Today is Wednesday, September 4, the 248th day of 2024. There are 118 days left in the year.
Today in History:
On September 4, 2018, the Senate Judiciary Committee began confirmation hearings for incoming Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh in a day that saw tense exchanges between Democrats and Republicans.
Also this date:
In 1781, Los Angeles was founded by Spanish settlers under the leadership of Governor Felipe de Neve.
In 1944, during World War II, British troops liberated Antwerp, Belgium.
In 1949, more than 140 people were injured after a performance by singer Paul Robeson in Peekskill, NY when an anti-Communist mob attacked departing concertgoers.
In 1957, Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus ordered the Arkansas National Guardsmen to prevent nine black students from entering the all-white Central High School in Little Rock.
In 1972, American swimmer Mark Spitz became the first to win seven medals at a single Olympic Games, winning a seventh gold at the Munich Olympics in the 400-meter medley relay.
In 1972, the longest-running game show in American history, “The Price is Right,” debuted on CBS.
In 1974, the United States established diplomatic relations with East Germany.
In 1998, Google was founded by Stanford University Ph.D. students Sergey Brin and Larry Page.
In 2016, Pope Francis honored Mother Teresa when he elevated the “saint of the gutters” to one of the Catholic Church’s highest honors, praising her radical devotion to society’s outcasts and her courage to shame world leaders for “the crimes of poverty they themselves created.”
Today’s birthdays:
- Actor Mitzi Gaynor is 93 years old.
- Golf Hall of Famer Raymond Floyd is 82.
- Golf Hall of Famer Tom Watson is 75 years old.
- Actor Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs is 71 years old.
- The actor Khandi Alexander is 67 years old.
- Actor-comedian Damon Wayans Sr. is 64 years old.
- Baseball Hall of Famer Mike Piazza is 56 years old.
- DJ-musician-producer Mark Ronson is 49 years old.
- Actor Wes Bentley is 46 years old.
- Actor Max Greenfield is 45 years old.
- The singer and actor Beyoncé is 43 years old.
- Actor-comedian Whitney Cummings is 42 years old.
- Actor-comedian Kyle Mooney (TV: “Saturday Night Live”) is 40.