September 4, 2004 Hurricane Frances hits Florida, causing $40 billion in damage.
September 4, 1997 14th MTV Awards
September 4, 1997 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Louisville Kentucky on WTFX 100.5 FM
September 4, 1996 13th MTV Awards: Alanis Morrisett and Smashing Pumpkins wins
September 4, 1995 Jerry Lewis' 30th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $47,800,000
September 4, 1995 Mary Beth Zimmerman wins LPGA State Farm Rail Golf Classic
September 4, 1994 Bulgarian government of Berov falls
September 4, 1994 Cleveland Browns is 1st team in NFL to score a 2-point conversion
September 4, 1994 Kansai International airport officially opens
September 4, 1993 Jim Abbott pitches 4-0, no-hit win over Indians at Yankee Stadium
September 4, 1993 Miklos Horthy appointed Hungarian admiral
September 4, 1993Mats Wilander defeats Mikael Pernfors 7-6 (7-3), 3-6, 1-6, 7-6 (8-6), 6-4 in 4 hours 1 min U.S. Open Tennis match concluding at 2:26 AM
September 4, 1992"Scared Silent" is 1st non news program to be seen on 3 networks simultaneously. (CBS, NBC and PBS), about child abuse hosted by Oprah
September 4, 1991 "Most Happy Fella" opens at New York State Theater New York City
September 4, 1991 Rte 35 Theater in Hazlit, last drive-in in NJ, closes
September 4, 1991Panel of 8 baseball experts vote to drop asterisk next to Roger Maris HR record and determine an official no hitter must go at least 9 innings
September 4, 1989 Beth Daniel wins LPGA Rail Charity Golf Classic
September 4, 1989 Jerry Lewis' 24th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $42,737,219
September 4, 1988 Mike Tyson crashes a silver BMW into a tree near Catskills NY
September 4, 1988 Phoenix Cardinals play 1st regular-season NFL game
September 4, 1986 189.42 million shares traded in New York Stock Exchange
September 4, 1986 Claude Brochu becomes CEO of Montreal Expos
September 4, 1985 Igor Paklin of U.S.S.R. set a new high jump world record at 7-11 12
September 4, 1985 New York Mets Gary Carter's 2 home runs ties record of 5 home runs in 2 games
September 4, 1984 Nigerian singer Fela Kuti sentenced to 2 years
September 4, 1983 "Joseph and the Amazing Dreamcoat" closes at Royale New York City after 747 performances
September 4, 1983 83rd U.S. Golf Amateur Championship won by Jay Sigel
September 4, 1983 Greg LeMond becomes only American to win cycling's Road Championship
September 4, 1983 Scott Michael Pellaton sets barefoot waterski speed rec (119.36 mph)
September 4, 1982 Arson fire engulfs apt-hotel in LA, 25 die
September 4, 1982 U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test
September 4, 1981 Longest game at Fenway Park completed in 20, Mariners-8, Red Sox-7
September 4, 1981 Newscaster David Brinkley is released by NBC
September 4, 1981 Seattle Mariners beat Boston Red Sox, 8-7, in 20 inn (started 9/3)
September 4, 1981 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
September 4, 1980 Yes performs its last concert (MSG)
September 4, 1979 India need 438 to win vs. England, game ends at 8-429
September 4, 1979 Iran army conquerors Baneh
September 4, 1978 Jerry Lewis' 13th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $29,074,405
September 4, 1978 New York Yankee pitcher Ron Guidry wins his 20th (on way to 25-3 season)
September 4, 1978 Pat Bradley wins LPGA Rail Charity Golf Classic
September 4, 1977 "Godspell" closes at Broadhurst Theater New York City after 527 performances
September 4, 1977 Hollis Stacy wins LPGA Rail Muscular Dystrophy Golf Classic
September 4, 1976 Palestinians hijack KLM DC-9 to Cyprus
September 4, 1974 Emmy News and Documentaries Award presentation
September 4, 1973 William E. Colby, becomes 10th director of CIA
September 4, 1972 U.S. swimmer Mark Spitz becomes 1st athlete to win 7 olympic gold medals
September 4, 1972 U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test
