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.
   * 1923 - In Lakehurst, New Jersey, the first American dirigible, the "USS
     Shenandoah, takes to the sky for the first time.
   * 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 DelbrŸck, 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 - BeyoncŽ 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 - HervŽ Villechaize, actor
   * 1995 - William Kunstler, attorney
   * 2001 - Hank The Angry Drunken Dwarf (Henry Joseph Nasiff Jr), radio
     personality

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