September 4th
Holidays and Festivals
Start of the Ludi Romani (Roman) * (see below)
Immigrant's Day (Argentina) since 1949.
Larry Platt Day * (see below)
Newspaper Carrier Day (USA)
Oatmeal Day
Feast of Saint Rosalia (Roman Catholic)
Feast of Saint Rose of Viterbo (Roman Catholic)
Feast of Aaron and Moses, in the Maronite Church
Feast day of Saint Ultan of Ardbraccan
* Birdsville Races (Australia) 1st weekend (1-2)
* All Tomorrow's Parties New York Monticello, New York, USA September 3 - 5 (2of3)
* Start of the Ludi Romani (Roman) AKA. Ludi Magni - Roman, until 19 September (1 of 16) *
* Larry Platt Day (Georgia, USA) Designated by the Georgia General Assembly in 2001 in honor of General Larry Platt's, "priceless and immeasurable contributions to society", as well as, "his great energy and commitment to equality and the protection of the innocent and for his outstanding service to the Atlanta community and the citizens of Georgia."
Fête de la Nerprun Translation: Buckthorn Day (French Republican) The 18th day of the Month of Fructidor in the French Republican Calendar
Toast of The Day
"May your troubles be as few and as far apart as my Grandmothers teeth."
- Unknown
Drink of The Day
Kamikazi
2 Part Vodka
1 Part Triple Sec
1/2 Part Lime Juice
Wine of The Day
Bonterra (2007) "The Butler"
Style - Organic
Mendocino County
Certified Organic
$40
Beer of The Day
Sierra Nevada Kellerweis
Brewer - Sierra Nevada - Chico, California USA
Style - Bavarian-style wheat beer
Attributes - Unfiltered
Joke of The Day
Q: How did they know that Jesus was Jewish?
A: Because he lived at home until he was thirty, he went into his father's business, his mother
thought he was God, and he thought his mother was a virgin.
- In Celebration of Rosh Hashanah (2013)
Quote of The Day
"You are welcome to visit the cemetery where famous Russian and Soviet composers, artists, and writers are buried daily except Thursday."
- Actual sign In the lobby of a Moscow hotel across from a Russian Orthodox monastery
September Observances
AKC Responsible Dog Ownership Month
All American Breakfast Month
Apple Month
Atrial Fibrillation Month
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Month
Baby Safety Month
Backpack Safety America Month
Be Kind to Editors and Writers Month
Better Breakfast Month
Bourbon Heritage Month
Bumbershoot Festival (Seattle, Washington, USA)
Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
Childrens' Good Manners Month
Chili Peppers and Figs Month
Classical Music Month
College Savings Month
Craniofacial Acceptance Month
Eat Chicken Month
Fall Hat Month
Go Wild During California Wild Rice Month
Great American Low-Cholesterol, Low-fat Pizza Bake Month
Gynecologic Cancer Awareness Month
Happy Cat Month
Healthy Aging Month
Healthy Aging Month
Hunger Action Month
International Guide Dogs Month
International People Skills Month
International Self-Awareness Month
International Square Dancing Month
International Strategic Thinking Month
Library Card Sign-Up Month
Little League Month
Menopause Awareness Month
Million Minute Family Challenge (September-December)
Mold Awareness Month
National 5-A-Day Month
National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month
National Biscuit Month
National Blueberry Popsicle Month
National Campus Safety Month
National Chicken Month
National Child Awareness Month
National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month
National Cholesterol Education Month
National Civics Awareness Month
National Coupon Month
National Courtesy Month
National DNA, Geonomics & Stem Cell Education Month
National Food Safety Education Month
National Fruit and Veggies Month (Also June)
National Head Lice Prevention Month
National Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15-October 15)
National Home Furnishings Month
National Honey Month
National Infant Mortality Awareness Month
National Mushroom Month
National Organic Harvest Month
National Osteopathic Medicine Month
National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month (ovarian.org)
National Pediculosis (Head Lice) Prevention Month
National Piano Month
National Potato Month
National Preparedness Month
National Prime Beef Month
National Prosper Where You Are Planted Month
National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
National Recovery Month
National Rice Month
National Sickle Cell Month
National Skin Care Awareness Month
National Wilderness Month
One-on-One Month
Passion Fruit and Peach Month
Peas and Radish Month
Pediatric Cancer Awareness Month
Pleasure Your Mate Month
Reunion Planning Month
Save The Koala Month
Sea Cadet Month
Self Improvement Month
Shameless Promotion Month
Southern Gospel Music Month
Sports and Home Eye Health and Safety Month
Subliminal Communications Month
United Planet Month
Update Your Resume Month
Virtual AKC Responsible Dog Ownership Days
Whole Grains Month
Women's Friendship Month
World Animal Remembrance Month
World Leukemia, Lymphoma And Myeloma Awareness Month
Observances this Week
National Childhood Injury Prevention Week, First Week of September
International Enthusiasm Week, First Week of September
National Nutrition Week (UNICEF-India), First Week of September
National Waffle Week, First Week of September
Self-University Week, First Week of September
Suicide Prevention Week, First Week of September
Septemberfest, First Week of September
National Arbor Week, (South Africa) First Week of September * CLICK HERE
National Payroll Week First Work Week of September
Historical Events on September 4th
422 St Boniface I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
476 Romulus Augustus, Last Emperor of the Western Roman Empire, is deposed when Odoacer proclaims himself King of Italy, thus ending Western Roman Empire.
626 Li Shimin, posthumously known as Emperor Taizong of Tang, assumes the throne over the Tang Dynasty of China.
1024 Conrad II the Sailor chosen German king
1260 Battle at Montaperti-Guelfen vs Ghibellijnen
1260 The Senese Ghibellines, supported by the forces of King Manfred of Sicily, defeat the Florentine Guelphs at Montaperti.
