What happened on September 4? There are more than 266 events that were made this day in history. Here are the important historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
Interesting Facts & Myths About September 4
September 4 is the 248th day of the year 2024. There are 118 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday. This day falls under the 36th week of the year 2024.
On this day in High Springs, Florida 32643 sunrise will occur at 07:08 AM and sunset will occur at 07:50 PM (local time).
The zodiac sign of a person born on this day is Virgo. The modern birthstone for this month is Sapphire while the mystical birthstone is Agate.
According to the Chinese calendar, there are 147 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year (January 29, 2025).
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Historical Events For September 4
- 476Romulus Augustulus, last emperor of the Western Roman Empire, is deposed when Odoacer proclaims himself King of Italy, thus ending the Western Roman Empire.
- 626Li Shimin, posthumously known as Emperor Taizong of Tang, assumes the throne over the Tang Dynasty of China.
- 1260The Sienese Ghibellines, supported by the forces of King Manfred of Sicily, defeat the Florentine Guelphs at Montaperti.
- 1666In London, England, the most destructive damage from the Great Fire occurs.
- 1774New Caledonia is first sighted by Europeans, during the second voyage of Captain James Cook.
- 1781Los Angeles, California, is founded as El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora La Reina de los Ángeles de Porciúncula (The Village of Our Lady, the Queen of the Angels of Porziuncola) by 44 Spanish settlers.
- 1797Coup of 18 Fructidor in France.
- 1812War of 1812: The Siege of Fort Harrison begins when the fort is set on fire.
- 1862Civil War Maryland Campaign: General Robert E. Lee takes the Army of Northern Virginia, and the war, into the North.
- 1870Emperor Napoleon III of France is deposed and the Third Republic is declared.
- 1884The United Kingdom ends its policy of penal transportation to New South Wales in Australia.citation needed date=October 2011
- 1886Indian Wars: after almost 30 years of fighting, Apache leader Geronimo, with his remaining warriors, surrenders to General Nelson Miles in Arizona.
- 1888George Eastman registers the trademark Kodak and receives a patent for his camera that uses roll film.
- 1912Albanian rebels succeed in their revolt when the Ottoman Empire agrees to fulfill their demands
- 1919Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, who founded the Republic of Turkey, gathers a congress in Sivas to make decisions as to the future of Anatolia and Thrace.
- 1923Maiden flight of the first U.S. airship, the USS Shenandoah.
- 1939World War II: a Bristol Blenheim is the first British aircraft to cross the German coast following the declaration of war and German ships are bombed.
- 1941World War II: a German submarine makes the first attack against a United States ship, the USS Greer.
- 1944World War II: Finland exits from the war with Soviet Union.
- 1944World War II: the British 11th Armoured Division liberates the Belgian city of Antwerp.
- 1948Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands abdicates for health reasons.
- 1949The Peekskill Riots erupt after a Paul Robeson concert in Peekskill, New York.
- 1950Darlington Raceway is the site of the inaugural Southern 500, the first 500-mile NASCAR race.
- 1951The first live transcontinental television broadcast takes place in San Francisco, California, from the Japanese Peace Treaty Conference.
- 1956The IBM RAMAC 305 is introduced, the first commercial computer to use magnetic disk storage.
- 1957American Civil Rights Movement: Little Rock Crisis – Orval Faubus, governor of Arkansas, calls out the National Guard to prevent African American students from enrolling in Central High School.
- 1957The Ford Motor Company introduces the Edsel.
- 1963Swissair Flight 306 crashes near Dürrenäsch, Switzerland, killing all 80 people on board.
- 1964Scotland’s Forth Road Bridge near Edinburgh officially opens.
- 1967Vietnam War: Operation Swift begins: U.S. Marines engage the North Vietnamese in battle in the Que Son Valley.
- 1971Alaska Airlines Flight 1866 crashes near Juneau, Alaska, killing all 111 people on board.
- 1972Mark Spitz becomes the first competitor to win seven medals at a single Olympic Games.
- 1975The Sinai Interim Agreement relating to the Arab-Israeli conflict is signed.
- 1977The Golden Dragon Massacre took place in San Francisco, California.
- 1985The discovery of Buckminsterfullerene, the first fullerene molecule of carbon.
- 1989In Leipzig, East Germany, the first of weekly demonstration for the legalisation of opposition groups and democratic reforms takes place.
- 1996War on Drugs: Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) attack a military base in Guaviare, starting three weeks of guerrilla warfare in which at least 130 Colombians are killed.
- 1998Google is founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, two students at Stanford University.
- 2001Tokyo DisneySea opens to the public as part of the Tokyo Disney Resort in Urayasu, Chiba, Japan.
- 2007Three terrorists suspected to be a part of Al-Qaeda are arrested in Germany after allegedly planning attacks on both the Frankfurt International airport and US military installations.
