September 4

Today in History
• 1609 - Navigator Henry Hudson is the first European to discover island of Manhattan
• 1618 - "Rodi" avalanche destroys Plurs, Switzerland, 1,500 killed
• 1781 - Los Angeles is founded by 44 Spanish speaking mestizos
• 1807 - Robert Fulton begins operating his steamboat between New York and Albany
• 1813 - First US religious newspaper (Religious Remembrancer (Christian Observer))
• 1833 - 1st newsboy hired (Barney Flaherty, 10 years old by the NY Sun)
• 1864 - Bread riots in Mobile, Alabama
• 1885 - 1st cafeteria opens (NYC)


Holidays - Traditional and Obscure
• Eat an Extra Dessert Day
• Labor Day
• Mouthguard Day
• National Macadamia Nut Day
• ?National Wildlife Day
• Newspaper Carrier Day
• Umhlanga reed dance Day
• West Indian Day Parade

Birthdays
• 1241 - Alexander III, King of Scotland
• 1557 - Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, Queen of Denmark and Norway
• 1563 - Wanli, Emperor of Ming Dynasty
• 1778 - Louis Napoléon Bonaparte, French King of Netherlands (1806-10)
• 1801 - Cullen Whipple, American inventor (pointed screw machine)
• 1802 - Marcus Whitman, American physician and missionary (Oregon Trail)
• 1803 - Sarah Childress Polk, Wife of the 11th President of the United States
• 1825 - Dadabhai Naoroji, 1st Indian in British parliament