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 247^th 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.

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.

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)