- 2010Canterbury earthquake: a 7.1 magnitude earthquake which struck the South Island of New Zealand at 4:35 am causing widespread damage and several power outages.
Who Were Born On September 4?
- 1241Alexander III of Scotland (d. 1286)
- 1383Count Amadeus VIII of Savoy (d. 1451)
- 1454Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, English politician (d. 1483)
- 1557Sofie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1631)
- 1563Wanli, Emperor of China (d. 1620)
- 1596Constantijn Huygens, Dutch poet (d. 1687)
- 1717Job Orton, English minister (d. 1783)
- 1755Count Axel von Fersen the Younger, Swedish Army officer, diplomat and statesman. (d. 1810)
- 1768François-René de Chateaubriand, French diplomat (d. 1848)
- 1803Sarah Childress Polk, First Lady of the United States (d. 1891)
- 1809Juliusz Słowacki, Polish Romantic poet (d. 1849)
- 1824Anton Bruckner, Austrian composer (d. 1896)
- 1825Dadabhai Naoroji, An early Indian political leader (d. 1917)
- 1826Martin Wiberg, Swedish computer pioneer (d. 1905)
- 1832Antonio Agliardi, Italian diplomat (d. 1915)
- 1846Daniel Burnham, American architect (d. 1912)
- 1848Jennie Lee, American actress (d. 1925)
- 1850Luigi Cadorna, Italian Field Marshal (d. 1928)
- 1851John Dillon, Irish nationalist (d. 1927)
- 1885Antonio Bacci, Italian cardinal (d. 1971)
- 1885Dimitrios Loundras, Greek gymnast (d. 1971)
- 1886Albert Orsborn, General of the Salvation Army (d. 1967)
- 1887Roy William Neill, Irish director (d. 1946)
- 1890Naima Wifstrand, Swedish film actor, operetta singer, troubadour, director and composer (d. 1968)
- 1891Fritz Todt, Nazi official (d. 1942)
- 1892Darius Milhaud, French composer (d. 1974)
- 1896Antonin Artaud, French playwright (d. 1948)
- 1896Aspasia Manos, wife of king Alexander of Greece (d. 1972)
- 1901William Lyons, British industrialist (Jaguar cars) (d. 1985)
- 1902Thomas Mitchell, England cricketer (d. 1996)
- 1905Mary Renault, English novelist (d. 1983)
- 1906Max Delbrück, German biologist, Nobel laureate (d. 1981)
- 1908Edward Dmytryk, American film director (d. 1999)
- 1908Richard Wright, American writer (d. 1960)
- 1909Eduard Wirths, Nazi physician (d. 1945)
- 1910Denis Tomlinson, South African cricketer (d. 1993)
- 1912Syd Hoff, Jewish-American cartoonist and children’s book author (d. 2004)
- 1913Mickey Cohen, American gangster (d. 1976)
- 1913Stanford Moore, American chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1982)
- 1913Victor Kiernan, British historian (d. 2009)
- 1914Rudolf Leiding, German auto executive, third postwar chairman of Volkswagen (d. 2003)
- 1917Henry Ford II, American industrialist (d. 1987)
- 1918Gerald Wilson, American jazz trumpeter and arranger
- 1918Paul Harvey, American radio broadcaster (d. 2009)
- 1919Howard Morris, American comic actor and director (d. 2005)
- 1920Clemar Bucci, Argentine racing driver (d. 2011)
- 1922Per Olof Sundman, Swedish writer and politician (d. 1992)
- 1924Joan Aiken, English writer (d. 2004)
- 1925Forrest Carter, American author (d. 1979)
- 1926Bert Olmstead, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1926Ivan Illich, Austrian philosopher (d. 2002)
- 1927Ferenc Sánta, Hungarian writer (d. 2008)
- 1927John McCarthy, American computer scientist (d. 2011)
- 1928Dick York, American actor (d. 1992)
- 1929Thomas Eagleton, American politician (d. 2007)
- 1930Don Ackerman, American basketball player (d. 2011)
- 1931Antonios Trakatellis, Greek politician
- 1931Mitzi Gaynor, American actress
- 1932Carlos Romero Barcelo, Puerto Rican politician
- 1932Dinsdale Landen, English actor (d. 2003)
- 1934Eduard Khil, Russian singer
- 1934Sir Clive Granger, Welsh-born economist, Nobel laureate
- 1937Dawn Fraser, Australian swimmer
- 1937Gene Ludwig, American jazz organist (d. 2010)
- 1937Mikk Mikiver, Estonian actor and director (d. 2006)
- 1939Denis Lindsay, South African cricketer (d. 2005)
- 1941Joanna Van Gyseghem, English actress
- 1941Marilena Chaui, Brazilian philosopher
- 1941Ramesh Sethi, East African cricketer
- 1941Sushilkumar Shinde, Indian politician
- 1942Jerry Jarrett, American professional wrestling promoter
- 1942Merald “Bubba” Knight, R&B singer with Gladys Knight & The Pips
- 1942Raymond Floyd, American professional golfer
- 1944Jennifer Salt, American actress
- 1944Ron Ward, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1945Danny Gatton, American musician (d. 1994)
- 1946Bryan Mauricette, Canadian cricketer
- 1946Dave Liebman, American saxophonist and flautist
- 1946Gary Duncan, American guitarist (Quicksilver Messenger Service)
- 1949Dean Pees, American football defensive coordinator
- 1949Tom Watson, American golfer
- 1950Doyle Alexander, American baseball player
- 1950Ehteshamuddin, Pakistani cricketer
- 1951Judith Ivey, American actress
- 1951Marita Ulvskog, Swedish politician
- 1951Martin Chambers, English drummer (The Pretenders)
- 1952Rishi Kapoor, Indian actor
- 1953Fatih Terim, Turkish footballer and coach
- 1955Brian Schweitzer, American politician, 23rd governor of Montana
- 1955David Broza, a multi-platinum Israeli singer-songwriter and guitarist.
