476: Romulus Augustus, the last emperor of the Western Roman Empire, is deposed by Odoacer, a German barbarian who proclaims himself "King of Italy", thus ending the Western Roman Empire.
626 – Li Shimin, posthumously known as Emperor Taizong of Tang, assumes the throne over the Tang dynasty of China.
1260 – The Sienese Ghibellines, supported by the forces of Manfred, King of Sicily, defeat the Florentine Guelphs at Montaperti.
1479 – The Treaty of Alcáçovas is signed by the Catholic Monarchs of Castile and Aragon on one side and Afonso V and his son, Prince John of Portugal.
1596: One of the first tsunamis ever to be recorded devastates the east coast of Kyushu, the southernmost major island of Japan.
1666 – In London, England, the most destructive damage from the Great Fire occurs.
1774 – New Caledonia is first sighted by Europeans, during the second voyage of Captain James Cook.
1780: Patriot Francis Marion's Carolina militia routs Loyalists at Blue Savannah, South Carolina, and in the process Marion wins new recruits to the Patriot cause.
1781 – Los Angeles 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.
1797 – Coup of 18 Fructidor in France.
1800 – The French garrison in Valletta surrenders to British troops who had been called at the invitation of the Maltese. The islands of Malta and Gozo become the Malta Protectorate.
1812 – War of 1812: The Siege of Fort Harrison begins when the fort is set on fire.
1862 – American Civil War Maryland Campaign: General Robert E. Lee takes the Army of Northern Virginia, and the war, into the North.
1864: John Hunt Morgan, the feared Confederate cavalry leader, is killed during a Union cavalry raid on the town of Greenville, Tennessee.
1870 – Emperor Napoleon III of France is deposed and the Third Republic is declared.
1882 – Thomas Edison flips the switch to the first commercial electrical power plant in history, lighting one square mile of lower Manhattan. This is considered by many as the day that began the electrical age.
1886: American Indian Wars: Apache chief Geronimo, with his remaining warriors, surrenders to U.S. government troops in Arizona. For 30 years, the Native American warrior had battled to protect his tribe's homeland; however, by 1886 the Apaches were exhausted and hopelessly outnumbered. General Nelson Miles accepted Geronimo's surrender, making him the last Indian warrior to formally give in to U.S. forces and signaling the end of the Indian Wars in the Southwest.
1888: George Eastman registers the trademark "Kodak" and receives a patent for his roll-film camera. The camera took 100 exposures per roll.
1912 – Albanian rebels succeed in their revolt when the Ottoman Empire agrees to fulfill their demands
1918: United States troops land at Archangel, in northern Russia. The landing was part of an Allied intervention in the civil war raging in that country after revolution in 1917 led to the abdication of Czar Nicholas II in favor of a provisional government; the seizure of power by Vladimir Lenin and his radical socialist Bolshevik Party; and, finally, Russia’s withdrawal from participation alongside the Allies in World War I.
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.
1923 – Maiden flight of the first U.S. airship, the USS Shenandoah.
1939 – World War II: A Bristol Blenheim is the first British aircraft to cross the German coast following the declaration of war and German ships are bombed.
1940: The American destroyer Greer becomes the first U.S. vessel fired on in the war when a German sub aims a few torpedoes at it, sparking heightened tensions between Germany and the United States.
1941 – World War II: A German submarine makes the first attack against a United States ship, the USS Greer.
1944 – World War II: The British 11th Armoured Division liberates the Belgian city of Antwerp.
1944 – World War II: Finland exits from the war with Soviet Union.
1945: 2,200 Japanese soldiers finally lay down their arms-days after their government had already formally capitulated.
1948 – Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands abdicates for health reasons.
1949 – The Peekskill Riots erupt after a Paul Robeson concert in Peekskill, New York.
1950 – Darlington Raceway is the site of the inaugural Southern 500, the first 500-mile NASCAR race.
1951: President Harry S. Truman's opening speech before a conference in San Francisco is broadcast across the nation, marking the first time a television program was broadcast from coast to coast. The speech focused on Truman's acceptance of a treaty that officially ended America's post-World War II occupation of Japan.
1957 – American Civil Rights Movement: Little Rock Crisis: Orval Faubus, governor of Arkansas, calls out the National Guard to prevent African American students from enrolling in Central High School.
