About September 4
September 4, 2024 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.
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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 147 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On September 4
- 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.
- 1774 –New Caledonia is first sighted by Europeans, during the second voyage of Captain James Cook.
- 1862 –Civil War Maryland Campaign: General Robert E. Lee takes the Army of Northern Virginia, and the war, into the North.
- 1886 –Indian Wars: after almost 30 years of fighting, Apache leader Geronimo, with his remaining warriors, surrenders to General Nelson Miles in Arizona.
- 1912 –Albanian rebels succeed in their revolt when the Ottoman Empire agrees to fulfill their demands
- 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: the British 11th Armoured Division liberates the Belgian city of Antwerp.
- 1949 –The Peekskill Riots erupt after a Paul Robeson concert in Peekskill, New York.
- 1951 –The first live transcontinental television broadcast takes place in San Francisco, California, from the Japanese Peace Treaty Conference.
- 1957 –The Ford Motor Company introduces the Edsel.
- 1967 –Vietnam War: Operation Swift begins: U.S. Marines engage the North Vietnamese in battle in the Que Son Valley.
- 1975 –The Sinai Interim Agreement relating to the Arab-Israeli conflict is signed.
- 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.
- 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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