So you want to have a drink but you aren't sure why? Here are some GREAT reasons to call your friends over and have a party.

September 2nd


- Christian Feast Day:
- Independence day (Transnistria, unrecognized)
- National Day, celebrates the independence of Vietnam from Japan and France in 1945.
- Sedantag (German Empire)

September 2nd


- 1998 - Swissair Flight 111 crashes near Peggys Cove, Nova Scotia. All 229 people on board are killed.
- 1998 - The UN's International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda finds Jean Paul Akayesu, the former mayor of a small town in Rwanda, guilty of nine counts of genocide.
- 1992 - An earthquake in Nicaragua kills at least 116 people.
- 1991 - The United States recognize the independence of the Baltic states: Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.
- 1990 - Transnistria is unilaterally proclaimed a Soviet republic; the Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev declares the decision null and void.
- 1970 - NASA announces the cancellation of two Apollo missions to the Moon, Apollo 15 (the designation is re-used by a later mission), and Apollo 19.
- 1967 - The Principality of Sealand is established, ruled by Prince Paddy Roy Bates.
- 1963 - CBS Evening News becomes U.S. network television's first half-hour weeknight news broadcast, when the show is lengthened from 15 to 30 minutes.
- 1960 - The first election of the Parliament of the Central Tibetan Administration, in history of Tibet. The Tibetan community observes this date as the Democracy Day.
- 1958 - United States Air Force C-130A-II is shot down by fighters over Yerevan in Armenia when it strays into Soviet airspace while conducting a sigint mission. All crew members are killed.
- 1957 - President Ngo Dinh Diem of South Vietnam becomes the first foreign head of state to make a state visit to Australia.
- 1946 - The Interim Government of India is formed with Jawaharlal Nehru as Vice President with the powers of a Prime Minister.
- 1945 - World War II: Combat ends in the Pacific Theater: the Instrument of Surrender of Japan is signed by Japanese Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu and accepted aboard the battleship USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay.
- 1945 - Vietnam declares its independence, forming the Democratic Republic of Vietnam.
- 1939 - World War II: following the start of the invasion of Poland the previous day, the Free City of Danzig (now Gda?sk, Poland) is annexed by Nazi Germany.
- 1935 - Labor Day Hurricane of 1935: a large hurricane hits the Florida Keys killing 423.
- 1925 - The U.S. Zeppelin USS Shenandoah crashes, killing 14.
- 1901 - Vice President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt utters the famous phrase, "Speak softly and carry a big stick" at the Minnesota State Fair.
- 1898 - Battle of Omdurman – British and Egyptian troops defeat Sudanese tribesmen and establish British dominance in Sudan.
- 1885 - Rock Springs massacre: in Rock Springs, Wyoming, 150 white miners, who are struggling to unionize so they could strike for better wages and work conditions, attack their Chinese fellow workers killing 28, wounding 15 and forcing several hundred more out of town.
- 1870 - Franco-Prussian War: Battle of Sedan – Prussian forces take Napoleon III of France and 100,000 of his soldiers prisoner.
- 1867 - Mutsuhito, Emperor Meiji of Japan, marries Masako Ichij?. The Empress consort is thereafter known as Lady Haruko. Since her death in 1914, she is called by the posthumous name Empress Sh?ken.
- 1864 - American Civil War: Union forces enter Atlanta, Georgia a day after the Confederate defenders flee the city.
- 1862 - American Civil War: President Abraham Lincoln reluctantly restores Union General George B. McClellan to full command after General John Pope's disastrous defeat at the Second Battle of Bull Run.
- 1859 - A solar super storm affects electrical telegraph service.
- 1856 - The Tianjing Incident takes place in Nanjing, China.
- 1833 - Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio is founded by John Jay Shipherd and Philo P. Stewart.
- 1807 - The Royal Navy bombards Copenhagen with fire bombs and phosphorus rockets to prevent Denmark from surrendering its fleet to Napoleon.
- 1792 - During what became known as the September Massacres of the French Revolution, rampaging mobs slaughter three Roman Catholic Church bishops, more than two hundred priests, and prisoners believed to be royalist sympathizers.
- 1789 - The United States Department of the Treasury is founded.
- 1752 - Great Britain adopts the Gregorian calendar, nearly two centuries later than most of Western Europe.
- 1666 - The Great Fire of London breaks out and burns for three days, destroying 10,000 buildings including St Paul's Cathedral.
- 1649 - The Italian city of Castro is completely destroyed by the forces of Pope Innocent X, ending the Wars of Castro.
- 44 - Cicero launches the first of his Philippics (oratorical attacks) on Mark Antony. He will make 14 of them over the following months.
- -31 - Final War of the Roman Republic: Battle of Actium – off the western coast of Greece, forces of Octavian defeat troops under Mark Antony and Cleopatra.
- -44 - Pharaoh Cleopatra VII of Egypt declares her son co-ruler as Ptolemy XV Caesarion.