1957 – The Ford Motor Company introduces the Edsel.
1963 – Swissair Flight 306 crashes near Dürrenäsch, Switzerland, killing all 80 people on board.
1964 – Scotland's Forth Road Bridge near Edinburgh officially opens.
1967 – Vietnam War: Operation Swift begins when U.S. Marines engage the North Vietnamese in battle in the Que Son Valley.
1970 – Salvador Allende is elected President of Chile.
1971 – Alaska Airlines Flight 1866 crashes near Juneau, Alaska, killing all 111 people on board.
1972 – Mark Spitz becomes the first competitor to win seven medals at a single Olympic Games.
1975 – The Sinai Interim Agreement relating to the Arab–Israeli conflict is signed.
1977 – The Golden Dragon massacre takes place in San Francisco.
1985 – The discovery of Buckminsterfullerene, the first fullerene molecule of carbon.
1989 – In Leipzig, East Germany, the first of weekly demonstration for the legalisation of opposition groups and democratic reforms takes place.
1995 – WCW Monday Nitro makes its debut on TNT.
1996 – War on Drugs: 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.
1998 – Google is founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, two students at Stanford University.
2001 – Tokyo DisneySea opens to the public as part of the Tokyo Disney Resort in Urayasu, Chiba, Japan.
2002: President George W. Bush promised to seek Congress’ approval for “whatever is necessary” to oust Saddam Hussein, including using military force.
2007 – Three terrorists suspected to be a part of Al-Qaeda are arrested in Germany after allegedly planning attacks on both the Frankfurt International airport and US military installations.
2010 – Canterbury earthquake: A 7.1 magnitude earthquake strikes the South Island of New Zealand at 4:35 am causing widespread damage and several power outages.
Saints' Days and Holy Days
Traditional Western
Translation of St. Cuthburt, Bishop of Lindisfarne, and Confessor.
Contemporary Western
Blessed Catherine of Racconigi
Rosalia
Rose of Viterbo
Ultan of Ardbraccan
Rosalia
Rose of Viterbo
Ultan of Ardbraccan
Anglican, Episcopal, Lutheran
Moses and Aaron (Lutheran Church)
Paul Jones (bishop) (Episcopal Church (USA))
Paul Jones (bishop) (Episcopal Church (USA))
Eastern Orthodox
September 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Hieromartyr Babylas, Bishop of Antioch (251)
Martyrs with Babylas: Christodoula and her sons Urban, Prilidian, and Epolonios (251)
Holy Prophet and God-seer Moses
Martyrs Babylas of Nicomedia and with him 84 children (4th century)
Martyrs Theodore, Mianus, Julian, Kion and Centurionus of Nicomedia (305-311)
Martyr Hermione of Ephesus, daughter of Saint Philip the Deacon (117)
Petronios of Egypt, disciple of Saint Pachomius the Great (349)
New-martyr Gorazd (Pavlík), Archbishop of Prague (1942)
Martyrs Theotimos and Theodoulos the Executioners
Martyr Charitina of Amisus
Martyrs Thathuil and Bebaia of Edessa
Martyr Jerusalem of Berroia
Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "The Unburnt Bush"
Uncovering of the relics of Saint Ioasaph, Bishop of Belgorod (1911)
Hieromartyr Babylas, Bishop of Antioch (251)
Martyrs with Babylas: Christodoula and her sons Urban, Prilidian, and Epolonios (251)
Holy Prophet and God-seer Moses
Martyrs Babylas of Nicomedia and with him 84 children (4th century)
Martyrs Theodore, Mianus, Julian, Kion and Centurionus of Nicomedia (305-311)
Martyr Hermione of Ephesus, daughter of Saint Philip the Deacon (117)
Petronios of Egypt, disciple of Saint Pachomius the Great (349)
New-martyr Gorazd (Pavlík), Archbishop of Prague (1942)
Martyrs Theotimos and Theodoulos the Executioners
Martyr Charitina of Amisus
Martyrs Thathuil and Bebaia of Edessa
Martyr Jerusalem of Berroia
Icon of the Most Holy Theotokos "The Unburnt Bush"
Uncovering of the relics of Saint Ioasaph, Bishop of Belgorod (1911)
Coptic Orthodox
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