Birthdates Which Occur on September 4:
1249 Amadeus V de Great count of Flanders/Savoy
1383 Amadeus VIII duke of Savoye/last antipope (Felix V (1439-48)
1596 Constantine Huygens Dutch poet/diplomat (Delightful Folly)
1622 Jacob Hintze composer
1647 Gerard Noodt Dutch lawyer
1736 Robert Raikes England, Sunday school pioneer
1746 Bernardus Bosch Dutch Patriot/poet/writer, baptised
1761 Friedrich Ludwig Emilius Kunzen composer
1768 Fran‡ois Ren‚ de Chateaubriand France, poet/novelist (Atala)
1778 Louis Napoleon French king of Netherlands (1806-10)
1793 Edward Bates Atty Gen (Union), died in 1869
1795 Friedrich [August] von Alberti German geologist (Triasic Age)
1802 Marcus Whitman missionary, led to US securing Oregon
1803 Sarah Childress Polk 1st lady (1845-1849)
1810 Donald McKay US naval architect, built fastest clipper ships
1811 Marie-F‚licit‚-Denise Pleyel [Mlle Moke], pianist/composer
1815 Andreas I Schaepman archbishop of Utrecht 1868-82
and Mihaly Mosonyi composer
1816 Fran‡ois-Emmanuel-Joseph Bazin composer
1824 Anton Bruckner Austria, Wagner disciple & monumental bore/composer
and Phoebe Cary Cincinnati, American poet (Poems of Alice & Phoebe Cary)
1825 Dadabhai Naoroji 1st Indian in British parliament
1843 Charles Wentworth Dilke English under minister of Foreign affairs
and Jan Levoslav Bella composer
1846 Daniel Burnham US, architect/built skyscrapers
1848 Lewis H Latimer inventor/engineer
1850 Luigi Cadorna Italian fieldmarshal/earl (WW I-Caporetto)
1851 John Dillon Irish nationalist/British Lower house member
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)
1883 Karel Candael Flemish composer (Passacaglia en Bourr‚e)
1888 Oskar Schlemmer German painter/sculptor
1892 Darius Milhaud Aix-en-Provence France, composer (Maximilien)
1893 Henry Schultz US, farm commune leader
1895 Nigel Bruce British/US actor (Dr Watson-Sherlock Holmes)
1896 Agnes Ayres [Hinkle], US, actress (Sheik, Souls at Sea)
and Antonin Artaud Marseilles France, songwriter/dir (Theatre Seraphin)
19-- Khandi Alexander NYC, actress (Catherine Scott-Newsradio)
and Kim Thayll Wash, rock guitarist (Soundgarden-Badmotorfinger)
and Mark Tapscott actress (Young & Restless)
1900 Cornelis Verolme Dutch ship builder
1901 Paul Osborn playwright (Mornings at 7)
1902 Lorna Johnstone England, equestrian dressage (Olympic-13th-1968)
1904 Hjordis T”pel Sweden, diving/4 X 100m relay (Olympic-bronze-1924)
1905 Mary Renault [Mary Challens], writer (King Must Die, Funeral Games)
1906 Alexander Moyzes composer
and Antanas Raciunas composer
and Hendrikus G "Han" Hoekstra poet (Ongerijmde life)
and Max Delbrck German/US biologist (Nobel 1969)
1907 Leo Castelli Trieste, American art dealer
1908 Richard Wright US, author (Native Son, Uncle Tom's Children)
1909 Karel Horky composer
1912 Alexander Liberman editor/painter/photographer (639)
and Tonny Boucher [Antonia M Erwich], cabaretiŠre
1913 Stanford Moore US biochemist (Nobel 1977)
1915 Dick Thomas Phila Pa, TV host (Village Barn)
