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

• 1781 –
  Los Angeles, California, 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 –
  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.
• 1888 –
  George Eastman registers the trademark Kodak and receives a patent for his camera that uses roll film.
• 1923 –
  Maiden flight of the first U.S. airship, the USS Shenandoah.
• 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.
• 1941 –
  World War II: a German submarine makes the first attack against a United States ship, the USS Greer.
• 1977 –
  The Golden Dragon Massacre took place in San Francisco, California.
• 1989 –
  In Leipzig, East Germany, the first of weekly demonstration for the legalisation of opposition groups and democratic reforms takes place.
• 2010 –
  Canterbury earthquake: a 7.1 magnitude earthquake which struck the South Island of New Zealand at 4:35 am causing widespread damage and several power outages.

Who were born on September 4?

• 1383 –
  Count Amadeus VIII of Savoy (d. 1451)
• 1557 –
  Sofie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1631)
• 1896 –
  Antonin Artaud, French playwright (d. 1948)
• 1930 –
  Don Ackerman, American basketball player (d. 2011)
• 1932 –
  Carlos Romero Barcelo, Puerto Rican politician
• 1937 –
  Gene Ludwig, American jazz organist (d. 2010)
• 1942 –
  Raymond Floyd, American professional golfer
• 1946 –
  Bryan Mauricette, Canadian cricketer
• 1969 –
  Alexander Coe, Welsh DJ and record producer
• 1981 –
  Richard Garcia, Australian footballer

Who died on September 4?

• 1199 –
  Joan of England, Queen consort of Sicily, wife of William II of Sicily (b. 1165)
• 1780 –
  John Fielding, English magistrate and social reformer (b. 1721)
• 1821 –
  José Miguel Carrera, Chilean general and founding father (b. 1785)
• 1974 –
  Creighton Abrams, U.S. Army general (b. 1914)
• 1989 –
  Ronald Syme, New Zealand-born classicist and historian (b. 1903)
• 1990 –
  Irene Dunne American actress (b. 1898)
• 1991 –
  Dottie West, American singer (b. 1932)
• 2002 –
  Vlado Perlemuter, Lithuanian pianist (b. 1904)
• 2006 –
  Colin Thiele, Australian author and educator (b. 1920)
• 2006 –
  Giacinto Facchetti, Italian footballer (b. 1942)