September 4, 1971 Alaskan 727 crashes into Chilkoot Mountain, kills 109 (Alaska)
September 4, 1970 George Harrison releases "My Sweet Lord" single
September 4, 1970 Russian ballerina Natalia Makarova gets political asylum
September 4, 1970 Salvador Allende wins presidential election in Chile
September 4, 1968 Nigerian troops conquer Aba Biafra
September 4, 1967 6.5 earthquake of Kolya Dam India, kills 200
September 4, 1967 Jerry Lewis' 2nd Muscular Dystrophy telethon
September 4, 1967 Train crash at Arnhem Neth, kills 5
September 4, 1966 Houston Oilers holds Denver Broncos to no 1st downs winning 45-7
September 4, 1966 Jim Hogan wins Europe marathon (2:20:04.6)
September 4, 1965 Beatles' "Help!," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 3 weeks
September 4, 1965 KREZ TV channel 6 in Durango, CO (CBS/NBC) begins broadcasting
September 4, 1965 Rock group Who's wan is vandalized with $10,000 in equipment stolen
September 4, 1964 Eduardo Frei elected president of Chile
September 4, 1964 Longest bridge in Europe opens (Scottish 4th Road Bridge)
September 4, 1964 NASA launches its 1st Orbital Geophysical Observatory (OGO-1)
September 4, 1962 Beatles record "How Do You Do It" at EMI
September 4, 1962 French president De Gaulle visits German FR
September 4, 1961 Carol Burnette-Richard Hayes Show premieres on CBS radio
September 4, 1961 U.S. authorizes Agency for International Development
September 4, 1960 Hurricane Donna, kills 148 in Caribbean and US
September 4, 1957 Ford Motor Co introduces Edsel
September 4, 1957 Governor of Arkansas, Orval Faubus, calls out National Guard to stop 9 black students from entering a Little Rock high school
September 4, 1954 1st passage of McClure Strait, fabled Northwest Passage completed
September 4, 1954 Peter B Cortese of U.S. achieves a one-arm deadlift of 370 lbs; 22 lbs over triple his body weight, at York, Pennsylvania
September 4, 1953 WATR (now WTXX) TV channel 20 in Waterbury, CT (NBC) begins
September 4, 1953 WGEM TV channel 10 in Quincy-Hannibal, IL (NBC) begins broadcasting
September 4, 1953 Yanks become 1st team to win 5 consecutive championship
September 4, 1951 1st transcontinental TV broadcast, by President Truman
September 4, 1951 71st U.S. Mens Tennis: F A Sedgman beats Elias V Seixas, Jr. (64 61 61)
September 4, 1951 NBC extends to become a 61 station coast-to-coast network
September 4, 1951 President Truman addresses opening of Japanese Peace Treaty Conference
September 4, 1950 1st helicopter rescue of American pilot behind enemy lines
September 4, 1950 D McI Hodgson of St. Ann Bay, Nova Scotia catches a 997 lb tuna
September 4, 1950 Heavy typhoon strikes Japan, kills about 250
September 4, 1949 Marie Robie sinks 393 yd hole-in-one (1st hole in Furnace Brook)
September 4, 1948 "Angel in the Wings" closes at Coronet Theater New York City after 308 performances
September 4, 1948 Queen Wilhelmina abdicates Dutch throne
September 4, 1945 Ruben Fine wins 4 simultaneous rapid chess games blindfolded
September 4, 1945 U.S. regains possession of Wake Island from Japan
September 4, 1944 2,087 Jews transported for Westerbork to KZ-Lower Theresienstadt
September 4, 1944 64th U.S. Mens Tennis: Frank Parker beats Wm F Talbert (64 36 63 63)
September 4, 1944 British 2nd Armoured pantzer division frees Antwerp
September 4, 1944 Finland breaks diplomatic contact with nazi-Germany
September 4, 1944 U.S. 1st Army frees Namen
September 4, 1943 British 8th army lands at Taranto South Italy
September 4, 1942 Transport nr 28 departs with French Jews to nazi-Germany
September 4, 1941 New York Yankees, win earliest AL pennent (full season)
September 4, 1941 U.S. destroyer Greer fires on German submarine U-652
September 4, 1941 Yanks beat Red Sox 6-3 and clinch their 12th and earliest pennant
September 4, 1940 Gerbrandy becomes premier of Dutch government in exile
September 4, 1940 Mussert sends telegram, that Hitler has captured the Dutch
