Pope Benedict XVI becomes the longest-lived pope, 93 years, four months, 16 days, surpassing Pope Leo XIII, who died in 1903. Date: September 4, 2020 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 4 📅 Events on this day in 2020 📅 On This Day (Today)
Ten people are killed and 15 are injured in a stabbing spree in 13 locations on the James Smith Cree Nation and in Weldon, Saskatchewan. Date: September 4, 2022 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 4 📅 Events on this day in 2022 📅 On This Day (Today)
A 14-year-old gunman kills four people and injures seven in a mass shooting at Apalachee High School near Winder, Georgia. Date: September 4, 2024 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 4 📅 Events on this day in 2024 📅 On This Day (Today)
A fire that started on Fraser's Million Dollar Pier destroys six to eight square blocks of Ocean Park, California. Date: September 3, 1911 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 3 📅 Events on this day in 1911 📅 On This Day (Today)
World War I: Start of the Battle of Grand Couronné, a German assault against French positions on high ground near the city of Nancy. Date: September 3, 1914 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 3 📅 Events on this day in 1914 📅 On This Day (Today)
French composer Albéric Magnard is killed defending his estate against invading German soldiers. Date: September 3, 1914 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 3 📅 Events on this day in 1914 📅 On This Day (Today)
Wilhelm, Prince of Albania leaves the country after just six months due to opposition to his rule. Date: September 3, 1914 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 3 📅 Events on this day in 1914 📅 On This Day (Today)
World War I: Leefe Robinson destroys the German airship Schütte-Lanz SL 11 over Cuffley, north of London; the first German airship to be shot down on British soil. Date: September 3, 1916 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 3 📅 Events on this day in 1916 📅 On This Day (Today)
USS Shenandoah, the United States' first American-built rigid airship, was destroyed in a squall line over Noble County, Ohio. Fourteen of her 42-man crew perished, including her commander, Zachary Lansdowne. Date: September 3, 1925 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 3 📅 Events on this day in 1925 📅 On This Day…
Yevgeniy Abalakov is the first man to reach the highest point in the Soviet Union, Communism Peak (now called Ismoil Somoni Peak and situated in Tajikistan) (7495 m). Date: September 3, 1933 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 3 📅 Events on this day in 1933 📅 On This Day (Today)