Historical Events
Baseball Record
MLB Statistical Accuracy Committee votes to drop asterisk next to Roger Maris' 1961 home run record of 61 (passing Babe Ruth's 60) & determine an official no hitter must go at least 9 innings
The Most Happy Fella
Revival of Frank Loesser's 1956 musical "The Most Happy Fella" opens at NY State Theater, NYC, for a limited run by the New York City Opera
- Rte 35 Theater in Hazlit, last drive-in in NJ, closes
Famous Birthdays
- Carter Jenkins, American actor, born in Tampa, Florida
- Dwayne Verheyden, Dutch conjunto and Tejano accordionist (TexMeXplosion), born in Montfort, Netherlands
Famous Deaths
- Charlie Barnet, saxophonist (Cherokee), dies of pneumonia at 77
- Dottie West [Dorothy Marsh], American country singer ("Here Comes My Baby"), dies from internal injuries sustained in a car crash at 58
- Henri de Lubac, French Jesuit cardinal and theologist ("new theology” movement that influenced Second Vatican Council), dies at 95
- Margaret Ramsay, vocalist, dies
- Tom Tryon, American actor (The Cardinal, All That Glitters, The Longest Day) and novelist (The Other), dies of stomach cancer at 65
About September 4, 1991
Day of the Week: Wednesday
How Long Ago? 32 years and 25 days
Leap Year: No
Generation: Millennial
Chinese Zodiac: Goat/Sheep
Star Sign: Virgo
Music Charts
#1 Song: (Everything I Do) I Do It For You - Bryan Adams
#1 Song: (Everything I Do) I Do It For You - Bryan Adams
