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September 4
1781 - The city of Los Angeles was founded by Spanish settlers.
1888 - George Eastman patented his roll-film camera and registered the Kodak trademark.
1917 - The American expeditionary force in France suffered its first fatalities in World War I.
1944 - During World War II, British troops liberated Antwerp, Belgium.
1951 - President Harry S. Truman inaugurated transcontinental television service in the United States when AT&T carried his address to the opening session of the Japanese Peace Convention in San Francisco.
1957 - Ford Motor Co. began selling its ill-fated Edsel line.
1957 - Nine black students attempted to enter Little Rock's Central High School in Arkansas but were blocked by the National Guard, who were there on orders from Gov. Orval Faubus. (Later that month the National Guard would escort them into the school.)
1962 - The Beatles, with new drummer Ringo Starr, recorded "Love Me Do" at EMI Studios in London. (The more familiar version with substitute drummer Andy White and Starr on tambourine was recorded a week later.)
1960 - The Food and Drug Administration issued a report calling birth control pills "safe", despite a slight risk of fatal blood-clotting disorders linked to the pills.
1971 - An Alaska Airlines jet crashed near Juneau, killing all 111 people on board.
1974 - The United States established diplomatic relations with East Germany.
1998 - Internet services company Google filed for incorporation in California.
2002 - Singer Kelly Clarkson was voted the first "American Idol" on the Fox TV series.
2006 - "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin died at age 44 after being pierced in the chest by the barb of a stingray.
2007 - Toy maker Mattel Inc. recalled 800,000 lead-tainted, Chinese-made toys worldwide, a third major recall in just over a month.
2008 - Sen. John McCain of Arizona accepted the Republican presidential nomination at the party's convention in St. Paul, Minnesota.
2008 - Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice in a sex scandal, forcing the Democrat out of office.
2014 - Comedian Joan Rivers died at a New York hospital at age 81, a week after going into cardiac arrest in a doctor’s office during a routine medical procedure.
2015 - Hosting Saudi Arabia’s new monarch for the first time, President Barack Obama said the U.S. shared King Salman’s desire for an inclusive, functioning government in Yemen; their talks also addressed the Iran nuclear deal, a source of lingering tension in the U.S.-Saudi relationship.
2018 - Amazon became the second publicly-traded company to reach $1 trillion in market value, following closely behind Apple.
2019 - A list of spending projects released by the Pentagon showed that officials would be cutting funding from projects including schools, target ranges and maintenance facilities to pay for the construction of 175 miles of fencing along the U.S.-Mexico border; a total of $3.6 billion would be diverted to the barrier.
Birthdays
22 - Elizabeth Elias (actress)
24 - Victoria Moroles (actress)
25 - Kady McDermott (reality star)
25 - Trevor Gagnon (actor)
29 - Carter Jenkins (actor)
30 - James Bay (singer)
34 - Xavier Woods (professional wrestler)
36 - Kyle Mooney (actor/comedian)
38 - Whitney Cummings (actress/comedian)
39 - Beyonce Knowles (singer)
40 - Dan Miller (singer)
41 - Granger Smith (country singer)
41 - Max Greenfield (actor)
42 - Wes Bentley (actor)
46 - James Monroe Iglehart (actor/singer)
50 - Ione Skye (actress)
51 - Noah Taylor (actor)
51 - Richard Speight Jr. (actor)
60 - Damon Wayans (actor/comeidan)
63 - Khandi Alexander (actress)
67 - Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs (actor)
69 - Judith Ivey (actress)
71 - Tom Watson (golfer)
76 - Jennifer Salt (actress)
78 - Raymond Floyd (golfer)
79 - Kenneth Kimmins (actor)
89 - Mitzi Gaynor (actress)
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Today in Sports History - September 4
1950 - NASCAR’s first paved super speedway, Darlington Raceway hosts Southern 500, first 500-mile event in NASCAR history; winner Johnny Mantz in a Plymouth.
1953 - The New York Yankees became the first baseball team to win five consecutive American League championships.
