September 4
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(Redirected from 4 September)
Lua error in Module:Effective_protection_level at line 15: attempt to index field 'FlaggedRevs' (a nil value). Page Template:Calendar/styles.css has no content.
Page Template:This date in recent years/styles.css has no content.
| September 4 in recent years |
| 2025 (Thursday) |
| 2024 (Wednesday) |
| 2023 (Monday) |
| 2022 (Sunday) |
| 2021 (Saturday) |
| 2020 (Friday) |
| 2019 (Wednesday) |
| 2018 (Tuesday) |
| 2017 (Monday) |
| 2016 (Sunday) |
Template:Short descriptionSeptember 4 is the Script error: No such module "Ordinal". day of the year (Script error: No such module "Ordinal". in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 118 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
Pre-1600
- 476 – Romulus Augustulus is deposed when Odoacer proclaims himself "King of Italy", thus ending the Western Roman Empire.
- 626 – Li Shimin, posthumously known as Emperor Taizong of Tang, assumes the throne over the Tang dynasty of China.
- 929 – Battle of Lenzen: Slavic forces (the Redarii and the Obotrites) are defeated by a Saxon army near the fortified stronghold of Lenzen in Brandenburg.
- 1260 – The Sienese Ghibellines, supported by the forces of Manfred, King of Sicily, defeat the Florentine Guelphs at Montaperti.
- 1282 – Peter III of Aragon becomes the King of Sicily.
- 1479 – The Treaty of Alcáçovas is signed by the Catholic Monarchs of Castile and Aragon on one side and Afonso V and his son, Prince John of Portugal.
1601–1900
- 1607 – The Flight of the Earls takes place in Ireland (14 September N.S.).[1]
- 1666 – In London, England, the most destructive damage from the Great Fire occurs.
- 1774 – New Caledonia is first sighted by Europeans, during the second voyage of Captain James Cook.
- 1781 – Los Angeles is founded as El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora La Reina de los Ángeles (The Village of Our Lady, the Queen of the Angels) by 44 Spanish settlers.
- 1797 – Coup of 18 Fructidor in France.
- 1800 – The French garrison in Valletta surrenders to British troops who had been called at the invitation of the Maltese. The islands of Malta and Gozo become the Malta Protectorate.
- 1812 – War of 1812: The Siege of Fort Harrison begins when the fort is set on fire.
- 1827 – The Great Fire of Turku almost completely destroys Finland's former capital city.[2][3]
- 1839 – Battle of Kowloon: British vessels open fire on Chinese war junks enforcing a food sales embargo on the British community in China in the first armed conflict of the First Opium War.
- 1862 – American 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.
- 1882 – The Pearl Street Station in New York City becomes the first power plant to supply electricity to paying customers.
- 1886 – American Indian Wars: After almost 30 years of fighting, Apache leader Geronimo, with his remaining warriors, surrenders to General Nelson Miles in Arizona.
- 1888 – George Eastman registers the trademark Kodak and receives a patent for his camera that uses roll film.
1901–present
- 1912 – Albanian rebels succeed in their revolt when the Ottoman Empire agrees to fulfill their demands
- 1919 – Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, who founded the Republic of Turkey, gathers a congress in Sivas to make decisions as to the future of Anatolia and Thrace.
- 1923 – Maiden flight of the first U.S. airship, the Template:USS.
- 1936 – Spanish Civil War: Largo Caballero forms a war cabinet to direct the republican war effort.[4]
- 1939 – World War II: William J. Murphy commands the first Royal Air Force attack on Germany.
- 1941 – World War II: A German submarine makes the first attack of the war against a United States warship, the Template:USS.
- 1944 – World War II: The British 11th Armoured Division liberates the Belgian city of Antwerp.
- 1944 – World War II: Finland exits from the war with Soviet Union.
- 1948 – Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands abdicates for health reasons.
- 1949 – Paul Robeson performs a second concert in Peekskill, New York eight days after the Peekskill riots.
- 1950 – Darlington Raceway is the site of the inaugural Southern 500, the first 500-mile NASCAR race.
- 1951 – The first live transcontinental television broadcast takes place in San Francisco, United States, from the Japanese Peace Treaty Conference.
- 1957 – American Civil Rights Movement: Little Rock Crisis: The governor of Arkansas calls out the National Guard to prevent African American students from enrolling in Little Rock Central High School, resulting in the lawsuit Cooper v. Aaron the following year.
- 1963 – Swissair Flight 306 crashes near Dürrenäsch, Switzerland, killing all 80 people on board.
- 1964 – Scotland's Forth Road Bridge near Edinburgh officially opens.[5]
- 1967 – Vietnam War: Operation Swift begins when U.S. Marines engage the North Vietnamese in battle in the Que Son Valley.
- 1970 – Salvador Allende is elected President of Chile.
- 1971 – Alaska Airlines Flight 1866 crashes near Juneau, Alaska, killing all 111 people on board.
- 1972 – Mark Spitz becomes the first competitor to win seven medals at a single Olympic Games.
- 1972 – The Price Is Right premieres on CBS. It currently is the longest running game show on American television.
- 1975 – The Sinai Interim Agreement relating to the Arab–Israeli conflict is signed.
