What Happened on Sep 4

El Pueblo De La Reyna De Los Angeles Is Founded

On September 4, 1781, the eleven men, eleven women, and twenty-two children recruited by Alta California Governor Felipe de Neve founded El Pueblo... Read more

Coup of 18 fructidor an V

The Coup of 18 fructidor an V was a seizure of power under the Directory, on 4 September 1797. The three Directors, Barras, Rewbell and La... Read more

Daniel Hudson Burnham Is born

Architect and city planner Daniel Hudson Burnham was born in Henderson, New York, on September 4, 1846. He moved with his family to Chicago nine... Read more

Mohandes Gandhi Travels to London to Train as a Barrister

On 4 September 1888, less than a month shy of his 19th birthday, Gandhi traveled to London, England, to study law at University College London and... Read more

Operation Tiderace

Operation Tiderace commenced when Mountbatten ordered Allied troops to set sail from Trincomalee and Rangoon on 31 August for Singapore. The fleet... Read more

Nine black students are prevented from entering formerly all-white Little Rock Central High School by the Arkansas National Guard

The Little Rock Nine was a group of African-American students who were enrolled in Little Rock Central High School in 1957. The ensuing Little Rock... Read more

Swissair Flight SR306 Crash

Radioing the tower, he reported that the visibility varied along the runway and that the jet exhaust had blown away some of the fog. Holhli then... Read more

"Satyricon" Is Released

Satyricon (Fellini Satyricon) is a 1969 Italian film by Federico Fellini. It is loosely based on Petronius's work, Satyricon, a series of bawdy and... Read more

The Rolling Stones Release 'Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out! The Rolling Stones in Concert'

`Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out!´: The Rolling Stones in Concert is a live album by The Rolling Stones, released 4 September 1970 on Decca Records in the... Read more

Alaska Airlines Flight 1866 Crashes Near Juneau

Alaska Airlines Flight 1866 was the first fatal jet airliner crash of Alaska Airlines (sometimes incorrectly cited as the first fatal crash... Read more

Marks Spitz Wins 7 Olympic Gold Medals

If I swim six and win six, I'll be a hero. If I swim seven and win six, I'll be a failure. Read more

President Ford Appoints George H.W. Bush to the US Liaison Office in the People's Republic of China (PRC)

Gerald Ford, Nixon's successor, appointed Bush to be Chief of the US Liaison Office in the People's Republic of China. Since the United States at... Read more

Beyoncé Giselle Knowles born in Houston, Texas

Beyoncé Giselle Knowles (born September 4, 1981), best known mononymously as Beyoncé (pronounced /biˈjɒn.seɪ/), is an American R&B singer,... Read more

MST3K Ep. 507 - "I Accuse My Parents"

(Short: The Truck Farmer) A young man gets mixed up with a crime syndicate and blames his inattentive parents. The 1940s-era documentary short... Read more

1997 Ben Yehuda Street bombings

On September 4, 1997, three Hamas suicide bombers simultaneously blew themselves up on the pedestrian mall, killing 5 Israelis. The bombing was... Read more

Google Is Founded

Google Inc. is an American public corporation, earning revenue from advertising related to its Internet search, e-mail, online mapping, office... Read more

System of a Down release Toxicity

Toxicity is the second album by System of a Down. Produced by Rick Rubin, Toxicity was released on September 4, 2001 by American Recordings,... Read more

Kelly Clarkson Wins the First Season of 'American Idol'

Clarkson won the first season of American Idol on September 4, 2002, earning 58% of the vote to 42% for Justin Guarini. Choking back tears,... Read more

Steve Irwin Dies

On 4 September 2006, Irwin was fatally pierced in the chest by a stingray spine while snorkeling at the Great Barrier Reef, at Batt Reef, which is... Read more

Boston Red Sox defeat Toronto Blue Jays, 5-3

Brandon Moss walked out of the shower, clutching his towel, and faced down the gaggle of reporters gathered in front of the two temporary green... Read more

"Heroes" Rifftrax is Released

Imagine, just imagine, if ordinary citizens suddenly began to discover that they have acquired extraordinary powers. Why, you would have... Read more

"The Big Dirty" Is Released

The Big Dirty is the fourth full-length album by metalcore band Every Time I Die. It was released on September 4, 2007 on Ferret Records. Read more

Chicago White Sox defeat Boston Red Sox, 12-2

CHICAGO - It had seemed meant to be, the way that Paul Byrd walked off the coaching staff of his kid’s U-13 team and onto the mound in Fenway... Read more

Cleveland Indians defeat Minnesota Twins, 5-2

CLEVELAND - Four errors in one game. The last time it happened to the Twins, they were sitting 15 1/2 games back in the standings. That was at... Read more

Governor Pat Quinn appoints four new trustees to University of Illinois

Gov. Pat Quinn named four new University of Illinois trustees Friday to clean up the mess left from an admissions scandal that rocked the school... Read more