and Rudolf Schock German opera/operette singer
1916 Robert [Augustine] W[ard] Lowndes US, sci-fi author (Puzzle Planet)
1917 Henry Ford II automaker (Ford Motor Co)
1918 Gerald Wilson Shelby Miss, orch leader (Redd Foxx)
and Paul Harvey Tulsa Okla, news commentator (Rest of the story)
and William Talbert tennis doubles champ (US 1942, 45, 46, 48)
1919 Howard Morris NYC, comedic actor (High Anxiety)
1920 Craig Claiborne food columnist (NY Times Cookbook)
1924 Joan Aiken Romania, writer of children's songs
1926 Robert J Lagomarsino (Rep-R-CA, 1974- )
1927 A N Matinchenko cosmonaut
1928 Dick York Fort Wayne Ind, actor (Darrin-Bewitched, Inherit the Wind)
and Donald E Petersen Minn, exec (Ford Motors)
1929 Thomas F Eagleton (Sen-D-MO, 1968-86/VP candidate-D-1972)
1930 Jerry Ragavoy US songwriter/producer (Wonderful Dream)
1932 Carlos Romero-Barcel (Rep-D-Puerto Rico)
1933 Richard Castellano Bronx, actor (Godfather, Lovers & Other Stranger)
1937 Dawn Fraser NSW Australia, 100m freestyle (Olympic-gold-1956, 60, 64)
1938 Leonard Frey Bkln NY, actor (Best of West, Mr Smith)
1942 Bob Filner (Rep-D-California)
and Merald "Bubba" Knight Atlanta Ga, singer (Gladys Knights & Pips)
and Ray Floyd Fort Bragg NC, PGA golfer (Masters 1976)
1943 Giuseppi Gentile Italy, triple jumper (Olympic-bronze-1968)
1944 Christopher Needler English sand industrialist (TCG Materials)
and Jennifer Salt LA Calif, actress (Sisters, Soap, Wedding Party)
1946 David Liebman rocker
and Gary Duncan [Grubb], San Diego Ca, rock guitarist (Quicksilver)
and Greg Elmore San Diego Ca, rock drummer (Quicksilver)
1947 Alan Greisman Sally Field's husband/producer (Fletch, Surrender)
1948 Marian H J Soutend˜k Dutch 2nd chamber member (CDA)
1949 Tom Watson KC Mo, golfer (British Open 1975, 77, 80, 82, 83)
1951 Judith Ivey El Paso Texas, actress (Lady in Red, Hello Again)
and Martin Chambers rock drummer (Pretenders)
1953 Kengo Kimura [Takashi Kimura], wrestler (NJPW)
and Lawrence-Hilton Jacobs NYC, actor (Freddie-Welcome Back Kotter)
and Michael Stean chess player
1956 Candy Loving Oswego KS playmate (Jan, 1979)
1958 Shiro Koshinaka wrestler (WAR/NJPW)
1959 Armin Kogler Austria, skier (2-time winner of jumping World Cup)
and William Kennedy Smith Kennedy accused of rape in Florida (1991)
1960 Peter Virgile soap actor^
1965 Terri Lynn Doss Chicago Ill, playmate (Jul, 1988)
1966 Debra Lewin South Burlington Vermont, Miss Vermont-America (1991)
1968 John Preston Utah, actor (Greg-General Hospital)
1970 Igor Cavalera Brazilian pop drummer (Sepultura)
and Ione Skye [Leitch], Hertfordshire England, actress (Say Anything)
and Jennifer Nakken Cedar City Utah, Miss Utah-America (1991)
1972 Danny Ponce Waltham Mass, actor (Willie-Valerie/Hogan Family)
1973 Stacy Sanches Dallas TX, playmate (Mar, 1995)
1974 Nona Gaye daughter of Marvin Gaye/singer
2179 Nyota Uhura Nairobi Kenya, communications officer (Star Trek)
Deaths Which Occured September 4:
422 Boniface I Italian Bishop of Rome, dies