- 1977 – The Golden Dragon massacre takes place in San Francisco.
- 1985 – The discovery of Buckminsterfullerene, the first fullerene molecule of carbon.
- 1989 – In Leipzig, East Germany, the first of weekly demonstration for the legalisation of opposition groups and democratic reforms takes place.
- 1995 – The 1995 Okinawa rape occurred, when 3 US servicemen abducted and raped a schoolchild. This would cause widespread protest against the US military presence on the prefecture.[6]
- 1998 – Google is founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, two PhD students at Stanford University.
- 2001 – Tokyo DisneySea opens to the public as part of the Tokyo Disney Resort in Urayasu, Chiba, Japan.
- 2002 – The Oakland Athletics win their 20th consecutive game, an American League record, until the Cleveland Indians surpassed it in 2017.
- 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.
- 2020 – Pope Benedict XVI becomes the longest-lived pope, 93 years, four months, 16 days, surpassing Pope Leo XIII, who died in 1903.[7]
- 2022 – Ten people are killed and 15 are injured in a stabbing spree in 13 locations on the James Smith Cree Nation and in Weldon, Saskatchewan.[8]
- 2024 – A 14-year-old gunman kills four people and injures seven in a mass shooting at Apalachee High School near Winder, Georgia.[9]
Births
Pre-1600
- 973 – Al-Biruni, Persian physician and polymath (died 1048)
- 1241 – Alexander III, king of Scotland (died 1286)[10]
- 1383 – Felix V, antipope of Rome (died 1451)
- 1454 – Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, English politician, Lord High Constable of England (died 1483)
- 1557 – Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, queen consort of Denmark and Norway (died 1631)[11]
- 1563 – Wanli, Chinese emperor (died 1620)
- 1580 – George Percy, English explorer (died 1632)
- 1596 – Constantijn Huygens, Dutch poet and composer (died 1687)
1601–1900
- 1681 – Carl Heinrich Biber, Austrian violinist and composer (died 1749)
- 1717 – Job Orton, English minister and author (died 1783)
- 1745 – Shneur Zalman, Russian rabbi, author and founder of Chabad (died 1812)
- 1755 – Axel von Fersen the Younger, Swedish general and politician (died 1810)
- 1768 – François-René de Chateaubriand, French historian and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs for France (died 1848)
- 1776 – Stephen Whitney, American businessman (died 1860)
- 1803 – Sarah Childress Polk, First Lady of the United States (died 1891)[12]
- 1809 – Manuel Montt, Chilean scholar and politician, 6th President of Chile (died 1880)
- 1809 – Juliusz Słowacki, Polish poet and playwright (died 1849)
- 1824 – Anton Bruckner, Austrian organist and composer (died 1896)
- 1825 – Dadabhai Naoroji, Indian academic and politician, President of the Indian National Congress (died 1917)
- 1826 – Martin Wiberg, Swedish philosopher and engineer (died 1905)
- 1832 – Antonio Agliardi, Italian cardinal (died 1915)
- 1846 – Daniel Burnham, American architect, designed the World's Columbian Exposition (died 1912)
- 1877 – Kārlis Ulmanis, Latvian prime minister and president (died 1942)[13]
- 1848 – Lewis Howard Latimer, American inventor (died 1928)
- 1848 – Jennie Lee, American actress (died 1925)
- 1850 – Luigi Cadorna, Italian field marshal (died 1928)
- 1851 – John Dillon, Irish poet and politician (died 1927)
- 1862 – Franjo Krežma, Croatian violinist and composer (died 1881)[14]
- 1885 – Antonio Bacci, Italian cardinal (died 1971)
- 1886 – Albert Orsborn, English 6th General of The Salvation Army (died 1967)
- 1887 – Roy William Neill, Irish-English director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1946)
- 1888 – Oskar Schlemmer, German painter, sculptor, designer and choreographer (died 1943)
- 1890 – Gunnar Sommerfeldt, Danish actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1947)
- 1891 – Fritz Todt, German engineer, politician, and senior Nazi official (died 1942)
- 1892 – Darius Milhaud, French composer and educator (died 1974)
- 1894 – Daniel van der Meulen, Dutch diplomat (died 1989)[15]
- 1896 – Antonin Artaud, French actor, director, and playwright (died 1948)
1901–present
- 1901 – William Lyons, English businessman, co-founded Jaguar Cars (died 1985)
- 1902 – Tommy Mitchell, English cricketer (died 1996)
- 1905 – Mary Renault, English-South African author (died 1983)
- 1905 – Walter Zapp, Latvian-Estonian inventor, invented the Minox (died 2003)
- 1906 – Ruben Oskar Auervaara, Finnish fraudster (died 1964)[16]
- 1906 – Max Delbrück, German-American biophysicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1981)
- 1907 – Reggie Nalder, Austrian-American actor (died 1991)
- 1908 – Edward Dmytryk, Canadian-American director and producer (died 1999)
- 1908 – Richard Wright, American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet (died 1960)[17]
- 1909 – Eduard Wirths, German physician (died 1945)
- 1910 – Denis Tomlinson, Zimbabwean-South African cricketer (died 1993)
- 1912 – Syd Hoff, American author and illustrator (died 2004)
- 1912 – Alexander Liberman, Russian-American publisher, painter, photographer, and sculptor (died 1999)
