Es passierte an einem 04 September

1870 : Proclamation of the Third Republic


On September 4, 1870, during the war with Germany, and two days after the capture of Napoleon II by the Germans, the Third Republic was proclaimed. For 9 years, the various political movements had competed for the regime to implement before the final victory of the Republicans in the elections of 1877, 1878 and 1879. Little power was given to the President of the Republic as the President of the Second Republic had taken a family practice and made a coup to become emperor.

1886 : Geronimo surrendered


On September 4, 1886, Apache leader Geronimo surrendered to U.S. authorities. He was the last Indian leader to surrender, ending the Indian wars. Geronimo had fought all his life to protect the lands of his people of Mexican and American settlers. His family had been killed by settlers from Mexico. In 1874, the people of Geronimo was parked in a reservation in Arizona by the U.S. government. Geronimo escaped with some of his warriors. They had been recaptured several times and fled after each forced return. In 1884, Geronimo surrendered for the last time, to General Nelson Miles and ended his life peacefully.

1972 : Mark Spitz won his seventh gold medal


On September 4, 1972, American swimmer Mark Spitz won his seventh gold medal at the Munich Olympics, winning the 400-meter medley relay with his team. He participated in seven events for which he won each time the gold medal and each time, beating the world record. He had already won four medals (2 gold, 1 silver and 1 bronze) at the Olympic Games in Mexico in 1968 when he was 18.

1998 : Creation of Google


On September 4, 1998, two students from Stanford University, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, created a company Google and invested in a search engine that quickly became the most powerful in the world. Google now has over a million servers around the world dedicated to the search engine. In addition, Google is diversifying every day: Chrome browser, Gmail email service, Picasa photo editor, geolocation, mobile phone operating system Android, ...

2006 : Crocodile hunter killed by a stingray


On September 4, 2006, Australian naturalist Steve Irwin, dubbed the "Crocodile Hunter" was killed by the bite of the spine of a large Dasyatidae in the chest while swimming along a group of stingrays on the Great barrier Reef, north of Cairns. The spine was 20cm long and could serve as a dagger. It was further poisoned. The naturalist was an Australian television star and was known for his knowledge of crocodiles.

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I was born on the prairies where the wind blew free and there was nothing to break the light of the sun. I was born where there were no enclosures.

Geburtstage : 04 September

Wanli , Emperor of China (1563)
Axel von Fersen, Swedish general and diplomat (1755)
François-René de Chateaubriand, French writer (1768)
Anton Bruckner, Austrian composer (1824)
Christian-Jaque, French director (1904)
Max Delbrück, German-American biophysicist, Nobel Pize in Physiology or Medicine (1906)
Edward Dmytryk, American director (1908)
Richard Wright , American writer (1908)
Stanford Moore, American biochemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1913)
John McCarthy, American computer scientist (1927)
Dick York, American actor (1928)
Dawn Fraser, Australian swimmer (1937)
Patrice Fontanarosa, French violinist (1942)
Martin Chambers, English musician (The Pretenders) (1951)
Rishi Kapoor, Indian actor (1952)
Kim Thayil, American guitarist (Soundgarden) (1960)
Damon Wayans, American actor (1960)
Cédric Klapisch, French director (1961)
Jeff Tremaine, American director (1966)
Natacha Amal, Belgian actress (1968)
Igor Cavalera, Brazilian musician (Sepultura) (1970)
Françoise Yip, Canadian actress (1972)
Wes Bentley, American actor (1978)
Beyoncé Knowles, American actor (1981)
Stefanía Fernández, Miss Venezuela 2008, Miss Universe 2009 (1990)
Carter Jenkins, American actor (1991)

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Charles Townshend, English politician (1767)
Edvard Grieg, Norwegian composer (1907)
Charles Péguy, French poet (1914)
Robert Schuman, French politician, co-founder of the European Union (1963)
Albert Schweitzer, French physician, Nobel Peace Prize (1965)
Marcel Achard, French playwright (1974)
Georges Simenon, French writer (1989)
Irene Dunne, American actress (1990)
Elizabeth Kata, Australian writer (1998)
Steve Irwin, Australian naturalist (2006)
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