Today in History for 2nd September 2026

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Historical Events

1958 - KAYS TV (now KBSH-DT) channel 7 in Hays, Kansas (CBS) begins broadcasting
1971 - There are further Irish Republican Army bombs set off across the region, including one in Belfast which wrecked the headquarters of the Ulster Unionist Party
1972 - French track cyclist Daniel Morelon successfully defends his Olympic sprint title beating Australian John Nicholson for the gold medal in Munich
1978 - American radio disc jockey and stunt pilot Hal McClain (38) performs world record 180 outside loops in an airplane over Houston, Texas
2020 - Former Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi tests positive for COVID-19 and is later hospitalized

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Famous Birthdays

1862 - Alphons Diepenbrock, Dutch composer, conductor, and essayist, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1921)
1901 - Adolph Rupp, American Basketball HOF coach (NCAA Div I Tournament 1948, 49, 51, 58; Uni of Kentucky; 5 × National Coach of the Year), born in Halstead, Kansas (d. 1977)
1912 - Johan Daisne [Herman Thiery], Belgian writer (magic realism), born in Ghent, Belgian (d. 1978)
1918 - Martha Mitchell [nee Beall], wife of US Attorney General John Mitchell, born in Pine Bluff, Arkansas (d. 1976)
1973 - Matthew Dunn, Australian swimmer (World C'ship SC gold x 8), born in Leeton, Australia

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Famous Deaths

1540 - Dawit II [Lebna Dengel], Emperor of Ethiopia (1508-40), assassinated at 43 or 44
1934 - (Alcide) "Yellow" Nunez, American New Orleans jazz clarinetist, dies of a heart attack at 50
1993 - John [Eoin] Higgins, Northern Ireland supreme court justice (1984-93), dies at 66
2003 - Bruce Waibel, American touring and session rock bassist (Gregg Allman; Firehouse), takes his own life at 45
2006 - Willi Ninja [William Leake], American dancer and choreographer (Paris Is Burning), dies of AIDS-related heart failure at 45

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