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Birthday September 04, 1768 Fran‡ois Rene de Chateaubriand, French poet, novelist, statesman |
Birthday September 04, 1802 Marcus Whitman, missionary |
Birthday September 04, 1803 Sarah Childress Polk, 1st lady |
Birthday September 04, 1810 Donald McKay, US naval architect, builder of fastest clipper ships |
Birthday September 04, 1824 Anton Bruckner, in Austria, Wagner disciple |
Birthday September 04, 1846 Daniel Burnham, American architect, built skyscrapers |
Birthday September 04, 1872 Darius Milhaud, composer |
Birthday September 04, 1901 Paul Osborn, playwright |
Birthday September 04, 1905 Historical novelist Mary Renault is born |
Birthday September 04, 1908 Richard Wright, American author (Native Son, Uncle Tom's Children) |
Birthday September 04, 1917 Henry Ford II, businessman |
Birthday September 04, 1918 Paul Harvey Radio, news commentator |
Birthday September 04, 1919 Howard Morris |
Birthday September 04, 1920 Craig Claiborne, food columnist, NY Times |
Birthday September 04, 1926 Rep Robert J Lagomarsino, R-Calif |
Birthday September 04, 1929 Thomas Eagleton, (D-Sen-Mo) |
Birthday September 04, 1931 Mitzi Gaynor, in Chicago Ill |
Birthday September 04, 1949 Tom Watson, Golfer |
Birthday September 04, 1951 Judith Ivey |
Birthday September 04, 1972 Danny Ponce |
History September 04, 0476 Romulus Augustulus last Roman emperor in west is deposed |
History September 04, 0476 Western Roman Empire falls |
History September 04, 1596 Tsunami pounds Japanese islands |
History September 04, 1609 Navigator Henry Hudson discovered island of Manhattan |
History September 04, 1780 Bravery of Swamp Fox wins recruits at Blue Savannah |
History September 04, 1781 LA founded in Valley of Smokes (Indian Name) |
History September 04, 1833 1st newsboy hired (Barney Flaherty-NY Sun) |
History September 04, 1862 North Beach & Mission Railway Company organized in S.F |
History September 04, 1864 Confederate cavalry leader John Hunt Morgan is killed |
History September 04, 1866 1st daily newspaper in Hawaii published |
History September 04, 1870 French republic proclaimed |
History September 04, 1882 1st district lit by electricty (NY's Pearl Street Station) |
History September 04, 1886 Geronimo is captured ending last major US-Indian war |
History September 04, 1886 The last American Indian warrior surrenders |
History September 04, 1888 George Eastman patents 1st roll-film camera & registers "Kodak." |
History September 04, 1911 Garros sets world altitude record of 4 250 m (13 944 ft) |
History September 04, 1918 US troops land in Archangel Russia stay 10 months |
History September 04, 1918 American troops land at Archangel |
History September 04, 1920 last day of Julian civil calendar (in parts of Bulgaria) |
History September 04, 1923 Yankee Sam Jones no-hits Philadelphia Athletics |
History September 04, 1933 1st airplane to exceed 300 mph JR Wendell Glenview Il |
History September 04, 1940 The USS Greer is fired upon |
History September 04, 1941 Yanks beat Red Sox 6-3 & clinch their 12th & earliest pennant |
History September 04, 1945 Japanese surrender on Wake Island |
History September 04, 1950 1st helicopter rescue of American pilot behind enemy lines |
History September 04, 1951 President Truman makes first transcontinental television broadcast |
History September 04, 1951 1st transcontinental TV broadcast by Pres. Truman |
History September 04, 1951 NBC extends to become a 61 station coast-to-coast network |
History September 04, 1954 1st passage of McClure Strait fabled Northwest Passage completed |
History September 04, 1957 Arkansas troops prevent desegregation |
History September 04, 1957 Little Rock becomes a Cold War hotspot |
History September 04, 1957 Edsel arrives in showrooms at last |
History September 04, 1957 Ford Motor Co. introduced Edsel |
History September 04, 1964 NASA launches its 1st Orbital Geophysical Observatory (OGO-1) |
History September 04, 1967 Marines in heavy fighting |
History September 04, 1969 Radio Hanoi announces the death of Ho Chi Minh |
History September 04, 1970 George Harrison releases "My Sweet Lord" single |
History September 04, 1972 American swimmer Mark Spitz 1st athlete to win 7 olympic gold medals |
History September 04, 1972 Spitz wins 7th gold medal |
History September 04, 1978 Ron Guidry wins his 20th |
History September 04, 1980 Iraqi troops seized Iranian territory in a border dispute |
History September 04, 1982 Valley Girl, becomes a top-40 hit for Frank and Moon Unit Zappa |
History September 04, 1986 189.42 million shares traded in NY Stock Exchange |
History September 04, 1996 Colombian guerrilla organization attacks military base |
History September 04, 1998 Google is incorporated |
History September 04, 2002 Kelly Clarkson wins first American Idol |
History September 04, 2014 Comedy legend Joan Rivers dies |