September 2nd


- 1990 - Marcus Ericsson, Swedish racing driver
- 1989 - Alexandre Pato, Brazilian footballer
- 1989 - Ishmeet Singh Sodhi, Indian playback singer (d. 2008)
- 1988 - Ishant Sharma, Indian cricketer
- 1987 - Scott Moir, Canadian ice dancer
- 1986 - Kyle Hines, American basketball player
- 1984 - Danson Tang, Taiwanese actor, model and singer
- 1984 - Jack Peñate, English singer
- 1984 - Udita Goswami, Indian model and actress
- 1983 - Mark Foster, English rugby player
- 1983 - Aimee Osbourne, English singer, actress and columnist
- 1982 - Joey Barton, English footballer
- 1982 - Mandy Cho, Hong Kong actress
- 1982 - Jason Hammel, American baseball player
- 1981 - Chris Tremlett, English cricketer
- 1981 - Bracha van Doesburgh, Dutch actress
- 1981 - Fariborz Kamkari, Iranian film director-producer
- 1980 - Dany Sabourin, French-Canadian ice hockey goaltender
- 1980 - Hiroki Yoshimoto, Japanese racing driver
- 1979 - Tomer Ben Yosef, Israeli footballer
- 1979 - Alex Chu, Korean singer
- 1979 - Ron Ng, Hong Kong actor
- 1979 - Brian Westbrook, American football player
- 1977 - Amanda Marcotte, American feminist blogger
- 1977 - Ramiro Muñoz, Colombian composer
- 1977 - Frédéric Kanouté, Malian footballer
- 1976 - Aziz Zakari, Ghanaian sprinter
- 1976 - Phil Lipscomb, American bassist (Taproot)
- 1976 - Erin Hershey Presley, American actress
- 1975 - MC Chris, American rapper
- 1974 - Inari Vachs, American adult film actress
- 1974 - Steven Johnson, Australian racing driver
- 1973 - Katt Williams, American comedian, actor and rapper
- 1973 - Jason Blake, American ice hockey player
- 1973 - Indika de Saram, Sri Lankan cricketer
- 1972 - Matthew Dunn, Australian swimmer
- 1972 - Robert Coles, English professional golfer
- 1971 - Kjetil André Aamodt, Norwegian alpine skier
- 1971 - Pawan Kalyan, Indian actor
- 1971 - César Sánchez, Spanish footballer
- 1971 - Shauna Sand, American actress and Playboy Playmate
- 1971 - Tommy Maddox, American football player
- 1971 - Tom Steels, Belgian cyclist
- 1969 - Cedric "K-Ci" Hailey, American singer
- 1969 - Stéphane Matteau, French-Canadian ice hockey player
- 1969 - Stephen Peall, Zimbabwean cricketer
- 1968 - Cynthia Watros, American actress
- 1968 - Kristen Cloke, American actress
- 1967 - Andreas Möller, German footballer
- 1966 - Dino Cazares, Mexican-born American guitarist (Fear Factory)
- 1966 - Marcello Cuttitta, Italian rugby player
- 1966 - Massimo Cuttitta, Italian rugby player and coach
- 1966 - Salma Hayek, Mexican actress
- 1966 - Olivier Panis, French race car driver
- 1966 - Tuc Watkins, American actor
- 1965 - Lennox Lewis, British-born Canadian boxer
- 1965 - Partho Sen-Gupta, Indian filmmaker
- 1964 - Keanu Reeves, Canadian actor
- 1963 - Sam Mitchell, American basketball player and coach
- 1962 - Prachya Pinkaew, Thai film director
- 1962 - Eugenio Derbez, Mexican comedian and actor
- 1962 - Jon Berkeley, Irish author and illustrator
- 1961 - Carlos Valderrama, Colombian footballer
- 1960 - Kristin Halvorsen, Norwegian politician
- 1960 - Rex Hudler, American baseball player
- 1960 - Eric Dickerson, American football player
- 1960 - John S. Hall, American poet and spoken-word artist
- 1960 - Hideo Yoshizawa, Japanese video game designer and executive, General Manager at Namco Bandai Holdings
- 1959 - Guy Laliberté, Canadian founder of Cirque du Soleil
- 1958 - Olivier Grouillard, French racing driver
- 1957 - Tony Alva, American skateboarder
- 1956 - Mario Tremblay, Canadian hockey player and coach
- 1956 - Angelo Fusco, Northern Irish Provisional Irish Republican Army member
- 1953 - Ahmad Shah Massoud, Afghan commander (d. 2001)
- 1953 - John Zorn, American composer, arranger and saxophonist
- 1952 - Jimmy Connors, American tennis player
- 1951 - Jim DeMint, American politician
- 1951 - Mark Harmon, American actor
- 1951 - Michael Gray, American actor
- 1951 - Jon Feltheimer, American film executive
- 1950 - Rosanna DeSoto, American actress
- 1950 - Michael Rother, German guitarist and keyboardist (Neu!, Kraftwerk, Harmonia, Cluster)
- 1950 - Yuen Wah, Chinese actor and stuntman
- 1948 - Terry Bradshaw, American football player