- 1913 – Mickey Cohen, American mob boss (died 1976)
- 1913 – Victor Kiernan, English historian and academic (died 2009)
- 1913 – Stanford Moore, American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1982)
- 1913 – Kenzō Tange, Japanese architect (died 2005)
- 1913 – Shmuel Wosner, Austrian-Israeli rabbi and author (died 2015)
- 1914 – Rudolf Leiding, German businessman (died 2003)
- 1917 – Henry Ford II, American businessman (died 1987)
- 1918 – Paul Harvey, American radio host (died 2009)[17]
- 1918 – Gerald Wilson, American trumpet player and composer (died 2014)
- 1919 – Émile Bouchard, Canadian ice hockey player (died 2012)[18]
- 1919 – Howard Morris, American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2005)
- 1919 – Kurnianingrat, Indonesian educator (died 1993)[19]
- 1920 – Clemar Bucci, Argentine race car driver (died 2011)
- 1920 – Craig Claiborne, American journalist, author, and critic (died 2000)
- 1920 – Konstantin Kalser, German-American film producer and advertising executive (died 1994)[20]
- 1922 – Per Olof Sundman, Swedish author and politician (died 1992)
- 1923 – Ram Kishore Shukla, Indian lawyer and politician (died 2003)
- 1924 – Joan Aiken, English author (died 2004)
- 1924 – Justinas Lagunavičius, Lithuanian basketball player (died 1997)
- 1925 – Asa Earl Carter, American Ku Klux Klan leader and author (died 1979)
- 1926 – George William Gray, British chemist, developer of stable liquid crystals (died 2013)[21]
- 1926 – Ivan Illich, Austrian priest and philosopher (died 2002)
- 1926 – Bert Olmstead, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2015)
- 1927 – John McCarthy, American computer scientist and academic (died 2011)
- 1927 – Ferenc Sánta, Hungarian author and screenwriter (died 2008)
- 1928 – Dick York, American actor (died 1992)[17]
- 1929 – Thomas Eagleton, American lawyer and politician, 38th Lieutenant Governor of Missouri (died 2007)
- 1929 – Robert V. Keeley, Lebanese-American soldier and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Greece (died 2015)
- 1930 – Robert Arneson, American sculptor and academic (died 1992)
- 1930 – William Maxson, American general (died 2013)[22]
- 1931 – Mitzi Gaynor, American actress, singer, and dancer (died 2024)[23]
- 1931 – Antonios Trakatellis, Greek biochemist and politician
- 1932 – Carlos Romero Barceló, Puerto Rican lawyer and politician, 5th Governor of Puerto Rico (died 2021)
- 1932 – Vince Dooley, American football player and coach (died 2022)
- 1934 – Clive Granger, Welsh-American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2009)
- 1934 – Antoine Redin, French footballer and manager (died 2012)
- 1934 – Eduard Khil, Russian baritone singer (died 2012)
- 1934 – Jan Švankmajer, Czech filmmaker and artist
- 1935 – Charles A. Hines, American general and academic (died 2013)
- 1935 – Dallas Willard, American philosopher and academic (died 2013)
- 1937 – Dawn Fraser, Australian swimmer and politician
- 1937 – Gene Ludwig, American organist and composer (died 2010)
- 1937 – Virgil A. Richard, American general (died 2013)
- 1937 – Les Allen, English footballer and manager
- 1939 – Denis Lindsay, South African cricketer and referee (died 2005)
- 1941 – Marilena de Souza Chaui, Brazilian philosopher and academic
- 1941 – Ken Harrelson, American baseball player and sportscaster
- 1941 – Ramesh Sethi, Kenyan cricketer and coach
- 1941 – Sushilkumar Shinde, Indian lawyer and politician, 19th Governor of Andhra Pradesh
- 1942 – Raymond Floyd, American golfer[17]
- 1942 – Jerry Jarrett, American wrestler and promoter (died 2023)
- 1942 – Merald "Bubba" Knight, American singer[24]
- 1944 – Tony Atkinson, English economist and academic (died 2017)
- 1944 – Dave Bassett, English footballer and manager
- 1944 – Gene Parsons, American singer-songwriter, drummer, guitarist, and banjo player
- 1944 – Jerry Relph, American politician and member of the Minnesota Senate (died 2020)[25]
- 1944 – Jennifer Salt, American actress, screenwriter, and producer[24]
- 1945 – Danny Gatton, American guitarist (died 1994)
- 1945 – Bill Kenwright, English actor, singer, and producer (died 2023)
- 1946 – Gary Duncan, American guitarist (died 2019)
- 1946 – Dave Liebman, American saxophonist, flute player, and composer
- 1946 – Bryan Mauricette, Saint Lucian-Canadian cricketer
- 1947 – Bob Jenkins, American sportscaster (died 2021)
- 1947 – Paul Sait, Australian rugby league player (died 2023)
- 1949 – Darryl Cotton, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2012)
- 1949 – Dean Pees, American football player and coach
- 1949 – Tom Watson, American golfer and sportscaster[17]
- 1950 – Doyle Alexander, American baseball player
- 1950 – Frank White, American baseball player and politician[26]
- 1951 – Martin Chambers, English drummer and singer[24]
- 1951 – Judith Ivey, American actress[24]
- 1951 – Marita Ulvskog, Swedish politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden
- 1952 – Stephen Easley, American businessman and politician (died 2013)
- 1953 – Janet Biehl, American philosopher and author
- 1953 – Michael Stean, English chess player and author