1282 King Pedro III of Aragonorth annexes Sicily
1414 Peace of Atrecht: John the fearless & Armagnacs
1479 King Alfonso I of Portugal recognizes Isabella as queen of Castile
1571 Catholic coup in Scotland
1609 Navigator Henry Hudson discovers island of Manhattan [or Sep 11]
1618 "Rodi" avalanche destroys Plurs Switzerland, 1,500 killed
1666 In London, England, the most destructive damage from the Great Fire occurs.
1682 English astronomer Edmund Halley sees his namesake comet
1695 French garrison of castle Names surrenders for Willem III
1778 City Amsterdam signs trade agreement with US rebels
1781 Los Angeles, California, is founded as El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora La Reina de los Ángeles de Porciúncula (The Village of Our Lady, the Queen of the Angels of Porziuncola) by 44 Spanish settlers.
1781 Los Angeles founded by 44 in Bahia de las Fumas, (Valley of Smokes)
1786 Orange troops plunder Hattem/Elburg
1797 Coup of 18 fructidor an V in France.
1805 1st edition of Batavian State-Current published
1807 Robert Fulton begins operating his steamboat
1812 War of 1812, The Siege of Fort Harrison begins when the fort is set on fire.
1813 First US religious newspaper (Religious Remembrancer (Christian Observer))
1833 1st newsboy hired (Barney Flaherty, 10 years old-NY Sun)
1842 Work on Koln cathedral recommences after 284-year hiatus
1854 English/French assault on Petropavlovsk Kamchatka
1862 General Robert E. Lee takes the Army of Northern Virginia with 50,000 Confederate troops, and the Civil War Maryland Campaign, into the North.
1862 Maryland Campaign (Antietam Campaign)
1862 North Beach & Mission Railway Company organized in SF
1864 Bread riots in Mobile, Alabama
1866 1st Hawaiian daily newspaper published
1870 Emperor Napoleon III of France is deposed and the Third French Republic is declared.
1882 First district lit by electricity (NY's Pearl Street Station)
1884 The United Kingdom ends its policy of penal transportation to New South Wales in Australia.
1885 First cafeteria opens (NYC)
1886 Apache Chief Geronimo surrenders ending last major US-Indian war
1886 After almost 30 years of fighting, Apache leader Geronimo, with his remaining warriors, surrenders to General Nelson Miles in Arizona.
1888 George Eastman registers the trademark "Kodak" and receives a patent for his camera that uses roll film.
1893 English author Beatrix Potter 1st tells the story of Peter Rabbit
1894 In New York City, 12,000 tailors strike against sweatshop working conditions.
1894 Soccer team Veendam 1894 forms
1899 8.3 earthquake shakes Yakutat Bay Alaska
1904 Dali Lama signs treaty allowing British commerce in Tibet
1906 NY Highlanders win 5th straight doubleheader
1908 Caledonia & Hillhurst Football Clubs play for Central Alberta Rugby Football League championship
1911 Garros sets world altitude record of 4,250 m (13,944 ft)
1912 1st accident (collision) in Londoner Underground: 22 injured person
1914 British, French & Russian government sign Pact of London, against Germany
1914 General von Moltke ceases German advance in France
1916 Christy Mathewson & Mordecai Brown final baseball game
1918 Jhr Ch Ruys de Beerenbrouck becomes 1st Dutch Catholic premier
1918 US troops land in Archangel, Russia, stay 10 months
1919 39th US Mens Tennis, William M Johnston beats Wm T Tilden (64 64 63)
1919 British intervene in Petrograd
1919 Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, who founded the Republic of Turkey, gathers a congress in Sivas to make decisions as to the future of Anatolia and Thrace.
