Historical Events for 4th September 2023

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1950 - "Beetle Bailey" comic strip debuts in twelve newspapers
1957 - Ford Motor Co. introduces Edsel automobile range
1964 - Eduardo Frei Montalva elected President of Chile
1964 - NASA launches its 1st Orbital Geophysical Observatory (OGO-1)
1972 - Kenyan legend Kipchoge Keino follows his 1,500m gold in Mexico City with an Olympic record 8:23.64 to win the 3,000m steeplechase at the Munich Olympics
1988 - The relocated Phoenix Cardinals play first regular-season NFL game; lose 21-14 v Bengals at Riverfront Stadium in Cincinnati
2002 - Kelly Clarkson is crowned the winner of the first series of "American Idol" TV singing competition series
2006 - Tiger Woods matches the lowest final round of his career (8-under 63) in the Deutsche Bank C'ship at Norton, MA to win for the 5th straight time and 7th time this PGA Tour season
2010 - Canterbury earthquake: a 7.1 magnitude earthquake which struck the South Island of New Zealand at 4:35 am causing widespread damage and several power outages.
2019 - YouTube fined $170 million for illegally collecting data on children's viewing habits by US Federal Trade Commission

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