September 4

Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened throughout history on September 4. From 1900 until now. September 4 is under the sign of Virgo. Famous birthdays on this day include Beyoncé Knowles (1981), Liz Greene (1946) and Natacha Amal (1963). Several movies were released around September 4 over the years, such as Memento in 2000 directed by Christopher Nolan and Rocco and His Brothers in 1960 directed by Luchino Visconti.
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2018 2015–2018 Iraqi protests: Seven people are killed and more than 30 are injured during a rally in Basra, Iraq after security forces opened fire. (Yeni Şafak English)
2017 Syrian Civil War: Syrian state television reports the Syrian Army reaches a point 3 kilometers from Deir ez-Zor, a city besieged by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant since 2014. (Reuters)Two Russian soldiers, escorting the military staff ceasefire monitoring convoy, are killed in Deir ez-Zor Province by ISIL shelling. (Reuters)
2016 2016 Davao City bombing: In light of the attacks, the governments of Australia, Canada, Singapore, the United Kingdom, and the United States issue travel warnings against going to Mindanao, Philippines. (Rappler)
2015 Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017): Iraqi security forces raid the offices of Kata'ib Hezbollah in Baghdad, accusing them of being involved in the abduction of 18 Turkish workers. (Reuters via Economic Times)
2014 Monsoon rains in Pakistan kill more than 40 people. (Channel News Asia)
2013 Reuters reports that the former defense minister of Syria, Ali Habib Mahmud, has defected to Turkey. (Reuters)
2012 Mexican Drug War:
2011 At least 24 people are killed in violence across Syria. (''The Times of India'')
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.
2009 The death toll in the 2009 Java earthquake rises to 63. (CBC) (Xinhua)
2008 Former United States political lobbyist Jack Abramoff is sentenced to four years in prison for his role in the Jack Abramoff scandals. (CBS)
2007 In a ceremony at Christ the Savior Cathedral in Moscow, priests chanted prayers in honor of the Russian Defense Ministry's 12th Main Directorate, which is responsible for the storage and maintenance of Russia's nuclear arsenal. (''The Moscow Times'')
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2005 Israeli-Palestinian conflict: PNA President Mahmoud Abbas said that 97.5 percent of Gaza Strip lands that Israel would evacuate from were state-owned lands and that the Islamic University was entitled to receive lands in order to expand its facilities.(IPC)
2004 2.5 million Florida residents are ordered to evacuate their homes in preparation for Hurricane Frances, which has already hit the Bahamas and Turks and Caicos Islands. Frances is currently a strong Category Two Hurricane, and will be very near the east coast of Florida by late tonight or early next morning. (BBC) (NOAA/NHC)
2003 Swedish foreign minister Anna Lindh is stabbed in a Stockholm department store and dies the next day.
2002 Argentina defeated the United States, 87–80, at the World Basketball Championships in Indianapolis, Indiana. It was the first loss ever in international play for a United States team containing National Basketball Association players.
2001 Hewlett-Packard announces it will acquire Compaq Computer in a stock swap worth about US$25 billion.
1998 Larry Page and Sergey Brin, two students at Stanford University in California, found Google.
1997 14th MTV Awards
1996 13th MTV Awards: Alanis Morrisett and Smashing Pumpkins wins
1995 Mary Beth Zimmerman wins LPGA State Farm Rail Golf Classic
1994 Bulgarian government of Berov falls
1993 Jim Abbott pitches 4-0, no-hit win over Indians at Yankee Stadium
1992 Scared Silent is 1st non news program to be seen on 3 networks simultaneously. (CBS, NBC & PBS), about child abuse hosted by Oprah
