EST. DECEMBER 1994 β’ 30+ YEARS ONLINE
yow.com π―
Owned continuously since 1994
TODAY IN HISTORY
September 4
Friday, September 4, 2026
Day 246 of 2026 | Week 36 | 113 days until Christmas π
HISTORIC EVENTS
A 14-year-old gunman kills four people and injures seven in a mass shooting at Apalachee High School near Winder, Georgia.
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.
Pope Benedict XVI becomes the longest-lived pope, 93 years, four months, 16 days, surpassing Pope Leo XIII, who died in 1903.
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.
The Oakland Athletics win their 20th consecutive game, an American League record, until the Cleveland Indians surpassed it in 2017.
Tokyo DisneySea opens to the public as part of the Tokyo Disney Resort in Urayasu, Chiba, Japan.
Google is founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, two PhD students at Stanford University.
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.
In Leipzig, East Germany, the first of weekly demonstration for the legalisation of opposition groups and democratic reforms takes place.
The discovery of Buckminsterfullerene, the first fullerene molecule of carbon.
FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS
Welsh DJ and record producer
British politician (UK Foreign Secretary 2022-23
British-Australian actor (Almost Famous
Samoan rugby union centre/winger (19 Tests NZ
American athlete (Olympic gold 4 x 100m relay 1992
American actor (Disenchantment; Futurama)
American Baseball HOF catcher (12 x MLB All-Star; 10 x Silver Slugger; LA Dodgers
American actor (The Suite Life of Zack & Cody - "Mr. Moseby")
New Zealand cricket batsman (8 Tests
French jazz guitarist
American athlete (Olympic gold 4x400m relay 1996
American sound engineer (Rick Rubin productions)
American politician (Rep-NY 1999-2011) and sex offender
German opera singer (bass)
Swedish ice hockey right wing (Stanley Cup 1997 Detroit Red Wings; NHL All-Star 1988
π― yow.com Connection
On March 9, 1994 - just months before yow.com would be registered - the internet was still in its infancy. There were only about 3,000 websites in existence, and most people accessed the web through 14.4kbps dial-up modems. Today, you're visiting a domain that has survived 30+ years of that incredible evolution.
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