- 1953 – Fatih Terim, Turkish footballer and manager
- 1955 – David Broza, Israeli singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1955 – Garth Le Roux, South African cricketer
- 1955 – Brian Schweitzer, American politician, 23rd Governor of Montana
- 1956 – Blackie Lawless, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1957 – Khandi Alexander, American actress, dancer, and choreographer[24]
- 1958 – Jacqueline Hewitt, American astrophysicist and astronomer
- 1958 – Marzio Innocenti, Italian rugby player and coach
- 1958 – Drew Pinsky, American radio and television host
- 1959 – Kevin Harrington, Australian actor
- 1959 – Armin Kogler, Austrian ski jumper
- 1960 – Kim Thayil, American guitarist and songwriter[24]
- 1960 – Shailesh Vara, Ugandan-English lawyer and politician
- 1960 – Damon Wayans, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter[24]
- 1961 – Nick Blinko, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1961 – Lars Jönsson, Swedish film producer
- 1962 – Kiran More, Indian cricketer
- 1962 – Ulla Tørnæs, Danish politician, Danish Minister of Education
- 1962 – Shinya Yamanaka, Japanese physician and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1963 – Bobby Jarzombek, American drummer
- 1963 – John Vanbiesbrouck, American ice hockey player, coach, and manager
- 1963 – Sami Yaffa, Finnish singer-songwriter and bass player
- 1964 – Guy Boros, American golfer
- 1964 – Tomas Sandström, Finnish-Swedish ice hockey player[27]
- 1964 – Aadesh Shrivastava, Indian singer-songwriter (died 2015)
- 1965 – Sergio Momesso, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
- 1966 – Yanka Dyagileva, Russian singer-songwriter (died 1991)
- 1966 – Jeff Tremaine, American director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1967 – Darrin Murray, New Zealand cricketer and accountant
- 1967 – Dezső Szabó, Hungarian decathlete
- 1968 – John DiMaggio, American voice actor
- 1968 – Mike Piazza, American baseball player
- 1969 – Sasha, Welsh DJ and producer
- 1969 – Ramon Dekkers, Dutch kick-boxer and mixed martial artist (died 2013)
- 1969 – Giorgi Margvelashvili, Georgian academic and politician, 4th President of Georgia
- 1969 – Richard Speight Jr., American actor and director[24]
- 1969 – Noah Taylor, Australian actor[24]
- 1969 – Inga Tuigamala, Samoan-New Zealand rugby player
- 1970 – Igor Cavalera, Brazilian drummer
- 1970 – Deni Hines, Australian singer-songwriter
- 1970 – Ivan Iusco, Italian composer
- 1970 – Sven Meyer, German footballer
- 1970 – Ione Skye, English-American actress[24]
- 1971 – Craig Conroy, American ice hockey player and executive[28]
- 1971 – Lance Klusener, South African cricketer and coach
- 1971 – Maik Taylor, German-Irish footballer and coach
- 1972 – Steve Leonard, Northern Irish veterinarian and television personality
- 1973 – Jason David Frank, American actor and mixed martial artist (died 2022)[29]
- 1973 – Aaron Fultz, American baseball player and coach
- 1973 – Lazlow Jones, American radio presenter, producer and screenwriter
- 1974 – Mati Pari, Estonian footballer and coach
- 1974 – Lincoln Roberts, Tobagonian cricketer
- 1975 – Sergio Ballesteros, Spanish footballer
- 1975 – Mark Ronson, English DJ, producer, and songwriter, co-founded Allido Records[24]
- 1975 – Dave Salmoni, Canadian zoologist, television host, and producer
- 1976 – Denilson Martins Nascimento, Brazilian footballer
- 1976 – Mario-Ernesto Rodríguez, Uruguayan-Italian footballer
- 1977 – Sun-woo Kim, South Korean baseball player
- 1977 – Lucie Silvas, English singer-songwriter and pianist
- 1977 – Kia Stevens, American wrestler
- 1978 – Wes Bentley, American actor and producer[24]
- 1978 – Terence Newman, American football player
- 1978 – Frederik Veuchelen, Belgian cyclist
- 1978 – Christian Walz, Swedish singer-songwriter and producer
- 1979 – Maxim Afinogenov, Russian ice hockey player
- 1979 – Pedro Macedo Camacho, Portuguese pianist, composer, and producer
- 1979 – Max Greenfield, American actor[24]
- 1979 – Kosuke Matsuura, Japanese race car driver
- 1980 – Pat Neshek, American baseball player
- 1981 – Beyoncé, American singer-songwriter[30]
- 1981 – Richard Garcia, Australian footballer
- 1981 – Lacey Sturm, American singer-songwriter
- 1982 – Whitney Cummings, American comedian, actress, producer, and screenwriter[24]
- 1982 – Mark Lewis-Francis, English sprinter
- 1983 – Yuichi Nakamaru, Japanese singer-songwriter, actor, and radio host
- 1983 – Guy Pnini, Israeli basketball player[31]
- 1983 – Margit Rüütel, Estonian tennis player
- 1983 – Armands Šķēle, Latvian basketball player
- 1984 – Jonathan Adam, Scottish race car driver
- 1984 – Hamish McIntosh, Australian footballer
- 1984 – Kyle Mooney, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter[24]
- 1985 – Raúl Albiol, Spanish footballer
- 1985 – Ri Kwang-chon, North Korean footballer
- 1985 – Walid Mesloub, Algerian footballer
- 1986 – Ayumi Kaihori, Japanese footballer
- 1986 – Xavier Woods, American wrestler
- 1987 – Wesley Blake, American wrestler
- 1987 – Marisa Kabas, American journalist[32][33]
- 1988 – Adam Duvall, American baseball player[34]
- 1988 – John Tyler Hammons, American politician
