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 247th day of the year 2017 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 118 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is August 22, 2017 – a Monday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 417,912 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.
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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 168 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 1,718 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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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.
- 1774 –New Caledonia is first sighted by Europeans, during the second voyage of Captain James Cook.
- 1888 –George Eastman registers the trademark Kodak and receives a patent for his camera that uses roll film.
- 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.
- 1950 –Darlington Raceway is the site of the inaugural Southern 500, the first 500-mile NASCAR race.
- 1951 –The first live transcontinental television broadcast takes place in San Francisco, California, from the Japanese Peace Treaty Conference.
- 1989 –In Leipzig, East Germany, the first of weekly demonstration for the legalisation of opposition groups and democratic reforms takes place.
- 1998 –Google is founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, two students at Stanford University.
- 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.
Who were born on September 4?
- 1908 –Richard Wright, American writer (d. 1960)
- 1914 –Rudolf Leiding, German auto executive, third postwar chairman of Volkswagen (d. 2003)
- 1919 –Howard Morris, American comic actor and director (d. 2005)
- 1937 –Mikk Mikiver, Estonian actor and director (d. 2006)
- 1942 –Merald “Bubba” Knight, R&B singer with Gladys Knight & The Pips
- 1962 –Kiran More, Indian cricketer
- 1970 –Igor Cavalera, Brazilian drummer (Sepultura)
- 1971 –Anita Yuen, Hong Kong actress
- 1975 –Dave Salmoni, Canadian zoologist, animal trainer
- 1976 –Denilson Martins Nascimento, Brazilian footballer
Who died on September 4?
- 422 –Pope Boniface I
- 1537 –Johann Dietenberger, German theologian (b. c.1475)
- 1907 –Edvard Grieg, Norwegian composer (b. 1843)
- 1963 –Robert Schuman, French politician (b. 1886)
- 1979 –Canuplin, Filipino magician and bodabil entertainer (b. 1904)
- 1989 –Georges Simenon, French author (b. 1903)
- 1991 –Charlie Barnet, American jazz saxophonist and bandleader (b. 1913)
- 2004 –James O. Page, American paramedic (b. 1936)
- 2004 –Moe Norman, Canadian golfer (b. 1929)
- 2006 –Steve Irwin, Australian naturalist and television personality (b. 1962)
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