Historical Events -  September 4

1791 – During the French Revolution, King Louis XVI was forced to approve France’s first constitution, which made him a mere civil servant.

1881 – The best light factory in America opened in New York today. The Edison Electric light company’s new “central power station” in Pearl Street generated enough electricity to light up 7000 of Thomas A. Edison‘s new incandescent lamps.

1870 – Napoleon Bonaparte’s nephew, Emperor Napoleon III, was disposed and the Third Republic was declared in France.

1888– George Eastman registers the trademark Kodak and receives a patent for his camera that uses roll film.

1909 – Lord Baden Powell arranged the first Rally of Scouts which was held at Crystal Palace in London.

1923 – Shenandoah, the first rigid airship to be built in the United States, was launched.

1951 – The first live transcontinental television broadcast took place in San Francisco. 

1957 – The Ford motor company introduced the Edsel.

1966 – Australian Jack Brabham won the Italian Grand Prix at Monza today, winning the World Championship and setting a new record at the age of 40. He is the first world champion to win in a car he built himself.

1972 – Mark Spitz Became the first person to win seven medals in a single Olympic Game.

1998 – Two students from Stanford University, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Founded Google.

2000 – 316 people killed in clash between Sri Lankan army and Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam on the outer borders of northern Jaffna, Sri Lanka.

2013 – Raghuram Rajan became the 23rd Governor of Reserve Bank of India.

 

Famous Birthdays – September 4

1221 – Chakradhar Swami, Indian saint, and founder of Mahanubhav Panth.

1825 – Dadabhai Naoroji, Indian politician. He was one of the founding members of the Indian National Congress. He was the first Indian to be a British MP.

1848 – Lewis Howard Latimer, American inventor. He was an American inventor and patent draftsman for the light bulb and the telephone.

1901 – William Lyons, British Engineer. Known as “Mr. Jaguar”. He was a co-founder of the Jaguar car.

1917 – Henry Ford II, American entrepreneur, and industrialist. He was the eldest son of Edsel Ford and the eldest grandson of Henry Ford. He was president of the Ford Motor Company from 1945 to 1960, chief executive officer (CEO) from 1945 to 1979, and chairman of the board of directors from 1960 to 1980.

1927 – John McCarthy, an American computer scientist.  McCarthy was one of the founders of the discipline of artificial intelligence.

1941 – Sushil Kumar Shinde, Indian politician. He was the Minister of Home Affairs in Man Mohan Singh’s Government and former Chief Minister of Maharashtra.

1948 – Anant Nag, Indian Karnataka Actor. He won six film fare awards and five Karnataka state film awards.

1952 – Rishi Kapoor, Indian film Actor.

1962 – Kiran More, Former Indian cricketer. Former Chairman of the selection committee of BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India)

1975 – Vetrimaaran, Indian film director. Winner of four National Award and one Film fare Award.

1981 – Beyoncé, American singer, songwriter, and actress.

1983 – Andrew McCollum, Co-founder of Facebook.

 

Death anniversaries September 4

1965 – Albert Schweitzer, German-French theologian, organist, philosopher, physician, and medical missionary.

1989 – George Simenon, Belgian novelist of worldwide acclaim who created the fictional detective Maigret.

1997 – Dharamvir Bharati, Indian author, poet, and playwright.

2000 –Mohammad Umar Mukri, Indian comedian.

2012 – Sayyad Mustafa Siraj, Indian author.

2015 – Wilfred de Souza, Indian surgeon, and politician, 7th Chief Minister of Goa.