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Sep 4, 1886: Geronimo surrenders
On this day in 1886, Apache chief Geronimo surrenders to U.S. government troops. For 30 years, the mighty Native American warrior had battled to protect his tribe's homeland; however, by 1886 the Apaches were exhausted and hopelessly outnumbered. General Nelson Miles accepted Geronimo's surrender, making him the last Indian warrior to formally give in to U.S. forces and signaling the end of the Indian Wars in the Southwest.
Geronimo was born in 1829 and grew up in what is present-day Arizona and Mexico. His tribe, the Chiricahua Apaches, clashed with non-Indian settlers trying to take their land. In 1858, Geronimo's family was murdered by Mexicans. Seeking revenge, he later led raids against Mexican and American settlers. In 1874, the U.S. government moved Geronimo and his people from their land to a reservation in east-central Arizona. Conditions on the reservation were restrictive and harsh and Geronimo and some of his followers escaped. Over the next decade, they battled federal troops and launched raids on white settlements. During this time, Geronimo and his supporters were forced back onto the reservation several times. In May 1885, Geronimo and approximately 150 followers fled one last time. They were pursued into Mexico by 5,000 U.S. troops. In March 1886, General George Crook (1829–90) forced Geronimo to surrender; however, Geronimo quickly escaped and continued his raids. General Nelson Miles (1839–1925) then took over the pursuit of Geronimo, eventually forcing him to surrender that September near Fort Bowie along the Arizona-New Mexico border. Geronimo and a band of Apaches were sent to Florida and then Alabama, eventually ending up at the Comanche and Kiowa reservation near Fort Sill, Oklahoma Territory. There, Geronimo became a successful farmer and converted to Christianity. He participated in President Theodore Roosevelt's inaugural parade in 1905. The Apache chief dictated his autobiography, published in 1906 as Geronimo's Story of His Life. He died at Fort Sill on February 17, 1909.
The last Roman emperor in the west, Romulus Augustus, was deposed on this date in 476. Portuguese King Alfonso I recognized Isabella as queen of Castile. Henry Hudson discovered Manhattan (or probably did) on this day in history. English astronomer Edmund Halley would see the comet that would bear his name on this date in 1682. The city of Los Angeles was founded on this date at the Bahia de las Fumas (the Valley of Smokes). General Robert E. Lee invaded the north with an army of 50,000, during the American Civil War. George Eastman patented his rolling film camera. Russia, France, and Britain signed the London Pact on this day in 1914, uniting against Germany. This was a busy date in 1939, as Belgium and Netherlands proclaimed their neutrality in the war, and Germany took over Danzig, and sank a British passenger ship, the Athenia. British troops entered the city of Antwerp, in Belgium, on this day in 1944. On the same day, the United States regained Wake Island from Japan. Federal troops were called in by Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus to prevent nine blacks from attending Little Rock Central High School on this day in 1957. The Beatles recorded "How Do You Do It" at EMI. French President Charles De Gaulle visited West Germany on this date in 1962. Nigerian troops conquered Aba Biafra. George Harrison released "My Sweet Lord". American Mark Spitz won what was then a record seven gold medals at the Olympic Games on this day in 1972.
Here's a more detailed look at events that transpired on this date throughout history:
422 - St Boniface I ends his reign as Catholic Pope
476 - Romulus Augustulus, last Roman emperor in west, is
deposed
1024 - Conrad II the Sailor chosen German king
1260 - Battle at Montaperti-Guelfen vs Ghibellijnen
1282 - King Pedro III of Aragonorth annexes Sicily
1414 - Peace of Atrecht: John the fearless & Armagnacs
1479 - King Alfonso I of Portugal recognizes Isabella as
queen of Castile
1571 - Catholic coup in Scotland
1609 - Navigator Henry Hudson discovers island of Manhattan
[or Sep 11]
1618 - "Rodi" avalanche destroys Plurs
Switzerland, 1,500 killed
1682 - English astronomer Edmund Halley sees his namesake
comet
1695 - French garrison of castle Names surrenders for Willem
III
1778 - City of Amsterdam signs trade agreement with US
rebels
1781 - Los Angeles founded by 44 in Bahia de las Fumas,
(Valley of Smokes)
1786 - -5] Orange troops plunder Hattem/Elburg
1805 - 1st edition of Batavian State-Current published
1807 - Robert Fulton begins operating his steamboat
1813 - 1st US relig newspaper (Religious Remembrancer
(Christian Observer))
1833 - 1st newsboy hired (Barney Flaherty, 10 years old-NY Sun)
1842 - Work on Koln cathedral recommences
after 284-year hiatus
1854 - English/French assault on Petropavlovsk Kamchatka
1862 - General Lee invades North with 50,000 Confederate
troops
1862 - North Beach & Mission Railway Company organized
in SF
1862 - Maryland Campaign (Antietam Campaign)
1864 - Bread riots in Mobile, Alabama
1866 - 1st Hawaiian daily newspaper published
1870 - 3rd French republic proclaimed as French overthrow
their king
1882 - 1st district lit by electricity (NY's Pearl Street
Station)
1884 - Britain ends its policy of penal transportation to
New South Wales in Australia.
