On This Day September 4th

 OTD

September 4th is the two hundredth-forty-seventh day of the year, and there are 118 days remaining until the end of the year.

 

Event

 476 – Romulus Augustulus is deposed when Odoacer proclaims himself "King of Italy," thus ending the Western Roman Empire.

1666 – In London, England, the most destructive damage from the Great Fire occurs.

1781 – Los Angeles was founded as El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora La Reina de los Ángeles (The Village of Our Lady, the Queen of the Angels) by 44 Spanish settlers.

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

1867—Sheffield Wednesday Football Club was founded at the Adelphi Hotel in Sheffield, becoming one of the first football clubs in the world.

1882 – The Pearl Street Station in New York City became the first power plant to supply electricity to paying customers.

1888 – George Eastman registered the trademark Kodak and received a patent for his roll film camera.

1923 – Maiden flight of the first U.S. airship, the USS Shenandoah.

1950 – Darlington Raceway is the site of the inaugural Southern 500, the first 500-mile NASCAR race.

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

1972 – Mark Spitz becomes the first competitor to win seven medals at a single Olympic Games.

2002 – The Oakland Athletics win their 20th consecutive game, an American League record.

 

 Birthdays

973 – Al-Biruni, a Persian physician and polymath (d. 1048)

1580 – George Percy, English explorer (d. 1632)

1776 – Stephen Whitney, American businessman (d. 1860)

1824 – Anton Bruckner, Austrian organist and composer (d. 1896)

1848 – Lewis Howard Latimer, American inventor (d. 1928)

1901 – William Lyons, English businessman, co-founded Jaguar Cars (d. 1985)

1906 – Max Delbrück, German-American biophysicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1981)

1912 – Syd Hoff, American author and illustrator (d. 2004)

1918 – Paul Harvey, American radio host (d. 2009)

1926 – George William Gray, a British chemist who developed liquid crystals that made displays possible (d. 2013)

1932 – Vince Dooley, American football player and coach (d. 2022)

1981 – Beyoncé, American singer-songwriter, producer, dancer, and actress

 

 Holiday Spotlight

 National Macadamia Nut Day

The macadamia tree is native to Australia and has four species that produce edible nuts. It is also known as the Queensland nut, the mariachi nut, and the bauble nut. Although rare, macadamia nuts are highly sought after in the culinary world. The white chocolate macadamia nut cookie is particularly popular. The trees were first discovered by native Aborigines in the rainforests of Australia about 1,000 years ago. Allan Cunningham introduced Macadamia nuts in Europe in 1828, but they were not named until 1857, after Scottish-Australian chemist John Macadam. In 1882, macadamia trees were introduced to Hawaii, and the nut industry was established shortly after.

 

Holidays And Observance.

Eat an Extra Dessert Day

Global Talent Acquisition Day  

National Macadamia Nut Day

National Wildlife Day

Newspaper Carrier Day

World Sexual Health Day