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

• 1666 –
  In London, England, the most destructive damage from the Great Fire occurs.
• 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.
• 1862 –
  Civil War Maryland Campaign: General Robert E. Lee takes the Army of Northern Virginia, and the war, into the North.
• 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.
• 1944 –
  World War II: Finland exits from the war with Soviet Union.
• 1948 –
  Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands abdicates for health reasons.
• 1967 –
  Vietnam War: Operation Swift begins: U.S. Marines engage the North Vietnamese in battle in the Que Son Valley.
• 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.

Who were born on September 4?

• 1383 –
  Count Amadeus VIII of Savoy (d. 1451)
• 1886 –
  Albert Orsborn, General of the Salvation Army (d. 1967)
• 1890 –
  Naima Wifstrand, Swedish film actor, operetta singer, troubadour, director and composer (d. 1968)
• 1920 –
  Clemar Bucci, Argentine racing driver (d. 2011)
• 1932 –
  Carlos Romero Barcelo, Puerto Rican politician
• 1937 –
  Gene Ludwig, American jazz organist (d. 2010)
• 1961 –
  Nick Blinko, English musician (Rudimentary Peni)
• 1961 –
  Rizwan-uz-Zaman, Pakistani cricketer
• 1976 –
  Mario-Ernesto Rodríguez, Uruguayan-Italian footballer
• 1984 –
  Camila Bordonaba, Argentine actress, singer and composer

Who died on September 4?

• 799 –
  Musa al-Kazim, Shia Imam (b. 745)
• 1794 –
  John Hely-Hutchinson, Irish statesman (b. 1724)
• 1852 –
  William MacGillivray, Scottish naturalist and ornithologist (b. 1796)
• 1963 –
  Robert Schuman, French politician (b. 1886)
• 1979 –
  Canuplin, Filipino magician and bodabil entertainer (b. 1904)
• 1991 –
  Dottie West, American singer (b. 1932)
• 1995 –
  William Kunstler, American lawyer and activist (b. 1919)
• 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)