About September 4
September 4, 2023 is the 247th day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 118 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.
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Virgo is the sun 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 159 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On September 4
- 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.
- 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.
- 1666 –In London, England, the most destructive damage from the Great Fire occurs.
- 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.
- 1884 –The United Kingdom ends its policy of penal transportation to New South Wales in Australia.citation needed date=October 2011
- 1886 –Indian Wars: after almost 30 years of fighting, Apache leader Geronimo, with his remaining warriors, surrenders to General Nelson Miles in Arizona.
- 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: the British 11th Armoured Division liberates the Belgian city of Antwerp.
- 1956 –The IBM RAMAC 305 is introduced, the first commercial computer to use magnetic disk storage.
- 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.
- 1972 –Mark Spitz becomes the first competitor to win seven medals at a single Olympic Games.
- 1985 –The discovery of Buckminsterfullerene, the first fullerene molecule of carbon.
- 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.
- 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 US military installations.
- 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.
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