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01
Bobby Fischer becomes world chess champion.
02
CBS Evening News becomes television's first half-hour weeknight news broadcast
03
American Revolutionary War ends.
04
Sarah Childress Polk, First Lady of the United States
05
Muhammad Ali wins gold medal in boxing at Rome Olympics.
06
Explorer John C. Fremont arrives at Great Salt Lake.
07
Brazil declares its independence from Portugal.
08
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is inaugurated.
09
Ruby Bridges - Notable Woman
10
Letitia Tyler dies.
11
Sir James Hopwood Jeans, British physicist
12
Henry Hudson discovers the Hudson River.
13
Clara Schumann, German pianist and composer
14
Mexican-American War: Winfield Scott captures Mexico City.
15
Tower Bridge in London - Int'l Landmarks Theme
16
Play-Doh is introduced to the world
17
Antoine Laurent de Jussieu, French botanist
18
The New York Daily Times begins publishing.
19
Ferdinand Magellan sets sail.
20
Chester A. Arthur is inaugurated as the 21st President of the United States.
21
Margaret Mackall Smith Taylor, First Lady
22
William Tierney Clark, English civil engineer
23
Lewis and Clark return from Pacific Northwest
24
The Honda Motor Company is founded.
25
The Battle of Stamford Bridge marks the end of the Viking era.
26
Sir Francis Drake circumnavigates the globe.
27
Edgar Degas, French painter
28
Kate Douglas Wiggin, American children's author
29
NASA resumes space shuttle flights, grounded after the Challenger disaster.
30
Babe Ruth hits 60th home run
 		     

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September 4th

Los Angeles, California is founded. (1781)
Mark Spitz wins his seventh swimming gold medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany, becoming the first Olympian to win seven gold medals. (1972)
George Eastman registers the trademark Kodak, and receives a patent for his camera which uses roll film. (1888)
People of the earth - cultures Egyptian Fellahin (2011)
Swissair Flight 306 crashes near Dürrenäsch, Switzerland, killing all on board. (1963)
Indian Wars: After almost 30 years of fighting, Apache leader Geronimo surrenders with his last band of warriors to General Nelson Miles at Skeleton Canyon in Arizona. (1886)




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