1991 Most Happy Fella opens at New York State Theater, New York City
1990 Jerry Lewis' 25th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $44,172,186.
1989 Beth Daniel wins LPGA Rail Charity Golf Classic
1988 Mike Tyson crashes a silver BMW into a tree near Catskills, New York
1986 189.42 million shares traded in New York Stock Exchange
1985 Igor Paklin of the USSR sets a new high jump world record at 2.41 metres.
1984 Nigerian singer Fela Kuti sentenced to 2 years
1983 Joseph & the Amazing Dreamcoat closes at Royale NYC after 747 performances
1982 Arson fire engulfs apt-hotel in LA, 25 die
1981 Longest game at Fenway Park completed in 20, Mariners-8, Red Sox-7
1980 Yes performs its last concert (Madison Square Garden)
1979 India need 438 to win vs. England, game ends at 8-429
1978 Pat Bradley wins LPGA Rail Charity Golf Classic
1977 Godspell closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 527 performances
1976 Palestinians hijack KLM DC-9 to Cyprus
1975 The Sinai Interim Agreement relating to the Arab-Israeli conflict is signed.
1974 Emmy News and Documentaries Award presentation
1973 William E Colby, becomes 10th Director of CIA
1972 US swimmer Mark Spitz becomes first athlete to win seven Olympic gold medals.
1971 Alaskan 727 crashes into Chilkoot Mountain, kills 109 (Alaska).
1970 Russian ballerina Natalia Makarova gets political asylum
1968 Nigerian troops conquer Aba Biafra
1967 Train crash at Arnhem Neth, kills 5
1966 Jim Hogan wins Europe marathon (2:20:04.6)
1965 KREZ TV channel 6 in Durango, CO (CBS / NBC) begins broadcasting
1964 Eduardo Frei elected President of Chile
1963 Swissair Flight 306 crashes near Durrenasch, Switzerland, killing all 80 people on board.
1962 Beatles record How Do You Do It at EMI
1961 Carol Burnette-Richard Hayes Show premieres on CBS radio
1957 Governor of Arkansas, Orval Faubus, calls out National Guard to stop 9 black students from entering a Little Rock high school
1956 The IBM RAMAC 305 is introduced, the first commercial computer to use magnetic disk storage.
1954 Peter B Cortese of the US achieves a one-arm deadlift of 370 pounds; 22 pounds, over triple his body weight, at York, Pennsylvania.
1953 WATR (now WTXX) TV channel 20 in Waterbury, CT (NBC) begins
1951 1st transcontinental TV broadcast, by President Truman
1950 D McI Hodgson of St. Ann Bay, Nova Scotia catches a 997 lb tuna
1949 Marie Robie sinks 393 yard hole-in-one (first hole in Furnace Brook).
1948 Angel in the Wings closes at Coronet Theater NYC after 308 performances
1946 Street violence between Muslims and Hindus erupts in Bombay.
1945 Ruben Fine wins four simultaneous rapid chess games blindfolded.
1944 2,087 Jews transported for Westerbork to KZ-Lower Theresienstadt
1941 US destroyer Greer fires on German submarine U-652
1940 CBS begins broadcasting TV as station W2XAB
1939 German submarine U-30 sinks British passenger ship Athenia
1938 Vainio Muinonen wins 2nd European marathoner (2:37:28.8)
1937 Doris Kopsky becomes first NABA woman cycling champion (4:22.4).
1936 Franco troops conquer Irun and Talavera de la Reina Spain
1933 1st airplane to exceed 300 mph (483 km/h), JR Wendell, Glenview, Illinois
1932 15th PGA Championship: Olin Dutra at Keller Golf Club - St. Paul, Minnesota
1930 Cambridge Theater opens in London
1927 Charles Lindbergh visits Boise, Idaho, on his cross-country tour
1923 A Charlot and N Cowards revue London Calling, premieres in London
1922 Paavo Nurmi runs world record 2000m (5:26.3)
1920 Last day of Julian civil calendar (in parts of Bulgaria).
1919 39th US Mens Tennis: William M Johnston beats Wm T Tilden (64 64 63)
1918 Jhr Ch Ruys de Beerenbrouck becomes 1st Dutch Catholic Premier
1916 Christy Mathewson and Mordecai Brown final baseball game.
1914 British, French and Russian government sign Pact of London, against Germany
1912 1st accident (collision) in Londoner Underground: 22 injured person
1911 Garros sets world altitude record of 4,250 m (13,944 ft).
1909 Japan and China sign the Jiandao/Gando Treaty, which gives Japan a way to receive railroad concessions in Manchuria.
1908 Caledonia and Hillhurst Football Clubs play for Central Alberta Rugby Football League championship
1906 New York Highlanders win 5th straight doubleheader
1904 Dali Lama signs treaty allowing British commerce in Tibet
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