On this day in History - Sep 04

0476 - Romulus Augustus, the last emperor of the Western Roman Empire, was deposed when Odoacer proclaims himself King of Italy.

0799 - Musa al-Kazim dies (b. 0745). Shia Imam.

1241 - King Alexander III of Scotland was born (d. 1286)
1260 - The Senese Ghibellines, supported by the forces of King Manfred of Sicily, defeat the Florentine Guelphs at Montaperti.

1479 - Assinatura do Tratado de Alcáçovas, entre D. Afonso V e os reis católicos, Isabel de Castela e Fernando de Aragão, que pôs fim à Guerra da Sucessão de Castela. O rei de Portugal reconheceu Isabel como rainha de Castela, em vez da sua sobrinha D. Joana, a Excelente Senhora, conhecida em Espanha como a Beltraneja, por ser considerada filha de um D. Beltrão e não do rei Henrique IV, e da infanta de Portugal, D. Joana, filha do rei D. Duarte.
1563 - Wanli was born (d. 1620). Emperor of China.
1596 - Constantijn Huygens was born (d. 1687). Dutch poet and composer
1768 - François Rene Chateaubriand was born (d. 1848). French writer and diplomat.

1780 - John Fielding dies (b. 1721). English magistrate and social reformer.

1781 - The city of Los Angeles was founded by Spanish settlers.
1803 - Sarah Childress Polk was born (d. 1891). First Lady of the United States

1804 - Richard Somers dies. American naval officer
1810 - Donald McKay was born. Shipbuilder.
1824 - Anton Bruckner was born (d. 1896). Austrian composer.
1832 - Antonio Agliardi was born (d. 1915). Italian diplomat.
1851 - John Dillon was born (d. 1927). Irish nationalist.

1852 - William MacGillivray dies (b. 1796). Scottish naturalist and ornithologist.

1865 - Inicio do governo de Joaquim António de Aguiar como Primeiro-Ministro de Portugal

1867 - Nasce no Recife José Joaquim de Campos Medeiros e Albuquerque (m. 9 Jun 1934). Republicano e abolicionista, foi poeta, contista, romancista, político e conferencista. Foi um dos primeiros poetas brasileiros a revelar conhecimentos da estética simbolista. É o autor da letra do Hino da República Federal Brasileira.

1987 - Bill Bowes dies (b. 1908). English cricketer.
1870 - Emperor Napoleon III of France is deposed and the Third Republic is declared.
1886 - Indian Wars: After almost 30 years of fighting, Apache leader Geronimo surrenders with his last band of warriors to General Nelson Miles at Skeleton Canyon in Arizona.
1888 - George Eastman registers the trademark Kodak, and receives a patent for his camera which uses roll film.
1891 - Fritz Todt was born (d. 1942). Nazi official.
1892 - Darius Milhaud was born (d. 1974). French composer.
1894 - In New York City, 12,000 tailors strike against sweatshop working conditions.
1895 - Nigel Bruce was born (d. 1953). English actor.
1896 - Antonin Artaud was born (d. 1948). French playwright, actor, and director.
1905 - Mary Renault was born (d. 1983). English novelist.
1906 - Max Delbrück was born (d. 1981). German biologist.

1907 - Edvard Grieg dies (b. 1843). Norwegian composer.
1908 - Richard Wright was born (d. 1960). American writer.
1908 - Edward Dmytryk was born (d. 1999). American film director.

1911 - Inicio do governo de José Pinheiro Chagas como Primeiro-ministro de Portugal

1916 - José Echegaray y Eizaguirre dies (b. 1832). Spanish writer.

1918 - Paul Harvey was born. American radio broadcaster
1920 - Teddy Johnson was born. British singer
1923 - In Lakehurst, New Jersey, the first American airship, the USS Shenandoah, takes to the sky for the first time.
1924 - Joan Aiken was born (d. 2004). English writer.
1925 - Forrest Carter was born. American author

1928 - Dick York was born (d. 1992). American actor.

1931 - Aldo Rossi was born (d. 1997). Italian architect.

1931 - Mitzi Gaynor was born. Actress, dancer.

1932 - Dinsdale Landen was born (d. 2003). English actor.

1937 - Dawn Fraser was born. Australian swimmer

1940 - World War II: The USS Greer becomes the first United States ship fired upon by a German submarine in the war, even though the United States is a neutral power. Tension heightens between the two nations as a result.

