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2006 Australia "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin

4th September 2006 : "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin dies whilst filming in Australia's Great Barrier Reef when a stingray's barb pierced his chest.



1925 U.S.A. Farm Wagons Must Now Have Lights

4th September 1925 : New Laws have been put in place that mean farm wagons on the road after nightfall must now be equipped with lights which must be turned on after nightfall, this has been implemented due to the increasing accidents caused by farmers during the peak corn packing season.



1937 U.S.A. Chicago Polio Outbreak

4th September 1937 : Following the increases in Infantile Paralysis ( Polio ) in Chicago the city health department have made statements that the epidemic is under control but schools will continue to left closed indefinitely.

Child With Polio Public Domain Photo


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1951 U.S.A. President Harry S. Truman

4th September 1951 : President Harry S. Truman’s speech from San Francisco is broadcast across the nation, marking the first time a television program was broadcast from coast to coast

President Harry S Truman Public Domain Photo


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1957 U.S.A. The National Guard Little Rock

4th September 1957 : The National Guard on the order of Governor Orval Faubus is used to prevent nine African American students from entering Central High School in Little Rock. The action was taken in violation of a federal order to integrate the school.

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1957 UK Change to Law Between Consenting adults

4th September 1957 : A report sponsored by the British government has suggested homosexual behavior between consenting adults ( over the age of 21 ) should no longer be a criminal offence, currently homosexual offences can incur anything from a £5 fine to life imprisonment..



1959 U.S.A. Labor Reform Act

4th September 1959 : The Labor Reform Act was passed by Congress. The legislation moved to reign in the power of the nation's Largest and most powerful unions.



1964 UK Queen opens the Forth Road Bridge

4th September 1964 : The Queen has opened the Forth Road Suspension Bridge which spans the Firth of Forth river, connecting Edinburgh to Fife, currently the fourth longest in the world . Tolls for the new bridge will be 2s 6d, the cost of the full project is thought to be £19.5 million. Over the years the tolls increased to 80p or 16s 0d but in February 2008 tolls were abolished and the bridge is now toll free.

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1968 UK Dutch Elm Disease

4th September 1968 : The increase in Dutch Elm Disease in England is continuing and so far no way has been found to protect the trees, the cause has been traced to the bark beetle spreading the disease. Many tens of thousands of trees have been destroyed and the disease is now becoming widespread in parts of the United States including throughout New England.

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1972 Germany Mark Spitz

4th September 1972 : U.S. swimmer Mark Spitz wins a record seventh gold medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. Below are those events he won Gold Medals For

100-meter butterfly

200-meter butterfly

100-meter freestyle

200-meter freestyle

Member of the 400-meter medley relay team

Member of the 800-meter medley relay team

Member of the 400-meter freestyle relay team





1978 India Longer Monsoon Season Causes Massive Flooding

4th September 1978 : The monsoon season in northern India has continued longer than normal and is causing devastating flooding in northern India with some areas of West Bengal now 18 feet under water. The flooding has now made over two million homeless with hopes that the monsoon season will soon before even more are affected.



1983 U.S.A. Dennis Connor and Yacht Liberty to defend the Americas cup

4th September 1983 : Dennis Connor and his yacht Liberty have been chosen to defend the Americas cup by the New York Yacht club after defeating Courageous in a two race run off. They will defend the Americas cup starting on September 13th for the best of 7 races against Britain's Victory or Australia's Australia II who are currently tied at 1 race each.

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1991 U.S.A. Africanized Bees

4th September 1991 : Many fear that the invasion of Africanized Bees that become aggressive when nests are threatened and have caused a number of children deaths in Mexico are moving into the United States in increasing numbers, currently swarms that have appeared in Texas have quickly been destroyed but as they appear in ever increasing numbers they expect the Bees to have colonized many parts of the southern states within two years.

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1997 U.S.A. Last Ford Thunderbird

4th September 1997 : The last of the original Ford Thunderbird's rolls off the assembly line.

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1997 Israel Suicide Bomb Attacks

4th September 1997 : Suicide Bombers detonate their nail bombs in a packed pedestrian area of Jerusalem killing eight people and injuring 150 more. The militant Palestinian group Hamas has claimed responsibility the bombings.



1999 East Timor Referendum For Independence

4th September 1999 : The voters of East Timor have vote overwhelmingly in a referendum to end their links with Indonesia and become an Independent Nation. They achieved their indendence on May 20, 2002.



2000 United Nations World Poverty Report

4th September 2000 : UN Development Programme agency has released it's latest report that shows the gap between the richest and poorest countries in the world is increasing and there were estimated to be 1.2 billion people in absolute poverty ( people living on less than $1.00 per day ) in 1998. UN Development Programme agency has said that debt relief to the worlds poorest countries is essential to help those countries improve the lives of their people ( many of the poorest nations in the world are paying more back to Western aid institutions than they are spending on health and education ).



2001 U.S.A. Shark Attack Kills Man in North Carolina

4th September 2001 : A shark attack on a couple swimming off the coast of North Carolina kills the man and severely injures the woman, this is the 4th fatality from shark attacks in the US this year after over 40 attacks by sharks in US coastal waters, in what many are dubbing the "Summer of the Shark".

Great White Public Domain Photo


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2002 U.S.A. Kelly Clarkson Wins First American Idol

4th September 2002 : Kelly Clarkson a former Texas waitress wins the first series of American Idol after 15.5m votes were cast by telephone by American Idol viewers. American Idol has been the summer's new programme success with audiences in excess of 15 million.




http://www.americanidol.com/


2005 U.S.A. Evacuees Being Flown Out of New Orleans

4th September 2005 : On the sixth day after Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans the Superdome complex is now being evacuated via 40 aircraft and the city is back under control with most area's now secure and looters kept off the streets. Huge area's of the city are still under water and figures are just being released that more than one million people are said to have been displaced from their homes in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama dur to the hurricane. The final death toll from the disaster may take some time until house-to-house searches are completed, but early estimates place the number between 1,500 and 2,000.

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2007 UK Maintenance Workers on London Underground Bring Underground to a halt

4th September 2007 : Maintenance Workers members of The RMT union begin a 72 hour strike on London Underground bringing the following lines to a halt Bakerloo, Central, Victoria, Circle, District, East London, Hammersmith & City, Metropolitan and Waterloo & City.



http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tube/


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