September
4
Events
476
– Romulus Augustulus, last emperor of the
Western Roman Empire, is deposed when Odoacer
proclaims himself "King of Italy",
thus ending the Western Roman Empire.
626 – Li Shimin, posthumously known as Emperor
Taizong of Tang, assumes the throne over the
Tang Dynasty of China.
1260 – The Sienese 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 the Great Fire occurs.
1774 – New Caledonia is first sighted by Europeans,
during the second voyage of Captain James
Cook.
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.
1797 – Coup of 18 Fructidor in France.
1812 – War of 1812: The Siege of Fort Harrison
begins when the fort is set on fire.
1862 – Civil War Maryland Campaign: General
Robert E. 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 – The United Kingdom ends its policy
of penal transportation to New South Wales
in Australia.[citation needed]
1886 – Indian Wars: after almost 30 years
of fighting, Apache leader Geronimo, with
his remaining warriors, surrenders to General
Nelson Miles in Arizona.
1888 – George Eastman registers the trademark
Kodak and receives a patent for his camera
that uses roll film.
1912 – Albanian rebels succeed in their revolt
when the Ottoman Empire agrees to fulfill
their demands
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: a Bristol Blenheim is
the first British aircraft to cross the German
coast following the declaration of war and
German ships are bombed.
1941 – 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.
1944 – World War II: Finland exits from the
war with Soviet Union.
1948 – Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands
abdicates for health reasons.
1949 – The Peekskill Riots erupt after a Paul
Robeson concert in Peekskill, New York.
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 to use 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 – Alaska Airlines Flight 1866 crashes
near Juneau, Alaska, killing all 111 people
on board.
1972 – Mark Spitz becomes the first competitor
to win seven medals at a single Olympic Games.
1975 – The Sinai Interim Agreement relating
to the Arab-Israeli conflict is signed.
1977 – The Golden Dragon Massacre took place
in San Francisco, California.
1985 – The discovery of Buckminsterfullerene,
the first fullerene molecule of carbon.
1989 – In Leipzig, East Germany, the first
of weekly demonstration for the legalisation
of opposition groups and democratic reforms
takes place.
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.
2001 – Tokyo DisneySea opens to the public
as part of the Tokyo Disney Resort in Urayasu,
Chiba, Japan.
2007 – Three 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.
2010 – Canterbury 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.
Holidays
and observances
Christian
Feast Day:
Blessed Catherine of Racconigi
Moses and Aaron (Lutheran Church and Eastern
Orthodox Church)
Rosalia
Rose of Viterbo
Ultan of Ardbraccan
September 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Immigrant's Day (Argentina)
Newspaper Carrier Day (United States)
The first day of the Ludi Romani until 19
September. (Roman Empire)
For details, contact Datacentre
|
