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Today in History

4 September

240 births · 108 deaths · 52 events recorded

Notable Births

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Talitha Bateman

Talitha Bateman

b. 2001

American actress

Sergio Gómez (footballer, born 2000)

Sergio Gómez (footballer, born 2000)

b. 2000

Spanish footballer

Neru Nagahama

Neru Nagahama

b. 1998

Japanese television personality, telesvion presenter, and actress

Ashton Golding

Ashton Golding

b. 1996

Jamaica international rugby league footballer

Jordan Lilley

Jordan Lilley

b. 1996

English rugby league footballer

Jazz Tevaga

Jazz Tevaga

b. 1995

Samoa international rugby league footballer

Kenny McEvoy

Kenny McEvoy

b. 1994

Irish footballer

Edward Dmytryk

Edward Dmytryk

b. 1908

American film director (1908–1999)

Notable Deaths

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Giorgio Armani

Giorgio Armani

d. 2025

Italian fashion designer (1934–2025)

Katharine, Duchess of Kent

Katharine, Duchess of Kent

d. 2025

Member of the British royal family (1933–2025)

Bora Đorđević

Bora Đorđević

d. 2024

Serbian singer-songwriter and frontman of Riblja Čorba (1952–2024)

Steve Harwell

Steve Harwell

d. 2023

American musician (1967–2023)

Cyrus Mistry

Cyrus Mistry

d. 2022

Irish businessman (1968–2022)

Peter Straub

Peter Straub

d. 2022

American novelist and poet (1943–2022)

John Hunt Morgan

John Hunt Morgan

d. 1864

Confederate Army general of the American Civil War (1825–1864)

Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox

Matthew Stewart, 4th Earl of Lennox

d. 1571

Scottish nobleman and politician (1516–1571)

On This Day in History

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2024 Apalachee High School shooting

2024

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

2024 Apalachee High School shooting

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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.

2022 Saskatchewan stabbings

Pope Benedict XVI

2020

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

Pope Benedict XVI

Al-Qaeda

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.

Al-Qaeda

Oakland Athletics

2002

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

Oakland Athletics

Tokyo DisneySea

2001

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

Tokyo DisneySea

Google

1998

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

Google

1995 Okinawa rape incident

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.

1995 Okinawa rape incident