What are the important events that happened on December 4? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
December 4: Facts & Myths About This Day
December 4 is the 339th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 27 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is November 21, 2024 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 28,887,840 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘trihectatriacontaenneagon’ day.
Sagittarius is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Turquoise is the modern birthstone for this month. Onyx is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 56 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,366 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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December 4 Historical Events
1563 –
The final session of the Council of Trent is held (it opened on December 13, 1545).
1674 –
Father Jacques Marquette founds a mission on the shores of Lake Michigan to minister to the Illiniwek (the mission would later grow into the city of Chicago, Illinois).
1867 –
Former Minnesota farmer Oliver Hudson Kelley founds the Order of the Patrons of Husbandry (better known today as the Grange).
1921 –
The first Virginia Rappe manslaughter trial against Roscoe ‘Fatty’Arbuckle ends in a hung jury.
1942 –
Holocaust: In Warsaw, Zofia Kossak-Szczucka and Wanda Krahelska-Filipowicz set up the Żegota organization.
1945 –
By a vote of 65 to 7, the United States Senate approves United States participation in the United Nations (the UN is established on October 24, 1945).
1971 –
The Montreux Casino in Switzerland is set ablaze by someone wielding a flare gun during a Frank Zappa concert; the incident would be noted in the Deep Purple song “Smoke on the Water”.
1977 –
Malaysia Airlines Flight 653 is hijacked and crashes in Tanjong Kupang, Johor, killing 100.
1982 –
The People’s Republic of China adopts its current constitution.
2006 –
Six black youths assault a white teenager in Jena, Louisiana, US; the subsequent court case becomes a cause célèbre.
Who were born on December 4?
1555 –
Heinrich Meibom, German historian and poet (d. 1625)
1875 –
Joe Corbett, American baseball player (d. 1945)
1903 –
Cornell Woolrich, American writer (d. 1968)
1932 –
Roh Tae-woo, former (13th) President of South Korea
1934 –
Victor French, American actor (d. 1989)
1939 –
Freddy Cannon, American musician
1944 –
Chris Hillman, American singer (The Byrds)
1960 –
Glynis Nunn, Australian athlete
1962 –
Julie Lemieux, Canadian voice actress
1978 –
Michele Di Piedi, Italian footballer
Who died on December 4?
1123 –
Omar Khayyám, Persian poet, astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher (b. 1048)
1340 –
Henry Burghersh, English bishop and chancellor (b. 1292)
1459 –
Adolf VIII, Duke of Southern Jutland (b. 1401)
1902 –
Charles Dow, American journalist (b. 1851)
1944 –
Roger Bresnahan, American baseball player (b. 1879)
1976 –
Benjamin Britten, English composer (b. 1913)
1976 –
Tommy Bolin, American guitarist (b. 1951)
1988 –
Osman Achmatowicz, Polish chemist (b. 1899)
2004 –
Teo Peter, Romanian rock musician and bass player (b. 1954)
2007 –
Norval Morrisseau, Canadian artist (b. 1932)
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