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
- 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.
- 1812 –War of 1812: The Siege of Fort Harrison begins when the fort is set on fire.
- 1944 –World War II: Finland exits from the war with Soviet Union.
- 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.
- 1951 –The first live transcontinental television broadcast takes place in San Francisco, California, from the Japanese Peace Treaty Conference.
- 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.
- 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.
- 2001 –Tokyo DisneySea opens to the public as part of the Tokyo Disney Resort in Urayasu, Chiba, Japan.
- 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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