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- Hurricane Ivan, now a tropical depression, brings flooding rains to the Southern U.S. Ivan has already pummeled Alabama and Florida with high winds and flooding rains, causing extensive structural damage, and leaving 1.5 million customers without electricity and at least 33 dead in the United States.
- Chechen warlord Shamil Basayev issues a statement claiming that he and his group Riyadus-Salikhin were responsible for the Beslan school massacre.
- In a BBC interview, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan describes the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq as "illegal", in that it contravened the UN Charter.
- Outside Britain's Parliament buildings, members of the group Countryside Alliance clash with police as they protest a bill that would ban fox-hunting. Other protesters successfully breach security and dash across the floor of the House of Commons while it is session. The bill later passes the Commons 339–155.
In North American ice hockey, the National Hockey League locks out its players, after failed negotiations with the NHL Players' Association. Part or all of their 2004–05 season may be cancelled.
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