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 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.
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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 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.
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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.
- 626 –Li Shimin, posthumously known as Emperor Taizong of Tang, assumes the throne over the Tang Dynasty of China.
- 1888 –George Eastman registers the trademark Kodak and receives a patent for his camera that uses roll film.
- 1919 –Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, who founded the Republic of Turkey, gathers a congress in Sivas to make decisions as to the future of Anatolia and Thrace.
- 1941 –World War II: a German submarine makes the first attack against a United States ship, the USS Greer.
- 1944 –World War II: the British 11th Armoured Division liberates the Belgian city of Antwerp.
- 1949 –The Peekskill Riots erupt after a Paul Robeson concert in Peekskill, New York.
- 1975 –The Sinai Interim Agreement relating to the Arab-Israeli conflict is signed.
- 1977 –The Golden Dragon Massacre took place in San Francisco, California.
- 1985 –The discovery of Buckminsterfullerene, the first fullerene molecule of carbon.
Who were born on September 4?
- 1596 –Constantijn Huygens, Dutch poet (d. 1687)
- 1910 –Denis Tomlinson, South African cricketer (d. 1993)
- 1934 –Sir Clive Granger, Welsh-born economist, Nobel laureate
- 1941 –Joanna Van Gyseghem, English actress
- 1955 –Brian Schweitzer, American politician, 23rd governor of Montana
- 1960 –Kim Thayil, American guitarist (Soundgarden, Probot)
- 1969 –Noah Taylor, English-born actor
- 1974 –Naved Ashraf, Pakistani cricketer
- 1975 –Dave Salmoni, Canadian zoologist, animal trainer
- 1990 –Jonny Lomax, English Rugby League player
Who died on September 4?
- 1974 –Lewi Pethrus, Swedish politician (b. 1884)
- 1977 –Jean Rostand, French biologist (b. 1894)
- 1979 –Canuplin, Filipino magician and bodabil entertainer (b. 1904)
- 1993 –Hervé Villechaize, French actor (b. 1943)
- 1995 –Chuck Greenberg, American musician (Shadowfax (b. 1950)
- 2004 –Alphonso Ford, American basketball player (b. 1971)
- 2004 –James O. Page, American paramedic (b. 1936)
- 2004 –Moe Norman, Canadian golfer (b. 1929)
- 2006 –Astrid Varnay, Swedish-born soprano (b. 1918)
- 2006 –Steve Irwin, Australian naturalist and television personality (b. 1962)
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