1885 - 1st cafeteria opens (NYC)
1886 - Apache Chief Geronimo surrenders ending last major
US-Indian war
1888 - George Eastman patents 1st roll-film camera &
registers "Kodak"
1893 - English author Beatrix Potter 1st tells the story of
Peter Rabbit
1894 - In NYC, 12,000 tailors went on strike protesting
sweat shops
1894 - Soccer team Veendam 1894 forms
1899 - 8.3 earthquake shakes Yakutat Bay Alaska
1904 - Dali Lama signs treaty allowing British commerce in
Tibet
1906 - NY Highlanders win 5th straight doubleheader
1908 - Caledonia & Hillhurst Football Clubs play for
Central Alberta Rugby Football League championship
1911 - Garros sets world altitude record of 4,250 m (13,944
ft)
1912 - 1st accident (collision) in Londoner Underground: 22
injured person
1914 - British, French and Russian government sign Pact of
London, against Germany
1914 - General von Moltke ceases German advance in France
1916 - Christy Mathewson & Mordecai Brown final baseball
game
1918 - Jhr Ch Ruys de Beerenbrouck becomes 1st Dutch
Catholic premier
1918 - US troops land in Archangel, Russia, stay 10 months
1919 - 39th US Mens Tennis: William M Johnston beats Wm T
Tilden (64 64 63)
1919 - British intervene in Petrograd
1919 - Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, who founded the Republic of
Turkey, gathers a congress in Sivas to make decisions as to the future of
Anatolia and Thrace.
1920 - Last day of Julian civil calendar (in parts of
Bulgaria)
1922 - Paavo Nurmi runs world record 2000m (5:26.3)
1923 - A Charlot & N Cowards revue "London
Calling," premieres in London
1923 - NY Yankee Sad Sam Jones no-hits Phila A's, 2-0
1923 - Maiden flight of the first U.S. airship, the USS
Shenandoah.
1927 -
Charles Lindbergh visits Boise, Idaho, on his cross-country tour
1930 - Cambridge Theater opens in London
1932 - 15th PGA Championship: Olin Dutra at Keller GC St
Paul Minn
1933 - 1st airplane to exceed 300 mph (483 kph), JR Wendell,
Glenview, Il
1933 - Coup on Cuban president De Cespedes by Fulgencio
Batista
1934 - Bradman scores 149* Aust v Eng XI, 104 mins, 17 fours
4 sixes
1936 - Franco troops conquer Irun & Talavera de la Reina
Spain
1936 - Largo Caballero becomes Spanish premier
1937 - Doris Kopsky, becomes 1st NABA woman cycling champion
(4:22.4)
1938 - Vainio Muinonen wins 2nd European marathoner
(2:37:28.8)
1939 - Dutch 2nd Chamber affirms Neth's in a State of War
1939 - German submarine U-30 sinks British passenger ship
Athenia
1939 - German troops move into Danzig
1939 - Netherlands & Belgium declare neutrality
1939 - Polish ghetto of Mir is exterminated
1939 - RAF bombs Wilhelmshafen
1940 - CBS begins broadcasting TV as station W2XAB
1940 - Gerbrandy becomes premier of Dutch government in
exile
1940 - Nazi collaborator Mussert puts the fate of Netherlands in
Hitler's hands
1941 - NY Yankees, win earliest AL pennent (full season)
1941 - US destroyer Greer fires on German submarine U-652
1941 - Yanks beat Red Sox 6-3 & clinch their 12th &
earliest pennant
1942 - Transport nr 28 departs with French Jews to
nazi-Germany
1943 - British 8th army lands at Taranto South Italy
1944 - 2,087 Jews transported for Westerbork to KZ-Lower
Theresienstadt
1944 - 64th US Mens Tennis: Frank Parker beats Wm F Talbert
(64 36 63 63)
1944 - British 11th Armoured Division frees Antwerp during
WWII
1944 - Finland breaks diplomatic contact with Nazi Germany
1944 - US 1st Army frees Namen
1945 - Ruben Fine wins 4 simultaneous rapid chess games
blindfolded
1945 - US regains possession of Wake Island from Japan
1948 - "Angel in the Wings" closes at Coronet
Theater NYC after 308 perfs
1948 - Queen Wilhelmina abdicates Dutch throne
1949 - Marie Robie sinks 393 yd hole-in-one (1st hole in
Furnace Brook)
1950 - 1st helicopter rescue of American pilot behind enemy
lines
1950 - D McI Hodgson of St Ann Bay, Nova Scotia catches a
997 lb tuna
1950 - Heavy typhoon strikes Japan, kills about 250
1950 - Darlington Raceway is the site of the inaugural
Southern 500, the first 500-mile NASCAR race.