1941 - Sushilkumar Shinde was born. Indian politician.

1941 - Marilena de Souza Chauí was born. Brazilian philosopher and educator

1944 - World War II: The British 11th Armored Division liberate the city of Antwerp in Belgium.
1945 - World War II: Japanese forces surrender on Wake Island after hearing word of their nation's surrender.

1946 - Gary Duncan was born. American guitarist (Quicksilver Messenger Service)
1946 - Greg Elmore was born. American drummer (Quicksilver Messenger Service)
1948 - Samuel Hui was born. Hong Kong singer
1948 - Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands abdicates for health reasons.
1949 - Maiden flight of the Bristol Brabazon
1949 - Tom Watson was born. Golfer.
1950 - The "Beetle Bailey" comic strip begins.
1951 - The first live transcontinental television broadcast takes place in San Francisco, California from the Japanese Peace Treaty Conference.
1955 - The first-ever match in the European Champion Clubs' Cup was played on this day. Lisbon's Estádio Nacional was the setting, Sporting Clube de Portugal and FK Partizan of Belgrade the teams in opposition and the final score was 3-3.
1957 - Nine black students attempted to enter Little Rock's Central High School but were blocked by the National Guard. Arkansas governor Orval Faubus had summoned the federal troops.
1957 - American Civil Rights Movement: Little Rock Crisis - Orville Faubus, governor of Arkansas, calls out the National Guard to prevent black students from enrolling in Central High School in Little Rock.
1957 - Ford Motor Company introduces the Edsel.

1957 - Khandi Alexander was born. American actress
1957 - Patricia Tallman was born. American actress
1959 - Kevin Harrington was born. Australian actor
1960 - Damon Wayans was born. American actor and comedian
1963 - Swissair Flight 306 crashes near Dürrenäsch, Switzerland killing all on board.
1964 - Forth Road Bridge, near Edinburgh, officially opens.

1965 - Albert Schweitzer dies (b. 1875). German physician.
1967 - The last new episode of the television sitcom Gilligan's Island airs on CBS-TV.
1967 - Vietnam War: Operation Swift begins - The United States Marines launch a search-and-destroy mission in Quang Nam and Quang Tin Provinces. The ensuing 4-day battle in Que Son Valley kills 114 Americans and 376 North Vietnamese.

1968 - Mike Piazza was born. baseball player
1970 - Daisy Dee was born. West Indian-born singer and actress
1970 - Igor Cavalera was born. Brazilian drummer (Sepultura) .

1970 - Salvador Allende ganha as eleições presidenciais no Chile.
1971 - A Boeing 727 carrying Alaska Airlines Flight 1866 crashes into the side of a mountain near Juneau, Alaska killing all 111 people on board.
1971 - The Lawrence Welk Show airs its last show.
1972 -U. S. swimmer Mark Spitz won a record seventh gold medal at the Munich Summer Olympics.
1972 - The Price Is Right, hosted by Bob Barker, returns to television with a new format on CBS. Over three decades later, it continues to air and give away prizes galore.

1973 - Jason David Frank was born. American actor

1974 - Marcel Achard dies (b. 1899). French playwright.
1977 - E. F. Schumacher dies (b. 1911). German economist and statistician.
1977 - Ian Grushka was born. American musician (New Found Glory)
1981 - Beyoncé Knowles, was born.American singer.

1989 - Ronald Syme dies (b. 1903). New Zealand-born classicist and historian.

1994 - George Simenon dies (b. 1903). Belgium writer.

1995 - Paulo Gracindo dies (b. 1911). Brazilian actor.

1995 - The Fourth World Conference on Women opens in Beijing with over 4,750 delegates from 181 countries in attendance.
1996 - War on Drugs: Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC) attack a military base in Guaviare, Colombia starting three weeks of guerrilla warfare that will claim the lives of at least 130 Colombians.
1997 - In Lorain, Ohio, the last Ford Thunderbird rolls off the assembly line.
1997 - A U.S. Air Force C-141 cargo plane and a German TU-154 collide in mid-air over southwest Africa killing 33.

2003 - Tibor Varga dies (b. 1921). Hungarian violinist and conductor.

2004 - Flórida é atingida pelo furacão Ivan

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