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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_4" title="September 4">September 4</a></b>
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/476" title="476">476</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germanic_peoples" title="Germanic peoples">Germanic</a> leader <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odoacer" title="Odoacer">Odoacer</a></b> captured <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ravenna" title="Ravenna">Ravenna</a> and deposed Emperor <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romulus_Augustulus" title="Romulus Augustulus">Romulus Augustus</a>, marking the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_of_the_Western_Roman_Empire" title="Fall of the Western Roman Empire">fall of the Western Roman Empire</a></b>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1800" title="1800">1800</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Revolutionary_Wars" title="French Revolutionary Wars">French Revolutionary Wars</a>: Facing starvation and a death rate of 100 soldiers per day, the French garrison in Malta surrendered to British forces, ending <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Malta_(1798%E2%80%931800)" title="Siege of Malta (1798–1800)">a two-year siege</a></b>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1843" title="1843">1843</a> – The state wedding of <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teresa_Cristina_of_the_Two_Sicilies" title="Teresa Cristina of the Two Sicilies">Teresa Cristina of the Two Sicilies</a></b> and Emperor <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro_II_of_Brazil" title="Pedro II of Brazil">Pedro II of Brazil</a> took place at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Cathedral_of_Rio_de_Janeiro" title="Old Cathedral of Rio de Janeiro">Cathedral of Rio de Janeiro</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1977" title="1977">1977</a> – The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Dragon_massacre" title="Golden Dragon massacre">Golden Dragon massacre</a></b> took place in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinatown,_San_Francisco" title="Chinatown, San Francisco">Chinatown, San Francisco</a>, leaving five dead and spurring police to end Chinese gang violence in the city.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010" title="2010">2010</a><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Canterbury_earthquake" title="2010 Canterbury earthquake">A magnitude-7.1 earthquake</a></b> struck the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canterbury_Region" title="Canterbury Region">Canterbury Region</a> of New Zealand, causing two deaths and up to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand_dollar" title="New Zealand dollar">NZ$</a>40 billion in damages.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_of_Castile" title="Maria of Castile">Maria of Castile</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1458); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Dudley,_1st_Earl_of_Leicester" title="Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester">Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1588); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konstantin_Kalser" title="Konstantin Kalser">Konstantin Kalser</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1920); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoani_S%C3%A1nchez" title="Yoani Sánchez">Yoani Sánchez</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1975)</p>