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This day in history: 4 September

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355 historical events, births and deaths are listed for 4 September.
Entries come from Wikipedia’s day pages and are ordered by page views.
2024: A 14-year-old gunman kills four people and injures seven in a mass shooting at Apalachee High School near Winder, Georgia.

Holidays and observances

Christian feast day: Blessed Catherine of Racconigi

Christian feast day: Blessed Dina Bélanger

Christian feast day: Candida the Elder

Christian feast day: Hermione of Ephesus

Christian feast day: Ida of Herzfeld

Christian feast day: Irmgardis (of Süchteln)

Christian feast day: Moses and Aaron (Catholic, Lutheran Church and Eastern Orthodox Church)

Christian feast day: Paul Jones (Episcopal Church)

Christian feast day: Rosalia

Christian feast day: Rose of Viterbo

Christian feast day: Rufinus, Silvanus, and Vitalicus

Christian feast day: September 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Events

2024A 14-year-old gunman kills four people and injures seven in a mass shooting at Apalachee High School near Winder, Georgia.

2022Ten people are killed and 15 are injured in a stabbing spree in 13 locations on the James Smith Cree Nation and in Weldon, Saskatchewan.

2020Pope Benedict XVI becomes the longest-lived pope, 93 years, four months, 16 days, surpassing Pope Leo XIII, who died in 1903.

2007Three 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.

2002The Oakland Athletics win their 20th consecutive game, an American League record, until the Cleveland Indians surpassed it in 2017.

2001Tokyo DisneySea opens to the public as part of the Tokyo Disney Resort in Urayasu, Chiba, Japan.

1998Google is founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, two PhD students at Stanford University.

1995The 1995 Okinawa rape occurs when 3 US servicemen abduct and rape a schoolchild. This would cause widespread protest against the US military presence on the prefecture.

1989In Leipzig, East Germany, the first of weekly demonstration for the legalisation of opposition groups and democratic reforms takes place.

1985The discovery of Buckminsterfullerene, the first fullerene molecule of carbon.

1977The Golden Dragon massacre takes place in San Francisco.

1975The Sinai Interim Agreement relating to the Arab–Israeli conflict is signed.

1972Mark Spitz becomes the first competitor to win seven medals at a single Olympic Games.

1972The Price Is Right premieres on CBS. It currently is the longest running game show on American television.

1971Alaska Airlines Flight 1866 crashes near Juneau, Alaska, killing all 111 people on board.

1970Salvador Allende is elected President of Chile.

1967Vietnam War: Operation Swift begins when U.S. Marines engage the North Vietnamese in battle in the Que Son Valley.

1964Scotland's Forth Road Bridge near Edinburgh officially opens.

1963Swissair Flight 306 crashes near Dürrenäsch, Switzerland, killing all 80 people on board.

1957American Civil Rights Movement: Little Rock Crisis: The governor of Arkansas calls out the National Guard to prevent African American students from enrolling in Little Rock Central High School, resulting in the lawsuit Cooper v. Aaron the f

1951The first live transcontinental television broadcast takes place in San Francisco, United States, from the Japanese Peace Treaty Conference.

1950Darlington Raceway is the site of the inaugural Southern 500, the first 500-mile NASCAR race.

1949Paul Robeson performs a second concert in Peekskill, New York eight days after the Peekskill riots.

1948Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands abdicates for health reasons.

1944World War II: Finland exits from the war with Soviet Union.

1944World War II: The British 11th Armoured Division liberates the Belgian city of Antwerp.

1941World War II: A German submarine makes the first attack of the war against a United States warship, the USS Greer.

1939World War II: William J. Murphy commands the first Royal Air Force attack on Germany.

1936Spanish Civil War: Largo Caballero forms a war cabinet to direct the republican war effort.

1923Maiden flight of the first U.S. airship, the USS Shenandoah.

1919Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, who founded the Republic of Turkey, gathers a congress in Sivas to make decisions as to the future of Anatolia and Thrace.

1912Albanian rebels succeed in their revolt when the Ottoman Empire agrees to fulfill their demands

1888George Eastman registers the trademark Kodak and receives a patent for his camera that uses roll film.

1886American Indian Wars: After almost 30 years of fighting, Apache leader Geronimo, with his remaining warriors, surrenders to General Nelson Miles in Arizona.

1882The Pearl Street Station in New York City becomes the first power plant to supply electricity to paying customers.

1870Emperor Napoleon III of France is deposed and the Third Republic is declared.

1862American Civil War Maryland Campaign: General Robert E. Lee takes the Army of Northern Virginia, and the war, into the North.