454 Dioscorus van Alexandria patriarch (council of Efeze), dies
1085 Irmgarde van Keulen German countress of Aspel/saint, dies
1154 Gilbert de la Porr‚e French philosopher/bishop of Poiters, dies
1553 Cornelia da Nomatalcino monk converted to Judaism, burned at stake
1571 Earl of Lennox regent of Scotland, murdered
1588 Robert Dudley earl of Leicester, dies at 87
1644 John Wtenbogaert theologist (Kerckelicke history), dies at 87
1709 Jean-Fran‡ois Regnard French comedic poet/slave in Algeria, dies
1759 Girolamo Chiti composer, dies at 80
1784 Cesar F Cassini "the Thury" French astronomer (geodesic labor), dies
1828 Cornelis Stevens Belgian RC foreman/polemist, dies at 80
1845 Pierre P Royer-Collard French attorney/philosopher, dies at 82
1853 Jonathan Blewitt composer, dies at 71
1903 Herman Zumpe composer, dies at 53
1905 Pierre de Braza founder (French Congo), dies
1907 Edvard Grieg composer, dies at 64
Edvard H Grieg Norwegian composer (Peer Gynt Suite), dies
1918 Max Dauthendy German painter/author (Raubmenschen), dies at 51)
1922 Georges Sorel French social philosopher, dies at 74
1937 Giovanni Salviucci composer, dies at 29
1938 Clifford Dempsey actor (Salute), dies at 73
1944 Izaak de Horst Dutch resistance fighter, executed
1946 Paul Lincke German composer/conductor (Lysistrata), dies at 79
1960 Alfred E Green director (Copacabana), dies after long illness at 71
1963 Robert Schuman French premier/chairman (European Parliament), dies
1965 Albert Schweitzer German/French missionary (Nobel 1954), dies at 90
1974 Creighton W Abrams US general/army staff chief (Vietnam), dies at 59
Marcel Achard French dramatist (La forges the Paris), dies
1975 Walter Tetley voice (Sherman-Bullwinkle Show), dies at 60
1979 Jef van de Wiele Belgian politician, dies at 76
1980 Wolfgang Gentner German nuclear physicist, dies
1981 Verne Rowe actor (Verne-Fernwood 2 Night), dies at 59
1985 George O'Brien actor (Daniel Boone, Salute), dies of a stroke at 85
Isabel Jeans actress (Suspicion, Easy Virtue, Tovarich), dies at 93
1989 Georges Simenon Belgian/French writer/director (Maigret), dies
1990 Henry Faas [Wandelganger], journalist (People's Newspaper), dies
Irene Dunne actress (5 oscars), dies of heart failure at 91
1991 Charlie Barnet saxophonist (Cherokee), dies of pneumonia at 77
Dottie West country singer (Here Comes my Baby), dies at 58 in a car
Margaret Ramsay vocalist, dies
Thomas Tryon actor (Cardinal)/writer (Other), dies at 65
1992 John van Dreelen [Jacques T van Drielen Gimberg], actor (Topaz), dies
1993 Clyde Adler entertainer, dies
Herve Villechaize actor (Fantasy Island), shoots self to death at 50
Mehmet Sincar Turkish/Kurd parliament leader, murdered
1994 Laurentius LM "Laurens" van Deenen (pathed)physiologist, dies at 66
1995 William Kunstler UCLA attorney (Chicago 7), dies at 78
Holidays Which Occur September 4:
Religious Observances on September 4:
RC-Vatican City Triumph of the Cross
RC Ehrentraud, abbess to Salzburg
RC Marcellus, apostle of Chalon-sur-Sa“ne?
