Vietnam’s National Day
Democracy Day in Tibet, marking the anniversary of Tibet’s first election of the Parliament of the Central Tibetan Administration (1960)
Birthdays for actors Keanu Reeves (1964) and Salma Hayek (1966),
Anniversary of:
• the Great Fire of London (1666) – The Great Fire of London was a major conflagration that swept through the central parts of London from Sunday, 2 September to Thursday, 6 September 1666. The fire gutted the medieval City of London inside the old Roman city wall
• the premiere of the first sci-fi film, A Trip To The Moon (1902)
• the deaths of Henry Lawson (1922), Ho Chi Minh (1969), JRR Tolkien (1973) and Bob Denver (2005)