1920 Last day of Julian civil calendar (in parts of Bulgaria)
1922 Paavo Nurmi runs world record 2000m (5:26.3)
1923 A Charlot & N Cowards revue "London Calling," premieres in London
1923 Maiden flight of the first U.S. airship, the USS Shenandoah.
1923 NY Yankee Sad Sam Jones no-hits Phila A's, 2-0
1927 Charles Lindbergh visits Boise, Idaho, on his cross-country tour
1930 Cambridge Theater opens in London
1932 15th PGA Championship, Olin Dutra at Keller GC St Paul Minn
1933 1st airplane to exceed 300 mph (483 kph), JR Wendell, Glenview, Il
1933 Coup on Cuban president De Cespedes by Fulgencio Batista
1934 Bradman scores 149* Aust v Eng XI, 104 mins, 17 fours 4 sixes
1936 Franco troops conquer Irun & Talavera de la Reina Spain
1936 Largo Caballero becomes Spanish premier
1937 Doris Kopsky, becomes 1st NABA woman cycling champion (4:22.4)
1938 Vainio Muinonen wins 2nd European marathoner (2:37:28.8)
1939 Dutch 2nd Chamber affirms Neth's in a State of War
1939 German submarine U-30 sinks British passenger ship Athenia
1939 German troops move into Danzig
1939 Netherlands & Belgium declare neutrality
1939 Polish ghetto of Mir is exterminated
1939 RAF bombs Wilhelmshafen
1940 CBS begins broadcasting TV as station W2XAB
1940 Gerbrandy becomes premier of Dutch government in exile
1940 Mussert sends telegram, that Hitler has captured the Dutch
1940 Nazi collaborator Mussert puts the fate of Neth in Hitler's hands
1941 NY Yankees, win earliest AL pennent (full season)
1941 US destroyer Greer fires on German submarine U-652
1941 A German submarine makes the first attack against a United States ship, the USS Greer in World War II.
1941 Yanks beat Red Sox 6-3 & clinch their 12th & earliest pennant
1942 Transport nr 28 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany
1943 British 8th army lands at Taranto South Italy
1944 2,087 Jews transported for Westerbork to KZ-Lower Theresienstadt
1944 64th US Mens Tennis, Frank Parker beats Wm F Talbert (64 36 63 63)
1944 British 2nd Armoured pantzer division frees Antwerp
1944 Finland breaks diplomatic contact with nazi-Germany
1944 US 1st Army frees Namen
1944 The British 11th Armoured Division liberates the Belgian city of Antwerp in World War II.
1945 Ruben Fine wins 4 simultaneous rapid chess games blindfolded
1945 US regains possession of Wake Island from Japan
1948 "Angel in the Wings" closes at Coronet Theater NYC after 308 perfs
1948 Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands abdicates Dutch throne for health reasons.
1949 Maiden flight of the Bristol Brabazon.
1949 Marie Robie sinks 393 yd hole-in-one (1st hole in Furnace Brook)
1949 The Peekskill Riots erupt after a Paul Robeson concert in Peekskill, New York.
1950 First helicopter rescue of American pilot behind enemy lines
1950 D McI Hodgson of St Ann Bay, Nova Scotia catches a 997 lb tuna
1950 Darlington Raceway is the site of the inaugural Southern 500, the first 500-mile NASCAR race.
1950 First appearance of the "Beetle Bailey" comic strip.
1950 Heavy typhoon strikes Japan, kills about 250
1951 First transcontinental TV broadcast
1951 71st US Mens Tennis, F A Sedgman beats Elias V Seixas Jr (64 61 61)
1951 NBC extends to become a 61 station coast-to-coast network
1951 The first live transcontinental television broadcast takes place in San Francisco, California, from the Japanese Peace Treaty Conference, by Pres Harry Truman.
1953 WATR (now WTXX) TV channel 20 in Waterbury, CT (NBC) begins
1953 WGEM TV channel 10 in Quincy-Hannibal, IL (NBC) begins broadcasting
1953 Yanks become first team to win 5 consecutive championship
1954 First passage of McClure Strait, fabled Northwest Passage completed
1954 Peter B Cortese of US achieves a one-arm deadlift of 370 lbs; 22 lbs over triple his body weight, at York, Pennsylvania
1956 The IBM RAMAC 305 is introduced, the first commercial computer that used magnetic disk storage.
1957 Little Rock Crisis, Orval Faubus, governor of Arkansas, calls out the National Guard to prevent 9 African American students from enrolling in a Little Rock Central High School.
1957 The Ford Motor Company introduces the Edsel.
1960 Hurricane Donna, kills 148 in Caribbean & US
1961 Carol Burnette-Richard Hayes Show premieres on CBS radio
1961 US authorizes Agency for International Development
1962 Beatles record "How Do You Do It" at EMI
1962 French president De Gaulle visits German FR
1963 Swissair Flight 306 crashes near Dürrenäsch, Switzerland, killing all 80 people on board.
1964 Eduardo Frei elected president of Chile
1964 Longest bridge in Europe opens (Scottish Forth Road Bridge)
1964 NASA launches its 1st Orbital Geophysical Observatory (OGO-1)
1964 Scotland's Forth Road Bridge near Edinburgh officially opens.
1965 Beatles' "Help!," single goes #1 & stays #1 for 3 weeks
1965 KREZ TV channel 6 in Durango, CO (CBS/NBC) begins broadcasting
1965 Rock group Who's wan is vandalized with $10,000 in equipment stolen
1966 Houston Oilers holds Denver Broncos to no 1st downs winning 45-7
1966 Jim Hogan wins Europe marathon (2:20:04.6)
1967 6.5 earthquake of Kolya Dam India, kills 200
1967 Jerry Lewis' 2nd Muscular Dystrophy telethon
1967 Train crash at Arnhem Neth, kills 5
1967 Operation Swift of Vietnam War begins, U.S. Marines engage the North Vietnamese in battle in the Que Son Valley.
1968 Nigerian troops conquer Aba Biafra
1970 29.0 cm rainfall at Workman Creek, Arizona (state record)
1970 George Harrison releases "My Sweet Lord" single
1970 Russian ballerina Natalia Makarova gets political asylum
1970 Salvador Allende wins presidential election in Chile
1971 A Boeing 727 carrying Alaska Airlines Flight 1866 crashes into Chilkoot Mountains near Juneau, Alaska, killing all 111 people on board.
1972 US swimmer Mark Spitz becomes the first competitor to win seven medals at a single Olympic Games.
1972 Thieves steal 18 paintings from the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts in what was at the time the largest art theft in North America.
1972 USSR performs underground nuclear test
1973 William E Colby, becomes 10th director of CIA
1974 Emmy News & Documentaries Award presentation
1975 The Sinai Interim Agreement relating to the Arab-Israeli conflict is signed.
1976 Palestinians hijack KLM DC-9 to Cyprus
1977 "Godspell" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 527 performances
1977 Hollis Stacy wins LPGA Rail Muscular Dystrophy Golf Classic
1977 The Golden Dragon Massacre took place in San Francisco, California.
1978 Jerry Lewis' 13th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $29,074,405
1978 NY Yankee pitcher Ron Guidry wins his 20th (on way to 25-3 season)
1978 Pat Bradley wins LPGA Rail Charity Golf Classic
1979 India need 438 to win v England, game ends at 8-429
1979 Iran army conquerors Baneh
1980 Yes performs its last concert (Madison Square Garden)
1981 Longest game at Fenway Park completed in 20, Mariners-8, Red Sox-7
1981 Newscaster David Brinkley is released by NBC
1981 Seattle Mariners beat Boston Red Sox, 8-7, in 20 inn (started 9/3)
1981 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1982 Arson fire engulfs apt-hotel in LA, 25 die
1982 USSR performs underground nuclear test
1983 "Joseph & the Amazing Dreamcoat" closes at Royale NYC after 747 perfs
1983 83rd US Golf Amateur Championship won by Jay Sigel
1983 Greg LeMond becomes only American to win cycling's Road Championship
1983 Scott Michael Pellaton sets barefoot waterski speed rec (119.36 mph)
1984 Brian Mulroney leads the Canadian Progressive Conservative Party to power in the 1984 federal election, ending 20 years of nearly uninterrupted Liberal rule.