RC Rosa of Viterbo
RC Rosalia, daughter of earl Sinibald?/hermits
RC St-Marinus, hermit/founder (republic San Marino)
1965 Luth Commemoration of Albert Schweitzer, missionary
Things to Remember for September 4:
Bourbon Month
Flowers-morning glory & aster Gem-sapphire
Hot Breakfast Month
18 Days Astrological sign: Virgo
Highlights in History Which Occur September 4:
422 St Boniface I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
476 Romulus Augustulus, last Roman emperor in west, is deposed
1024 Conrad II the Sailor chosen German king
1260 Battle at Montaperti-Guelfen vs Ghibellijnen
1282 King Pedro III of Arag¢north annexes Sicily
1414 Peace of Atrecht: John the fearless & Armagnacs
1479 King Alfonso I of Portugal recognizes Isabella as queen of Castili‰
1571 Catholic coup in Scotland
1609 Navigator Henry Hudson discovers island of Manhattan (or 0911)
1618 "Rodi" avalanche destroys Plurs Switzerland, 1,500 killed
1695 French garrison of castle Names surrenders for Willem III
1778 City Amsterdam signs trade agreement with US rebels
1781 Los Angeles founded by 44 in Bahia de las Fumas, (Valley of Smokes)
1786 -5] Orange troops plunder Hattem/Elburg
1805 1st edition of Batavian State-Current published
1813 1st US relig newspaper (Religious Remembrancer (Christian Observer))
1833 1st newsboy hired (Barney Flaherty-NY Sun)
1842 Work on K”ln cathedral recommences after 284-year hiatus
1854 English/French assault on Petropavlovsk Kamchatka
1862 North Beach & Mission Railway Company organized in SF
1864 Bread riots in Mobile, Alabama
1866 1st Hawaiian daily newspaper published
1870 3rd French republic proclaimed as they overthrow their king
1880 J Palisa discovers asteroid #218 Bianca
1882 1st district lit by electricity (NY's Pearl Street Station)
1885 1st cafeteria opens (NYC)
1886 Apache Chief Geronimo surrenders ending last major US-Indian war
1888 George Eastman patents 1st roll-film camera & registers "Kodak"
1891 J Palisa discovers asteroid #315 Constantia
1894 Soccer team Veendam 1894 forms
1899 8.3 earthquake shakes Yakutat Bay Alaska
1904 Dali Lama signs treaty allowing British commerce in Tibet
1905 P Gotz discovers asteroid #571 Dulcinea
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 govt signs Pact of London, against Germany
and 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
and US troops land in Archangel, Russia, stay 10 months
1919 British intervene in Petrograd
and K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #921 Jovita
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
and NY Yankee Sad Sam Jones no-hits Phila A's, 2-0
1924 G Van Biesbroeck discovers asteroid #1033 Simona
1927 Charles Lindbergh visits Boise, Idaho, on his cross-country tour
1930 Cambridge Theater opens in London
1932 Olin Dutra wins PGA golf tournament
1933 1st airplane to exceed 300 mph (483 kph), JR Wendell, Glenview, Il
and Coup on Cuban president De C‚spedes by Fulgencio Batista
1936 Franco troops conquer Irun & Talavera de la Reina Spain
and 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
and German submarine U-30 sinks British passenger ship Athenia
and German troops move into Danzig
and Netherlands & Belgium declare neutrality
and Polish ghetto of Mir is exterminated
and RAF bombs Wilhelmshafen
1940 CBS begins broadcasting TV as station W2XAB
and Gerbrandy becomes premier of Dutch govt in exile
and Mussert sends telegram, that Hitler has captured the Dutch
and Nazi collaborator Mussert puts the fate of Neth in Hitler's hands
1941 NY Yankees, win earliest AL pennent (full season)
and US destroyer Greer fires on German submarine U-652
and 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 T ranto South Italy
1944 2,087 Jews transported for Westerbork to KZ-Lower Theresienstadt
and British 2nd pantzer division frees Antwerp
and Finland breaks diplomatic contact with nazi-Germany
and Frank A Parker wins US Tennis Open
and US 1st leader frees Namen
1945 Ruben Fine wins 4 simultaneous rapid chess games blindfolded
and US regains possession of Wake Island from Japan
1948 Queen Wilhelmina abdicates Dutch throne
1949 Marie Robie sinks 393 yd hole-in-one (1st hole in Furnace Brook)
1950 1st helicopter rescue of American pilot behind enemy lines
and D McI Hodgson of St Ann Bay, Nova Scotia catches a 997 lb tuna
