^B{^#!16!4 September^N! Feast day of St Rosalio, St Rose of Viterbo, Saints Marcellus and Valerian, St Marinus of San Marino, St Boniface I, pope, St Ultan of Ardbraccan, and St Ida of Herzfeld.
^B{1260^B} The Battle of Montaperti, between the rival Guelphs and Ghibellines, was fought in Central Italy. ^B{1870^B} Emperor Napoleon III, Bonaparte's nephew, was deposed and the Third Republic was proclaimed. ^B{1886^B} Geronimo, the Apache chief, surrendered to the US army. ^B{1909^B} The first Boy Scout rally was held at Crystal Palace, near London, UK. ^B{1940^B} The US Columbia Broadcasting System gave a demonstration of color TV on station W2XAB. ^B{1944^B} The Allies liberated Antwerp, Belgium. ^B{1970^B} Natalia Makarova, of the Kirov Ballet, defected to the West. ^B{1985^B} The wreck of the ^I{Titanic^I} on the Atlantic seaboard was photographed by remote control. ^B{1988^B} British Customs officials thwarted the first known attempt by persons to smuggle drugs into Britain from Holland using a helicopter.
^B{^I{^#!14!Born ^N}Vicomte Franτois RenΘ de Chateaubriand, French author, ^B{1768^B}; Anton Bruckner, Austrian composer, ^B{1824^B}; Antonin Artaud, French dramatist and director, ^B{1896^B}; Mary Renault, English novelist, ^B{1905^B}; Dawn Fraser, Australian swimmer, ^B{1937^B}; Tom Watson, US golfer, ^B{1949^B}.
^B{^I{^#!14!Died ^N}Charles Townshend, British politician, ^B{1767^B}; James Wyatt, English architect, ^B{1813^B}; Robert Schuman, French statesman, ^B{1963^B}; Albert Schweitzer, French organist and missionary surgeon, ^B{1965^B}; Georges Simenon, Belgian crime writer, ^B{1989^B}.
