Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/September 4
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September 4: Labor Day in the United States and Labour Day in Canada (2006)
- 476 - Romulus Augustus, the last emperor of the Western Roman Empire, was deposed.
- 1260 - Florence and Siena fought in the Battle of Montaperti, as part of the conflict between the Guelphs and Ghibellines.
- 1886 - After years of fighting against the U.S. Army and the armed forces of Mexico, Geronimo (pictured) of the Chiricahua Apache surrendered in Arizona.
- 1956 - The IBM RAMAC 305, the first commercial computer that used magnetic disk storage, was introduced.
- 1972 - Mark Spitz won his seventh swimming gold medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany, becoming the first Olympian to win seven gold medals at the same Olympic games.
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