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September 4 is the 247th day of the year (248th in leap years). There are 118 days remaining.
[edit] Events
- 476 - Romulus Augustus, last emperor of the Western Roman Empire, is deposed when Odoacer proclaims himself King of Italy.
- 1260 - The Senese Ghibellines, supported by the forces of King Manfred of Sicily, defeat the Florentine Guelphs at Montaperti.
- 1781 - Los Angeles, California, is founded as El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora La Reina de los Ángeles de Porciúncula (the City of Our Lady, the Queen of the Angels of the Little Portion) by 44 Spanish settlers.
- 1862 - Civil War Maryland Campaign Gen. Robert E. Lee begins his move taking the Army of Northern Virginia, and the war, into the North crossing the Potomac at Whites Ford.
- 1870 - Emperor Napoleon III of France is deposed and the Third Republic is declared.
- 1886 - Indian Wars: After almost 30 years of fighting, Apache leader Geronimo surrenders with his remaining warriors to General Nelson Miles in Arizona.
- 1888 - George Eastman registers the trademark Kodak, and receives a patent for his camera which uses roll film.
- 1894 - In New York City, 12,000 tailors strike against sweatshop working conditions.
- 1923 - Maiden flight of the the first U.S. airship, the USS Shenandoah.
- 1939 - World War II: Japan declares neutrality in European war.
- 1940 - For the first time in World War II, a German submarine attacks a United States ship (the USS Greer) despite US neutrality and causing tensions to heighten.
- 1944 - World War II: The British 11th Armoured Division liberate the Belgian city of Antwerp.
- 1945 - World War II: Japanese forces surrender on Wake Island after hearing word of their nation's surrender.
- 1948 - Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands abdicates for health reasons.
- 1949 - Maiden flight of the Bristol Brabazon.
- 1949 - The Peekskill Riots erupt after a Paul Robeson concert in Peekskill, NY.
- 1950 - The "Beetle Bailey" comic strip begins.
- 1950 - Darlington Raceway is the site of the inaugural Southern 500, the first 500-mile NASCAR race.
- 1951 - The first live transcontinental television broadcast takes place in San Francisco, California, from the Japanese Peace Treaty Conference.
- 1956 - The IBM RAMAC 305, the first commercial computer that used magnetic disk storage, was introduced.
- 1957 - American Civil Rights Movement: Little Rock Crisis - Orville Faubus, governor of Arkansas, calls out the National Guard to prevent African American students from enrolling in Central High School in Little Rock.
- 1957 - The Ford Motor Company introduces the Edsel.
- 1963 - Swissair Flight 306 crashes near Dürrenäsch, Switzerland, killing all on board.
- 1964 - Scotland's Forth Road Bridge, near Edinburgh, officially opens.
- 1967 - Vietnam War: Operation Swift begins: U.S. Marines engage the North Vietnamese. The ensuing four-day battle in Que Son Valley kills 114 Americans and 376 North Vietnamese.
- 1970 - Salaheddin Ali Nader Shah Angha receives the "Robe of Faghr" (prophet Muhammad's cloak) and is officially appointed as the 42nd master of the Oveyssi-Shahmaghsoudi Sufi order by his father, Shah Maghsoud Sadegh Angha
- 1971 - A Boeing 727 carrying Alaska Airlines Flight 1866 crashes near Juneau, Alaska, killing all 111 people on board.
- 1971 - In the U.S., The Lawrence Welk Show airs its last show before moving to syndication, which would last until 1982.
- 1972 - Thieves steal 18 paintings from the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts in what was at the time the largest art theft in North America.
- 1972 - Mark Spitz wins his seventh swimming gold medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany, becoming the first Olympian to do so. Spitz swam in only seven events and set world records in each one.
- 1975 - the Sinai Interim Agreement concerning the Arab-Israeli conflict is signed.
- 1984 - Brian Mulroney leads the Progressive Conservative Party to power in Canada in the 1984 federal election and ending 20 years of nearly uninterrupted Liberal rule.
- 1995 - The Fourth World Conference on Women opens in Beijing with over 4,750 delegates from 181 countries in attendance.
- 1996 - War 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.
