September 4th, 1947

Born on September 4th, 1947

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What happened on September 4th?

September 4th, 2007

Three terrorists suspected to be part of al-Qaeda were arrested in Germany after planning attacks on Frankfurt Airport and Ramstein Air Base.

September 4th, 1977

The Golden Dragon massacre took place in Chinatown, San Francisco, leaving five dead and spurring police to end Chinese gang violence in the city.

September 4th, 1957

Governor Orval Faubus deployed the Arkansas National Guard to prevent nine African-American students from attending Little Rock Central High School.

September 4th, 1934

Evelyn Waugh's novel A Handful of Dust was first published in full.

September 4th, 1912

The Albanian revolt ended when the Ottoman government agreed to meet most of the rebels' demands.

September 4th, 1886

After more than 25 years of fighting against the United States Army and the armed forces of Mexico, Geronimo of the Chiricahua Apache surrendered at Skeleton Canyon in Arizona.

September 4th, 1843

The state wedding of Teresa Cristina of the Two Sicilies and Emperor Pedro II of Brazil took place at the Cathedral of Rio de Janeiro.

September 4th, 1839

First Opium War: British vessels opened fire on Chinese war junks enforcing a food sales embargo on the British community on the Kowloon Peninsula.

September 4th, 1812

War of 1812: A coalition of Native American tribes began the siege of Fort Harrison in Terre Haute, Indiana, by setting the fort on fire.

September 4th, 1800

French Revolutionary Wars: Facing starvation and a death rate of 100 soldiers per day, the French garrison in Malta surrendered to British forces, ending a two-year siege.

September 4th, 1781

Los Angeles was founded as El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles by forty-four Spanish settlers.

September 4th, 0476

Germanic leader Odoacer captured Ravenna and deposed Emperor Romulus Augustus, marking the fall of the Western Roman Empire.

September 4th, 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.

September 4th, 1912

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

September 4th, 1888

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

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on September 4th

Born on September 4th, 1947

68

Peter Behrens

German musician and actor (1947–2016)

*September 4th, 1947, Sande †May 11th, 2016, Wilhelmshaven

76

Dieter Köster

German film director, screenwriter, film editor and cinematographer

*September 4th, 1947, Flensburg

76

Danièle Dubroux

French actor and screenwriter

*September 4th, 1947, Paris

76

David St. James

American actor

*September 4th, 1947, Honolulu

73

Bob Jenkins

American sports announcer

*September 4th, 1947, Richmond †August 9th, 2021, Indianapolis

76

Jeffery Kissoon

British actor

*September 4th, 1947, Trinidad

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Who's birthday is on September 4th?

42

Beyoncé

American singer (born 1981)

*September 4th, 1981, Houston

20

Oliwia Szmigiel

Badminton player

*September 4th, 2003, Łódź

45

Poo Bear

American songwriter and singer

*September 4th, 1978, Connecticut

66

Khandi Alexander

American dancer, choreographer, and actress

*September 4th, 1957, New York City

70

Lawrence Hilton Jacobs

American actor

*September 4th, 1953, New York City

79

Jennifer Salt

American actress, writer and producer

*September 4th, 1944, Los Angeles

49

Sören Bartol

German politician

*September 4th, 1974, Hamburg

72

Judith Ivey

American actress and theatre director

*September 4th, 1951, El Paso

77

Dave Liebman

American jazz composer, saxophonist and flautist

*September 4th, 1946, Brooklyn

78

Bill Kenwright

English businessman (born 1945)

*September 4th, 1945, Liverpool †October 24th, 2023

75

Stefania Casini

Italian actress and film director

*September 4th, 1948, Villa di Chiavenna

53

Richard Speight Jr.

American actor

*September 4th, 1970, Nashville

52

Richard Wright

American writer (1908-1960)

*September 4th, 1908, Natchez †November 28th, 1960, Paris

52

Peggy Schwarz

Figure skater

*September 4th, 1971, Berlin

67

Rishi Kapoor

Indian film actor (1951-2020)

*September 4th, 1952, Mumbai †April 30th, 2020, Mumbai

84

John McCarthy

American computer scientist and cognitive scientist

*September 4th, 1927, Boston †October 24th, 2011, Stanford

74

Tom Watson

American golfer (born 1949)

*September 4th, 1949, Kansas City

75

Michael Berryman

American actor

*September 4th, 1948, Los Angeles

70

Henry Ford II

American automotive industry executive (1917–1987)

*September 4th, 1917, Detroit †September 29th, 1987, Detroit

70

Fatih Terim

Turkish association football manager and former player

*September 4th, 1953, Adana

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Born in 1947

76

Rodney Williams

Governor-General of Antigua and Barbuda (born 1947)

*November 2nd, 1947, Swetes

76

Hillary Clinton

American politician and diplomat (born 1947)

*October 26th, 1947, Edgewater Hospital

77

Ulf Brunnberg

Actor

*April 7th, 1947, Bromma parish

69

Gregg Allman

American musician

*December 8th, 1947, Saint Thomas Hospital †May 27th, 2017, Richmond Hill

76

Hans-Jürgen Kreische

German association football player and manager

*July 19th, 1947, Dresden

69

David Bowie

English musician and actor (1947–2016)

*January 8th, 1947, Brixton †January 10th, 2016, Manhattan

77

Wiranto

Indonesian politician

*April 4th, 1947, Yogyakarta City

76

Stephen King

American writer (born 1947)

*September 21st, 1947, Portland

76

Angry Anderson

Australian rock singer

*August 5th, 1947, Melbourne

76

Kjell Magne Bondevik

33rd Prime Minister of Norway

*September 3rd, 1947, Molde Municipality

76

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Austrian and American actor, bodybuilder, and politician (born 1947)

*July 30th, 1947, Thal

76

Paul Yule

German-American archaeologist

*August 18th, 1947, Minneapolis

77

Mitt Romney

United States Senator from Utah since 2019

*March 12th, 1947, Detroit

76

Dilma Rousseff

President of Brazil from 2011 to 2016 (born 1947)

*December 14th, 1947, Belo Horizonte

77

Ulrich Manthe

German legal scientist and legal historian

*April 8th, 1947, Homburg

76

Françoise Barré-Sinoussi

French virologist and Nobel laureate, co-discoverer of HIV

*July 30th, 1947, Paris

77

Robert Kiyosaki

American finance author and investor

*April 8th, 1947, Hilo

68

Johan Cruyff

Dutch footballer and manager (1947–2016)

*April 25th, 1947, Amsterdam †March 24th, 2016, Barcelona

77

Glenn Close

American actress

*March 19th, 1947, Greenwich

77

Edward James Olmos

American actor

*February 24th, 1947, Los Angeles

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No: With 365 days 1947 is a normal year and no leap year.

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