1972 - American swimmer Mark Spitz won his seventh gold medal at the Summer Olympic Games in Munich, West Germany, the first person to ever win seven golds in a single Olympics.
1988 - The relocated Phoenix Cardinals play first regular-season NFL game; lose 21-14 v Bengals at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati.
1991 - The MLB Statistical Accuracy Committee votes to drop the asterisk next to Roger Maris' 1961 single-season home run record of 61 (he broke Babe Ruth's record of 60 despite Ruth having played fewer games in his regular season); the committee also ruled that an official no hitter must go at least nine innings.
1993 - Penn State played its first football game in the Big Ten Conference, defeating Minnesota 38-20.
1994 - Tom Tupa scores the first 2-point conversion in NFL history, running in a fake extra point attempt for the Cleveland Browns in a 28-20 win over the Cincinnati Bengals.
1994 - Dan Marino of the Miami Dolphins sets an NFL record with his 18th career game with four or more TD passes.
1998 - The New York Yankees become the fastest team to reach 100 wins in a season, beating the 1906 Chicago Cubs and 1954 Cleveland Indians by five days.
1999 - The Cincinnati Reds set a National League record with nine home runs in a 22-3 rout of the Philadelphia Phillies.
2002 - Argentina pulls off one of the biggest upsets in international basketball history, knocking off the United States 87-80 in the second round of the World Championships; it was the first loss for the U.S. men's basketball team since sending NBA players to international competition in 1992.
2002 - The Oakland Athletics won an American League record 20th consecutive game. The A's gave up an 11-run lead during the game and then won the contest on a Scott Hatteberg home run in the bottom of the ninth inning. The game hosted the largest crowed (55,528) ever for a regular season game at the Coliseum.
2002 - St. Louis manager Tony La Russa got his 1,905th major league win. He tied Casey Stengal for eighth place.
2006 - Damon Allen moves past ex-CFL and NFL star Warren Moon as pro football's all-time leading passer as the Toronto Argonauts quarterback achieves 70,595 career passing yards.
1781 - The city of Los Angeles was founded by Spanish settlers.
1888 - George Eastman patented his roll-film camera and registered the Kodak trademark.
1917 - The American expeditionary force in France suffered its first fatalities in World War I.
1944 - During World War II, British troops liberated Antwerp, Belgium.
1951 - President Harry S. Truman inaugurated transcontinental television service in the United States when AT&T carried his address to the opening session of the Japanese Peace Convention in San Francisco.
1957 - Ford Motor Co. began selling its ill-fated Edsel line.
1957 - Nine black students attempted to enter Little Rock's Central High School in Arkansas but were blocked by the National Guard, who were there on orders from Gov. Orval Faubus. (Later that month the National Guard would escort them into the school.)
1962 - The Beatles, with new drummer Ringo Starr, recorded "Love Me Do" at EMI Studios in London. (The more familiar version with substitute drummer Andy White and Starr on tambourine was recorded a week later.)
1960 - The Food and Drug Administration issued a report calling birth control pills "safe", despite a slight risk of fatal blood-clotting disorders linked to the pills.
1971 - An Alaska Airlines jet crashed near Juneau, killing all 111 people on board.
1974 - The United States established diplomatic relations with East Germany.
1998 - Internet services company Google filed for incorporation in California.
2002 - Singer Kelly Clarkson was voted the first "American Idol" on the Fox TV series.
2006 - "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin died at age 44 after being pierced in the chest by the barb of a stingray.
2007 - Toy maker Mattel Inc. recalled 800,000 lead-tainted, Chinese-made toys worldwide, a third major recall in just over a month.
2008 - Sen. John McCain of Arizona accepted the Republican presidential nomination at the party's convention in St. Paul, Minnesota.
2008 - Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice in a sex scandal, forcing the Democrat out of office.
2014 - Comedian Joan Rivers died at a New York hospital at age 81, a week after going into cardiac arrest in a doctor’s office during a routine medical procedure.
2015 - Hosting Saudi Arabia’s new monarch for the first time, President Barack Obama said the U.S. shared King Salman’s desire for an inclusive, functioning government in Yemen; their talks also addressed the Iran nuclear deal, a source of lingering tension in the U.S.-Saudi relationship.
2018 - Amazon became the second publicly-traded company to reach $1 trillion in market value, following closely behind Apple.
2019 - A list of spending projects released by the Pentagon showed that officials would be cutting funding from projects including schools, target ranges and maintenance facilities to pay for the construction of 175 miles of fencing along the U.S.-Mexico border; a total of $3.6 billion would be diverted to the barrier.
Birthdays
22 - Elizabeth Elias (actress)
24 - Victoria Moroles (actress)
25 - Kady McDermott (reality star)
25 - Trevor Gagnon (actor)
29 - Carter Jenkins (actor)
30 - James Bay (singer)
34 - Xavier Woods (professional wrestler)
36 - Kyle Mooney (actor/comedian)
38 - Whitney Cummings (actress/comedian)
39 - Beyonce Knowles (singer)
40 - Dan Miller (singer)
41 - Granger Smith (country singer)
41 - Max Greenfield (actor)
42 - Wes Bentley (actor)
46 - James Monroe Iglehart (actor/singer)
50 - Ione Skye (actress)
51 - Noah Taylor (actor)
51 - Richard Speight Jr. (actor)
60 - Damon Wayans (actor/comeidan)
63 - Khandi Alexander (actress)
67 - Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs (actor)
69 - Judith Ivey (actress)
71 - Tom Watson (golfer)
76 - Jennifer Salt (actress)
78 - Raymond Floyd (golfer)
79 - Kenneth Kimmins (actor)
89 - Mitzi Gaynor (actress)
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Today in Sports History - September 4
1950 - NASCAR’s first paved super speedway, Darlington Raceway hosts Southern 500, first 500-mile event in NASCAR history; winner Johnny Mantz in a Plymouth.
1953 - The New York Yankees became the first baseball team to win five consecutive American League championships.
1972 - American swimmer Mark Spitz won his seventh gold medal at the Summer Olympic Games in Munich, West Germany, the first person to ever win seven golds in a single Olympics.
1988 - The relocated Phoenix Cardinals play first regular-season NFL game; lose 21-14 v Bengals at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati.
1991 - The MLB Statistical Accuracy Committee votes to drop the asterisk next to Roger Maris' 1961 single-season home run record of 61 (he broke Babe Ruth's record of 60 despite Ruth having played fewer games in his regular season); the committee also ruled that an official no hitter must go at least nine innings.
1993 - Penn State played its first football game in the Big Ten Conference, defeating Minnesota 38-20.
1994 - Tom Tupa scores the first 2-point conversion in NFL history, running in a fake extra point attempt for the Cleveland Browns in a 28-20 win over the Cincinnati Bengals.
1994 - Dan Marino of the Miami Dolphins sets an NFL record with his 18th career game with four or more TD passes.
1998 - The New York Yankees become the fastest team to reach 100 wins in a season, beating the 1906 Chicago Cubs and 1954 Cleveland Indians by five days.
1999 - The Cincinnati Reds set a National League record with nine home runs in a 22-3 rout of the Philadelphia Phillies.
2002 - Argentina pulls off one of the biggest upsets in international basketball history, knocking off the United States 87-80 in the second round of the World Championships; it was the first loss for the U.S. men's basketball team since sending NBA players to international competition in 1992.
2002 - The Oakland Athletics won an American League record 20th consecutive game. The A's gave up an 11-run lead during the game and then won the contest on a Scott Hatteberg home run in the bottom of the ninth inning. The game hosted the largest crowed (55,528) ever for a regular season game at the Coliseum.
2002 - St. Louis manager Tony La Russa got his 1,905th major league win. He tied Casey Stengal for eighth place.
2006 - Damon Allen moves past ex-CFL and NFL star Warren Moon as pro football's all-time leading passer as the Toronto Argonauts quarterback achieves 70,595 career passing yards.