1951 - 1st transcontinental TV broadcast, by Pres Harry
Truman
1951 - 71st US Mens Tennis: F A Sedgman beats Elias V Seixas
Jr (64 61 61)
1951 - NBC extends to become a 61 station coast-to-coast
network
1951 - Pres Harry Truman addresses opening of Japanese Peace
Treaty Conference
1953 - WATR (now WTXX) TV channel 20 in Waterbury, CT (NBC)
begins
1953 - WGEM TV channel 10 in Quincy-Hannibal, IL (NBC)
begins broadcasting
1953 - Yanks become 1st team to win 5 consecutive
championship
1954 - 1st passage of McClure Strait, fabled Northwest Passage completed
1954 - Peter B Cortese of US achieves a one-arm deadlift of
370 lbs; 22 lbs over triple his body weight, at York, Pennsylvania
1956 - The IBM RAMAC 305 is introduced, the first commercial
computer that used magnetic disk storage.
1957 - Ford Motor Co introduces Edsel
1957 - Governor of Arkansas, Orval Faubus, calls out
National Guard to stop 9 black students from entering a Little Rock high school
1960 - -12] Hurricane Donna, kills 148 in Caribbean & US
1961 - Carol Burnette-Richard Hayes Show premieres on CBS
radio
1961 - US authorizes Agency for International Development
1962 - Beatles record "How Do You Do It" at EMI
1962 - French president De Gaulle visits German FR
1963 - Swissair Flight 306 crashes near Dürrenäsch,
Switzerland, killing all 80 people on board.
1964 - Eduardo Frei elected president of Chile
1964 - Longest bridge in Europe opens (Scottish Forth Road
Bridge)
1964 - NASA launches its 1st Orbital Geophysical Observatory
(OGO-1)
1965 - Beatles' "Help!," single goes #1 &
stays #1 for 3 weeks
1965 - KREZ TV channel 6 in Durango, CO (CBS/NBC) begins
broadcasting
1965 - Rock group Who's wan is vandalized with $10,000 in
equipment stolen
1966 - Houston Oilers holds Denver Broncos to no 1st downs
winning 45-7
1966 - Jim Hogan wins Europe marathon (2:20:04.6)
1967 - 6.5 earthquake of Kolya Dam India, kills 200
1967 - Jerry Lewis'
2nd Muscular Dystrophy telethon
1967 - Train crash at Arnhem Neth, kills 5
1968 - Nigerian troops conquer Aba Biafra
1970 - -5) 29.0 cm rainfall at Workman Creek, Arizona (state
record)
1970 - George Harrison releases "My Sweet Lord"
single
1970 - Russian ballerina Natalia Makarova gets political
asylum
1970 - Salvador Allende wins presidential election in Chile
1971 - Alaskan 727 crashes into Chilkoot Mountain, kills 109
(Alaska)
1972 - US swimmer Mark Spitz becomes 1st athlete to win 7
olympic gold medals
1972 - USSR performs underground nuclear test
1972 - Thieves steal 18 paintings from the Montreal Museum
of Fine Arts in what was at the time the largest art theft in North America.
1973 - William E Colby, becomes 10th director of CIA
1974 - Emmy News & Documentaries Award presentation
1975 - The Sinai Interim Agreement relating to the
Arab-Israeli conflict is signed.