- 1988 – JJ Hickson, American basketball player[35]
- 1989 – Andrelton Simmons, Curaçaoan baseball player[36]
- 1989 – Elliott Whitehead, English rugby league player
- 1990 – James Bay, English singer-songwriter and guitarist[24]
- 1990 – Jonny Lomax, English rugby player
- 1990 – Danny Worsnop, English singer-songwriter
- 1991 – Adrien Bart, French sprint canoeist[37]
- 1991 – Anders Zachariassen, Danish handball player
- 1992 – Kevin Lee, American mixed martial artist
- 1992 – Hanna Schwamborn, German actress
- 1992 – Zerkaa, English YouTuber[38]
- 1993 – Emma Brownlie, Scottish footballer[39]
- 1993 – Yannick Carrasco, Belgian footballer
- 1993 – Jody Fannin, English race car driver
- 1993 – Chantal Škamlová, Slovak tennis player
- 1993 – Mark Tuan, American rapper[40]
- 1994 – Kenny McEvoy, Irish footballer
- 1994 – Thomas Minns, English rugby player
- 1994 – Sabina Sharipova, Uzbekistan tennis player
- 1995 – Jazz Tevaga, New Zealand rugby league player
- 1996 – Ashton Golding, English rugby league player
- 1996 – Jordan Lilley, English rugby league player
- 1998 – Neru Nagahama, Japanese television personality[41]
- 2000 – Sergio Gómez, Spanish footballer[42]
- 2001 – Talitha Bateman, American actress[17]
Deaths
Pre-1600
- 422 – Boniface I, pope of the Catholic Church[43]
- 799 – Musa al-Kadhim, Arabic imam (born 745)
- 1037 – Bermudo III, king of León (born c. 1017)
- 1063 – Tughril, Seljuq sultan (born 990)
- 1199 – Joan of England, queen of Sicily (born 1165)
- 1308 – Margaret of Burgundy, queen of Sicily (born 1250)
- 1323 – Gegeen Khan, Chinese emperor (born 1302)
- 1332 – García de Ayerbe, Spanish bishop and crusade theorist[44]
- 1416 – John I, Count of Nassau-Siegen, German count[45]
- 1417 – Robert Hallam, English Catholic bishop
- 1537 – Johann Dietenberger, German theologian and translator (born 1475)
- 1571 – Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox, English nobleman (born 1516)
- 1588 – Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, English academic and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Norfolk (born 1532)
1601–1900
- 1625 – Thomas Smythe, English diplomat (born 1558)
- 1676 – John Ogilby, Scottish-born impresario and cartographer (born 1600)
- 1767 – Charles Townshend, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (born 1725)
- 1780 – John Fielding, English lawyer and judge (born 1721)
- 1784 – César-François Cassini de Thury, French astronomer and cartographer (born 1714)
- 1794 – John Hely-Hutchinson, Anglo-Irish lawyer and politician (born 1724)
- 1804 – Richard Somers, American lieutenant (born 1778)
- 1820 – Timothy Brown, English banker and merchant (born 1743/4)
- 1821 – José Miguel Carrera, Chilean general and politician (born 1785)
- 1849 – Friedrich Laun, German author (born 1770)
- 1852 – William MacGillivray, Scottish biologist and ornithologist (born 1796)
- 1864 – John Hunt Morgan, American general (born 1825)
1901–present
- 1907 – Edvard Grieg, Norwegian pianist and composer (born 1843)
- 1909 – Clyde Fitch, American playwright and songwriter (born 1865)
- 1911 – John Francon Williams, Welsh-born writer, journalist, geographer, historian, cartographer and inventor (born 1854)
- 1914 – Charles Péguy, French poet and philosopher (born 1873)
- 1923 – Howdy Wilcox, American racing driver (born 1889)[46]
- 1940 – George William de Carteret, French-English journalist and author (born 1869)
- 1944 – Erich Fellgiebel, German general (born 1886)
- 1963 – Robert Schuman, Luxembourgian-French politician, 130th Prime Minister of France (born 1886)
- 1965 – Albert Schweitzer, French-Gabonese physician, theologian, and missionary, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1875)
- 1974 – Creighton Abrams, American general (born 1914)
- 1974 – Marcel Achard, French playwright and screenwriter (born 1899)
- 1974 – Charles Arnison, English airman (born 1893)
- 1974 – Lewi Pethrus, Swedish minister and hymn-writer (born 1884)
- 1977 – Stelios Perpiniadis, Greek singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1899)
- 1977 – Jean Rostand, French biologist and philosopher (born 1894)
- 1977 – E. F. Schumacher, German-English economist and statistician (born 1911)
- 1982 – Jack Tworkov, Polish-American painter (born 1900)
- 1983 – Jon Brower Minnoch, famous for being the world's heaviest person recorded (born 1941)[47]
- 1985 – Vasyl Stus, Ukrainian poet, publicist, and dissident (born 1938)
- 1985 – George O'Brien, American actor and singer (born 1899)
- 1986 – Otto Glória, Brazilian footballer and manager (born 1917)
- 1986 – Hank Greenberg, American baseball player and manager (born 1911)
- 1987 – Bill Bowes, English cricketer and coach (born 1908)
- 1989 – Georges Simenon, Belgian-Swiss author (born 1903)
- 1989 – Ronald Syme, New Zealand historian and author (born 1903)
- 1990 – Lawrence A. Cremin, American historian and author (born 1925)
- 1990 – Irene Dunne, American actress and singer (born 1898)[48]
- 1990 – Turan Dursun, Turkish scholar and author (born 1934)
- 1991 – Charlie Barnet, American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (born 1913)
