September 4

• 1971

  Alaska Airlines Flight 1866 crashes near Juneau, Alaska, killing all 111 people on board.

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• 1972

  Mark Spitz becomes the first competitor to win seven medals at a single Olympic Games.

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• 1972

  The Price Is Right premieres on CBS. It currently is the longest running game show on American television.

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• 1977

  The Golden Dragon massacre takes place in San Francisco.

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• 1985

  The discovery of Buckminsterfullerene, the first fullerene molecule of carbon.

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• 1989

  In Leipzig, East Germany, the first of weekly demonstration for the legalisation of opposition groups and democratic reforms takes place.

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• 1998

  Google is founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, two PhD students at Stanford University.

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• 2001

  Tokyo DisneySea opens to the public as part of the Tokyo Disney Resort in Urayasu, Chiba, Japan.

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• 2002

  The Oakland Athletics win their 20th consecutive game, an American League record, until the Cleveland Indians surpassed it in 2017.

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• 2007

  Three terrorists suspected to be a part of Al-Qaeda are arrested in Germany after allegedly planning attacks on both the Frankfurt International airport and US military installations.

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• 2020

  Pope Benedict XVI becomes the longest-lived pope, 93 years, four months, 16 days, surpassing Pope Leo XIII, who died in 1903.

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• 2024

  A 14-year-old gunman kills four people and injures seven in a mass shooting at Apalachee High School near Winder, Georgia.

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1. 
   2001

   Talitha Bateman, American actress

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2. 
   2000

   Sergio Gómez, Spanish footballer

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3. 
   1998

   Neru Nagahama, Japanese television personality

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4. 
   1996

   Ashton Golding, English rugby league player

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5. 
   1995

   Jazz Tevaga, New Zealand rugby league player

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6. 
   1994

   Kenny McEvoy, Irish footballer

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7. 
   1994

   Sabina Sharipova, Uzbekistan tennis player

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8. 
   1993

   Emma Brownlie, Scottish footballer

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9. 
   1993

   Yannick Carrasco, Belgian footballer

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10. 
    1993

    Mark Tuan, American rapper

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11. 
    1992

    Zerkaa, English YouTuber

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12. 
    1991

    Adrien Bart, French sprint canoeist

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