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, 479,280 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 ‘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

• 1797 –
  Coup of 18 Fructidor in France.
• 1884 –
  The United Kingdom ends its policy of penal transportation to New South Wales in Australia.citation needed date=October 2011
• 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.
• 1963 –
  Swissair Flight 306 crashes near Dürrenäsch, Switzerland, killing all 80 people on board.
• 1972 –
  Mark Spitz becomes the first competitor to win seven medals at a single Olympic Games.
• 1975 –
  The Sinai Interim Agreement relating to the Arab-Israeli conflict is signed.
• 1998 –
  Google is founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, two students at Stanford University.
• 2007 –
  Three terrorists suspected to be a part of Al-Qaeda are arrested in Germany after allegedly planning attacks on both the Frankfurt International airport and US military installations.

Who were born on September 4?

• 1850 –
  Luigi Cadorna, Italian Field Marshal (d. 1928)
• 1926 –
  Ivan Illich, Austrian philosopher (d. 2002)
• 1927 –
  Ferenc Sánta, Hungarian writer (d. 2008)
• 1941 –
  Ramesh Sethi, East African cricketer
• 1942 –
  Jerry Jarrett, American professional wrestling promoter
• 1963 –
  John Vanbiesbrouck, American hockey player
• 1970 –
  Daisy Dee, West Indian-born singer
• 1977 –
  Lucie Silvas, English musician
• 1981 –
  Lacey Sturm, American singer (Flyleaf)
• 1990 –
  Jonny Lomax, English Rugby League player

Who died on September 4?

• 422 –
  Pope Boniface I
• 1804 –
  Richard Somers, American naval officer
• 1944 –
  General Erich Fellgiebel, German army officer who participated in the July 20th plot to assassinate Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler. (b. 1886)
• 1977 –
  Jean Rostand, French biologist (b. 1894)
• 1986 –
  Hank Greenberg, American baseball player (b. 1911)
• 1991 –
  Charlie Barnet, American jazz saxophonist and bandleader (b. 1913)
• 1991 –
  Tom Tryon, American actor and novelist (b. 1926)
• 1995 –
  Chuck Greenberg, American musician (Shadowfax (b. 1950)
• 2001 –
  Hank the Angry Drunken Dwarf, American radio personality (b. 1962)
• 2011 –
  Lee Roy Selmon, American football player (b. 1954)