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, 488,040 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 ‘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

• 1812 –
  War of 1812: The Siege of Fort Harrison begins when the fort is set on fire.
• 1888 –
  George Eastman registers the trademark Kodak and receives a patent for his camera that uses roll film.
• 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.
• 1948 –
  Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands abdicates for health reasons.
• 1949 –
  The Peekskill Riots erupt after a Paul Robeson concert in Peekskill, New York.
• 1956 –
  The IBM RAMAC 305 is introduced, the first commercial computer to use magnetic disk storage.
• 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.
• 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.
• 2001 –
  Tokyo DisneySea opens to the public as part of the Tokyo Disney Resort in Urayasu, Chiba, Japan.

Who were born on September 4?

• 1846 –
  Daniel Burnham, American architect (d. 1912)
• 1891 –
  Fritz Todt, Nazi official (d. 1942)
• 1918 –
  Paul Harvey, American radio broadcaster (d. 2009)
• 1924 –
  Joan Aiken, English writer (d. 2004)
• 1941 –
  Ramesh Sethi, East African cricketer
• 1941 –
  Sushilkumar Shinde, Indian politician
• 1944 –
  Ron Ward, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1976 –
  Katreeya English, Thai singer, actress, model
• 1979 –
  Kristina Krepela, Croatian actress
• 1983 –
  Yuichi Nakamaru, Japanese idol, (member of KAT-TUN)

Who died on September 4?

• 422 –
  Pope Boniface I
• 1037 –
  King Bermudo III of León (b. 1010)
• 1588 –
  Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, English politician (b. 1532)
• 1767 –
  Charles Townshend, English politician (b. 1725)
• 1909 –
  Clyde Fitch, American dramatist and playwright (b. 1865)
• 1965 –
  Albert Schweitzer, Alsatian physician and missionary, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1875)
• 1977 –
  Stelios Perpiniadis, Greek musician (b. 1899)
• 1990 –
  Irene Dunne American actress (b. 1898)
• 1991 –
  Tom Tryon, American actor and novelist (b. 1926)
• 1998 –
  Elizabeth Kata, Australian writer, A Patch of Blue (b. 1912)