- 1955Garth Le Roux, former South African cricketer
- 1956Blackie Lawless, American musician, lead singer in W.A.S.P.
- 1957Khandi Alexander, American actress
- 1957Patricia Tallman, American actress
- 1958David Drew Pinsky (Dr. Drew), American radio show host
- 1958George Hurley, American drummer (Minutemen)
- 1958Marzio Innocenti, Italian rugby union player and coach
- 1959Armin Kogler, Austrian ski jumper
- 1959Kevin Harrington, Australian actor
- 1960Damon Wayans, American actor and comedian
- 1960Kim Thayil, American guitarist (Soundgarden, Probot)
- 1961Kevin Kennedy, English actor
- 1961Nick Blinko, English musician (Rudimentary Peni)
- 1961Rizwan-uz-Zaman, Pakistani cricketer
- 1962Kiran More, Indian cricketer
- 1962Ulla Tørnæs, Danish politician
- 1963Bobby Jarzombek, American drummer (Halford)
- 1963John Vanbiesbrouck, American hockey player
- 1963Sam Yaffa, Finnish musician (Hanoi Rocks, New York Dolls)
- 1964René Pape, German bass
- 1965Sergio Momesso, French Canadian ice hockey player
- 1966Jeff Tremaine, American director and producer
- 1966Yanka Dyagileva, Russian poet and singer-songwriter (d. 1991)
- 1967Darrin Murray, New Zealand cricketer
- 1968John DiMaggio, American voice actor
- 1968Mike Piazza, American baseball player
- 1968Phill Lewis, American actor
- 1969Alexander Coe, Welsh DJ and record producer
- 1969Noah Taylor, English-born actor
- 1969Ramon Dekkers, Dutch kickboxer
- 1970Daisy Dee, West Indian-born singer
- 1970Dave Buchwald, American hacker and film maker
- 1970Igor Cavalera, Brazilian drummer (Sepultura)
- 1971Anita Yuen, Hong Kong actress
- 1971Ione Skye, English actress
- 1971Lance Klusener, South African cricketer
- 1971Maik Taylor, Northern Irish footballer
- 1972Françoise Yip, Canadian actress
- 1973Aaron Fultz, American baseball player
- 1973Jason David Frank, American actor
- 1974Carmit Bachar, American musician (Pussycat Dolls)
- 1974Lincoln Roberts, West Indian cricketer
- 1974Naved Ashraf, Pakistani cricketer
- 1975Dave Salmoni, Canadian zoologist, animal trainer
- 1975Kai Owen, Welsh actor
- 1976Clinton R. Nixon, American game designer
- 1976Denilson Martins Nascimento, Brazilian footballer
- 1976Katreeya English, Thai singer, actress, model
- 1976Mario-Ernesto Rodríguez, Uruguayan-Italian footballer
- 1977Lucie Silvas, English musician
- 1977Mark Ronson, English DJ/Producer and co-founder of Allido Records
- 1977Sun-Woo Kim, Korean Major League Baseball player
- 1978Christian Walz, Swedish artist.
