Beslan school hostage crisis

An 87-automobile pile-up happens on Highway 401 freeway just East of Windsor, Ontario, Canada after an unusually thick fog from Lake St. Clair.

A Vietnam Airlines Tupolev TU-134 crashes on approach into Phnom Penh airport, killing 64.

Sino-Soviet Split: Russia and the People's Republic of China agree to de-target their nuclear weapons against each other.

In a coup d'état in Burundi, President Jean-Baptiste Bagaza is deposed by Major Pierre Buyoya.

Viking program: The American ''Viking 2'' spacecraft lands at Utopia Planitia on Mars.

Qatar becomes an independent state

Dagen H in Sweden: traffic changes from driving on the left to driving on the right overnight.

The German U-Boat U-505 begins its move from a specially constructed dock to its final site at Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry.

The People's Liberation Army begins shelling the Republic of China-controlled islands of Quemoy.

The first long-running American television soap opera, ''Search for Tomorrow'', airs its first episode on the CBS network.

"Nino" Farina becomes the first Formula One Drivers' champion after winning the 1950 Italian Grand Prix.

Three-day celebration was held in China, following the Victory over Japan Day on September 2.

Holocaust: diarist Anne Frank and her family are placed on the last transport train from Westerbork to Auschwitz, arriving three days later.

World War II: In response to news of its coming liquidation, Dov Lopatyn leads an uprising in the Ghetto of Lakhva, in present-day Belarus.

The Holocaust: Karl Fritzsch, deputy camp commandant of the Auschwitz concentration camp, experiments with the use of Zyklon B in the gassing of Soviet POWs.

World War II: France, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia declare war on Germany after the invasion of Poland, forming the Allies.

Sir Malcolm Campbell reaches a speed of 304.331 miles per hour on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, becoming the first person to drive an automobile over 300 mph

Yevgeniy Abalakov is the first man to reach the highest point in the Soviet Union, Communism Peak (now called Ismoil Somoni Peak and situated in Tajikistan) (7495 m).

USS ''Shenandoah'' (ZR-1), the United States' first American-built rigid airship, was destroyed in a squall line over Noble County, Ohio. Fourteen of her 42-man crew perished, including her commander, Zachary Lansdowne.

William, Prince of Albania leaves the country after just six months due to opposition to his rule.

Over 640 die when the crowded pleasure boat {{SS|Princess Alice|1865|2}} collides with the ''Bywell Castle'' in the River Thames.

The congress of the state of México elevates Naucalpan to the category of Villa, with the title of "Villa de Juárez".

Franco-Prussian War: the Siege of Metz begins, resulting in a decisive Prussian victory on October 23.

American Civil War: Confederate General Leonidas Polk invades neutral Kentucky, prompting the state legislature to ask for Union assistance.

Indian Wars: in Nebraska, 700 soldiers under United States General William S. Harney avenge the Grattan Massacre by attacking a Sioux village and killing 100 between men, women and children.

Dressed in a sailor's uniform and carrying identification papers provided by a Free Black seaman, future abolitionist Frederick Douglass boards a train in Maryland on his way to freedom from slavery.

24 settlers are killed in the Pigeon Roost Massacre in Indiana.

English scientist John Dalton begins using symbols to represent the atoms of different elements.

William Wordsworth composes the sonnet ''Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802''.

The week long battle of St. George's Caye begins between Spain and Britain off the coast of Belize.

American Revolutionary War: the war ends with the signing of the Treaty of Paris by the United States and the Kingdom of Great Britain.

American Revolutionary War: during the Battle of Cooch's Bridge, the Flag of the United States is flown in battle for the first time.

The Royal Exchange burns down in the Great Fire of London

Third English Civil War: Battle of Worcester

Third English Civil War: in the Battle of Dunbar, English Parliamentarian forces lead by Oliver Cromwell defeat an army loyal to King Charles II of England and lead by David Leslie, Lord Newark.

The Mamluks defeat the Mongols at the Battle of Ain Jalut in Palestine, marking their first decisive defeat and the point of maximum expansion of the Mongol Empire.

Richard I of England (a.k.a. Richard "the Lionheart") is crowned at Westminster.

Major Byzantine victory at the Battle of Lalakaon against an Arab raid.

Consecration of Pope Gregory I (Gregory the Great).

San Marino, one of the smallest nations in the world and the world's oldest republic still in existence, is founded by Saint Marinus.