- 1991 – Tom Tryon, American actor and author (born 1926)
- 1991 – Dottie West, American singer-songwriter and actress (born 1932)[49]
- 1993 – Hervé Villechaize, French-American actor (born 1943)
- 1995 – Chuck Greenberg, American saxophonist, composer, and producer (born 1950)
- 1995 – William Kunstler, American lawyer and activist (born 1919)
- 1996 – Joan Clarke, English cryptanalyst and numismatist (born 1917)
- 1996 – Rose Ouellette, Canadian actress and manager (born 1903)[50]
- 1997 – Dharamvir Bharati, Indian author, poet, and playwright (born 1926)
- 1997 – Aldo Rossi, Italian architect, designed the Bonnefanten Museum and Teatro Carlo Felice (born 1931)
- 1998 – Ernst Jaakson, Estonian diplomat (born 1905)
- 1998 – Elizabeth Kata, Australian author and screenwriter (born 1912)
- 1999 – Georg Gawliczek, German footballer and manager (born 1919)
- 2002 – Vlado Perlemuter, Lithuanian-French pianist and educator (born 1904)
- 2003 – Lola Bobesco, Romanian-Belgian violinist and educator (born 1921)
- 2003 – Tibor Varga, Hungarian violinist and conductor (born 1921)
- 2004 – Alphonso Ford, American basketball player (born 1971)
- 2004 – Moe Norman, Canadian golfer (born 1929)
- 2006 – Giacinto Facchetti, Italian footballer and manager (born 1942)
- 2006 – Steve Irwin, Australian zoologist and television host (born 1962)
- 2006 – Colin Thiele, Australian author, poet, and educator (born 1920)
- 2006 – Astrid Varnay, Swedish-American soprano (born 1918)
- 2007 – John Scott, 9th Duke of Buccleuch, Scottish soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Roxburghshire (born 1923)
- 2010 – Bonnie Leman, American art historian, writer, and publisher of Quilter's Newsletter Magazine (born 1926)[51]
- 2011 – Lee Roy Selmon, American football player (born 1954)
- 2012 – Abraham Avigdorov, Israeli soldier (born 1929)
- 2012 – Albert Marre, American actor, director, and producer (born 1924)
- 2012 – George Savitsky, American football player (born 1924)
- 2012 – Syed Mustafa Siraj, Indian author (born 1930)
- 2012 – Hakam Sufi, Indian singer-songwriter (born 1952)
- 2013 – Michel Pagé, Canadian businessman and politician (born 1949)
- 2013 – Dick Raaymakers, Dutch composer and theorist (born 1930)
- 2013 – Daniele Seccarecci, Italian bodybuilder (born 1980)
- 2013 – Stanislav Stepashkin, Russian boxer (born 1940)
- 2013 – Casey Viator, American bodybuilder and journalist (born 1951)
- 2014 – Ron Mulock, Australian lawyer and politician, 10th Deputy Premier of New South Wales (born 1930)
- 2014 – Gustavo Cerati, Argentine Musician (born 1959)
- 2014 – Wolfhart Pannenberg, Polish-German theologian and academic (born 1928)
- 2014 – Joan Rivers, American comedian, television host, and author (born 1933)
- 2015 – Graham Brazier, New Zealand singer-songwriter (born 1952)
- 2015 – Jean Darling, American actress (born 1922)
- 2015 – Wilfred de Souza, Indian surgeon and politician, 7th Chief Minister of Goa (born 1927)
- 2015 – Warren Murphy, American author and screenwriter (born 1933)
- 2016 – Clarence D. Rappleyea Jr., lawyer and politician (born 1933)
- 2018 – Bill Daily, American actor, comedian (born 1927)[52]
- 2018 – Krzysztof Sitko, Polish association football player (born 1967)[53]
- 2020 – Lloyd Cadena, Filipino YouTuber and vlogger (born 1993)[54]
- 2021 – Tunch Ilkin, Turkish-American football player (born 1957)[55]
- 2021 – Willard Scott, American weather presenter and television personality (born 1934)[56]
- 2022 – Cyrus Mistry, Indian-Irish businessman (born 1968)[57]
- 2022 – Peter Straub, American novelist (born 1943)[58]
- 2023 – Steve Harwell, American singer (born 1967)[59]
- 2024 – Bora Đorđević, Serbian singer (born 1952)[60]
- 2025 – Giorgio Armani, Italian fashion designer (born 1934)[61]
- 2025 – Katharine, Duchess of Kent, member of the British royal family (born 1933)[62]
Holidays and observances
- Christian feast day:
- Candida the Elder
- Blessed Catherine of Racconigi
- Blessed Dina Bélanger
- Hermione of Ephesus
- Ida of Herzfeld
- Irmgardis (of Süchteln)
- Moses and Aaron (Lutheran Church and Eastern Orthodox Church)
- Paul Jones (Episcopal Church)
- Rosalia
- Rose of Viterbo
- Rufinus, Silvanus, and Vitalicus
- Thamel and companions
- Ultan of Ardbraccan
- September 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Immigrant's Day (Argentina)
- Toothfish Day (South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands) [63]
References