- 1948 - Christa McAuliffe, American schoolteacher and astronaut (d. 1986)
- 1948 - Nate Archibald, American basketball player
- 1947 - Richard Coughlan, English drummer and percussionist (Caravan)
- 1946 - Billy Preston, American keyboardist (d. 2006)
- 1946 - Dan White, American assassin (d. 1985)
- 1946 - Luis Avalos, Cuban actor
- 1946 - Walt Simonson, American comic book artist and writer
- 1944 - Janet Simpson, British track and field athlete (d. 2010)
- 1943 - Rosalind Ashford, American singer (Martha and the Vandellas)
- 1943 - Glen Sather, Canadian ice hockey player and executive
- 1943 - Joe Simon, American singer
- 1941 - David Bale, South African–born American animal rights activist (d. 2003)
- 1941 - Graeme Langlands, Australian rugby league footballer
- 1941 - John Thompson, Jr., American college basketball coach
- 1940 - Jimmy Clanton, American singer
- 1939 - Sam Gooden, American singer (The Impressions)
- 1938 - Mary Jo Catlett, American actress
- 1938 - Clarence Felder, American actor
- 1938 - Giuliano Gemma, Italian actor
- 1937 - Peter Ueberroth, American sport executive
- 1937 - Derek Fowlds, British actor
- 1937 - Len Carlson, Canadian voice actor (d. 2006)
- 1936 - Andrew Grove, American computer chip manufacturer
- 1935 - D. Wayne Lukas, American horse trainer
- 1934 - Grady Nutt, American humorist (d. 1982)
- 1934 - Chuck McCann, American voice actor.
- 1933 - Victor Spinetti, Welsh actor
- 1931 - Clifford Jordan, American jazz saxophonist (d. 1993)
- 1929 - Hal Ashby, American film director (d. 1988)
- 1928 - Horace Silver, American jazz pianist and composer
- 1927 - Milo Hamilton, American Hall of Fame sports broadcaster
- 1925 - Hugo Montenegro, American composer and bandleader (d. 1981)
- 1924 - Daniel arap Moi, 2nd President of Kenya
- 1923 - Rene Thom, French mathematician (d. 2002)
- 1917 - Cleveland Amory, American author (d. 1998)
- 1917 - Laurindo Almeida, Brazilian guitarist (d. 1995)
- 1915 - Meinhardt Raabe, American actor (d. 2010)
- 1915 - Benjamin Aaron, American labor law expert (d. 2007)
- 1914 - Tom Glazer, American folk singer and songwriter (d. 2003)
- 1913 - Bill Shankly, Scottish football manager (d. 1981)
- 1913 - Israel Gelfand, Russian mathematician (d. 2009)
- 1912 - Ernest Bromley, Australian cricketer (d. 1967)
- 1911 - Romare Bearden, African American painter (d. 1988)
- 1901 - Andreas Embirikos, Greek surrealist poet (d. 1975)
- 1901 - Adolph Rupp, American college basketball coach (d. 1977)
- 1894 - Joseph Roth, Austrian novelist (d. 1939)
- 1884 - Dr. Frank Laubach, American Christian missionary (d. 1970)
- 1883 - Archduchess Elisabeth Marie of Austria, "The Red Archduchess" (d. 1963)
- 1879 - An Jung-geun, Korean assassin of Ito Hirobumi (d. 1910)
- 1878 - Ion Dragoumis, Greek diplomat, writer and revolutionary (d. 1920)
- 1878 - Werner von Blomberg, German field marshal (d. 1946)
- 1877 - Frederick Soddy, British chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1956)
- 1866 - Charles Vintcent, South African cricketer (d. 1943)
- 1862 - Franjo Krežma, Croatian violinist (d. 1881)
- 1857 - Thomas Groube, Australian cricketer (d. 1927)
- 1854 - Hans Jæger, Norwegian writer and political activist (d. 1910)
- 1853 - Wilhelm Ostwald, Baltic German chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1932)
- 1852 - Paul Bourget, French novelist and critic (d. 1935)
- 1850 - Albert Spalding, American baseball player and co-founder of the A.G. Spalding sporting goods company (d. 1915)
- 1850 - Woldemar Voigt, German physicist (d. 1919)
- 1847 - Roger Wolcott, 39th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1900)
- 1839 - Henry George, American economist (d. 1897)
- 1838 - Liliuokalani of Hawaii, Queen of Hawaii (d. 1917)
- 1830 - William P. Frye, American politician (d. 1911)
- 1810 - William Seymour Tyler, American educator and historian (d. 1897)
- 1805 - Esteban Echeverría, Argentine writer (d. 1851)
- 1778 - Louis Bonaparte, King of Holland (d. 1846)
- 1753 - Marie Josephine Louise of Savoy, Italy-born queen consort of France and wife of King Louis XVIII of France (d. 1810)
- 1675 - William Somervile, English poet (d. 1742)
- 1661 - Georg Böhm, German organist (d. 1733)