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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