1984 Nigerian singer Fela Kuti sentenced to 2 years
1985 Igor Paklin of USSR set a new high jump world record at 7-11 12
1985 NY Mets Gary Carter's 2 HRs ties record of 5 HRs in 2 games
1986 189.42 million shares traded in NY Stock Exchange
1986 Claude Brochu becomes CEO of Montreal Expos
1988 Mike Tyson crashes a silver BMW into a tree near Catskills NY
1988 Phoenix Cardinals play 1st regular-season NFL game
1989 Beth Daniel wins LPGA Rail Charity Golf Classic
1989 Jerry Lewis' 24th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $42,737,219
1991 "Most Happy Fella" opens at NY State Theater NYC
1991 Panel of 8 baseball experts vote to drop asterisk next to Roger Maris HR record & determine an official no hitter must go at least 9 innings
1991 Rte 35 Theater in Hazlit, last drive-in in NJ, closes
1992 "Scared Silent" is 1st non news program to be seen on 3 networks simultaneously. (CBS, NBC & PBS), about child abuse hosted by Oprah
1993 Jim Abbott pitches 4-0, no-hit win over Indians at Yankee Stadium (with one arm).
1993 Mats Wilander defeats Mikael Pernfors 7-6 (7-3), 3-6, 1-6, 7-6 (8-6), 6-4 in 4 hrs 1 min US Open Tennis match concluding at 2:26 AM
1993 Miklos Horthy appointed Hungarian admiral
1994 Bulgarian government of Berov falls
1994 Cleveland Browns is 1st team in NFL to score a 2-point conversion
1994 Kansai International airport officially opens
1995 Jerry Lewis' 30th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $47,800,000
1995 Mary Beth Zimmerman wins LPGA State Farm Rail Golf Classic
1995 The Fourth World Conference on Women opens in Beijing with over 4,750 delegates from 181 countries in attendance.
1996 13th MTV Awards, Alanis Morrisett & Smashing Pumpkins wins
1996 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.
1997 14th MTV Awards
1997 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Louisville KY on WTFX 100.5 FM
1998 Google is founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, two students at Stanford University.
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.
2012 25 people are killed at a funeral suicide bombing in Nangarhar, Pakistan
2012 42 people are killed and 25 injured as a passenger bus falls down a ravine in Morocco
2012 Carpet that can help prevent falls in elderly by warning them after detecting unusual footsteps is developed
2012 Pauline Marois becomes the first female premier of Quebec
2014 Aracheological remains of a Viking fortress from the 900s CE, the Vallø Borgring, is discovered in Denmark
2014 Monsoon rains beging and cause flooding over a sustained period that kills over 400 people in India & Pakistan
Born on September 4th
1241 Alexander III of Scotland (d. 1286)
1249 Amadeus V de Great, count of Flanders, Savoy
1383 Amadeus VIII, Duke of Savoye, Last antipope (Felix V) (1439-48) (d. 1451)
1454 Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, English politician (d. 1483)
1557 Sofie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin , queen of Denmark and Norway (d. 1631)
1563 Wanli, Emperor of China (d. 1620)
1596 Constantine Huygens, Dutch poet , diplomat (Delightful Folly) (d. 1687)
1622 Jacob Hintze, composer
1647 Gerard Noodt, Dutch lawyer
1717 Job Orton, English minister (d. 1783)
1736 Robert Raikes, England, Sunday school pioneer
1746 Bernardus Bosch, Dutch Patriot/poet/writer, baptised
1755 Count Axel von Fersen the Younger, Swedish Army officer, diplomat and statesman. (d. 1810)
1761 Friedrich Ludwig Emilius Kunzen, composer
1768 François-René de Chateaubriand, French diplomat, poet, novelist (Atala) (d. 1848)
1778 Louis Napoleon, French king of Netherlands (1806-10)
1793 Edward Bates, Atty Gen (Union) (d. 1869)
1795 Friedrich (August) von Alberti, German geologist (Triasic Age)
1802 Marcus Whitman, missionary, led to US securing Oregon
1803 Sarah Childress Polk, First Lady of the United States (1845-1849) (d. 1891)
1809 Juliusz Slowacki, Polish Romantic poet (d. 1849)
1810 Donald McKay, US naval architect, built fastest clipper ships
1815 Andreas I Schaepman, archbishop of Utrecht 1868-82
1815 Mihaly Mosonyi, composer
1816 Francois-Emmanuel-Joseph Bazin, composer
1824 Anton Bruckner, Austrian composer, Wagner disciple and "monumental bore" (d. 1896)
1824 Phoebe Cary, Cincinnati, American poet (Poems of Alice & Phoebe Cary)
1825 Dadabhai Naoroji, An early Indian political leader, First Indian in British parliament (d. 1917)
1826 Martin Wiberg, Swedish computer pioneer (d. 1905)
1832 Antonio Agliardi, Italian diplomat (d. 1915)
1843 Charles Wentworth Dilke, English under minister of Foreign affairs
