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TODAY IN HISTORY

September 4

Friday, September 4, 2026

Day 246 of 2026 | Week 36 | 113 days until Christmas πŸŽ…

HISTORIC EVENTS

1
2024

A 14-year-old gunman kills four people and injures seven in a mass shooting at Apalachee High School near Winder, Georgia.

2
2022

Ten people are killed and 15 are injured in a stabbing spree in 13 locations on the James Smith Cree Nation and in Weldon, Saskatchewan.

3
2020

Pope Benedict XVI becomes the longest-lived pope, 93 years, four months, 16 days, surpassing Pope Leo XIII, who died in 1903.

4
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.

5
2002

The Oakland Athletics win their 20th consecutive game, an American League record, until the Cleveland Indians surpassed it in 2017.

6
2001

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

7
1998

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

8
1995

The 1995 Okinawa rape occurred, when 3 US servicemen abducted and raped a schoolchild. This would cause widespread protest against the US military presence on the prefecture.

9
1989

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

10
1985

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

FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS

1969 Alexander Coe

Welsh DJ and record producer

1969 James Cleverly

British politician (UK Foreign Secretary 2022-23

1969 Noah Taylor

British-Australian actor (Almost Famous

1969 Va'aiga Tuigamala

Samoan rugby union centre/winger (19 Tests NZ

1968 Carlette Guidry-White

American athlete (Olympic gold 4 x 100m relay 1992

1968 John DiMaggio

American actor (Disenchantment; Futurama)

1968 Mike Piazza

American Baseball HOF catcher (12 x MLB All-Star; 10 x Silver Slugger; LA Dodgers

1968 Phill Lewis

American actor (The Suite Life of Zack & Cody - "Mr. Moseby")

1967 Darrin Murray

New Zealand cricket batsman (8 Tests

1966 Bireli Lagrene

French jazz guitarist

1966 Jearl Miles Clark

American athlete (Olympic gold 4x400m relay 1996

1965 Greg Fidelman

American sound engineer (Rick Rubin productions)

1964 Anthony Weiner

American politician (Rep-NY 1999-2011) and sex offender

1964 RenΓ© Pape

German opera singer (bass)

1964 Tomas SandstrΓΆm

Swedish ice hockey right wing (Stanley Cup 1997 Detroit Red Wings; NHL All-Star 1988

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