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September 4

75 years on from San Francisco, September 4 is a date with an anniversary worth pausing on. Most of the weight falls in the 20th century, where conflict is a recurring thread.

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Virgo is the sign for September 4 — read more on the Virgo page, or see September's birthstone & birth flower.

Compiled & reviewed by · Last reviewed September 6, 2026

What happened on September 4?

September 4 is the 247th day of the year. It marks 10 notable events in history, dated between 1666 and 2020. Famous people born on September 4 include Manuel Montt, Raúl Albiol and Wanli Emperor.

Released on September 4

Movies, games, albums & shows

2025

  • Game Hollow Knight: Silksong
  • Game Jetrunner
  • Game Hell is Us

2021

  • TV SNL Korea

Release data from TMDB & IGDB.

Events

10 notable moments
  1. 1666

    Great Fire of London

  2. 1912

    Albania

  3. 1939

    World War II

  4. 1951

    San Francisco

  5. 1970

    Salvador Allende

  6. 1977

    Golden Dragon massacre

  7. 1989

    Leipzig

  8. 1998

    Google

  9. 2007

    Al-Qaeda

  10. 2020

    Pope Benedict XVI

Famous birthday twins

Born on September 4

Manuel Montt

b. 1809

Raúl Albiol

b. 1985

Wanli Emperor

b. 1563

Dadabhai Naoroji

b. 1825

Al-Biruni

b. 973

Ri Kwang-chon

b. 1985

George Gray (chemist)

b. 1926

Beyoncé

b. 1981

Deaths

  • 2014Wolfhart Pannenberg
  • 1977E. F. Schumacher
  • 1965Albert Schweitzer
  • 1963Robert Schuman
  • 1944Erich Fellgiebel
  • 1323Gegeen Khan

Holidays & observances

  • —Christian feast day: Candida the Elder
  • —Christian feast day: Blessed Catherine of Racconigi
  • —Christian feast day: Blessed Dina Bélanger
  • —Christian feast day: Hermione of Ephesus
  • —Christian feast day: Ida of Herzfeld
  • —Christian feast day: Irmgardis (of Süchteln)
  • —Christian feast day: Moses and Aaron (Lutheran Church and Eastern Orthodox Church)
  • —Christian feast day: Paul Jones (Episcopal Church)

The factual record above — event titles, dates, names, and observances — is drawn from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) license. DateLore adds curation, structure, and original editorial commentary. DateLore is not affiliated with the Wikimedia Foundation.

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