Page Template:Reflist/styles.css has no content.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Harris, F. W. (Winter 1983). "Matters Relating to the Indictments of "the Fugitive Earls and Their Principal Adherents"". Irish Jurist. 18 (2): 344. ISSN 0021-1273.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Rekola, Juuso (4 July 2019). "Turun palo 1827 oli aikansa kansainvälinen mediailmiö". Agricola-verkko. Archived from the original on 16 August 2022. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Korteniemi, Jaakko (4 September 2017). "Turku roihusi 190 vuotta sitten mutta myytit elävät yhä". Tiedetuubi. Archived from the original on 30 June 2022. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Thomas, Hugh (2003). The Spanish Civil War. London: Penguin Books. pp. 392–394. ISBN 978-0-14-101161-5.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Forth Road Bridge marks 50 years". BBC News. 4 September 2014. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Okinawa Rape Suspect's Lawyer Gives Dark Account : Japan: Attorney of accused Marine says co-defendant admitted assaulting 12-year-old girl 'just for fun.'". Los Angeles Times. 1995-10-28. Retrieved 2025-08-25.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Benedicto XVI es ya el papa más anciano de toda la historia". www.msn.com (in español). DW News. Retrieved September 3, 2020.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Canada stabbings: Police hunt suspects after killing spree in Saskatchewan". BBC News. 4 September 2022. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Two students, two teachers killed at Apalachee High School, 14-year-old in custody". NBC News. 5 September 2024. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."King Alexander III: Biography on Undiscovered Scotland". www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Sophie af Mecklenburg" [Sophie of Mecklenburg]. Lex – Danmarks Nationalleksikon (in dansk). Retrieved 23 November 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Sarah Polk | Biography & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Kārlis Ulmanis | Valsts prezidenta kanceleja". www.president.lv. Retrieved 2023-04-14.
- ^ Krežma, Franjo at Hrvatska Enciklopedija Template:In lang
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."D. v. d. Meulen in 'Silhouet'". De Nieuwe Limburger (in Dutch). Maastricht. 21 July 1961. p. 17.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ^ Soukola, Timo: "Auervaara, Ruben Oskar (1906–1964)", Suomen kansallisbiografia, volume 1, pp 443–444. Helsinki: Finnish Literature Society, 2003. Template:ISBN. Online version.
- ^ a b c d e f Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Famous birthdays for Sept. 4: Beyonce, Max Greenfield". UPI. 4 September 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Butch Bouchard". National Hockey League. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Zainu'ddin, Ailsa Thomson (1997). "Building the Future: The Life and Work of Kurnianingrat Ali Sastroamijoyo". In Taylor, Jean Gelman (ed.). Women Creating Indonesia: The First Fifty Years. Monash Papers on Southeast Asia. Monash Asia Institute. p. 164. ISBN 978-0-7326-1156-9.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Aaronson, Charles S, ed. (1964). "International Motion Picture Almanac 1965". International Motion Picture Almanac. 35. New York: Quigley Publishing Co.: 147. ISSN 0074-7084.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."George William Gray". The 1995 Kyoto Prize – Advanced Technology. Inamori Foundation. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Retired Maj. Gen. William B. Maxson, USAF". The Advertiser Tribune. Archived from the original on 29 January 2013.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Huamani, Kaitlyn; Thomas, Bob (17 October 2024). "Mitzi Gaynor, star of 'South Pacific,' dies at 93". Associated Press. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Rose, Mike (4 September 2022). "Today's famous birthdays list for September 4, 2022 includes celebrities Beyonce, Damon Wayans". The Plain Dealer. Associated Press. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Lopez, Ricardo (December 18, 2020). "GOP State Sen. Jerry Relph, author of COVID-19 response bill, dies from coronavirus". Minnesota Reformer. Archived from the original on December 19, 2020. Retrieved December 19, 2020.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Frank White". Major League Baseball. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Tomas Sandstrom". National Hockey League. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Craig Conroy". National Hockey League. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Jason David Frank, Power Rangers actor, dies at 49". 20 November 2022.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Beyonce | Biography, Songs, Movies, & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Guy Pnini International Stats". Basketball-Reference.com.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Kabas, Marisa (August 4, 2024). "as you may have heard (because i mentioned it 600 times) it's my birthday!". Retrieved February 13, 2025 – via Bluesky.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Bauder, David (February 2, 2025). "The power of independent journalism: From her Brooklyn apartment, she 'scooped' the nation's media". AP News. Retrieved February 13, 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Adam Duvall". Major League Baseball. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."JJ Hickson". National Basketball Association. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Andrelton Simmons". Major League Baseball. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Adrien Bart". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
- ^ Script error: No such module "cite tweet".
