Today September 4th in history click read more below to view detail events, deaths, births, Holidays and observances, and video clips in hisotry. Please comments, last database updated: Jan 17th, 2009
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.
1666 – In London, England, the most destructive damage from a Great Fire occurs.
1781 – Los 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.
1811 – Chileans independentist execute a coup d état against the Spanish controlled Junta of the country.
1812 – War of 1812: The Battle of Fort Harrison begins when the fort is set on fire.
1862 – Civil War Maryland Campaign General Lee takes the Army of Northern Virginia, and the war, into the North.
1870 – Emperor Napoleon III of France is deposed and the Third Republic is declared.
1884 – Britain ends its policy of penal transportation to New South Wales in Australia.
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 that uses roll film.
1894 – In New York City, 12,000 tailors strike against sweatshop working conditions.
1919 – Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, who founded the Republic of Turkey, gathers a congress in Sivas to make decisions as to the future of Anatolia and Thrace.
1923 – Maiden flight of the first U.S. airship, the USS Shenandoah.
1939 – World War II: Japan declares neutrality in the European war.
1940 – World War II: a German submarine makes the first attack against a United States ship (the USS Greer) .
1944 – World War II: the British 11th Armoured Division liberates the Belgian city of Antwerp.
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, New York.
1950 – First appearance of the Beetle Bailey comic strip.
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 is introduced, the first commercial computer that used magnetic disk storage.
1957 – American 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.
1957 – The Ford Motor Company introduces the Edsel.
1963 – Swissair Flight 306 crashes near Dürrenäsch, Switzerland, killing all 80 people 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 in battle in the Que Son Valley.
1971 – A Boeing 727 carrying Alaska Airlines Flight 1866 crashes near Juneau, Alaska, killing all 111 people on board.
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 set world records in all seven events in which he competed.
1975 – The Sinai Interim Agreement relating to the Arab-Israeli conflict is signed.
1984 – Brian Mulroney leads the Canadian Progressive Conservative Party to power in the 1984 federal election, 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.
1998 – Google is founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, two students at Stanford University
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)
1557 – Sofie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1631)
1563 – Wanli, Emperor of China (d. 1620)
1596 – Constantijn Huygens, Dutch poet (d. 1687)
1717 – Job Orton, English minister (d. 1783)
1755 – Count Axel von Fersen the Younger, Swedish Army officer, diplomat and statesman. (d. 1810)
1768 – François-René de Chateaubriand, French diplomat (d. 1848)
1803 – Sarah Childress Polk, First Lady of the United States (d. 1891)
1809 – Juliusz Slowacki, Polish Romantic poet (d. 1849)
1824 – Anton Bruckner, Austrian composer (d. 1896)
1826 – Martin Wiberg, Swedish computer pioneer (d. 1905)
1832 – Antonio Agliardi, Italian diplomat (d. 1915)
1846 – Daniel Burnham, American architect (d. 1912)
1848 – Jennie Lee, American actress (d. 1925)
1850 – Luigi Cadorna, Italian Field Marshal (d. 1928)
1851 – John Dillon, Irish nationalist (d. 1927)
1885 – Dimitrios Loundras, Greek gymnast (d. 1971)
1885 – Antonio Bacci, Italian cardinal (d. 1971)
1886 – Albert Orsborn, General of The Salvation Army (d. 1967)
1890 – Naima Wifstrand, Swedish film actor, operetta singer, troubadour, director and composer (d. 1968)
1891 – Fritz Todt, Nazi official (d. 1942)
1892 – Darius Milhaud, French composer (d. 1974)
1896 – Antonin Artaud, French playwright (d. 1948)
1901 – William Lyons, British industrialist (Jaguar cars) (d. 1985)
1902 – Thomas Mitchell, England cricketer (d. 1996)
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)
1909 – Eduard Wirths, Nazi physician (d. 1945)
1910 – Denis Tomlinson, South African cricketer (d. 1993)
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
1920 – Clemar Bucci, Argentine racing driver
1922 – Per Olof Sundman, Swedish writer and politician (d. 1992)
1924 – Joan Aiken, English writer (d. 2004)
1925 – Forrest Carter, American author (d. 1979)
1926 – Bert Olmstead, Canadian ice hockey player
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)
1939 – Denis Lindsay, South African cricketer (d. 2005)
1941 – Marilena Chaui, Brazilian philosopher
1941 – Sushilkumar Shinde, Indian politician
1941 – Joanna Van Gyseghem, English actress
1941 – Ramesh Sethi, East African cricketer
1942 – Raymond Floyd, American professional golfer
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)
1946 – Bryan Mauricette, Canadian cricketer
1948 – Samuel Hui, Hong Kong singer
1949 – Dean Pees, National Football League defensive coordinator
1949 – Tom Watson, American golfer
1950 – Doyle Alexander, American baseball player
1950 – Ehteshamuddin, Pakistani cricketer
1951 – Martin Chambers, English drummer (The Pretenders)
1951 – Marita Ulvskog, Swedish politician
1952 – Rishi Kapoor, Indian actor
1954 – José Castro, Swedish actor.