1976 - Palestinians hijack KLM DC-9 to Cyprus
1977 - "Godspell" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC
after 527 performances
1977 - Hollis Stacy wins LPGA Rail Muscular Dystrophy Golf
Classic
1978 - Jerry Lewis' 13th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises
$29,074,405
1978 - NY Yankee pitcher Ron Guidry wins his 20th (on way to
25-3 season)
1978 - Pat Bradley wins LPGA Rail Charity Golf Classic
1979 - India need 438 to win v England, game ends at 8-429
1979 - Iran army conquerors Baneh
1980 - Yes performs its last concert (Madison Square Garden)
1981 - Longest game at Fenway Park completed in 20,
Mariners-8, Red Sox-7
1981 - Newscaster David Brinkley is released by NBC
1981 - Seattle Mariners beat Boston Red Sox, 8-7, in 20 inn
(started 9/3)
1981 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1982 - Arson fire engulfs apt-hotel in LA, 25 die
1982 - USSR performs underground nuclear test
1983 - "Joseph & the Amazing Dreamcoat" closes
at Royale NYC after 747 perfs
1983 - 83rd US Golf Amateur Championship won by Jay Sigel
1983 - Greg LeMond becomes only American to win cycling's
Road Championship
1983 - Scott Michael Pellaton sets barefoot waterski speed
rec (119.36 mph)
1984 - Nigerian singer Fela Kuti sentenced to 2 years
1985 - Igor Paklin of USSR set a new high jump world record
at 7-11 12
1985 - NY Mets Gary Carter's 2 HRs ties record of 5 HRs in 2
games
1986 - 189.42 million shares traded in NY Stock Exchange
1986 - Claude Brochu becomes CEO of Montreal Expos
1988 - Mike Tyson crashes a silver BMW into a tree near
Catskills NY
1988 - Phoenix Cardinals play 1st regular-season NFL game
1989 - Beth Daniel wins LPGA Rail Charity Golf Classic
1989 - Jerry Lewis' 24th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises
$42,737,219
1991 - "Most Happy Fella" opens at NY State
Theater NYC
1991 - Rte 35 Theater in Hazlit, last drive-in in NJ, closes
1991 - Panel of 8 baseball experts vote to drop asterisk next to
Roger Maris HR record & determine an official no hitter must go at least 9
innings
1992 - "Scared Silent" is 1st non news program to
be seen on 3 networks simultaneously. (CBS, NBC & PBS), about child abuse
hosted by Oprah
1993 - Jim Abbott pitches 4-0, no-hit win over Indians at
Yankee Stadium
1993 - Miklos Horthy appointed Hungarian admiral
1993 - Mats Wilander defeats Mikael Pernfors 7-6 (7-3), 3-6,
1-6, 7-6 (8-6), 6-4 in 4 hrs 1 min US Open Tennis match concluding at 2:26 AM
1994 - Bulgarian government of Berov falls
1994 - Cleveland Browns is 1st team in NFL to score a
2-point conversion
1994 - Kansai International airport officially opens
1995 - Jerry Lewis' 30th Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises
$47,800,000
1995 - Mary Beth Zimmerman wins LPGA State Farm Rail Golf
Classic
1995 - The Fourth World Conference on Women opens in Beijing
with over 4,750 delegates from 181 countries in attendance.
1996 - 13th MTV Awards: Alanis Morrisett & Smashing
Pumpkins wins
1997 - 14th MTV Awards
1997 - Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Louisville KY on
WTFX 100.5 FM
2010 - Canterbury earthquake: a 7.1 magnitude earthquake
which struck the South Island of New Zealand at 4:35 am causing widespread
damage and several power outages.
