Year 1983
Cold War: Korean Air Lines Flight 007 is shot down by a Soviet Union jet fighter when the commercial aircraft enters Soviet airspace, killing all 269 on board, including Congressman Lawrence McDonald.
SEPTEMBER 1
Daily Historical Chronicle
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1 September: What Happened On This Day in History
Curated historical timeline of momentous political pacts, freedom struggle uprisings, constitutional developments, scientific breakthroughs, and prominent birthdays recorded on 1 September.
Year 1985
A joint American–French expedition locates the wreckage of the RMS Titanic.
Year 1991
Uzbekistan declares independence from the Soviet Union.
Year 2004
The Beslan school siege begins when armed terrorists take schoolchildren and school staff hostage in North Ossetia, Russia; by the end of the siege three days later more than 385 people are dead (including hostages, other civilians, security personnel and terrorists).
Born 1896
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, an Indian religious leader, founded the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (d. 1977)
Born 1923
Habib Tanvir was one of the most popular Indian Urdu, and Hindi playwrights, a theatre director, poet and actor.
Born 1924
Sailen Manna was an Indian international footballer and is considered to be one of the best defenders India has ever produced.
Born 1930
Charles Correa was an Indian architect and urban planner.
Born 1931
Abdul Haq Ansari, Indian theologian and scholar (d. 2012)
Born 1931
Ajit Kumar Banerjee was a noted environmentalist and expert in forest management and is known to be the father of the concept of Joint Forest Management.
Born 1933
Dushyant Kumar was a poet of modern Hindi literature.
Born 1935
Saroj Ghose, Indian science popularizer and museum maker.
Born 1947
P. A. Sangma, Indian lawyer and politician, 11th Speaker of the Lok Sabha (d. 2016)
Born 1949
Radha Mohan Singh, Indian politician having affiliations with Bharatiya Janata Party.
Born 1957
Anjali Gopalan, Indian human rights and animal rights activist, founder and executive director of The Naz Foundation Trust.
Born 1963
Ravi Kumar Narra, an Indian businessman and social worker from Secunderabad, is known for his efforts for the upliftment of the Dalit community.
Born 1963
Manoj Pahwa, Indian film and television actor who is noted for his role as Bhatia in the comedy series Office Office.
Born 1964
Nachiketa Chakraborty, Indian singer, songwriter, musician, composer and playback singer known for his modern Bengali lyrics.
Born 1970
Padma Lakshmi, Indian-American actress and author
Born 1973
Ram Kapoor, Indian television and film actor.
Born 1975
Deepak Dobriyal, Indian movie and theatre actor. He is the recipient of a Filmfare award.
Born 1977
Aamir Ali, Indian television actor and model.
Born 1980
Vidhu Prathap, Indian playback singer.
Born 1982
Yamini Reddy, Indian classical dancer, a Kuchipudi exponent.
Born 1985
Mumaith Khan, an Indian film actress working in the Indian film industry and also works on cameos in form of the item numbers.
Born 1987
Ankit Gera, Indian television actor.
Died 1581
Guru Ram Das was the fourth of the ten Gurus of Sikhism.
Died 1988
Fatehsinghrao Gaekwad was an Indian politician, cricketer, and titular Maharaja of Baroda from 1951 until 1988.
Died 2002
Babukodi Venkataramana Karanth was a film and theatre personality from India.
Died 2005
Anil Kumar Dutta was an Indian artist and educator.
Died 2012
Sat Mahajan was the Rural Development Minister of the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh.