September 4th, 1682: Astronomer Edmund Halley discovered the comet now named after him.
September 4th, 1781: The city of Los Angeles was founded.
September 4th, 1833: Ten year old Barney Flaherty was hired by the New York Sun as America’s first newsboy.
September 4th, 1888: George Eastman patented his 1st roll-film camera and registered the “Kodak” name.
September 4th, 1893: Beatrix Potter created Peter Rabbit in a letter to a friend.
September 4th, 1900: “Typhoid Mary” Mallon was a cook who was ‘patient zero’ for a series of Typhiod Fever outbreaks in the early 1900s. She claimed to have never been sick herself.
September 4th, 1957: Nine black students attempted to enter Little Rock Central High School but were blocked by the Arkansas National Guard. The next day, President Dwight D. Eisenhower ordered the 1,200-man 101st Airborne Battle Group of the US Army’s 101st Airborne Division from Fort Campbell, Kentucky, to escort the nine students into the school.
September 4th, 1957: Ford introduced “The Edsel” automobile – one of the biggest business flops in history.
September 4th, 1959: In the film Stand By Me, Gordie, Chris, Teddy, and Vern set out in search of the body of the missing Ray Brower.
September 4th, 1995: Xena: Wrrior Princess debuted on television.
September 4th, 2002: Kelly Clarkson won the first season of American Idol on FOX.
September 4th, 2005: Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit was released in movie theaters.
Actor Damon Wayans turns 60 years old.
Voice actor John DiMaggio turns 52 years old.
Singer Beyonce Knowles turns 39 years old.
Friday, September 4th is National Wildlife Day.
