What Happened On 2nd September 1998 In History

Historical Events for 2nd September, 1998

• » Swissair Flight 111 crashes near Peggys Cove, Nova Scotia. All 229 people on board are killed.

September 2nd Famous Deaths for 1998

• » Jackie Blanchflower, Irish-English footballer (b. 1933)
• » Allen Drury, American author (b. 1918)

September 2nd Holidays in History

• » Christian feast day:
• » Acepsimas of Hnaita and companions (Syriac Orthodox Church)
• » Agricola of Avignon
• » Antoninus of Pamiers
• » Castor of Apt
• » Nonnosus
• » Feast day of St Stephen, King and Confessor e.g San Esteban del Rey (Acoma Pueblo)
• » N. F. S. Grundtvig (Lutheran Church)
• » Lucian Tapiedi named Martyrs of Papua New Guinea (Anglican Communion)
• » September 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• » Parliament of the Central Tibetan Administration or Democracy Day (Tibet)
• » Independence day (Transnistria, unrecognized)
• » Independence day (Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, unrecognized)
• » National Day (Vietnam) known as National Day, celebrates the independence of Vietnam from Japan and France in 1945

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