September 4, 1940 Nazi collaborator Mussert puts the fate of Netherlands in Hitler's hands
September 4, 1939 Dutch 2nd Chamber affirms Netherlands in a State of War
September 4, 1939 German submarine U-30 sinks British passenger ship Athenia
September 4, 1939 German troops move into Danzig
September 4, 1939 Netherlands and Belgium declare neutrality
September 4, 1939 Mir, a castle used by the occupying Nazi forces as a Jewish ghetto, is exterminated
September 4, 1939 RAF bombs Wilhelmshafen
September 4, 1938 Vainio Muinonen wins 2nd European marathoner (2:37:28.8)
September 4, 1937 Doris Kopsky, becomes 1st NABA woman cycling champion (4:22.4)
September 4, 1936 Franco troops conquer Irun and Talavera de la Reina Spain
September 4, 1936 Largo Caballero becomes Spanish premier
September 4, 1934 Bradman scores 149* Aust vs. Eng XI, 104 mins, 17 fours 4 sixes
September 4, 1933 1st airplane to exceed 300 mph (483 kph), JR Wendell, Glenview, Il
September 4, 1933 Coup on Cuban president De Cespedes by Fulgencio Batista
September 4, 1932 15th PGA Championship: Olin Dutra at Keller GC St. Paul Minn
September 4, 1930 Cambridge Theater opens in London
September 4, 1927 Charles Lindbergh visits Boise, Idaho, on his cross-country tour
September 4, 1923 A Charlot and N Cowards revue "London Calling," premieres in London
September 4, 1923 New York Yankee Sad Sam Jones no-hits Philadelphia A's, 2-0
September 4, 1922 Paavo Nurmi runs world record 2000m (5:26.3)
September 4, 1920 Last day of Julian civil calendar (in parts of Bulgaria)
September 4, 1919 39th U.S. Mens Tennis: William M Johnston beats Wm T Tilden (64 64 63)
September 4, 1919 British intervene in Petrograd
September 4, 1918 Jhr Ch Ruys de Beerenbrouck becomes 1st Dutch Catholic premier
September 4, 1918 U.S. troops land in Archangel, Russia, stay 10 months
September 4, 1916 Christy Mathewson and Mordecai Brown final baseball game
September 4, 1914 British, French and Russian government sign Pact of London, against Germany
September 4, 1914 General von Moltke ceases German advance in France
September 4, 1912 1st accident (collision) in Londoner Underground: 22 injured person
September 4, 1911 Garros sets world altitude record of 4,250 m (13,944 ft)
September 4, 1908 Caledonia and Hillhurst Football Clubs play for Central Alberta Rugby Football League championship
September 4, 1906 New York Highlanders win 5th straight doubleheader
September 4, 1904 Dali Lama signs treaty allowing British commerce in Tibet
September 4, 1899 8.3 earthquake shakes Yakutat Bay, Alaska
September 4, 1894 In New York City, 12,000 tailors went on strike protesting sweat shops
September 4, 1894 Soccer team Veendam 1894 forms
September 4, 1893 English author Beatrix Potter 1st tells the story of Peter Rabbit
September 4, 1888 George Eastman patents 1st roll-film camera and registers "Kodak"
September 4, 1886 Apache Chief Geronimo surrenders ending last major US-Indian war
September 4, 1885 1st cafeteria opens (New York City)
September 4, 1882 1st district lit by electricity (NY's Pearl Street Station)
September 4, 1870 3rd French republic proclaimed as they overthrow their king
September 4, 1866 1st Hawaiian daily newspaper published
September 4, 1864 Bread riots in Mobile, Alabama
September 4, 1862 Gen Lee invades North with 50,000 Confederate troops
September 4, 1862 North Beach and Mission Railway Company organized in SF
September 4, 1854 English/French assault on Petropavlovsk Kamchatka
September 4, 1842 Work on Koln cathedral recommences after 284-year hiatus
September 4, 1833 1st newsboy hired (Barney Flaherty, 10 years old-NY Sun)
September 4, 1813 1st U.S. relig newspaper (Religious Remembrancer (Christian Observer))
September 4, 1807 Robert Fulton begins operating his steamboat
September 4, 1805 1st edition of Batavian State-Current published
September 4, 1786 Orange troops plunder Hattem/Elburg
