September 4
[[pl:4 wrze%B6nia]] 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
- 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:
- 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
- 1896 - Antonin Artaud, playwright, actor, director (+ 1948)
- 1905 - Mary Renault, novelist (+ 1983)
- 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:
September 3 - September 5 - August 4 - October 4 - more historical anniversaries
See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December