[edit] Births
- 1241 - Alexander III of Scotland (d. 1286)
- 1383 - Count Amadeus VIII of Savoy (d. 1451)
- 1454 - Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, English politician (d. 1483)
- 1563 - Wanli, Emperor of China (d. 1620)
- 1596 - Constantijn Huygens, Dutch poet (d. 1687)
- 1717 - Job Orton, English minister (d. 1783)
- 1768 - François-René de Chateaubriand, French diplomat (d. 1848)
- 1803 - Sarah Childress Polk, First Lady of the United States (d. 1891)
- 1824 - Anton Bruckner, Austrian composer (d. 1896)
- 1832 - Antonio Agliardi, Italian diplomat (d. 1915)
- 1846 - Daniel Burnham, American architect (d. 1912)
- 1851 - John Dillon, Irish nationalist (d. 1927)
- 1885 - Dimitrios Loundras, Greek gymnast (d. 1971)
- 1886 - Albert Orsborn, General of The Salvation Army (d. 1967)
- 1891 - Fritz Todt, Nazi official (d. 1942)
- 1892 - Darius Milhaud, French composer (d. 1974)
- 1895 - Nigel Bruce, English actor (d. 1953)
- 1896 - Antonin Artaud, French playwright (d. 1948)
- 1905 - Mary Renault, English novelist (d. 1983)
- 1906 - Max Delbrück, German biologist, Nobel laureate (d. 1981)
- 1908 - Edward Dmytryk, American film director (d. 1999)
- 1908 - Richard Wright, American writer (d. 1960)
- 1908 - Michael Donohoe, Irish athlete (d. 1989)
- 1913 - Mickey Cohen, American gangster (d. 1976)
- 1913 - Stanford Moore, American chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1982)
- 1914 - Rudolf Leiding, German auto executive, third postwar chairman of Volkswagen (d. 2003)
- 1917 - Henry Ford II, American industrialist (d. 1987)
- 1918 - Paul Harvey, American radio broadcaster
- 1919 - Howard Morris, American comic actor and director (d. 2005)
- 1920 - Teddy Johnson, British singer
- 1924 - Joan Aiken, English writer (d. 2004)
- 1925 - Forrest Carter, American author
- 1927 - John McCarthy, American computer scientist
- 1928 - Dick York, American actor (d. 1992)
- 1929 - Thomas Eagleton, American politician (d. 2007)
- 1931 - Mitzi Gaynor, American actress
- 1932 - Carlos Romero Barcelo, Puerto Rican politician
- 1932 - Dinsdale Landen, English actor (d. 2003)
- 1934 - Clive Granger, Welsh-born economist, Nobel laureate
- 1937 - Dawn Fraser, Australian swimmer
- 1937 - Mikk Mikiver, Estonian actor and director (d. 2006)
- 1941 - Marilena Chaui, Brazilian philosopher
- 1941 - Sushilkumar Shinde, Indian politician
- 1942 - Jerry Jarrett, American professional wrestling promoter
- 1944 - Ron Ward, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1945 - Danny Gatton, American musician (d. 1994)
- 1946 - Gary Duncan, American guitarist (Quicksilver Messenger Service)
- 1946 - Greg Elmore, American drummer (Quicksilver Messenger Service)
- 1948 - Samuel Hui, Hong Kong singer
- 1949 - Martin Chambers, English drummer (The Pretenders)
- 1949 - Tom Watson, American golfer
- 1950 - Doyle Alexander, American baseball player
- 1952 - Rishi Kapoor, Indian actor
- 1957 - Khandi Alexander, American actress
- 1957 - Patricia Tallman, American actress
- 1958 - David Drew Pinsky (Dr. Drew), American radio show host
- 1959 - Kevin Harrington, Australian actor
- 1960 - Damon Wayans, American actor and comedian
- 1961 - Kevin Kennedy, English actor
- 1962 - Ulla Tørnæs, Danish politician
- 1963 - John Vanbiesbrouck, American hockey player
- 1964 - René Pape, German bass
- 1968 - Phill Lewis, American actor
- 1968 - Mike Piazza, baseball player
- 1968 - John DiMaggio, American actor
- 1969 - Noah Taylor, English-born actor
- 1970 - Igor Cavalera, Brazilian drummer (Sepultura)
- 1970 - Daisy Dee, West Indian-born singer
- 1971 - Ione Skye, English actress
- 1971 - Maik Taylor, Irish footballer
- 1973 - Jason David Frank, American actor