1843 Jan Levoslav Bella, composer
1846 Daniel Burnham, American architect, built skyscrapers (d. 1912)
1848 Jennie Lee, American actress (d. 1925)
1848 Lewis H Latimer, inventor/engineer
1850 Luigi Cadorna, Italian Field Marshal, earl (WW I-Caporetto) (d. 1928)
1851 John Dillon, Irish nationalist, British Lower house member (d. 1927)
1853 Hermann von Wissmann, German Africa explorer/governor East-Africa
1859 Edoardo Mascheroni, composer
1869 Geert A D Wumkes, Frisian theologist/writer (Frision Movement)
1870 Friedrich Panzer, German germanist (Das Nibelungenlied)
1872 (Rosalie) Julia Cuypers, Flemish actress/wife of Joseph of Lyre
1874 Johanna M "Lena" Bakker, Dutch actress/wife of Bruno Gerlach
1880 Leo Bittermieux, Flemish missionary (Congo)
1885 Antonio Bacci, Italian cardinal (d. 1971)
1885 Dimitrios Loundras, Greek gymnast (d. 1971)
1886 Albert Orsborn, General of The Salvation Army (d. 1967)
1888 Oskar Schlemmer, German painter/sculptor
1890 Naima Wifstrand, Swedish film actor, operetta singer, troubadour, director and composer (d. 1968)
1891 Fritz Todt, Nazi official (d. 1942)
1892 Darius Milhaud, French composer (Maximilien) (d. 1974)
1893 Henry Schultz, US, farm commune leader
1895 Nigel Bruce, British/US actor (Dr Watson-Sherlock Holmes)
1896 Agnes Ayres (Hinkle), American actress (Sheik, Souls at Sea)
1896 Antonin Artaud, French playwright, songwriter, director (Theatre Seraphin) (d. 1948)
1896 Aspasia Manos, wife of king Alexander of Greece (d. 1972)
1900 Cornelis Verolme, Dutch ship builder
1901 Paul Osborn, playwright (Mornings at 7)
1901 William Lyons, British industrialist (Jaguar cars) (d. 1985)
1902 Lorna Johnstone, England, equestrian dressage (Olympic-13th-1968)
1902 Thomas Mitchell, England cricketer (d. 1996)
1904 Julian Hill, research chemist
1904 Maudet Christian-Jacques, film director
1905 Mary Renault (Mary Challens), English novelist (King Must Die, Funeral Games) (d. 1983)
1906 Alexander Moyzes, composer
1906 Antanas Raciunas, composer
1906 Hendrikus G "Han" Hoekstra, poet (Ongerijmde life)
1906 Max Delbrück, German biologist, Nobel laureate (d. 1981)
1907 Leo Castelli, Trieste, American art dealer
1907 Maurice Ashley, historian
1908 Edward Dmytryk, American film director (Carpetbaggers, Young Lions, Caine Mutiny) (d. 1999)
1908 Richard Wright, American writer (Native Son, Uncle Tom's Children) (d. 1960)
1909 Eduard Wirths, German Nazi physician (Auschwitz) (d. 1945)
1909 Karel Horky, composer
1910 Denis Tomlinson, South African cricketer (d. 1993)
1912 Alexander Liberman, editor/painter/photographer (639)
1913 Mickey Cohen, American gangster (d. 1976)
1913 Stanford Moore, American chemist (Nobel laureate 1977) (d. 1982)
1913 Victor Kiernan, British historian (d. 2009)
1914 Rudolf Leiding, German auto executive, third postwar chairman of Volkswagen (d. 2003)
1915 Dick Thomas, Phila Pa, TV host (Village Barn)
1915 Rudolf Schock, German opera/operette singer
1916 Robert (Augustine) W(ard) Lowndes, American sci-fi author (Puzzle Planet)
1917 Henry Ford II, American industrialist, automaker (Ford Motor Co) (d. 1987)
1918 Gerald Wilson, Shelby Miss, orchestra leader (Redd Foxx)
1918 Paul Harvey, American radio broadcaster, news commentator (Rest of the story) (d. 2009)
1918 William Talbert, tennis doubles champ (US 1942, 45, 46, 48)
1919 Howard Morris, American comic actor and director (High Anxiety) (d. 2005)
1920 Clemar Bucci, Argentine racing driver
1920 Craig Claiborne, food columnist (NY Times Cookbook)
1920 Teddy Johnson, British singer
1922 Per Olof Sundman, Swedish writer and politician (d. 1992)
1924 Joan Aiken, English writer of children's songs (d. 2004)
1925 Forrest Carter, American author (d. 1979)
1926 Bert Olmstead, Canadian ice hockey player
1926 Robert J Lagomarsino (Rep-R-CA, 1974)
1927 Aleksandr Nikolayevich Matinchenko, Russia, cosmonaut
1927 John McCarthy, American computer scientist
1928 Dick York, American actor (Darrin-Bewitched, Inherit the Wind) (d. 1992)
1928 Donald E Petersen, Minn, exec (Ford Motors)
1929 Thomas Eagleton, American politician (Sen-D-MO, 1968-86/VP candidate-D-1972) (d. 2007)
1930 Jerry Ragavoy, US songwriter/producer (Wonderful Dream)
1930 Mitzi Gaynor, actress (Bird & Vees, Anything Goes, South Pacific)
1931 Antonios Trakatellis, Greek politician
1931 Mitzi Gaynor, American actress
1932 Carlos Romero Barcelo, Puerto Rican politician (Rep-D-Puerto Rico)
1932 Dinsdale Landen, English actor (d. 2003)
1933 Richard Castellano, Bronx, actor (Godfather, Lovers & Other Stranger)
