September 4 in History

Historical Events on September 4

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

1862 American Civil War Maryland Campaign: General Robert E. Lee takes the Army of Northern Virginia, and the war, into the North.

1912 Albanian rebels succeed in their revolt when the Ottoman Empire agrees to fulfill their demands

1919 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.

1939 World War II: A Bristol Blenheim is the first British aircraft to cross the German coast following the declaration of war and German ships are bombed.

1951 The first live transcontinental television broadcast takes place in San Francisco, from the Japanese Peace Treaty Conference.

1957 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.

1967 Vietnam War: Operation Swift begins when U.S. Marines engage the North Vietnamese in battle in the Que Son Valley.

1996 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.

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Famous Birthdays on September 4

1949 Tom Watson (golfer)

1977 Kia Stevens

1981 Beyoncé

1986 Xavier Woods

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Famous Deaths on September 4

1588 Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester

1965 Albert Schweitzer

1990 Irene Dunne

2014 Joan Rivers

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