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 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, 1,756,944,000 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 ‘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

  • 1781
    Los Angeles, California, is founded as El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora La Reina de los Ángeles de Porciúncula (The Village of Our Lady, the Queen of the Angels of Porziuncola) by 44 Spanish settlers.
  • 1812
    War of 1812: The Siege of Fort Harrison begins when the fort is set on fire.
  • 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.
  • 1949
    The Peekskill Riots erupt after a Paul Robeson concert in Peekskill, New York.
  • 1957
    American Civil Rights Movement: Little Rock Crisis – Orval Faubus, governor of Arkansas, calls out the National Guard to prevent African American students from enrolling in Central High School.
  • 1989
    In Leipzig, East Germany, the first of weekly demonstration for the legalisation of opposition groups and democratic reforms takes place.
  • 1996
    War on Drugs: Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) attack a military base in Guaviare, starting three weeks of guerrilla warfare in which at least 130 Colombians are killed.
  • 1998
    Google is founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, two students at Stanford University.

Who were born on September 4?

  • 1563
    Wanli, Emperor of China (d. 1620)
  • 1755
    Count Axel von Fersen the Younger, Swedish Army officer, diplomat and statesman. (d. 1810)
  • 1768
    François-René de Chateaubriand, French diplomat (d. 1848)
  • 1885
    Antonio Bacci, Italian cardinal (d. 1971)
  • 1918
    Gerald Wilson, American jazz trumpeter and arranger
  • 1927
    John McCarthy, American computer scientist (d. 2011)
  • 1945
    Danny Gatton, American musician (d. 1994)
  • 1950
    Doyle Alexander, American baseball player
  • 1971
    Lance Klusener, South African cricketer
  • 1986
    Ayumi Kaihori, Japanese international footballer

Who died on September 4?

  • 799
    Musa al-Kazim, Shia Imam (b. 745)
  • 1940
    George William de Carteret, author from Jersey island (b. 1869)
  • 1977
    Jean Rostand, French biologist (b. 1894)
  • 1979
    Canuplin, Filipino magician and bodabil entertainer (b. 1904)
  • 1986
    Hank Greenberg, American baseball player (b. 1911)
  • 1986
    Otto Glória, Brazilian football coach (b. 1917)
  • 1987
    Bill Bowes, English cricketer (b. 1908)
  • 1990
    Irene Dunne American actress (b. 1898)
  • 1995
    Chuck Greenberg, American musician (Shadowfax (b. 1950)
  • 2004
    Moe Norman, Canadian golfer (b. 1929)

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