What happend on 4th September

03.09
05.09
1997

A U.S. Air Force C-141 cargo plane and a German TU-154 collide in mid-air over southwest Africa killing 33.

1997

In Lorain, Ohio, United States, the last Ford Thunderbird rolls off the assembly line.

1996

War on Drugs: Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC) attack a military base in Guaviare, starting three weeks of guerrilla warfare that will claim the lives of at least 130 Colombians.

1995

The Fourth World Conference on Women opens in Beijing with over 4,750 delegates from 181 countries in attendance.

1972

Mark Spitz wins his seventh swimming gold medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany, becoming the first Olympian to win seven gold medals.

1971

A Boeing 727 carrying Alaska Airlines Flight 1866 crashes into the side of a mountain near Juneau, Alaska, killing all 111 people on board.

1971

In the U.S., The Lawrence Welk Show airs its last show.

1967

The last new episode of the television sitcom Gilligan's Island airs on CBS-TV.

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.

1964

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