On this day: 4 September

Selected events and births on 4 September, from Wikipedia’s “On this day”.

Events

• 476 – Germanic leader Odoacer captured Ravenna and deposed Emperor Romulus Augustus, marking the fall of the Western Roman Empire. Read more: Germanic peoples Odoacer Ravenna
• 1843 – The state wedding of Teresa Cristina of the Two Sicilies and Emperor Pedro II of Brazil took place at the Cathedral of Rio de Janeiro. Read more: Teresa Cristina of the Two Sicilies Pedro II of Brazil Old Cathedral of Rio de Janeiro
• 1934 – Evelyn Waugh's novel A Handful of Dust was first published in full. Read more: Evelyn Waugh A Handful of Dust

Born on this day

• 1936 – Kamuta Latasi, Tuvaluan politician, 4th Prime Minister of Tuvalu Read more: Kamuta Latasi Prime Minister of Tuvalu
• 1941 – Sushilkumar Shinde, Indian lawyer and politician, 19th Governor of Andhra Pradesh Read more: Sushilkumar Shinde List of governors of Andhra Pradesh
• 1951 – Marita Ulvskog, Swedish politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden Read more: Marita Ulvskog Deputy Prime Minister of Sweden
• 1955 – Brian Schweitzer, American politician, 23rd Governor of Montana Read more: Brian Schweitzer List of governors of Montana
• 1962 – Ulla Tørnæs, Danish politician, Danish Minister of Education Read more: Ulla Tørnæs Minister of Education (Denmark)
• 1962 – Shinya Yamanaka, Japanese physician and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate Read more: Shinya Yamanaka Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
• 1969 – Giorgi Margvelashvili, Georgian academic and politician, 4th President of Georgia Read more: Giorgi Margvelashvili President of Georgia
• 1975 – Mark Ronson, English DJ, producer, and songwriter, co-founded Allido Records Read more: Mark Ronson Allido Records
• 1996 – Ashton Golding, English rugby league player Read more: Ashton Golding
• 1998 – Neru Nagahama, Japanese television personality Read more: Neru Nagahama
• 2000 – Sergio Gómez, Spanish footballer Read more: Sergio Gómez (footballer, born 2000)
• 2001 – Talitha Bateman, American actress Read more: Talitha Bateman

Text from Wikipedia: Selected anniversaries / September 4 and the linked articles, via the Wikimedia “On this day” feed, under CC BY-SA 4.0. We leave out entries about wars, violence and disasters to keep this page family-friendly.