September 4, 1781 Los Angeles founded by 44 in Bahia de las Fumas, (Valley of Smokes)
September 4, 1778 City Amsterdam signs trade agreement with U.S. rebels
September 4, 1695 French garrison of castle Names surrenders for Willem III
September 4, 1682 English astronomer Edmund Halley sees his namesake comet
September 4, 1618 "Rodi" avalanche destroys Plurs Switzerland, 1,500 killed
September 4, 1571 Catholic coup in Scotland
September 4, 1479 King Alfonso I of Portugal recognizes Isabella as queen of Castilie
September 4, 1414 Peace of Atrecht: John the fearless and Armagnacs
September 4, 1282 King Pedro III of Aragonorth annexes Sicily
September 4, 1260 Battle at Montaperti-Guelfen vs Ghibellijnen
September 4, 1024 Conrad II the Sailor chosen German king
September 4, 476 Romulus Augustulus, last Roman emperor in west, is deposed
September 4, 422 St. Boniface I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
I'm writing this answer in 2008, so 5 years ago is 2003.
- Canadian Singer and naturalized US citizen Gisele MacKenzie died of colon cancer.
- The New York Times reports a US government cutback on the use of lie detector tests to screen Nuclear Agency employees.
- A crude joke in the comic Doonsbury leads to a loss of about half of newspapers syndicating the lame, whiny political comic. Bloom County forever! (Pardon my own, personal editorial.)
- A magnitude 3.1 earthquake is detected just before 6 am off the coast of Sept-Îles, Quebec. The name means "Seven Islands".
- "Democracy is on the march" in Iraq, as Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld tours military bases according to a DefendAmerica.mil news story. Clearly things in Iraq will be all rainbows and unicorns in no time.
How old is this post? If you asked in 2007, you may have meant Sept 5th, 2002. In which case:
- Cosmologist David Todd Wilkinson, world renowned specialist in cosmic microwave background radiation, dies. His death is ruled "untimely" by Wikipedia, which characteristically has no source or further informaton for this claim. [citation needed]
- The New York Times has an amusing piece about a strange phenominon of "open source" software starting to make headway in government applications entitled "An Alternative To Microsoft Gains Support In High Places"
- The Irish Examiner reports that instances of internet child pornography increase 50% every year. "We are not aware of any cases here, but it is entirely possible."
- Magnitude 5.2 earthquake shakes Masset, BC, population 940. Is it just me, or does Canada keep WAY too close of tabs on their earthquake activity?
The Lynyrd Skynyrd plane crash was a very sad event in history. The crash happened a little over 35 years ago, with many different articles noting the passing of time.
the longest history in the world, the chilvilization started back more than 6,000 years ago.
She went to an all white school
1st mass exitinction happaned 450-440 million years ago.
6 years ago today 7th July 2011 on the 7th July 2005 three tube trains bloow up and 1 bus that is what we call 7/7 bombings
In 1900 years Ago
somethin happen but god knows what!!
Since the first diamond was found by a human, admired and prized, probably 6,000 years ago, what happened to it specifically is not recorded in history.
About 500 years ago.
the iron age happened about 2.5 million years ago. the iron age was followed by the stone age, which happened about 3 million years ago
Design of the U.S. flag, with its stars and stripes, was officially adopted.
what happened 25 years ago with regard to martin Luther king
There is no way to know who the first person to enter Wyoming was as it happened thousands of years ago before there was a written history.
This is the 50th anniversary of the assassination of US President John F. Kennedy in Dallas, Texas.
Since this happened more than ten thousand years ago, long before the time of written history, we don't know.
nothing
there was a war