1934 Clive Granger, Welsh-born economist, Nobel laureate
1934 Eduard Khil, Russian singer
1937 Dawn Fraser, Australian swimmer, 100m freestyle (Olympic-gold-1956, 60, 64)
1937 Mikk Mikiver, Estonian actor and director (d. 2006)
1938 Leonard Frey, Bkln NY, actor (Best of West, Mr Smith)
1939 Denis Lindsay, South African cricketer (d. 2005)
1941 Joanna Van Gyseghem, English actress
1941 Marilena Chaui, Brazilian philosopher
1941 Ramesh Sethi, East African cricketer
1941 Sushilkumar Shinde, Indian politician
1942 Bob Filner, (Rep-D-California)
1942 Jerry Jarrett, American professional wrestling promoter
1942 Merald "Bubba" Knight, Atlanta Ga, singer (Gladys Knights & Pips)
1942 Ray(mond) Loran Floyd, American professional golfer, PGA tour (Masters 1976, 1986 US Open)
1943 Giuseppi Gentile, Italy, triple jumper (Olympic-bronze-1968)
1944 Christopher Needler, English sand industrialist (TCG Materials)
1944 Gene Parsons, rock drummer (Byrds, Gene Clark Group)
1944 Jennifer Salt, LA California, actress (Sisters, Soap, Wedding Party)
1944 Ron Ward, Canadian ice hockey player
1945 Daniel Wood Gatton, guitarist
1945 Danny Gatton, American musician (d. 1994)
1946 Bryan Mauricette, Canadian cricketer
1946 David Liebman, Musician
1946 Gary Duncan (Grubb), American guitarist (Quicksilver Messenger Service)
1946 Greg Elmore, San Diego Ca, rock drummer (Quicksilver)
1947 Alan Greisman, Sally Field's husband/producer (Fletch, Surrender)
1948 Marian H J Soutendijk, Dutch MP (CDA)
1948 Samuel Hui, Hong Kong singer
1949 Dean Pees, American football NFL defensive coordinator
1949 Thomas Sturges Watson, KC MO, PGA golfer (1975 Byron Nelson)
1949 Tom Watson, American golfer (British Open 1975, 77, 80, 82, 83)
1950 Doyle Alexander, American baseball player
1950 Ehteshamuddin, Pakistani cricketer
1951 Judith Ivey, American actress (Lady in Red, Hello Again)
1951 Marita Ulvskog, Swedish politician
1951 Martin Chambers, English drummer (The Pretenders)
1951 Nicu Ceausescu, playboy
1952 Rishi Kapoor, Indian actor
1953 Fatih Terim, Turkish footballer and coach
1953 Kengo Kimura (Takashi Kimura), wrestler (NJPW)
1953 Lawrence-Hilton Jacobs, NYC, actor (Freddie-Welcome Back Kotter)
1953 Michael Stean, chess player
1954 José Castro, Swedish actor.
1955 Brian Schweitzer, American politician, governor of Montana
1955 David Broza, a multi-platinum Israeli singer-songwriter and guitarist.
1955 Garth Le Roux, former South African cricketer
1956 Blackie Lawless, American musician, lead singer in W.A.S.P.
1956 Candy Loving Oswego KS, playmate (Jan, 1979)
1956 Shane Gould, freestyle swimmer (Olympics-3 Gold-1972)
1957 Khandi Alexander, American actress
1957 Patricia Tallman, American actress
1958 David Drew Pinsky (Dr. Drew), American radio show host
1958 George Hurley, American drummer (Minutemen)
1958 Marzio Innocenti, Italian rugby union player and coach
1958 Ray Freeman, Greensboro NC, Canadian Tour golfer (1992 Coast Carolina)
1958 Shiro Koshinaka, wrestler (WAR/NJPW)
1959 Armin Kogler, Austrian ski jumper (2-time winner of jumping World Cup)
1959 Kevin Harrington, Australian actor
1959 William Kennedy Smith, Kennedy accused of rape in Florida (1991)
1960 Damon Wayans, American actor and comedian (In Living Color, Major Payne, Blankman)
1960 Kim Thayil, American guitarist (Soundgarden, Probot)
1960 Peter Virgile, soap actor (Hostage, Popeye Doyle)
1961 Kevin Kennedy, English actor
1961 Rizwan-uz-Zaman, Pakistani cricketer
1962 Kiran More, Indian cricketer
1962 Ulla Tørnæs, Danish politician
1963 Bobby Jarzombek, American drummer (Halford)
1963 Donna Wilkins, Miami FL, LPGA golfer (1987 S&H Golf Classic-5th)
1963 John Vanbiesbrouck, American hockey player, NHL goalie (Team USA, Florida)
1963 Sam Yaffa, Finnish musician (Hanoi Rocks, New York Dolls)
1964 Guy Donald Boros, Ft Laud FL, PGA golfer (1994 Deposit Guaranty-3rd)
1964 René Pape, German bass
1964 Tomas Sandstrom, NHL forward (Anaheim, Team Sweden 1998)
1965 Sergio Momesso, French Canadian ice hockey player
1965 Terri Lynn Doss, Chicago Ill, playmate (Jul, 1988)
1966 Debra Lewin, South Burlington Vermont, Miss Vermont-America (1991)
1966 Jearl A Miles, Gainesville FL, 400m/long jumper (Olympics-gold-96)
1966 Yanka Dyagileva, Russian poet and singer-songwriter (d. 1991)
1967 Darrin Murray, New Zealand cricketer
1968 Carlette Guidry-White, 100m/long jumper
1968 John DiMaggio, American voice actor
1968 John Preston, Utah, actor (Greg-General Hospital)
1968 Mike Piazza, American baseball player, catcher (LA Dodgers)
1968 Phill Lewis, American actor
