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Anniversaries: Sept 4

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Events

In 1733 Britain’s first lioness died of old age in the Tower of London’s Royal Menagerie.

Births

Pindar, Greek lyric poet, 518BC; Alexander III, King of Scotland 1249-86, 1241; François Ren?, Vicomte de Chateaubriand, diplomat and writer, 1768; Anton Bruckner, composer, 1824; Richard Wright, African-American novelist, 1908.

Deaths

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James Wyatt, architect, 1813; Edvard Grieg, Norwegian composer, 1907; Georges Simenon, Belgian-born novelist and creator of Maigret, 1989.