Born on September 4
September 4 birthdays & history
If you were born on September 4, you share a birthday with Beyoncé, François-René de Chateaubriand and Anton Bruckner. September 4 babies are Virgo, with sapphire as their birthstone and the aster as their birth flower. September 4 is the 248th day of the year in leap years (247th in other years).
Famous people born on September 4
- 1981Beyoncé, American singer-songwriter
- 1768François-René de Chateaubriand, French historian and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs for France
- 1824Anton Bruckner, Austrian organist and composer
- 1896Antonin Artaud, French actor, director, and playwright
- 1985Raúl Albiol, Spanish footballer
- 1927John McCarthy, American computer scientist and academic
- 1809Juliusz Słowacki, Polish poet and playwright
- 1913Kenzō Tange, Japanese architect
- 1906Max Delbrück, German-American biophysicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1962Shinya Yamanaka, Japanese physician and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate
What happened on September 4
- 1843The state wedding of Teresa Cristina of the Two Sicilies and Emperor Pedro II of Brazil took place at the Cathedral of Rio de Janeiro.
- 1882The Pearl Street Station in New York City becomes the first power plant to supply electricity to paying customers.
- 1888George Eastman registers the trademark Kodak and receives a patent for his camera that uses roll film.
- 1919Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, who founded the Republic of Turkey, gathers a congress in Sivas to make decisions as to the future of Anatolia and Thrace.
- 1934Evelyn Waugh's novel A Handful of Dust was first published in full.
- 1950Darlington Raceway is the site of the inaugural Southern 500, the first 500-mile NASCAR race.
- 1951The first live transcontinental television broadcast takes place in San Francisco, United States, from the Japanese Peace Treaty Conference.
- 1964Scotland's Forth Road Bridge near Edinburgh officially opens.
- 1970Salvador Allende is elected President of Chile.
- 1972Mark Spitz becomes the first competitor to win seven medals at a single Olympic Games.
- 1972The Price Is Right premieres on CBS. It currently is the longest running game show on American television.
- 1985The discovery of Buckminsterfullerene, the first fullerene molecule of carbon.
Also observed on September 4
- Immigrant's Day (Argentina)
- Toothfish Day (South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands)
Questions, answered
What star sign is September 4?
People born on September 4 are Virgo. Their birthstone is sapphire and their birth flower is the aster.
Which famous people were born on September 4?
Beyoncé (1981), François-René de Chateaubriand (1768), Anton Bruckner (1824), Antonin Artaud (1896), Raúl Albiol (1985), John McCarthy (1927) were all born on September 4.
What happened on September 4 in history?
Among other things: in 1972, Mark Spitz becomes the first competitor to win seven medals at a single Olympic Games; in 1972, The Price Is Right premieres on CBS. It currently is the longest running game show on American television; in 1985, The discovery of Buckminsterfullerene, the first fullerene molecule of carbon.
Can I get a newspaper front page from September 4?
Yes. The Birthday Gazette makes a personalised vintage-style front page for any September 4 birth year, with their name in the headline, events, famous birthdays and typical US prices. The preview is free and the print files cost $9.
Events, birthdays and observances are adapted from Wikipedia contributors, “September 4”, English Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0 (shortened and filtered). Ranking uses Wikidata (CC0). Sources.