- 1978Wes Bentley, American actor
- 1979Kosuke Matsuura, Japanese racing driver
- 1979Kristina Krepela, Croatian actress
- 1979MC Mong, South Korean hip hop artist
- 1979Maxim Afinogenov, Russian ice hockey player
- 1979Pedro Camacho, Portuguese composer
- 1980Hitomi Shimatani, Japanese singer
- 1980Pat Neshek, American baseball player
- 1981Beyoncé Knowles, American singer and actress
- 1981Lacey Sturm, American singer (Flyleaf)
- 1981Richard Garcia, Australian footballer
- 1982Whitney Cummings, American comedian and actress
- 1983Joshua Gardner, American sex offender and fictional fifth Duke of Cleveland
- 1983Margit Rüütel, Estonian tennis player
- 1983Yuichi Nakamaru, Japanese idol, (member of KAT-TUN)
- 1984Camila Bordonaba, Argentine actress, singer and composer
- 1984Demetris Nichols, American basketball player
- 1984Hamish McIntosh, Australian football player
- 1985Walid Mesloub, Algerian football player
- 1986Ayumi Kaihori, Japanese international footballer
- 1986James Younghusband, Philippine footballer
- 1988John Tyler Hammons, American politician, mayor of Muskogee, Oklahoma
- 1990Jonny Lomax, English Rugby League player
- 1990Stefanía Fernández, Venezuelan beauty queen and Miss Universe 2009
- 1991Carter Jenkins, American actor
- 1995Trevor Gagnon, American actor
- 1999Kali Majors, American actress
Who Died On September 4?
- 422Pope Boniface I
- 799Musa al-Kazim, Shia Imam (b. 745)
- 1037King Bermudo III of León (b. 1010)
- 1063Tughril, Turkish conqueror of Persia and Baghdad
- 1199Joan of England, Queen consort of Sicily, wife of William II of Sicily (b. 1165)
- 1537Johann Dietenberger, German theologian (b. c.1475)
- 1588Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, English politician (b. 1532)
- 1767Charles Townshend, English politician (b. 1725)
- 1780John Fielding, English magistrate and social reformer (b. 1721)
- 1784César-François Cassini de Thury, French astronomer (b. 1714)
- 1794John Hely-Hutchinson, Irish statesman (b. 1724)
- 1804Richard Somers, American naval officer
- 1821José Miguel Carrera, Chilean general and founding father (b. 1785)
- 1852William MacGillivray, Scottish naturalist and ornithologist (b. 1796)
- 1864John Hunt Morgan, American Confederate military leader (b. 1825)
- 1907Edvard Grieg, Norwegian composer (b. 1843)
- 1909Clyde Fitch, American dramatist and playwright (b. 1865)
- 1940George William de Carteret, author from Jersey island (b. 1869)
- 1944General Erich Fellgiebel, German army officer who participated in the July 20th plot to assassinate Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler. (b. 1886)
- 1963Robert Schuman, French politician (b. 1886)
- 1965Albert Schweitzer, Alsatian physician and missionary, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1875)
- 1974Creighton Abrams, U.S. Army general (b. 1914)
- 1974Lewi Pethrus, Swedish politician (b. 1884)
- 1974Marcel Achard, French playwright (b. 1899)
- 1977E. F. Schumacher, German economist and statistician (b. 1911)
- 1977Jean Rostand, French biologist (b. 1894)
- 1977Stelios Perpiniadis, Greek musician (b. 1899)
- 1979Canuplin, Filipino magician and bodabil entertainer (b. 1904)
- 1986Hank Greenberg, American baseball player (b. 1911)
- 1986Otto Glória, Brazilian football coach (b. 1917)
- 1987Bill Bowes, English cricketer (b. 1908)
- 1989Georges Simenon, French author (b. 1903)
- 1989Ronald Syme, New Zealand-born classicist and historian (b. 1903)
- 1990Irene Dunne American actress (b. 1898)
- 1991Charlie Barnet, American jazz saxophonist and bandleader (b. 1913)
- 1991Dottie West, American singer (b. 1932)
- 1991Tom Tryon, American actor and novelist (b. 1926)
- 1993Hervé Villechaize, French actor (b. 1943)
- 1995Chuck Greenberg, American musician (Shadowfax (b. 1950)
- 1995William Kunstler, American lawyer and activist (b. 1919)
- 1997Aldo Rossi, Italian architect (b. 1931)
- 1998Elizabeth Kata, Australian writer, A Patch of Blue (b. 1912)
- 1999Georg Gawliczek, German football manager (b. 1919)
- 2001Hank the Angry Drunken Dwarf, American radio personality (b. 1962)
- 2002Vlado Perlemuter, Lithuanian pianist (b. 1904)
- 2003Lola Bobesco, Romanian-born violinist (b. 1921)
- 2003Tibor Varga, Hungarian violinist and conductor (b. 1921)
- 2004Alphonso Ford, American basketball player (b. 1971)
- 2004James O. Page, American paramedic (b. 1936)
- 2004Moe Norman, Canadian golfer (b. 1929)
- 2006Astrid Varnay, Swedish-born soprano (b. 1918)
- 2006Colin Thiele, Australian author and educator (b. 1920)
- 2006Giacinto Facchetti, Italian footballer (b. 1942)
- 2006Steve Irwin, Australian naturalist and television personality (b. 1962)
- 2011Lee Roy Selmon, American football player (b. 1954)
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