Sept 4 in History

1910 — Denis Tomlinson, the first Rhodesian cricketer to represent South Africa (one Test in 1935), is born in Umtali.

1939 — Denis Lindsay, South African cricketer (1963-70) and referee, is born in Benoni. He scores 1,130 runs at an average of 37.66 in 19 Tests. As wicketkeeper in 15 Tests, he takes 57 catches and executes two stumpings. Of all wicketkeepers in Test history with a career of 10 Tests or more, he has the lowest number of byes per Test, conceding only 20 in total.

1950 — Darlington Raceway in South Carolina is the site of the inaugural Southern 500, the first 500-mile Nascar race. The first Nascar race was run in Daytona Beach on February 15 1948.

1955 — Garth Le Roux, South African cricketer, is born in Kenilworth, Cape Town. In 15 unofficial Tests for SA against rebel touring sides, the powerful fast bowler takes 59 wickets at 23.06. 1971 — Lance Klusener, South African cricketer (1996-2004: 49 Test, 1,906 runs, 32.86 average, 80 wickets, 37.91 average; 171 ODIs, 3,576 runs, 41.10 average, 192 wickets, 29.95 average) and coach, is born in Durban.

1989 — In Leipzig, East Germany, the first weekly demonstration against the government begins after the weekly Friedensgebet (prayer for peace) in the St Nicholas Church with pastor Christian Führer — which he had held since 1982 despite the country’s policy of state atheism — and eventually fills the nearby Karl Marx Square (today known again as Augustusplatz). Leipzig’s “Monday demonstrations” inspire peaceful demonstrations across the country, meeting in city squares on different days of the week until 1991.

1998 — The British TV quiz show “Who Wants to be a Millionaire?” premieres on ITV. It runs until February 11 2014 with Chris Tarrant as presenter, airing 592 episodes across 30 series. It is revived in 2018 with Jeremy Clarkson as presenter.

1998 — Former Rwandan prime minister Jean Kambanda, arrested in Nairobi on July 18 1997 after a seven-week multinational stakeout, is sentenced to life in prison by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda for his role in the 1994 killings of Tutsis and moderate Hutus. He is imprisoned in Koulikoro Prison in Mali.

1998 — Google is founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, two 25-year-old PhD students at Stanford University.

2001 — The 176-acre Tokyo DisneySea opens to the public as part of the Tokyo Disney Resort in Urayasu, Chiba, Japan.