1996 Rap artist Tupac Shakur is shot multiple times in a drive-by shooting in Las Vegas. He dies 6 days later
1902 In Australia, the whole nation observes a ‘day of humiliation’ and prays for rain, as a terrible drought wipes out livestock and crops; rain begins to fall on 10 September
2004 South Africa mourns the passing of Beyers Naudé, apartheid struggle stalwart and Afrikaner cleric
1986 Cleric and anti-apartheid activist, Mpilo Desmond Tutu is ordained as Archbishop of Cape Town
