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 248th 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.
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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.
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September 4 Historical Events
- 626 –Li Shimin, posthumously known as Emperor Taizong of Tang, assumes the throne over the Tang Dynasty of China.
- 1260 –The Sienese Ghibellines, supported by the forces of King Manfred of Sicily, defeat the Florentine Guelphs at Montaperti.
- 1774 –New Caledonia is first sighted by Europeans, during the second voyage of Captain James Cook.
- 1912 –Albanian rebels succeed in their revolt when the Ottoman Empire agrees to fulfill their demands
- 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.
- 1956 –The IBM RAMAC 305 is introduced, the first commercial computer to use magnetic disk storage.
- 1963 –Swissair Flight 306 crashes near Dürrenäsch, Switzerland, killing all 80 people on board.
- 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?
- 1563 –Wanli, Emperor of China (d. 1620)
- 1717 –Job Orton, English minister (d. 1783)
- 1832 –Antonio Agliardi, Italian diplomat (d. 1915)
- 1906 –Max Delbrück, German biologist, Nobel laureate (d. 1981)
- 1931 –Mitzi Gaynor, American actress
- 1944 –Ron Ward, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1969 –Alexander Coe, Welsh DJ and record producer
- 1970 –Igor Cavalera, Brazilian drummer (Sepultura)
- 1979 –Kosuke Matsuura, Japanese racing driver
- 1988 –John Tyler Hammons, American politician, mayor of Muskogee, Oklahoma
Who died on September 4?
- 1037 –King Bermudo III of León (b. 1010)
- 1780 –John Fielding, English magistrate and social reformer (b. 1721)
- 1989 –Ronald Syme, New Zealand-born classicist and historian (b. 1903)
- 1991 –Charlie Barnet, American jazz saxophonist and bandleader (b. 1913)
- 1991 –Dottie West, American singer (b. 1932)
- 1999 –Georg Gawliczek, German football manager (b. 1919)
- 2003 –Lola Bobesco, Romanian-born violinist (b. 1921)
- 2004 –Alphonso Ford, American basketball player (b. 1971)
- 2004 –James O. Page, American paramedic (b. 1936)
- 2004 –Moe Norman, Canadian golfer (b. 1929)
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