1968 Rick McNair, Berkeley California, water polo 2m defender (Olympics-96)
1969 Alexander Coe, Welsh DJ and record producer
1969 Noah Taylor, English-born actor
1970 Cari Read, Edmonton Alberta, synchro swimmer (Olympics-silver-96)
1970 Daisy Dee, West Indian-born singer
1970 Dave Buchwald, American hacker and film maker
1970 Igor Cavalera, Brazilian drummer (Sepultura)
1970 Ione Skye (Leitch), Hertfordshire England, actress (Say Anything)
1970 Janae Lautenschlager, Canoga Park California, diver (Olympics-96)
1970 Jennifer Nakken, Cedar City Utah, Miss Utah-America (1991)
1970 Luis Lopez, infielder (San Diego Padres)
1971 Anita Yuen, Hong Kong actress
1971 Brian Storey, Richmond BC, 470 yachter (Olympics-96)
1971 Ione Skye, English actress
1971 John Thierry, NFL defensive end (Chic Bears)
1971 Lance Klusener, South African cricketer
1971 Maik Taylor, Northern Irish footballer
1971 Monty Grow, NFL safety (Jacksonville Jaguars)
1971 Tyrone Johnson, NFL wide receiver (Atlanta Falcons)
1972 Daniel Nestor, Belgrade Yugo, Canadian tennis player (Olympics-96)
1972 Danny Ponce, Waltham Mass, actor (Willie-Valerie/Hogan Family)
1972 Françoise Yip, Canadian actress
1972 Jason Fisk, NFL defensive tackle (Minnesota Vikings)
1972 Myra Katherine Hale, Lincoln Nebraska, Miss America-Nebraska (1996)
1972 Norman Hand, NFL defensive tackle (Miami Dolphins)
1973 Aaron Fultz, American baseball player
1973 Jason David Frank, American actor
1973 Robert Couch, NFL tackle (Atlanta Falcons)
1973 Stacy Sanches, Dallas TX, playmate (Mar, 1995)
1974 Andrew Hansen, Australian comedian and musician for The Chaser
1974 Carmit Bachar, American musician (Pussycat Dolls)
1974 Jean Lavertue, Montreal Quebec, weightlifter (Olympics-96)
1974 Lincoln Roberts, West Indian cricketer
1974 Naved Ashraf, Pakistani cricketer
1974 Nona Gaye, daughter of Marvin Gaye/singer
1975 Dave Salmoni, Canadian zoologist, animal trainer
1975 Nikolaos Lyberopoulos, Greek footballer
1976 Clinton R. Nixon, American game designer
1976 Denilson Martins Nascimento, Brazilian football player
1976 Diana Maria Urdareanu, Miss Romania Universe (1997)
1976 Helen Denman, Perth Australia, swimmer (Olympics-96)
1976 Katreeya English, Thai singer, actress, model
1977 Lucie Silvas, English musician
1977 Mark Ronson, English DJ/Producer and co-founder of Allido Records
1977 Sun-Woo Kim, Korean Major League Baseball player
1978 Christian Walz, svensk soulartist.
1978 Wes Bentley, American actor
1979 Kosuke Matsuura, Japanese racing driver
1979 Kristina Krepela, Croatian actress
1979 MC Mong, South Korean hip hop artist
1979 Maxim Afinogenov, Russian ice hockey player
1979 Pedro Camacho, Portuguese composer
1979 Suzan Dandeneau, Miss Idaho Teen USA (1996)
1980 Hitomi Shimatani, Japanese singer
1980 Pat Neshek, American baseball player
1981 Beyoncé Knowles, American singer and actress (Destiny's Child)
1981 Lacey Mosley, American singer (Flyleaf)
1981 Richard Garcia, Australian footballer
1983 Tareq Aziz, Bangladeshi cricketer
1983 Yuichi Nakamaru, Japanese idol, (member of KAT-TUN)
1984 Camila Bordonaba, Argentine actress, singer and composer
1984 Demetris Nichols, American basketball player
1984 Hamish McIntosh, Australian football player
1986 James Younghusband, Philippine footballer
1988 John Tyler Hammons, American politician, mayor (Muskogee, Oklahoma)
1990 Jonny Lomax, English Rugby League player
1990 Stefania Fernandez, Venezuelan beauty queen and Miss Universe 2009
1991 Carter Jenkins, American actor
1995 Trevor Gagnon, American actor
2179 Nyota Uhura, Nairobi Kenya, communications officer (Star Trek)
Died on September 4th
422 Boniface I, Italian Bishop of Rome
454 Dioscorus van Alexandria, patriarch (council of Efeze)
799 Musa al-Kazim, Shia Imam (b. 745)
1037 King Bermudo III of Leon (b. 1010)
1063 Toghrül, Turkish conqueror of Persia and Baghdad
1085 Irmgarde van Keulen, German countress of Aspel, saint
1199 Joan of England, Queen consort of Sicily, wife of William II of Sicily (b. 1165)
1537 Johann Dietenberger, German theologian (b. c. 1475)
1553 Cornelia da Nomatalcino, monk converted to Judaism, burned at stake
1571 Earl of Lennox, regent of Scotland, murdered
1588 Robert Dudley, First Earl of Leicester, English politician (b. 1532)
1644 John Wtenbogaert, theologist (Kerckelicke history)
1709 Jean-Francois Regnard, French comedic poet/slave in Algeria
1759 Girolamo Chiti, composer
1767 Charles Townshend, English politician (b. 1725)
1780 John Fielding, English magistrate and social reformer (b. 1721)
