History Events on September 04

Battle of Kowloon: British vessels open fire on Chinese war junks enforcing a food sales embargo on the British community in China in the first armed conflict of the First Opium War.

#Battle_of_Kowloon

George Eastman registers the trademark Kodak and receives a patent for his camera that uses roll film.

#George_Eastman

Tokyo DisneySea opens to the public as part of the Tokyo Disney Resort in Urayasu, Chiba, Japan.

#Tokyo_DisneySea

The Pearl Street Station in New York City becomes the first power plant to supply electricity to paying customers.

#Pearl_Street_Station

The Oakland Athletics win their 20th consecutive game, an American League record.

#Oakland_Athletics

The Sienese Ghibellines, supported by the forces of Manfred, King of Sicily, defeat the Florentine Guelphs at Montaperti.

#Siena

Alaska Airlines Flight 1866 crashes near Juneau, Alaska, killing all 111 people on board.

#Alaska_Airlines_Flight_1866

The Flight of the Earls takes place in Ireland.

#Flight_of_the_Earls

Los Angeles is founded as El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora La Reina de los Ángeles (The Village of Our Lady, the Queen of the Angels) by 44 Spanish settlers.

#Pueblo_de_Los_Ángeles

In Leipzig, East Germany, the first of weekly demonstration for the legalisation of opposition groups and democratic reforms takes place.

#Leipzig

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.

#Al-Qaeda

Google is founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, two students at Stanford University.

#Google

World War II: The British 11th Armoured Division liberates the Belgian city of Antwerp.

#11th_Armoured_Division_(United_Kingdom)

Albanian rebels succeed in their revolt when the Ottoman Empire agrees to fulfill their demands

#Albania

The first live transcontinental television broadcast takes place in San Francisco, from the Japanese Peace Treaty Conference.

#San_Francisco

Salvador Allende is elected President of Chile.

#Salvador_Allende

In London, England, the most destructive damage from the Great Fire occurs.

#Great_Fire_of_London

Scotland's Forth Road Bridge near Edinburgh officially opens.

#Forth_Road_Bridge

World War II: Finland exits from the war with Soviet Union.

#Continuation_War

World War II: A German submarine makes the first attack of the war against a United States warship, the USS Greer.

#USS_Greer_(DD-145)

War of 1812: The Siege of Fort Harrison begins when the fort is set on fire.

#War_of_1812

World War II: William J. Murphy commands the first Royal Air Force attack on Germany.

#World_War_II

American Civil War Maryland Campaign: General Robert E. Lee takes the Army of Northern Virginia, and the war, into the North.

#American_Civil_War

New Caledonia is first sighted by Europeans, during the second voyage of Captain James Cook.

#New_Caledonia

The discovery of Buckminsterfullerene, the first fullerene molecule of carbon.

#Buckminsterfullerene

Vietnam War: Operation Swift begins when U.S. Marines engage the North Vietnamese in battle in the Que Son Valley.

#Vietnam_War

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.

#Treaty_of_Alcáçovas

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.

#Mustafa_Kemal_Atatürk

Swissair Flight 306 crashes near Dürrenäsch, Switzerland, killing all 80 people on board.

#Swissair_Flight_306

Emperor Napoleon III of France is deposed and the Third Republic is declared.

#Napoleon_III

Peter III of Aragon becomes the King of Sicily.

#Peter_III_of_Aragon

Maiden flight of the first U.S. airship, the USS Shenandoah.

#Airship

Mark Spitz becomes the first competitor to win seven medals at a single Olympic Games.

#Mark_Spitz

Battle of Lenzen: Slavic forces (the Redarii and the Obotrites) are defeated by a Saxon army near the fortified stronghold of Lenzen in Brandenburg.

#Battle_of_Lenzen

Romulus Augustulus is deposed when Odoacer proclaims himself "King of Italy", thus ending the Western Roman Empire.

#Romulus_Augustulus

American Indian Wars: After almost 30 years of fighting, Apache leader Geronimo, with his remaining warriors, surrenders to General Nelson Miles in Arizona.

#American_Indian_Wars

Coup of 18 Fructidor in France.

#Coup_of_18_Fructidor

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.

#Valletta

The Ford Motor Company introduces the Edsel.

#Ford_Motor_Company

The Golden Dragon massacre takes place in San Francisco.

#Golden_Dragon_massacre

A 7.1 magnitude earthquake strikes the South Island of New Zealand causing widespread damage and several power outages.

#2010_Canterbury_earthquake

Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands abdicates for health reasons.

#Wilhelmina_of_the_Netherlands

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.

The Sinai Interim Agreement relating to the Arab-Israeli conflict is signed.

The Price Is Right premieres on CBS. As of 2018, it is the longest running game show on American television.

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.

Darlington Raceway is the site of the inaugural Southern 500, the first 500-mile NASCAR race.

The Peekskill riots erupt after a Paul Robeson concert in Peekskill, New York.

Li Shimin, posthumously known as Emperor Taizong of Tang, assumes the throne over the Tang dynasty of China.