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Today I turn a quarter of a century old! It's my birthday, in other words. Last year I brought you a list of people I shared a birthday with, and this year I figured I'd give a list of events that happend on September 4th during some year in history.

• 476 - The Western Roman Empire comes to an end, after Romulus Augustulus is deposed.
• 1666 - The most destructive damage from the Great Fire in London.
• 1781 - Los Angeles, California is founded by 44 Spanish settlers.
• 1886 - After nearly 30 years of war, Apache chief Geronimo surrenders to General Nelson Miles.
• 1888 - George Eastman registers the "Kodak" trademark and patents a camera that uses a roll of film.
• 1950 - Darlington Raceway hold the first 500 mile NASCAR race: The Southern 500.
• 1957 - The Ford Edsel debuts.
• 1972 - US Swimmer Mark Spitz wins 7 Gold medals at the Munich games.
• 1985 - The discovery of Buckminsterfullerene, the first fullerene molecule of carbon.
• 1987 - I was born!!!
• 1998 - Google is founded.

Full list at Wikipedia!