Sept. 4 (Overall, pretty blah list)
Events
1774 – New Caledonia is first sighted by Europeans, during the second voyage of Captain James Cook.
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.
1812 – War of 1812: The Siege of Fort Harrison begins when the fort is set on fire.
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.
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.
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.
1944 – World War II: Finland exits from the war with Soviet Union.
1950 – Darlington Raceway is the site of the inaugural Southern 500, the first 500-mile NASCAR race.
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.
1957 – The Ford Motor Company introduces the Edsel.
1963 – Swissair Flight 306 crashes near Dürrenäsch, Switzerland, killing all 80 people on board.
1967 – Vietnam War: Operation Swift begins: U.S. Marines engage the North Vietnamese in battle in the Que Son Valley.
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.
1998 – Google is founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, two students at Stanford University.
2001 – Tokyo DisneySea opens to the public as part of the Tokyo Disney Resort in Urayasu, Chiba, Japan.
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.
Births
1901 – William Lyons, English industrialist and businessman, co-founded Jaguar cars (d. 1985)
1917 – Henry Ford II, American businessman (d. 1987)
1918 – Paul Harvey, American radio host (d. 2009)
1928 – **** York, American actor (d. 1992)
1942 – Jerry Jarrett, American wrestler and promoter
1942 – Merald "Bubba" Knight, American singer-songwriter and producer (Gladys Knight & The Pips)
1946 – Dave Liebman, American saxophonist, bandleader, and composer
1949 – Tom Watson, American golfer
1950 – Doyle Alexander, American baseball player
1951 – Martin Chambers, English drummer and singer (The Pretenders)
1951 – Judith Ivey, American actress
1955 – Brian Schweitzer, American politician, 23rd Governor of Montana
1956 – Candy Loving, American model
1956 – Blackie Lawless, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (W.A.S.P., London, Sister, and New York Dolls)
1957 – Khandi Alexander, American actress
1960 – Damon Wayans, American actor and comedian
1963 – John Vanbiesbrouck, American ice hockey player
1968 – John DiMaggio, American voice actor
1968 – Mike Piazza, American baseball player
1973 – Jason David Frank, American actor and mixed martial artist
1973 – Aaron Fultz, American baseball player
1974 – Carmit Bachar, American singer, dancer, and actress (*****cat Dolls)
1975 – Mark Ronson, English DJ, musician and producer, co-founder of Allido Records
1977 – Sun-Woo Kim, South Korean baseball player
1981 – Beyoncé Knowles, African-American singer-songwriter, producer, dancer, and actress (Destiny's Child)
1982 – Whitney Cummings, American comedian and actress
1991 – Carter Jenkins, American actor
1992 – Amanda Fein, American actress
1992 – Caitlin Fein, American actress
Deaths
422 – Pope Boniface I
1037 – Bermudo III of León (b. 1010)
1063 – Tughril, Turkish ruler (b. 990)
1199 – Joan of England, Queen of Sicily (b. 1165)
1537 – Johann Dietenberger, German theologian (b. 1475)
1588 – Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, English politician (b. 1532)
1767 – Charles Townshend, English politician (b. 1725)
1780 – John Fielding, English magistrate and reformer (b. 1721)
1864 – John Hunt Morgan, American military leader (b. 1825)
1909 – Clyde Fitch, American dramatist and playwright (b. 1865)
1965 – Albert Schweitzer, Alsatian physician and missionary, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1875)
1974 – Creighton Abrams, American general (b. 1914)
1986 – Hank Greenberg, American baseball player (b. 1911)
1990 – Irene Dunne American actress (b. 1898)
1991 – Dottie West, American singer-songwriter (b. 1932)
1995 – Chuck Greenberg, American musician, composer, and producer (Shadowfax) (b. 1950)
1997 – Aldo Rossi, Italian architect (b. 1931)
2001 – Hank the Angry Drunken Dwarf, American radio personality (b. 1962)
2004 – Alphonso Ford, American basketball player (b. 1971)
2006 – Steve Irwin, Australian zoologist and television host (b. 1962)
2011 – Lee Roy Selmon, American football player (b. 1954)
2012 – Charlie Rose, American politician (b. 1939)
2012 – George Savitsky, American football player (b. 1924)
Sept. 4 is also National Newspaper Carrier day. :)
