September 4 - Duck

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This Day In History

476

Romulus Augustulus, last emperor of the Western Roman Empire, is deposed when Odoacer proclaims himself "King of Italy", thus ending the Western Roman Empire.

1781

Los Angeles, California, is founded as El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora La Reina de los Ángeles de Porciúncula (The Village of Our Lady, the Queen of the Angels of Porziuncola) by 44 Spanish settlers.

1888

George Eastman registers the trademark Kodak and receives a patent for his camera that uses roll film.

1923

Maiden flight of the first U.S. airship, the USS Shenandoah.

1956

The IBM RAMAC 305 is introduced, the first commercial computer to use magnetic disk storage.

1964

Scotland's Forth Road Bridge near Edinburgh officially opens.

1972

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

1998

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

Famous Birthdays

1241

Alexander III of Scotland (d. 1286)

1596

Constantijn Huygens, Dutch poet and composer (d. 1687)

1803

Sarah Childress Polk, First Lady of the United States (d. 1891)

1824

Anton Bruckner, Austrian composer (d. 1896)

1826

Martin Wiberg, Swedish computer pioneer (d. 1905)

1846

Daniel Burnham, American architect (d. 1912)

1912

Syd Hoff, Jewish-American cartoonist and children's book author (d. 2004)

1918

Paul Harvey, American radio broadcaster (d. 2009)

1924

Joan Aiken, English writer (d. 2004)

1927

John McCarthy, American computer scientist (d. 2011)

1931

Mitzi Gaynor, American actress

1957

Patricia Tallman, American actress
1971
Ione Skye, English actress