September 4: on this day in history

Historical events

1. 476Odoacer deposed the last emperor, Romulus Augustulus; this event is considered the end of the Western Roman Empire.
2. 1888George Eastman registered the 'Kodak' trademark and patented his camera.
3. 1912The Ottoman government accepted the Albanian rebels' demands, and the Albanian uprising succeeded.
4. 1972Swimmer Mark Spitz set a record by winning his seventh gold medal at the Munich Olympics.
5. 1985Scientists discovered buckminsterfullerene, a carbon molecule shaped like a football.

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