THURSDAY, Sept. 4, 2025

476-Romulus Augustulus, the last Western Roman Emperor, abdicates after forces led by Odoacer invade Rome. Traditional end of the Western Roman Empire.

1609-Navigator Henry Hudson is the first European to discover the island of Manhattan [or Sep 11]

1781-Los Angeles is founded by 44 Spanish speaking mestizos in the Bahia de las Fumas (Bay of Smokes)

1862-General Lee begins the Maryland Campaign, invading the North with 50,000 Confederate troops (US Civil War)

1951-U.S. President Harry Truman addresses opening of Japanese Peace Treaty Conference

1957-Governor of Arkansas, Orval Faubus, calls out the National Guard to prevent nine Black students from entering Little Rock Central High School

1998-Google is formally incorporated by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, two students at Stanford University

2002-Before a U.S. Congressional panel, Doris Roberts testifies that age discrimination is prevalent in Hollywood

2016-Mother Teresa canonized by Pope Francis in a ceremony at the Vatican