About September 4

September 4, 2024 is the 248th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 118 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.

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Virgo is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Sapphire is the modern birthstone for this month. Agate is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 147 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

What Happened On September 4

  • 1666 –
    In London, England, the most destructive damage from the 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.
  • 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 date=October 2011
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 1964 –
    Scotland’s Forth Road Bridge near Edinburgh officially opens.
  • 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.
  • 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.

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