History for September 4

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Henry Ford II 1917, Paul Harvey 1918, Craig Claiborne 1920



Dick York 1928, Damon Wayans 1960 - Actor, comedian ("My Wife and Kids"), Beyoncé Knowles 1981 - Singer (Destiny's Child)


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."


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.


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.


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.


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.