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September 4, 1736: Robert Raikes, an English newspaper editor who founded Sunday schools (which met from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.) to educate poor children, is born in Gloucester (see issue 53: William Wilberforce).

September 4, 1842: After a 284-year hiatus, construction of the Cologne Cathedral continues. And you thought road crews took long breaks!

September 4, 1965: Albert Schweitzer, German theologian, organist, and medical missionary, dies in what is now Gabon. He wrote The Quest of the Historical Jesus (1910) received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1953.

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