Historical Events on September 4.

1. 1791 – During the French Revolution, King Louis XVI was forced to approve France’s first constitution, which made him a mere civil servant.

2. 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.

3. 1870 – Napoleon Bonaparte’s nephew, Emperor Napoleon III, was disposed and the Third Republic was declared in France.

4. 1888– George Eastman registers the trademark Kodak and receives a patent for his camera that uses roll film.

5. 1909 – Lord Baden Powell arranged the first Rally of Scouts which was held at Crystal Palace in London.

6. 1923 – Shenandoah, the first rigid airship to be built in the United States, was launched.

7. 1951 – The first live transcontinental television broadcast took place in San Francisco. 

8. 1957 – The Ford motor company introduced the Edsel.

9. 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.

10. 1972 – Mark Spitz Became the first person to win seven medals in a single Olympic Game.

11. 1998 – Two students from Stanford University, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Founded Google.

12. 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.

13. 2013 – Raghuram Rajan became the 23rd Governor of Reserve Bank of India.

Famous Birthdays & Birth Anniversaries on September 4.

1. 1221 – Chakradhar Swami, Indian saint, and founder of Mahanubhav Panth.

2. 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.

3. 1848 – Lewis Howard Latimer, American inventor. He was an American inventor and patent draftsman for the light bulb and the telephone.

4. 1901 – William Lyons, British Engineer. Known as “Mr. Jaguar”. He was a co-founder of the Jaguar car.

5. 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.

6. 1927 – John McCarthy, an American computer scientist.  McCarthy was one of the founders of the discipline of artificial intelligence.

7. 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.

8. 1948 – Anant Nag, Indian Karnataka Actor. He won six film fare awards and five Karnataka state film awards.

9. 1952 – Rishi Kapoor, Indian film Actor.

10. 1962 – Kiran More, Former Indian cricketer. Former Chairman of the selection committee of BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India)

11. 1975 – Vetrimaaran, Indian film director. Winner of four National Award and one Film fare Award.

12. 1981 – Beyoncé, American singer, songwriter, and actress.

13. 1983 – Andrew McCollum, Co-founder of Facebook.

Death Anniversaries of famous people on September 4.

1. 1965 – Albert Schweitzer, German-French theologian, organist, philosopher, physician, and medical missionary.

2. 1989 – George Simenon, Belgian novelist of worldwide acclaim who created the fictional detective Maigret.

3. 1997 – Dharamvir Bharati, Indian author, poet, and playwright.

4. 2000 –Mohammad Umar Mukri, Indian comedian.

5. 2012 – Sayyad Mustafa Siraj, Indian author.

6. 2015 – Wilfred de Souza, Indian surgeon, and politician, 7th Chief Minister of Goa.

7. Raja Jai Singh treaty of Purandar was signed between the Mughals and Chattrapati Shivaji Maharaj.

4-September-1825

Dadabhai Naoroji, first Indian in British parliament and merchant, was born at Navsari, Gujarat. He coined the word 'Swaraj'.

4-September-1862

Kaminikumar Chanda, social reformer and politician, was born.

4-September-1880

Bhupendranath Dutt, Bengali litterateur and politician, was born.

4-September-1888

Mahatma Gandhi left for London, England to study Law.

4-September-1895

Siyaramsharan Gupt was born.

4-September-1921

British govt. sends ultimatum to rebels in India, demanding their surrender within 48 hrs, at Madras.

4-September-1927

World fliers reach Karachi, India.

4-September-1929

N. Hanumantha Rao, cricket test umpire for 9 tests from 1978-84, was born in Karnataka.

4-September-1946

Interim Government formed.

4-September-1947

Gandhiji breaks fast.

4-September-1952

India returns Peking's famine-relief aid, saying it had political strings attached.

4-September-1962

Kiran Shankar More, great Indian wicket-keeper in 49 Tests 1986-93, was born in Baroda.

4-September-1967

6.5 earthquake at Koyna Dam in Maharashtra kills 200 people.

4-September-1979

India need 438 to win v England, game ends at 8-429.

4-September-1980

Second Commonwealth Regional Heads of Government Conference in New Delhi.

4-September-1983

INSAT-1B runs into snag, its solar array fails to deploy fully.

4-September-1984

Air Chief Marshal L. M. Katre, PVSM, AVSM and Bar, became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 01/07/1985.

4-September-1987

Roop Kanwar, an 18-year-old girl, commits Sati (burning herself in her husband's funeral pyre) in Deorala in Rajasthan.

4-September-1990

An all-party meeting refuses to endorse the decision to implement Mandal Commission Report according to which 27\% jobs are reserved for backward communities.

4-September-1990

Congress (I) opposes the Prasar Bharati Bill in the Rajya Sabha saying the party wants the bill to be sent to a select committee.

4-September-1993

Lawyers all over the country decide to abolish addresses like 'My Lord', 'Your Lordship' and replace them with 'Sir', 'Your Honour,' etc.

4-September-1993

New Bank of India merged with Punjab National Bank.

4-September-1996

Celebration of Platinum jubilee of B.Y.L. Nair Charitable Hospital and Topiwal National Medical College from 4th September 1995 to 4th September 1996 (CIVIC).

4-September-1996

Narasimha Rao questioned by CBI.

4-September-1997

Madhavrao Scindia, Tariq Anwar, Meira Kumar, Oscar Fernandes and R. R. Dhawan appointed AICC general-secretaries by party president Sitaram Kesri.

4-September-1997

Dharmavir Bharti, great journalist and editor of Dharamyug, died at 6 am.

4-September-1998

Mumbai Metropolitan court acquits Union Minister for Environment and Forests Suresh Prabhu in a case of cheque bouncing.

4-September-1999

Umesh Chandra, Assistant Inspector General of Police, shot dead by the PWG in Hyderabad.