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 248^th 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, 28,756,800 minutes 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.

September 4 Historical Events

• 1870 –
  Emperor Napoleon III of France is deposed and the Third Republic is declared.
• 1886 –
  Indian Wars: after almost 30 years of fighting, Apache leader Geronimo, with his remaining warriors, surrenders to General Nelson Miles in Arizona.
• 1912 –
  Albanian rebels succeed in their revolt when the Ottoman Empire agrees to fulfill their demands
• 1950 –
  Darlington Raceway is the site of the inaugural Southern 500, the first 500-mile NASCAR race.
• 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.
• 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.
• 1972 –
  Mark Spitz becomes the first competitor to win seven medals at a single Olympic Games.
• 1985 –
  The discovery of Buckminsterfullerene, the first fullerene molecule of carbon.
• 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.

Who were born on September 4?

• 1755 –
  Count Axel von Fersen the Younger, Swedish Army officer, diplomat and statesman. (d. 1810)
• 1902 –
  Thomas Mitchell, England cricketer (d. 1996)
• 1918 –
  Paul Harvey, American radio broadcaster (d. 2009)
• 1950 –
  Doyle Alexander, American baseball player
• 1951 –
  Judith Ivey, American actress
• 1960 –
  Kim Thayil, American guitarist (Soundgarden, Probot)
• 1963 –
  Sam Yaffa, Finnish musician (Hanoi Rocks, New York Dolls)
• 1972 –
  Françoise Yip, Canadian actress
• 1974 –
  Carmit Bachar, American musician (Pussycat Dolls)
• 1974 –
  Lincoln Roberts, West Indian cricketer

Who died on September 4?

• 1199 –
  Joan of England, Queen consort of Sicily, wife of William II of Sicily (b. 1165)
• 1537 –
  Johann Dietenberger, German theologian (b. c.1475)
• 1804 –
  Richard Somers, American naval officer
• 1986 –
  Hank Greenberg, American baseball player (b. 1911)
• 1990 –
  Irene Dunne American actress (b. 1898)
• 1993 –
  Hervé Villechaize, French actor (b. 1943)
• 2001 –
  Hank the Angry Drunken Dwarf, American radio personality (b. 1962)
• 2003 –
  Tibor Varga, Hungarian violinist and conductor (b. 1921)
• 2006 –
  Astrid Varnay, Swedish-born soprano (b. 1918)
• 2006 –
  Steve Irwin, Australian naturalist and television personality (b. 1962)