What happened this day in history December 4

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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