On this day in History - Sep 4
- 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.
- 1037 - King Bermudo III of Leon dies (b. 1010)
- 1063 - Toghrül dies. Turkish conqueror of Persia and Baghdad
- 1199 - Joan of England, Queen consort of Sicily dies (b. 1165). Wife of William II of Sicily
- 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.
- 1454 - Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham was born (d. 1483). English politician.
- 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.
- 1537 - Johann Dietenberger dies. German theologian
- 1563 - Wanli was born (d. 1620). Emperor of China.
- 1588 - Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester dies (b. 1532). English politician.
- 1596 - Constantijn Huygens was born (d. 1687). Dutch poet and composer
- 1717 - Job Orton was born (d. 1783). English dissenting minister.
- 1767 - Charles Townshend dies (b. 1725). English politician.
- 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.
- 1784 - César-François Cassini de Thury dies (b. 1714). French astronomer.
- 1794 - John Hely-Hutchinson dies (b. 1724). Irish statesman.
- 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.
- 1846 - Daniel Burnham was born (d. 1912). American architect.
- 1851 - John Dillon was born (d. 1927). Irish nationalist.
- 1852 - William MacGillivray dies (b. 1796). Scottish naturalist and ornithologist.
- 1864 - John Hunt Morgan dies (b. 1825). American Confederate military leader.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1886 - Albert Orsborn was born (d. 1967). The 6th General of The Salvation Army
- 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.
- 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.
- 1909 - Clyde Fitch dies (b. 1865). American dramatist and playwright.
- 1911 - Inicio do governo de José Pinheiro Chagas como Primeiro-ministro de Portugal
- 1913 - Stanford Moore was born (d. 1982). American chemist, Nobel laureate.
- 1916 - José Echegaray y Eizaguirre dies (b. 1832). Spanish writer, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1917 - Henry Ford II was born (d. 1987). American industrialist.
- 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
- 1927 - John McCarthy was born. American computer scientist
- 1928 - Dick York was born (d. 1992). American actor.
- 1929 - Thomas Eagleton was born. American politician
- 1931 - Aldo Rossi was born (d. 1997). Italian architect.
- 1931 - Mitzi Gaynor was born. American actress, dancer.
- 1932 - Carlos Romero Barcelo was born. Puerto Rican politician
- 1932 - Dinsdale Landen was born (d. 2003). English actor.
- 1934 - Clive Granger was born. Welsh-born economist, Nobel laureate
- 1937 - Mikk Mikiver was born (d. 2006). Estonian actor and director.
- 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
- 1945 - World War II: Japanese forces surrender on Wake Island after hearing word of their nation's surrender.
- 1945 - Danny Gatton was born (d. 1994). American musician.
- 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. American 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
- 1961 - Kevin Kennedy was born. English actor
- 1963 - John Vanbiesbrouck was born. American hockey player
- 1963 - Swissair Flight 306 crashes near Dürrenäsch, Switzerland killing all on board.
- 1963 - Robert Schuman dies (b. 1886). French politician.
- 1964 - Forth Road Bridge, near Edinburgh, officially opens.
- 1965 - Albert Schweitzer dies (b. 1875). German physician and missionary, recipient of The Nobel Peace Prize in 1952.
- 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.
- 1971 - Maik Taylor was born. Northern Irish footballer
- 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 - Carmit Bachar was born. Member of the band the Pussycat Dolls
- 1974 - Marcel Achard dies (b. 1899). French playwright.
- 1977 - Jean Rostand dies (b. 1894). French biologist.
- 1977 - E. F. Schumacher dies (b. 1911). German economist and statistician.
- 1977 - Ian Grushka was born. American musician (New Found Glory)
- 1978 - Wes Bentley was born. American actor
- 1980 - Lucie Silvas was born. English musician
- 1981 - Beyoncé Knowles was born. American singer.
- 1982 - Alessandra Rubi Streignard Villarreal was born. Spanish singer
- 1986 - Hank Greenberg dies (b. 1911). Baseball player.
- 1987 - Bill Bowes dies (b. 1908). English cricketer.
- 1989 - Ronald Syme dies (b. 1903). New Zealand-born classicist and historian.
- 1989 - Georges Simenon dies (b. 13 Feb 1903). Belgian-born French author.
- 1991 - Tom Tryon dies (b. 1926). American actor and novelist.
- 1991 - Dottie West dies (b. 1932). American singer
- 1991 - Charlie Barnet dies (b. 1913). American jazz saxophonist and bandleader
- 1993 - Hervé Villechaize dies (b. 1943). French actor.
- 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.
- 1995 - William Kunstler dies (b. 1919). American lawyer and activist.
- 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 - Is aproved a revision of the Constitution of Portuguese Republic.
- 1997 - A U.S. Air Force C-141 cargo plane and a German TU-154 collide in mid-air over southwest Africa killing 33.
- 1997 - Aldo Rossi dies (b. 1931). Italian architect.
- 2001 - Hank the Angry Drunken Dwarf dies (b. 1962). American radio personality
- 2002 - Vlado Perlemuter dies (b. 1904). Lithuanian pianist.
- 2003 - Tibor Varga dies (b. 1921). Hungarian violinist and conductor.
- 2003 - Lola Bobesco dies (b. 1921). Romanian-Belgian violinist.
- 2004 - Alphonso Ford dies (b. 1971). American basketball player.
- 2004 - Moe Norman dies (b. 1929). Canadian golfer.
- 2004 - James O. Page dies (b. 1936). American paramedic.
- 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
- 2005 - Typhoon Talim brings torrential rains and landslides in east People's Republic of China's Anhui Province, claiming 53 lives and leaving 12 missing
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