This Day in History - September 4, 2026

In 1901, Annie Edson Taylor became the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel and survive.

In 42 B.C., Octavian and Marc Antony defeated Brutus in the Second Battle of Philippi, avenging the assassination of Julius Caesar 2.5 years prior.

In 1910, American physician Hawley Harvey Crippen was found guilty in the murder of his wife Cora.

In 1966, a landslide of coal waste crashed into the Welsh village of Aberfan.

In 1977, the plane carrying the band Lynyrd Skynyrd crashed in Mississippi, killing six including lead singer Ronnie Van Zant.