September 04

Monday 04, 1967:

Vietnam War: Operation Swift begins: U.S. Marines launch a search-and-destroy mission in Quang Nam and Quang Tin Provinces. The ensuingfour-day battle in Que Son Valley kills 114 Americans and 376 North Vietnamese.

Friday 04, 1964:

Scotland's Forth Road Bridge, near Edinburgh, officially opens.

Monday 04, 1944:

World War II: The British 11th Armoured Division liberate the Belgian city of Antwerp.

Sunday 04, 1870:

Emperor Napoleon III of France is deposed and the Third Republic is declared.

Tuesday 04, 1781:

Los Angeles, California, is founded as El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora La Reina de los Ángeles de Porciúncula (the City of Our Lady, the Queen of the Angels of the Little Portion) by a group of 44 Spanish settlers.