09-03-2013, 07:57 PM
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September 4th
476 ~ Romulus Augustus, the last emperor of the Western Roman Empire, was deposed.
1781 ~ Los Angeles was founded as El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciúncula (the City of Our Lady, the Queen of the Angels of Porciuncula).
1824 ~ Birthday of Anton Bruckner, Composer.
1888 ~ George Eastman registered the trademark Kodak. Interestingly, the Kodak company has just emerged from bankruptcy. It filed for Chapter 11 protection last year.
1891 ~ Birthday of Fritz Todt, developer of the German autobahn, the archtype for the limited access highway.
1957 ~ The Ford Motor Company introduces the Edsel.
1957 ~ The Committee on Homosexual Offences and Prostitution in Great Britain came to the conclusion that outlawing homosexuality impinged upon civil liberties.
1965 ~ Death of Albert Schweitzer, Physician, J.S. Bach interpreter, awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 1952.
1995 ~ Death of William Kunstler, Attorney.
1998 ~ Google founded.
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