2012 - 42 people are killed and 25 injured as a passenger
bus falls down a ravine in Morocco
2012 - 25 people are killed at a funeral suicide bombing in
Nangarhar, Pakistan
2012 - Pauline Marois becomes the first female premier of
Quebec
2012 - Carpet that can help prevent falls in elderly by
warning them after detecting unusual footsteps is developed
0476 - Romulus Augustulus, the last emperor of the western Roman Empire, was deposed when Odoacer proclaimed himself King of Italy. 1609 - English navigator Henry Hudson began exploring the island of Manhattan. 1781 - Los Angeles, CA, was founded by Spanish settlers. The original name was "El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora La Reina de Los Angeles de Porciuncula," which translates as "The Town of the Queen of Angels." 1825 - New York Governor Clinton ceremoniously emptied a barrel of Lake Erie water in the Atlantic Ocean to consummate the "Marriage of the Waters" of the Great Lakes and the Atlantic. 1833 - Barney Flaherty answered an ad in "The New York Sun" and became the first newsboy/paperboy at the age of 10. 1882 - Thomas Edison's Pearl Street electric power station began operations in New York City. It was the first display of a practical electrical lighting system. 1885 - The Exchange Buffet opened in New York City. It was the first self-service cafeteria in the U.S. 1886 - Geronimo, and the Apache Indians he led, surrendered in Skeleton Canyon in Arizona to Gen. Nelson Miles. 1888 - George Eastman registered the name "Kodak" and patented his roll-film camera. The camera took 100 exposures per roll. 1894 - A strike in New York City by 12,000 tailors took place to protest sweatshops. 1899 - An 8.3 earthquake hit Yakutat Bar, AK. 1917 - The American expeditionary force in France suffered its first fatalities in World War I. 1921 - The first police broadcast was made by radio station WIL in St. Louis, MO. 1923 - The first American dirigible, the "Shenandoah," began its maiden voyage in Lakehurst, NJ. 1944 - During World War II, British troops entered the city of Antwerp, Belgium. 1948 - The Dutch Queen Wilhelmina left her throne for health reasons. 1949 - The longest pro tennis match in history was played when Pancho Gonzales and Ted Schroeder played 67 games in five sets. 1951 - The first live, coast-to-coast TV broadcast took place in the U.S. The event took place in San Francisco, CA, from the Japanese Peace Treaty Conference. It was seen all the way to New York City, NY. 1953 - The New York Yankees became the first baseball team to win five consecutive American League championships. 1957 - The Arkansas National Guard was ordered by Governor Orval Faubus to keep nine black students from going into Little Rock's Central High School. 1957 - The Ford Motor Company began selling the Edsel. The car was so unpopular that it was taken off the market only two years. 1967 - "Gilligan's Island" aired for the last time on CBS-TV. It ran for 98 shows. 1967 - Michigan Gov. George Romney said during a TV interview that he had undergone "brainwashing" by U.S. officials while visiting Vietnam in 1965. 1971 - "The Lawrence Welk Show" was seen for the last time on ABC-TV. 1972 - Swimmer Mark Spitz captured his seventh Olympic gold medal in the 400-meter medley relay event at Munich, Germany. Spitz was the first Olympian to win seven gold medals. 1981 - The Soviet Union began war games with about 100,000 troops on the Polish border. 1983 - U.S. officials announced that there had been an American plane, used for reconnaissance, in the vicinity of the Korean Air Lines flight that was shot down. 1986 - South African security forces halted a mass funeral for the victims of the riot in Soweto. 1989 - A reconnaissance satellite was released by the Air Force's Titan Three rocket. The Titan Three set over 200 satellites into space between 1964 and 1989. 1993 - Pope John Paul II started his first visit to the former Soviet Union. 1993 - Jim Abbott (New York Yankees) pitched a no-hitter. Abbott had been born without a right hand. 1995 - The Fourth World Conference on Women was opened in Beijing. There were over 4,750 delegates from 181 countries in attendance. 1998 - In Mexico, bankers stopped approving personal loans and mortgages. 1998 - The International Monetary Fund approved a $257 million loan for the Ukraine. 1998 - While in Ireland, U.S. President Clinton said the words "I'm sorry" for the first time about his affair with Monica Lewinsky and described his behavior as indefensible. 1999 - The United Nations announced that the residents of East Timor had overwhelmingly voted for independence from Indonesia in a referendum held on August 30. In Dili, pro-Indonesian militias attacked independence supporters, burned buildings, blew up bridges and destroyed telecommunication facilities. 2002 - The Oakland Athletics won their AL-record 20th straight game. The A's gave up an 11-run lead during the game and then won the game on a Scott Hatteberg home run in the bottom of the ninth inning. 2003 - Keegan Reilly, 22, became the first parapalegic climber to reach the peak of Japan's Mount Fuji.
1781 The city of Los Angeles was founded by Spanish settlers. 1888 George Eastman patented his roll-film camera and registered the Kodak trademark. 1951 President Harry S. Truman inaugurated transcontinental television service in the U.S. when AT&T carried his address to the opening session of the Japanese Peace Convention in San Francisco. 1957 Nine black students attempted to enter Little Rock's Central High School but were blocked by the National Guard. Arkansas governor Orval Faubus had summoned the federal troops. 1972 U. S. swimmer Mark Spitz won a record seventh gold medal at the Munich Summer Olympics.
The following links are to web sites that were used to complete this blog entry:
http://www.historyorb.com/today/events.php
http://on-this-day.com/onthisday/thedays/alldays/sep04.htm
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history
http://www.infoplease.com/dayinhistory
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