September 4
September 4 is the 247th day of the year (248th in leap years). There are 118 days remaining.
Events
- 476 - Romulus Augustus, the last emperor of the Western Roman Empire, is deposed when Odoacer proclaims himself King of Italy.
- 1260 - The forces of King Manfred of Sicily, in league with the Ghibellines, defeat the Guelphs at Monte Aperto.
- 1781 - Los Angeles is founded as El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora La Reina de Los Angeles de Porciuncula (the City of Our Lady, the Queen of the Angels of Porciuncula) by a group of 44 Spanish settlers.
- 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 last band of warriors to General Nelson Miles at Skeleton Canyon 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 - In Lakehurst, New Jersey, the first American airship, the USS Shenandoah, takes to the sky for the first time.
- 1940 - World War II: The USS Greer becomes the first United States ship fired upon by a German submarine in the war, even though the United States is a neutral power. Tension heightens between the two nations as a result.
- 1944 - World War II: The British 11th Armored Division liberate the city of Antwerp in Belgium.
- 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.
- 1950 - Beetle Bailey comic strip started.
- 1951 - The first live transcontinental television broadcast takes place in San Francisco, California from the Japanese Peace Treaty Conference.
- 1957 - American Civil Rights Movement: Little Rock Crisis - Orville Faubus, governor of Arkansas, calls out the National Guard to prevent black students from enrolling in Central High School in Little Rock.
- 1957 - Ford Motor Company introduces the Edsel.
- 1963 - Swissair Flight 306 crashes near Dürrenäsch, Switzerland killing all on board.
- 1964 - Forth Road Bridge, near Edinburgh, officially opened.
- 1967 - The last new episode of the television sitcom Gilligan's Island airs on CBS-TV.
- 1967 - Vietnam War: Operation Swift begins - The United States Marines launch a search-and-destroy mission in Quang Nam and Quang Tin Provinces. The ensuing 4-day battle in Que Son Valley kills 114 Americans and 376 North Vietnamese.
- 1971 - A Boeing 727 carrying Alaska Airlines Flight 1866 crashes into the side of a mountain near Juneau, Alaska killing all 111 people on board.
- 1971 - The Lawrence Welk Show airs its last show.
- 1972 - Mark Spitz wins his seventh swimming gold medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany, becoming the first Olympian to win seven gold medals.
- 1972 - The Price Is Right, hosted by Bob Barker, returns to television with a new format on CBS. Over three decades later, it continues to air and give away prizes galore.
- 1995 - The Fourth World Conference on Women opens in Beijing with over 4,750 delegates from 181 countries in attendance.
- 1996 - War on Drugs: Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC) attack a military base in Guaviare, Colombia starting three weeks of guerrilla warfare that will claim the lives of at least 130 Colombians.
- 1997 - In Lorain, Ohio, the last Ford Thunderbird rolls off the assembly line.
- 1997 - A U.S. Air Force C-141 cargo plane and a German TU-154 collide in mid-air over southwest Africa killing 33.
Births
- 1241 - King Alexander III of Scotland (d. 1286)
- 1768 - François-René de Chateaubriand, French writer and diplomat (d. 1848)
- 1803 - Sarah Childress Polk, First Lady of the United States
- 1824 - Anton Bruckner, Austrian composer (d. 1896)
- 1832 - Antonio Agliardi, Italian diplomat
- 1851 - John Dillon, Irish nationalist (d. 1927)
- 1875 - Kirby Rollin, Pulitzer Prize-winning author
- 1891 - Fritz Todt, Nazi official (d. 1942)
- 1892 - Darius Milhaud, French composer (d. 1974)
- 1895 - Nigel Bruce, played Dr. Watson to Basil Rathbone's Sherlock Holmes (d. 1953)
- 1896 - Antonin Artaud, playwright, actor, director (d. 1948)
- 1905 - Mary Renault, novelist (d. 1983)
- 1906 - Max Delbrück, German biologist
- 1908 - Richard Wright, American writer (d. 1960)
- 1908 - Edward Dmytryk, film director (d. 1999)
- 1918 - Paul Harvey American radio broadcaster
- 1920 - Teddy Johnson, British singer
- 1925 - Forrest Carter, author
- 1928 - Dick York, actor (d. 1992)
- 1931 - Mitzi Gaynor, American actress
- 1937 - Dawn Fraser, swimmer
- 1941 - Sushilkumar Shinde, Indian politician
- 1946:
- 1948 - Samuel Hui, singer
- 1957 - Khandi Alexander, American actress
- 1957 - Patricia Tallman, American actress
- 1959 - Kevin Harrington, actor
- 1960 - Damon Wayans, actor, comedian
- 1968 - Mike Piazza, baseball player
- 1970 - Daisy Dee, singer and actress
- 1981 - Beyoncé Knowles, singer
Deaths
- 799 - Musa al-Kazim, Shia Imam (b. 745)
- 1804 - Richard Somers, American naval officer
- 1852 - William MacGillivray, naturalist and ornithologist (b. 1796)
- 1864 - John Hunt Morgan, American Confederate military leader (b. 1825)
- 1907 - Edvard Grieg, Norwegian composer (b. 1843)
- 1916 - José Echegaray y Eizaguirre, Spanish writer (b. 1832)
- 1965 - Albert Schweitzer, German physician (b. 1875)
- 1974 - Marcel Achard, French playwright (b. 1899)
- 1977 - E. F. Schumacher, German economist and statistician (b. 1911)
- 1986 - Hank Greenberg, baseball player (b. 1911)
- 1987 - Bill Bowes, English cricketer (b. 1908)
- 1989 - Georges Simenon, French author (b. 1903)
- 1989 - Ronald Syme, classicist and historian (b. 1903)
- 1991 - Tom Tryon, actor and novelist
- 1991 - Dottie West, country music singer (b. 1932)
- 1993 - Hervé Villechaize, actor (b. 1943)
- 1995 - William Kunstler, lawyer (b. 1919)
- 2001 - Hank the Angry Drunken Dwarf, radio personality (b. 1962)
- 2003 - Tibor Varga, violinist and conductor
- 2004 - Alphonso Ford, American basketball player (b. 1971)
- 2004 - Moe Norman, golfer (b. 1929)
- 2004 - James O. Page, founder of modern emergency medical response (b. 1936)
Holidays
- Father's Day 2005 (Australia)
External links
September 3 - September 5 - August 4 - October 4 - more historical anniversaries
See also: September 4, 1241, 1260, 1286, 1768