1839Battle of Kowloon: British vessels open fire on Chinese war junks enforcing a food sales embargo on the British community in China in the first armed conflict of the First Opium War.

1827The Great Fire of Turku almost completely destroys Finland's former capital city.

1813Future U.S. president Andrew Jackson is shot in a tavern brawl with future U.S. Senator Thomas Hart Benton and others.

Born on this day

2001Talitha Bateman, American actress

2000Sergio Gómez, Spanish footballer

1998Neru Nagahama, Japanese television personality

1996Ashton Golding, English rugby league player

1995Jazz Tevaga, New Zealand rugby league player

1994Kenny McEvoy, Irish footballer

1994Sabina Sharipova, Uzbekistan tennis player

1993Emma Brownlie, Scottish footballer

1993Mark Tuan, American rapper

1993Yannick Carrasco, Belgian footballer

1992Zerkaa, English YouTuber

1991Adrien Bart, French sprint canoeist

1991Anders Zachariassen, Danish handball player

1990James Bay, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

1989Andrelton Simmons, Curaçaoan baseball player

1988Adam Duvall, American baseball player

1988JJ Hickson, American basketball player

1987Marisa Kabas, American journalist

1987Wesley Blake, American wrestler

1986Ayumi Kaihori, Japanese footballer

1986Xavier Woods, American wrestler

1985Raúl Albiol, Spanish footballer

1985Walid Mesloub, Algerian footballer

1984Hamish McIntosh, Australian footballer

1984Kyle Mooney, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter

1983Guy Pnini, Israeli basketball player

1983Margit Rüütel, Estonian tennis player

1983Yuichi Nakamaru, Japanese singer-songwriter, actor, and radio host

1982Whitney Cummings, American comedian, actress, producer, and screenwriter

1981Beyoncé, American singer-songwriter

1981Lacey Sturm, American singer-songwriter

1981Richard Garcia, Australian footballer

1979Max Greenfield, American actor

1979Maxim Afinogenov, Russian ice hockey player

1979Pedro Macedo Camacho, Portuguese pianist, composer, and producer

1978Christian Walz, Swedish singer-songwriter and producer

1978Frederik Veuchelen, Belgian cyclist

1978Wes Bentley, American actor and producer

1977Awesome Kong (Kia Stevens), American wrestler

1977Lucie Silvas, English singer-songwriter and pianist

Died on this day

2025Giorgio Armani, Italian fashion designer (born 1934)

2025Katharine, Duchess of Kent, member of the British royal family (born 1933)

2024Bora Đorđević, Serbian singer (born 1952)

2023Steve Harwell, American singer (born 1967)

2022Cyrus Mistry, Indian-Irish businessman (born 1968)

2022Peter Straub, American novelist (born 1943)

2021Tunch Ilkin, Turkish-American football player (born 1957)

2021Willard Scott, American weather presenter and television personality (born 1934)

2020Lloyd Cadena, Filipino YouTuber and vlogger (born 1993)

2018Bill Daily, American actor, comedian (born 1927)

2018Krzysztof Sitko, Polish association football player (born 1967)

2016Clarence D. Rappleyea Jr., lawyer and politician (born 1933)

2015Graham Brazier, New Zealand singer-songwriter (born 1952)

2015Jean Darling, American actress (born 1922)

2015Warren Murphy, American author and screenwriter (born 1933)

2015Wilfred de Souza, Indian surgeon and politician, 7th Chief Minister of Goa (born 1927)

2014Gustavo Cerati, Argentine Musician (born 1959)

2014Joan Rivers, American comedian, television host, and author (born 1933)

2014Ron Mulock, Australian lawyer and politician, 10th Deputy Premier of New South Wales (born 1930)

2014Wolfhart Pannenberg, Polish-German theologian and academic (born 1928)

2013Casey Viator, American bodybuilder and journalist (born 1951)

2013Daniele Seccarecci, Italian bodybuilder (born 1980)

2013Dick Raaymakers, Dutch composer and theorist (born 1930)

2013Michel Pagé, Canadian businessman and politician (born 1949)

2013Stanislav Stepashkin, Russian boxer (born 1940)

2012Abraham Avigdorov, Israeli soldier (born 1929)

2012Albert Marre, American actor, director, and producer (born 1924)

2012George Savitsky, American football player (born 1924)

2012Hakam Sufi, Indian singer-songwriter (born 1952)

2012Syed Mustafa Siraj, Indian author (born 1930)

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“Hang on to your youthful enthusiasms; you will be able to use them better when you are older.”

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