and Heavy typhoon strikes Japan, kills about 250
1951 1st transcontinental TV broadcast, by Pres Truman
and NBC extends to become a 61 station coast-to-coast network
#2537 Gilmore & #2615 Saito
and K Reinmuth discovers asteroids #1642 Hill, #1643 Brown, #1823 Gliese,
1953 WATR (now WTXX) TV channel 20 in Waterbury, CT (NBC) begins
and WGEM TV channel 10 in Quincy-Hannibal, IL (NBC) begins broadcasting
and Yanks become 1st team to win 5 consecutive championship
1954 1st passage of McClure Strait, fabled Northwest Passage completed
and Peter B Cortese of US achieves a one-arm deadlift of 370 lbs;
22 lbs over triple his body weight, at York, Pennsylvania
1957 Ford Motor Co introduces Edsel
1961 Carol Burnette-Richard Hayes Show premieres on CBS radio
and US authorizes Agency for International Development
1962 Beatles record "How Do You Do It"
and French president De Gaulle visits German FR
1964 4th Road Bridge opens in England
and Eduardo Frei elected president of Chile
and Longest bridge in Europe opens (Scottish 4th Road Bridge)
and NASA launches its 1st Orbital Geophysical Observatory (OGO-1)
1965 Beatles' "Help!," single goes #1 & stays #1 for 3 weeks
and KREZ TV channel 6 in Durango, CO (CBS/NBC) begins broadcasting
1966 Houston Oilers holds Denver Broncos to no 1st downs winning 45-7
and Jim Hogan wins Europe marathon (2:20:04.6)
1967 6.5 earthquake of Kolya Dam India, kills 200
and T Smirnova discovers asteroid #1791 Patsayev
and Train crash at Arnhem Neth, kills 5
1968 Nigerian troops conquer Aba Biafra
1970 -5) 29.0 cm rainfall at Workman Creek, Arizona (state record)
and George Harrison releases "My Sweet Lord" single
and Russian ballerina Natalia Makarova gets political asylum
and Salvador Allende wins presidential election in Chile
1971 Alaskan 727 crashes into Chilkoot Mountain, kills 109 (Alaska)
1972 US swimmer Mark Spitz becomes 1st athlete to win 7 olympic gold medals
and USSR performs underground nuclear test
L Zhuravleva discovers asteroids #1859 Kovalevskaya,
and #1909 Alekhin, #2015 Kachuevskaya & #3231
1975 C-I Lagerkvist discovers asteroid #2744 Birgitta
1976 Palestinians hijack KLM DC-9 to Cyprus
1977 P Wild discovers asteroid #2368 Beltrovata
1978 NY Yankee pitcher Ron Guidry wins his 20th (on way to 25-3 season)
1979 Iran army conquerors Baneh
1980 E Bowell discovers asteroid #3216 Harrington
1981 Longest game at Fenway Park completed in 20, Mariners-8, Red Sox-7
and Newscaster David Brinkley is released by NBC
and Seattle Mariners beat Boston Red Sox, 8-7, in 20 inn (started 9/3)
and US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1982 USSR performs underground nuclear test
1983 E Bowell discovers asteroids #2959 Scholl & #3439 Lebofsky
and Greg LeMond becomes only American to win cycling's Road Championship
and Scott Michael Pellaton sets barefoot waterski speed rec (119.36 mph)
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
and 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
and Claude Brochu becomes CEO of Montreal Expos
1988 Mike Tyson crashes a silver BMW into a tree near Catskills NY
and Phoenix Cardinals play 1st regular-season NFL game
1990 Jerry Lewis' 25th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $44,172,186
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 Miklos Horthy appointed Hungarian admiral
and NY Yankee Jim Abbott no-hits Cleve Indians 4-0
Mats Wilander defeats Mikael Pernfors 7-6 (7-3), 3-6, 1-6, 7-6 (8-6),
and 6-4 in 4 hrs 1 min US Open Tennis match concluding at 2:26 AM
1994 Bulgarian govt of Berov falls
and Cleveland Browns is 1st team in NFL to score a 2-point conversion
and Kansai International airport officially opens
1995 Jerry Lewis Muscular Dystrophy Telethon raises record amount
1618 'Rodi' avalanche destroys Plurs, Switzerland. 1,500 killed.
1967 Earthquake of 6.5 shatters Kolya Dam, India. 2 billion cubic
meters of water sweep into valley below killing 200.
1971 Alaskan Airlines 727 crashed into 2,500 foot level of Chilkoot
Mountains in Tongass National Forest, killing 109. (Alaska)
Your Special Reminders for September 4:
1883 47øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC
and 1929 97øF highest temperature for this date in NYC
and 247th day of year with 118 days left (Numerology = 4)
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