
Notable Deaths on September 2
2012 — Mark Abrahamian
American guitarist (born 1966)
September 2 has 116 recorded notable deaths across history, from 421 to 2024. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Notable Deaths
116 source records
421 – 2024
Today in history
Major events on September 2
See what else happened on this day in history.
- 1898 Battle of Omdurman: British and Egyptian troops defeat Sudanese tribesmen and establish British dominance in Sudan. Source
- 2023 India's first solar observation mission: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully launches Aditya-L1 from Satish Dhawan space centre. Source
- -44 Cicero launches the first of his Philippicae (oratorical attacks) on Mark Antony. He will make 14 of them over the following months. Source
- 1960 The first election of the Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile. The Tibetan community observes this date as Democracy Day. Source
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Siddharth Shukla won the World's Best Model title in December 2005, beating 40 other participants from across Asia, Latin America, and Europe.
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Kosem Sultan became one of the most powerful and influential women in Ottoman history, as well as a central and controversial figure during the period known as the Sultanate of Women.
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Alvin Cullum York, also known by his rank as Sergeant York, was one of the most decorated United States Army soldiers of World War I.
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Christiaan Neethling Barnard was a South African cardiac surgeon who performed the world's first human-to-human heart transplant operation.
More major people who died on September 2
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
2021
Siddharth Shukla
Indian TV and film actor (born 1980)
Sidharth Shukla was an Indian actor, host and model who mostly appeared in Hindi television and films. He was known for his roles in Balika Vadhu, Broken But Beautiful 3, and Dil Se Dil Tak.
1651
Kosem Sultan
Ottoman Valide sultan and regent (born 1589)
Kösem Sultan, also known as Mahpeyker Sultan, was the Haseki Sultan as a favorite consort and legal wife of Ottoman sultan Ahmed I, mother of Murad IV and Ibrahim, and grandmother of Mehmed IV.
1964
Alvin C. York
American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1887)
Alvin Cullum York, also known by his rank as Sergeant York, was one of the most decorated United States Army soldiers of World War I.
2001
Christiaan Barnard
South African surgeon and academic (born 1922)
Christiaan Neethling Barnard was a South African cardiac surgeon who performed the world's first human-to-human heart transplant operation.
1820
Jiaqing Emperor of China (born 1760)
The Jiaqing Emperor, also known by his temple name Emperor Renzong of Qing, personal name Yongyan, was the sixth emperor of the Qing dynasty and the fifth Qing emperor to rule over China proper.
1834
Thomas Telford
Scottish engineer and architect, designed the Menai Suspension Bridge (born 1757)
Thomas Telford was a Scottish civil engineer. After establishing himself as an engineer of road and canal projects in Shropshire, he designed numerous infrastructure projects in his native Scotland, as well as harbours…
1992
Barbara McClintock
American geneticist and botanist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1902)
Barbara McClintock was an American scientist and cytogeneticist who was awarded the 1983 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. McClintock received her PhD in botany from Cornell University in 1927.
1985
Abe Lenstra
Dutch footballer (born 1920)
Abe Minderts Lenstra was a Dutch footballer and national football icon in the 1950s who played as a forward. He is regarded as one of the greatest players ever to hail from the Netherlands.
421
Constantius III
Roman emperor
Constantius III was briefly Western Roman emperor in 421, having earned the throne through his capability as a general under Honorius.
1964
Glenn Albert Black
American archaeologist and scholar (born 1900)
Glenn Albert Black was an American archaeologist, author, and part-time university lecturer who was among the first professional archaeologists to study prehistoric sites in Indiana continuously.
2012
Jack Boucher
American photographer and director (born 1931)
Jack E. Boucher was an American photographer for the National Park Service for more than 40 years beginning in 1958. He served as the Chief Photographer for the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS).
2024
Rodolfo Hernández Suárez
Colombian politician (born 1945)
Rodolfo Hernández Suárez was a Colombian politician, civil engineer, and businessman who served as a senator of Colombia from July to October 2022. He was mayor of Bucaramanga from 2016 until his resignation in 2019.
1975
Mabel Vernon
American activist (born 1883)
Mabel Vernon was an American suffragist, pacifist, and a national leader in the United States suffrage movement. She was a Quaker and a member of the National American Woman Suffrage Association.
2016
Islam Karimov
Uzbek politician, 1st President of Uzbekistan (born 1938)
Islam Abduganiyevich Karimov was an Uzbek politician who served as the first president of Uzbekistan, from the country's independence in 1991 until his death in 2016.
2013
David Jacobs
English radio and television host (born 1926)
David Lewis Jacobs was a British broadcaster. He was the presenter of the BBC Television series Juke Box Jury in the 1960s, and chaired the long-running BBC Radio 4 topical discussion series Any Questions?.
1969
Ho Chi Minh
Vietnamese politician, 1st President of Vietnam (born 1890)
Hồ Chí Minh, colloquially known as Uncle Ho among other aliases and sobriquets, was a Vietnamese revolutionary and statesman who founded the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in 1945.
1606
Karel van Mander
Dutch painter and poet (born 1548)
Karel van Mander (I) or Carel van Mander I (May 1548 – 2 September 1606) was a Flemish painter, playwright, poet, art historian and art theoretician, who established himself in the Dutch Republic in the latter part of…
1813
Jean Victor Marie Moreau
French general (born 1763)
Jean Victor Marie Moreau was a French general who helped Napoleon Bonaparte rise to power, but later became his chief military and political rival and was banished to the United States.
1998
Allen Drury
American journalist and author (born 1918)
Allen Stuart Drury was an American novelist. During World War II, he was a reporter in the Senate, closely observing Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman, among others.