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 247^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 118 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is August 22, 2025 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 488,040 hours 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 ‘dihectatetracontaheptagon’ 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 166 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 4,640 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

September 4 Historical Events

• 476 –
  Romulus Augustulus, last emperor of the Western Roman Empire, is deposed when Odoacer proclaims himself King of Italy, thus ending the Western Roman Empire.
• 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.
• 1884 –
  The United Kingdom ends its policy of penal transportation to New South Wales in Australia.citation needed date=October 2011
• 1939 –
  World War II: a Bristol Blenheim is the first British aircraft to cross the German coast following the declaration of war and German ships are bombed.
• 1944 –
  World War II: Finland exits from the war with Soviet Union.
• 1963 –
  Swissair Flight 306 crashes near Dürrenäsch, Switzerland, killing all 80 people on board.
• 1964 –
  Scotland’s Forth Road Bridge near Edinburgh officially opens.
• 1967 –
  Vietnam War: Operation Swift begins: U.S. Marines engage the North Vietnamese in battle in the Que Son Valley.
• 1975 –
  The Sinai Interim Agreement relating to the Arab-Israeli conflict is signed.

Who were born on September 4?

• 1846 –
  Daniel Burnham, American architect (d. 1912)
• 1909 –
  Eduard Wirths, Nazi physician (d. 1945)
• 1910 –
  Denis Tomlinson, South African cricketer (d. 1993)
• 1918 –
  Gerald Wilson, American jazz trumpeter and arranger
• 1928 –
  Dick York, American actor (d. 1992)
• 1949 –
  Dean Pees, American football defensive coordinator
• 1972 –
  Françoise Yip, Canadian actress
• 1977 –
  Mark Ronson, English DJ/Producer and co-founder of Allido Records
• 1978 –
  Wes Bentley, American actor
• 1983 –
  Joshua Gardner, American sex offender and fictional fifth Duke of Cleveland

Who died on September 4?

• 1537 –
  Johann Dietenberger, German theologian (b. c.1475)
• 1852 –
  William MacGillivray, Scottish naturalist and ornithologist (b. 1796)
• 1909 –
  Clyde Fitch, American dramatist and playwright (b. 1865)
• 1963 –
  Robert Schuman, French politician (b. 1886)
• 1977 –
  Stelios Perpiniadis, Greek musician (b. 1899)
• 1989 –
  Ronald Syme, New Zealand-born classicist and historian (b. 1903)
• 1990 –
  Irene Dunne American actress (b. 1898)
• 1995 –
  Chuck Greenberg, American musician (Shadowfax (b. 1950)
• 1998 –
  Elizabeth Kata, Australian writer, A Patch of Blue (b. 1912)
• 2003 –
  Lola Bobesco, Romanian-born violinist (b. 1921)