1955 – Brian Schweitzer, American politician, governor of Montana
1955 – Garth Le Roux, former South African cricketer
1956 – Blackie Lawless, American musician, lead singer in W.A.S.P.
1957 – Khandi Alexander, American actress
1957 – Patricia Tallman, American actress
1958 – David Drew Pinsky (Dr. Drew), American radio show host
1958 – George Hurley, American drummer (Minutemen)
1959 – Kevin Harrington, Australian actor
1959 – Armin Kogler, Austrian ski jumper
1960 – Kim Thayil, American guitarist (Soundgarden, Probot)
1960 – Damon Wayans, American actor and comedian
1961 – Kevin Kennedy, English actor
1961 – Rizwan-uz-Zaman, Pakistani cricketer
1962 – Kiran More, Indian cricketer
1962 – Ulla Tørnæs, Danish politician
1963 – Sam Yaffa, Finnish musician (Hanoi Rocks, New York Dolls)
1963 – John Vanbiesbrouck, American hockey player
1964 – René Pape, German bass
1965 – Sergio Momesso, French Canadian ice hockey player
1967 – Darrin Murray, New Zealand cricketer
1968 – Phill Lewis, American actor
1968 – Mike Piazza, baseball player
1968 – John DiMaggio, American actor
1969 – Alexander Coe, Welsh DJ and record producer
1969 – Noah Taylor, English-born actor
1970 – Dave Buchwald, American hacker and film maker
1970 – Igor Cavalera, Brazilian drummer (Sepultura)
1970 – Daisy Dee, West Indian-born singer
1971 – Ione Skye, English actress
1971 – Lance Klusener, South African cricketer
1971 – Maik Taylor, Northern Irish footballer
1971 – Anita Yuen, Hong Kong actress
1972 – Françoise Yip, Canadian actress
1973 – Jason David Frank, American actor
1973 – Aaron Fultz, American baseball player
1974 – Carmit Bachar, American musician (Pussycat Dolls)
1974 – Andrew Hansen, Australian comedian and musician for The Chaser
1974 – Naved Ashraf, Pakistani cricketer
1974 – Lincoln Roberts, West Indian cricketer
1975 – Nikolaos Lyberopoulos, Greek footballer
1976 – Katreeya English, Thai singer, actress, model
1976 – Clinton R. Nixon, American game designer
1977 – Sun-Woo Kim, Korean Major League Baseball player
1977 – Mark Ronson, English DJ/Producer and co-founder of Allido Records
1977 – Lucie Silvas, English musician
1978 – Wes Bentley, American actor
1978 – Christian Walz, svensk soulartist.
1979 – Maxim Afinogenov, Russian ice hockey player
1979 – Pedro Camacho, Portuguese composer
1979 – Kosuke Matsuura, Japanese racing driver
1979 – Kristina Krepela, Croatian actress
1980 – Hitomi Shimatani, Japanese singer
1980 – Pat Neshek, American baseball player
1981 – Richard Garcia, Australian footballer
1981 – Beyoncé Knowles, American singer
1981 – Lacey Mosley, American singer (Flyleaf)
1983 – Yuichi Nakamaru, Japanese idol, (member of KAT-TUN)
1983 – Tareq Aziz, Bangladeshi cricketer
1984 – Hamish McIntosh, Australian football player
1984 – Camila Bordonaba, Argentine actress, singer and composer
1986 – James Younghusband, Philippine footballer
1988 – John Tyler Hammons, American politician
1991 – Carter Jenkins, American actor
1991 – Jemma McKenzie-Brown, English actress and singer
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 (b. c.1475)
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
1821 – José Miguel Carrera, Chilean general and founding father (b. 1785)
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)
1974 – Lewi Pethrus, Swedish politician (b. 1884)
1977 – E. F. Schumacher, German economist and statistician (b. 1911)
1977 – Jean Rostand, French biologist (b. 1894)
1977 – Stelios Perpiniadis, Greek musician (b. 1899)
1979 – Canuplin, Filipino magician and bodabil entertainer (b. 1904)
1986 – Hank Greenberg, American baseball player (b. 1911)
1986 – Otto Glória, Brazilian football 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 – Chuck Greenberg, American musician (Shadowfax (b. 1950)
1995 – William Kunstler, American lawyer and activist (b. 1919)
1997 – Aldo Rossi, Italian architect (b. 1931)
1998 – Elizabeth Kata, Australian writer, A Patch of Blue (b. 1912)
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)
2006 – Astrid Varnay, Swedish-born soprano (b. 1918)
Holidays and observances
Roman festivals – start of the Ludi Romani a.k.a. Ludi Magni, until 19 September.
RC Saints – Saint Rosalia, Saint Rose of Viterbo.
Aaron and Moses, in the Maronite Church
Feast day of Saint Ultan of Ardbraccan.
Also see September 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics).
Immigrant s Day in Argentina since 1949.
Newspaper Carrier Day in the United States.
