What happened this day in history September 4

What are the important events that happened on September 4? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

September 4: Facts & Myths About This Day

September 4 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.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is August 22, 2024 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 1,725,408,000 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectatetracontaoctagon’ day.

Virgo is the zodiac 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.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,275 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

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September 4 Historical Events

  • 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.
  • 1797
    Coup of 18 Fructidor in France.
  • 1862
    Civil War Maryland Campaign: General Robert E. Lee takes the Army of Northern Virginia, and the war, into the North.
  • 1912
    Albanian rebels succeed in their revolt when the Ottoman Empire agrees to fulfill their demands
  • 1941
    World War II: a German submarine makes the first attack against a United States ship, the USS Greer.
  • 1949
    The Peekskill Riots erupt after a Paul Robeson concert in Peekskill, New York.
  • 1967
    Vietnam War: Operation Swift begins: U.S. Marines engage the North Vietnamese in battle in the Que Son Valley.
  • 1972
    Mark Spitz becomes the first competitor to win seven medals at a single Olympic Games.
  • 2001
    Tokyo DisneySea opens to the public as part of the Tokyo Disney Resort in Urayasu, Chiba, Japan.

Who were born on September 4?

  • 1717
    Job Orton, English minister (d. 1783)
  • 1913
    Victor Kiernan, British historian (d. 2009)
  • 1917
    Henry Ford II, American industrialist (d. 1987)
  • 1922
    Per Olof Sundman, Swedish writer and politician (d. 1992)
  • 1961
    Rizwan-uz-Zaman, Pakistani cricketer
  • 1966
    Jeff Tremaine, American director and producer
  • 1968
    John DiMaggio, American voice actor
  • 1969
    Ramon Dekkers, Dutch kickboxer
  • 1983
    Margit Rüütel, Estonian tennis player
  • 1984
    Camila Bordonaba, Argentine actress, singer and composer

Who died on September 4?

  • 422
    Pope Boniface I
  • 1767
    Charles Townshend, English politician (b. 1725)
  • 1944
    General Erich Fellgiebel, German army officer who participated in the July 20th plot to assassinate Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler. (b. 1886)
  • 1963
    Robert Schuman, French politician (b. 1886)
  • 1974
    Lewi Pethrus, Swedish politician (b. 1884)
  • 1986
    Hank Greenberg, American baseball player (b. 1911)
  • 1991
    Charlie Barnet, American jazz saxophonist and bandleader (b. 1913)
  • 1991
    Tom Tryon, American actor and novelist (b. 1926)
  • 2004
    James O. Page, American paramedic (b. 1936)
  • 2006
    Colin Thiele, Australian author and educator (b. 1920)

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