Monday, September 2, 2019 is a Monday. It is day 245 of 2019 (67.1% through the year), ISO week 36, in Q3.
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Monday, September 2, 2019 combines practical calendar facts with a wider view of the day: 2011: Bad weather caused a Chilean Air Force aircraft to crash into the Pacific Ocean, killing all 21 people on board.. Use it to check the date, plan across time zones, and scan the observances and historical markers attached to September 2.
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Historical Milestones
Bad weather caused a Chilean Air Force aircraft to crash into the Pacific Ocean, killing all 21 people on board.
Chilean Air Force →A fire in the cockpit on Swissair Flight 111, en route from New York City to Geneva, caused the aircraft to crash into the Atlantic Ocean near Canada, killing all 229 people on board.
Swissair Flight 111 →An earthquake registering 7.7 Mw off the coast of Nicaragua became the first tsunami earthquake to be captured on modern broadband seismic networks.
1992 Nicaragua earthquake →Hurricane Elena, an unpredictable and damaging tropical cyclone that affected eastern and central portions of the United States Gulf Coast, made landfall near Biloxi, Mississippi, as a Category 3 major hurricane.
Hurricane Elena →Paddy Roy Bates proclaimed HM Fort Roughs, a former World War II Maunsell Sea Fort in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk, England, as an independent sovereign state: the Principality of Sealand (pictured).
Roy Bates →South Vietnamese president Ngô Đình Diệm began an official visit to Australia, the first by a foreign incumbent head of state to the country.
South Vietnam →The interim government of India, headed by Jawaharlal Nehru, was formed to assist the transition of India from British rule to independence.
Interim Government of India →On the deck of the U.S. Navy battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay, representatives from the Empire of Japan and the Allied powers signed the Japanese Instrument of Surrender , formally ending World War II.
United States Navy →Arthur Rose Eldred became the first person to attain the rank of Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America.
Arthur Rose Eldred →U.S. vice president Theodore Roosevelt first publicly used the phrase "speak softly and carry a big stick" (cartoon pictured) at the Minnesota State Fair, describing his philosophy of negotiating peacefully while simultaneously t...
Theodore Roosevelt →White miners in Rock Springs, Wyoming, attacked Chinese-American immigrants, killing at least 28 Chinese miners and causing approximately $150,000 in property damage.
Rock Springs, Wyoming →Franco-Prussian War: Prussian forces captured Napoleon III at the Battle of Sedan, which led to the collapse of the Second French Empire within days.
Franco-Prussian War →Calculate business days and elapsed calendar time between this date and any other.
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Questions & Answers
Monday, September 2, 2019 falls on a Monday.
2,568 days ago (7 years, 11 days ago). It is day 245 of 2019 with 120 days remaining in the year.
In Roman numerals, Monday, September 2, 2019 is written as II.IX.MMXIX (Day.Month.Year format).
The moon phase for this date is Waxing Crescent (approx. 9% illuminated). The astrological sun sign is Virgo.