September 4 is the 247th day of the year (248th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 118 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Tuesday, Friday or Sunday (58 in 400 years each) than on Wednesday or Thursday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Monday or Saturday (56).
NATIONAL WILDLIFE DAY
NATIONAL WILDLIFE DAY
476 – Romulus Augustulus, last emperor of the Western Roman Empire, is deposed when Odoacer proclaims himself "King of Italy", thus ending the Western Roman Empire.
1781 – Los Angeles 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 – American Civil War, Maryland Campaign: General Robert E. Lee takes the Army of Northern Virginia, and the war, into the North against General George B. McClellan.
1882 – Thomas Edison flips the switch to the first commercial electrical power plant in history, lighting one square mile of lower Manhattan. This is considered by many as the day that began the electrical age.
1886 – American 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: The British 11th Armored Division liberates the Belgian city of Antwerp.
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.
1951 – The first live transcontinental television broadcast takes place in San Francisco, from the Japanese Peace Treaty Conference.
1967 – Vietnam War: Operation Swift begins when U.S. Marines engage the North Vietnamese in battle in the Que Son Valley.
1975 – The Sinai Interim Agreement relating to the Arab–Israeli conflict is signed.
1985 – The discovery of Buckminsterfullerene, the first fullerene molecule of carbon, named after Buckminster Fuller, American architect (geodesic dome), systems theorist, author, designer and inventor.
1996 – War on Drugs: Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC, in Spanish) attack a military base in Guaviare, starting three weeks of guerrilla warfare in which at least 130 Colombians are killed.
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 U.S. military installations.
2010 – A 7.1 magnitude earthquake strikes the South Island of New Zealand (Canterbury) causing widespread damage and several power outages.
TODAY'S BIRTHS
1912 – Alexander Liberman, Russian-American publisher, painter, photographer, and sculptor (d. 1999)
1942 – Merald "Bubba" Knight, American singer-songwriter and producer (Gladys Knight & the Pips)
1949 – Tom Watson, American golfer and sportscaster
1912 – Alexander Liberman, Russian-American publisher, painter, photographer, and sculptor (d. 1999)
1942 – Merald "Bubba" Knight, American singer-songwriter and producer (Gladys Knight & the Pips)
1949 – Tom Watson, American golfer and sportscaster
1951 – Judith Ivey, American actress and director
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