4th September anniversaries

• Birth
  • -518
  • Greece
  • "Birth of Pindar, Greek poet" more
  • 1241
  • Great Britain
  • "Birth of Alexander III, King of Scotland"
  • 1824
  • "Birth of Anton Bruckner, composer"
  • 1908
  • "Birth of Edward Dmytryk, American film director ."
  • 1908
  • "Birth of Richard Wright, American writer ."
• event
  • 1666
  • Great Britain
  • Great Fire of London Rages
  • 1733
  • Great Britain
  • "The first lioness to be kept in Britain dies of old age, in the Lion House at the Tower of London"
  • 1909
  • "The first Boy Scout rally was held, at Crystal Palace, London"
  • 1948
  • Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands abdicated for health reasons and her daughter Julianna became queen.
  • 1964
  • Forth road bridge opens
  • 1984
  • Brian Mulroney was elected Prime Minister of Canada
  • 1988
  • British customs officers intercepted the first helicopter known to have been used in an attempt to smuggle drugs into the country.
• Death
  • 1588
  • Great Britain
  • "Death of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester and favourite of Elizabeth I."
  • 1907
  • Edvard Grieg died 1907 (born 1843). Norwegian composer.
  • 1909
  • "Death of Clyde Fitch, the first American playwright to publish his plays"
  • 1965
  • "Death of Albert Schweitzer, missionary and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize."
  • 1989
  • "Death of Georges Simenon, Belgian novelist. (Created Inspector Maigret)"
  • 1993
  • "Death of Hervé Villechaize, French actor (played Tattoo in ‘Fantasy Island’, and Nick Nack in ‘The Man with the Golden Gun’)."
  • 1997
  • "Death of Aldo Rossi, Italian architect"
  • 1997
  • "Death of Hans Jürgen Eysenck, German-born British psychologist (Noted for his controversial views)"