- 1974 - Carmit Bachar, American musician (Pussycat Dolls)
- 1974 - Nona Gaye, American singer and actress
- 1975 - Nikolaos Lyberopoulos, Greek footballer
- 1976 - Vassilis Lakis, Greek footballer
- 1977 - Ian Grushka, American musician (New Found Glory)
- 1977 - Sun-Woo Kim, Korean Major League Baseball player
- 1978 - Wes Bentley, American actor
- 1979 - Pedro Camacho, Portuguese composer
- 1980 - Lucie Silvas, English musician
- 1981 - Beyoncé Knowles, American singer
- 1981 - Adam Liam McCleery, Irish-born model
- 1982 - Alessandra Rubi Streignard Villarreal, Spanish singer
- 1983 - Nakamaru Yuichi, Japanese idol (member of KAT-TUN)
- 1990 - Jaimi-Lee Young, who is sooooooo much better than shrikan and would die for chocolate and cheesecake (actually i would not die for it but you get the idea...) :)
[edit] Deaths
- 799 - Musa al-Kazim, Shia Imam (b. 745)
- 1037 - King Bermudo III of Leon (b. 1010)
- 1063 - Toghrül, Turkish conqueror of Persia and Baghdad
- 1199 - Joan of England, Queen consort of Sicily, wife of William II of Sicily (b. 1165)
- 1537 - Johann Dietenberger, German theologian
- 1588 - Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, English politician (b. 1532)
- 1767 - Charles Townshend, English politician (b. 1725)
- 1780 - John Fielding, English magistrate and social reformer (b. 1721)
- 1784 - César-François Cassini de Thury, French astronomer (b. 1714)
- 1794 - John Hely-Hutchinson, Irish statesman (b. 1724)
- 1804 - Richard Somers, American naval officer
- 1852 - William MacGillivray, Scottish naturalist and ornithologist (b. 1796)
- 1864 - John Hunt Morgan, American Confederate military leader (b. 1825)
- 1907 - Edvard Grieg, Norwegian composer (b. 1843)
- 1909 - Clyde Fitch, American dramatist and playwright (b. 1865)
- 1916 - José Echegaray y Eizaguirre, Spanish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1832)
- 1963 - Robert Schuman, French politician (b. 1886)
- 1965 - Albert Schweitzer, Alsatian physician and missionary, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1875)
- 1974 - Marcel Achard, French playwright (b. 1899)
- 1974 - Creighton Abrams, U.S. Army general (b. 1914)
- 1977 - E. F. Schumacher, German economist and statistician (b. 1911)
- 1977 - Jean Rostand, French biologist (b. 1894)
- 1977 - Stelios Perpiniadis, Greek musician (b. 1899)
- 1986 - Hank Greenberg, baseball player (b. 1911)
- 1986 - Otto Glória, brazilian soccer coach (b. 1917)
- 1987 - Bill Bowes, English cricketer (b. 1908)
- 1989 - Georges Simenon, French author (b. 1903)
- 1989 - Ronald Syme, New Zealand-born classicist and historian (b. 1903)
- 1990 - Irene Dunne American actress (b. 1898)
- 1991 - Tom Tryon, American actor and novelist (b. 1926)
- 1991 - Dottie West, American singer (b. 1932)
- 1991 - Charlie Barnet, American jazz saxophonist and bandleader (b. 1913)
- 1993 - Hervé Villechaize, French actor (b. 1943)
- 1995 - William Kunstler, American lawyer and activist (b. 1919)
- 1997 - Aldo Rossi, Italian architect (b. 1931)
- 2001 - Hank the Angry Drunken Dwarf, American radio personality (b. 1962)
- 2002 - Vlado Perlemuter, Lithuanian pianist (b. 1904)
- 2003 - Tibor Varga, Hungarian violinist and conductor (b. 1921)
- 2003 - Lola Bobesco, Romanian-born violinist (b. 1921)
- 2004 - Alphonso Ford, American basketball player (b. 1971)
- 2004 - Moe Norman, Canadian golfer (b. 1929)
- 2004 - James O. Page, American paramedic (b. 1936)
- 2006 - Colin Thiele, Australian author and educator (b. 1920)
- 2006 - Giacinto Facchetti, Italian footballer (b. 1942)
- 2006 - Steve Irwin, Australian naturalist and television personality (b. 1962)
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