September 4: Labour Day in Canada and Labor Day in the United States (2017)
Damage from the 2010 New Zealand quake
- 1774 – British explorer James Cook became the first European to sight the island of New Caledonia.
- 1843 – Teresa Cristina of the Two Sicilies married Pedro II of Brazil at a state ceremony.
- 1886 – After more than 25 years of fighting against the United States Army and the armed forces of Mexico, Geronimo of the Chiricahua Apache surrendered at Skeleton Canyon in Arizona.
- 1957 – Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus deployed the Arkansas National Guard to prevent nine African American students from attending Little Rock Central High School.
- 2010 – A 7.1 Mw earthquake struck the South Island of New Zealand (damage pictured), causing up to NZ$3.5 billion in damages.
Anna of Trebizond (d. 1342) · Sushilkumar Shinde (b. 1941) · Steve Irwin (d. 2006)
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