1784 César-François Cassini de Thury, French astronomer (geodesic labor) (b. 1714)
1794 John Hely-Hutchinson, Irish statesman (b. 1724)
1804 Richard Somers, American naval officer
1821 José Miguel Carrera, Chilean general and founding father (b. 1785)
1828 Cornelis Stevens, Belgian RC foreman/polemist
1845 Pierre P Royer-Collard, French attorney/philosopher
1852 William MacGillivray, Scottish naturalist and ornithologist (b. 1796)
1853 Jonathan Blewitt, composer
1864 John Hunt Morgan, American Confederate military leader (b. 1825)
1903 Herman Zumpe, composer,
1905 Pierre de Braza, founder (French Congo)
1907 Edvard Hagerup Grieg, Norwegian composer (Peer Gynt Suite) (b. 1843)
1909 Clyde Fitch, American dramatist and playwright (b. 1865)
1916 José Echegaray y Eizaguirre, Spanish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1832)
1918 Max Dauthendy, German painter/author (Raubmenschen)
1922 Georges Sorel, French social philosopher
1937 Giovanni Salviucci, composer
1938 Clifford Dempsey, actor (Salute)
1940 George William de Carteret, author from Jersey island (b. 1869)
1944 Izaak van der Horst, Dutch resistance fighter, executed
1946 Paul Lincke, German composer/conductor (Lysistrata)
1960 Alfred E Green, director (Copacabana)
1963 Robert Schuman, French politician, chair (European Parliament) (b. 1886)
1964 W Bergengruen, writer
1965 Albert Schweitzer, Alsatian physician and missionary (Nobel Peace Prize 1954) (b. 1875)
1970 James M Taylor, USAF/astronaut
1972 Alan Kippax, cricketer (1st-class batting average 67)
1974 Creighton Abrams, U.S. Army general, Army staff chief (Vietnam) (b. 1914)
1974 Lewi Pethrus, Swedish politician (b. 1884)
1974 Marcel Achard, French dramatist (La forges the Paris) (b. 1899)
1975 Walter Tetley, cartoon voice (Sherman-Bullwinkle Show)
1977 E. F. Schumacher, German economist and statistician (b. 1911)
1977 Jean Rostand, French biologist (b. 1894)
1977 Stelios Perpiniadis, Greek musician (b. 1899)
1979 Canuplin, Filipino magician and bodabil entertainer (b. 1904)
1979 Jef van de Wiele, Belgian politician
1980 Wolfgang Gentner, German nuclear physicist
1981 Verne Rowe, actor (Verne-Fernwood 2 Night)
1985 George O'Brien, actor (Daniel Boone, Salute)
1985 Isabel Jeans, actress (Suspicion, Easy Virtue, Tovarich)
1986 Hank Greenberg, American baseball player (b. 1911)
1986 Otto Glória, Brazilian football coach (b. 1917)
1987 Bill Bowes, English cricketer (b. 1908)
1989 Georges Simenon, French author and director (Maigret) (b. 1903)
1989 Ronald Syme, New Zealand-born classicist and historian (b. 1903)
1990 Henry Faas (Wandelganger), Dutch journalist (Volkskrant)
1990 Irene Dunne American actress (5 oscars) (b. 1898)
1991 Charlie Barnet, American jazz saxophonist (Cherokee) and bandleader (b. 1913)
1991 Dottie West, American country singer (Here Comes my Baby) (b. 1932)
1991 Margaret Ramsay, vocalist
1991 Thomas Tryon, American actor and novelist (Cardinal), writer (Other) (b. 1926)
1992 John van Dreelen (Jacques T van Drielen Gimberg), actor (Topaz)
1993 Clyde Adler, voice (White Fang/Black Tooth-Soupy Sales)
1993 Herve Villechaize, French actor (Fantasy Island), shoots self to death (b. 1943)
1993 Mehmet Sincar, Turkish-Kurd MP, murdered
1994 Laurentius LM "Laurens" van Deenen, (pathed)physiologist
1994 Louis Myers, blues guitarist /harmonica player
1995 Chuck Greenberg, American musician (Shadowfax) (b. 1950)
1995 Edmond Jouhaud, general
1995 John Megna, actor (To Kill a Mocking Bird), dies at 42
1995 William Moses Kunstler, American lawyer and activist, UCLA attorney (Chicago 7) (b. 1919)
1996 Sam Cook, cricketer (Gloucestershire slow bowler with one Test for England)
1997 Aldo Rossi, Italian architect (b. 1931)
1997 Belle Stewart, singer
1998 Elizabeth Kata, Australian writer, A Patch of Blue (b. 1912)
2001 Hank the Angry Drunken Dwarf, American radio personality (b. 1962)
2002 Vlado Perlemuter, Lithuanian pianist (b. 1904)
2003 Lola Bobesco, Romanian-born violinist (b. 1921)
2003 Tibor Varga, Hungarian violinist and conductor (b. 1921)
2004 Alphonso Ford, American basketball player (b. 1971)
2004 James O. Page, American paramedic (b. 1936)
2004 Moe Norman, Canadian golfer (b. 1929)
2006 Astrid Varnay, Swedish-born soprano (b. 1918)
2006 Colin Thiele, Australian author and educator (b. 1920)
2006 Giacinto Facchetti, Italian footballer (b. 1942)
2006 Steve Irwin, Australian naturalist and television personality (b. 1962)
2011 Lee Roy Selmon, American football player (b. 1954)
2014 Joan Rivers, American comedienne (Late Show, Hollywood Sq)