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Emma Brownlie". Rangers Football Club, Official Website. Retrieved 27 April 2020.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."GOT7 마크, 중국서 두 번째 단독 팬미팅 성료...월드 클래스 인기 입증". 서울경제 (in 한국어). 18 September 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Profile". 長濱ねる Official Website (in 日本語). Archived from the original on 20 September 2021. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Sergio Gómez". Premier League. Archived from the original on 3 June 2023. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Saint Boniface I | pope". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Ordás Díaz, Pablo (2018). "El episcopado de don García Miguel de Ayerbe y el conflictivo período de las tutorías de Alfonso XI para la catedral de León (1318–1332)". En la España Medieval. 41: 257–275. doi:10.5209/ELEM.60011. hdl:10347/19923.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Dek, A.W.E. (1970). Genealogie van het Vorstenhuis Nassau (in Nederlands). Zaltbommel: Europese Bibliotheek. p. 66.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Howdy Wilson". Motor Sport Magazine. Retrieved 2020-08-27.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Jon Minnoch's Death Certificate". WA State Death Archives. 1983. Archived from the original on 23 September 2024. Retrieved 3 June 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Irene Dunne, Leading Star of '30s and '40s, Dies at 88". Los Angeles Times. September 5, 1990. Archived from the original on June 4, 2016. Retrieved May 9, 2016.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."COUNTRY SINGER, COMPOSER DOTTIE WEST DIES AT 58". The Washington Post. September 4, 1991. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Ouellette, Rose (La Poune)". Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia. Retrieved 23 November 2009.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Culver, Virginia (2010-09-17). "Bonnie Leman dies; her quilting publication revived interest in the craft". The Denver Post. Archived from the original on 2025-01-24. Retrieved 2025-06-30.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Notable Deaths in 2018". CBS News Sunday Morning. 7 September 2018. Retrieved 2018-09-12.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Peszat, Kamil (5 September 2018). "Krzysztof Sitko, legendarny napastnik GKS Tychy, nie żyje" [Krzysztof Sitko, legendary striker of GKS Tychy, has died]. Tychy.pl (in polski). Archived from the original on 7 September 2018. Retrieved 26 February 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Vivas, Jules (September 4, 2020). "Vlogger Lloyd Cadena passes away at 26". Manila Bulletin. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Legendary Steelers player, broadcaster Tunch Ilkin dies at 63 following battle with ALS". CBS Sports. 4 September 2021. Retrieved 2021-09-05.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Ryu, Jenna. "Iconic 'Today' show weatherman Willard Scott dies at 87: 'The ultimate broadcaster'". USA Today. Retrieved 2021-09-05.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Jain, Rupam (4 September 2022). "Former Tata Sons chair Cyrus Mistry dies in road accident". Reuters. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Horton, Adrian (6 September 2022). "Peter Straub, celebrated horror author, dies aged 79". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Moses, Claire; Sisario, Ben (2023-09-04). "Steve Harwell, Voice of the Band Smash Mouth, Is Dead at 56". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-09-05.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Baletic, Katarina (September 4, 2024). "Serbian Rock Star Bora Djordjevic Dies at 72". Balkan Insight. Retrieved September 9, 2024.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Legendary fashion designer Giorgio Armani dies". Sky News. 4 September 2025. Retrieved 5 September 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Coughlan, Sean (5 September 2025). "Katharine, Duchess of Kent dies aged 92". BBC News. Retrieved 5 September 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Fish Get a Bank Holiday on South Georgia!". Government of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. Stanley, Falkland Islands. 4 September 2015. Archived from the original on 11 September 2021. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
External links
Page Module:Side box/styles.css has no content.Page Template:Sister project/styles.css has no content.
Page Template:Plainlist/styles.css has no content.
Script error: No such module "Sister project logo".
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Script error: No such module "Commons link"..
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."On This Day". BBC.
- The New York Times: On This Day
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Historical Events on September 4". OnThisDay.com.
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Navbox/configuration' not found.
