September 4

September 4 is the 247th day of the year (248th in leap years). There are 118 days remaining.

Events:

• 476 - Abdication of Romulus Augustus, last emperor of the Western Roman Empire
• 1609 - Henry Hudson discovers Manhattan island
• 1781 - Los Angeles, California founded
• 1830 - Emperor Napoleon III of France is deposed, the Third Republic is declared
• 1886 - Geronimo surrenders
• 1888 - George Eastman registers the trademark Kodak, and receives a patent for his camera which uses roll film.
• 1901 - Theodore Roosevelt is inaugurated as the 26th President of the United States.
• 1940 - USS Greer[?] fired upon by German submarine, even though the United States is a neutral power. Tension heightens between the two nations.
• 1948 - Queen Wihlelmina of the Netherlands[?] abdicates
• 1951 - First transcontinental television broadcast, by President Harry Truman
• 1957 - 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
• 1972 - Mark Spitz wins his seventh swimming gold medal at the Olympic Games in Munich, Germany

Births:

• 1241 - Alexander III of Scotland , Scottish king
• 1768 - Francois Chateaubriand[?], writer, diplomat
• 1824 - Anton Bruckner, Austrian composer (+ 1896)
• 1832 - Antonio Agliardi, Italian diplomat
• 1851 - John Dillon[?], Irish nationalist (+ 1927)
• 1891 - Fritz Todt, developer of the German autobahn
• 1892 - Darius Milhaud, composer
• 1896 - Antonin Artaud, playwright, actor, director (+ 1948)
• 1905 - Mary Renault, novelist (+ 1983)
• 1906 - Max Delbrück, German biologist
• 1908 - Richard Wright, American writer (+ 1960)
• 1908 - Edward Dmytryk[?], film director (+ 1999)
• 1918 - Paul Harvey[?], radio commentator
• 1928 - Dick York[?], actor (+ 1992)
• 1931 - Mitzi Gaynor[?], actress
• 1937 - Dawn Fraser[?], Olympic Games gold medalist in swimming
• 1957 - Khandi Alexander, American actress
• 1960 - Damon Wayans[?], actor, comedian
• 1968 - Mike Piazza, baseball player
• 1981 - Beyoncé Knowles, singer

Deaths:

• 1804 - Richard Somers, American naval officer
• 1864 - John Hunt Morgan, Confederate military leader
• 1907 - Edvard Grieg, Norwegian composer
• 1965 - Albert Schweitzer, German physician
• 1974 - Marcel Achard, French playwright
• 1986 - Hank Greenberg, American baseball player
• 1989 - Georges Simenon, author
• 1991 - Tom Tryon[?], actor, novelist
• 1991 - Dottie West[?], country music singer
• 1993 - Hervé Villechaize[?], actor
• 1995 - William Kunstler[?], attorney
• 2001 - Hank The Angry Drunken Dwarf[?] (Henry Joseph Nasiff Jr), radio personality

Holidays:

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September 3 - September 5 - August 4 - October 4 - more historical anniversaries

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