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 338^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 27 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is November 21, 2025 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 1,764,806,400 seconds 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 ‘trihectatriacontaoctagon’ 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 75 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 4,731 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

December 4 Historical Events

• 771 –
  Austrasian King Carloman dies, leaving his brother Charlemagne King of the now complete Frankish Kingdom.
• 1745 –
  Charles Edward Stewart’s army reaches Derby, its furthest point during the second Jacobite Rising.
• 1867 –
  Former Minnesota farmer Oliver Hudson Kelley founds the Order of the Patrons of Husbandry (better known today as the Grange).
• 1918 –
  U.S. President Woodrow Wilson sails for the World War I peace talks in Versailles, becoming the first US president to travel to Europe while in office.
• 1954 –
  The first Burger King is opened in Miami, Florida, United States
• 1977 –
  Jean-Bédel Bokassa, president of the Central African Republic, crowns himself Emperor Bokassa I of the Central African Empire.
• 1982 –
  The People’s Republic of China adopts its current constitution.
• 1984 –
  Hezbollah militants hijack a Kuwait Airlines plane, killing four passengers.
• 1991 –
  Captain Mark Pyle pilots Clipper Goodwill, a Pan American World Airways Boeing 727-221ADV, to Miami International Airport ending 64 years of Pan Am operations.
• 1998 –
  The Unity Module, the second module of the International Space Station, is launched.

Who were born on December 4?

• 1875 –
  Joe Corbett, American baseball player (d. 1945)
• 1903 –
  Cornell Woolrich, American writer (d. 1968)
• 1922 –
  Gérard Philipe, French actor (d. 1959)
• 1935 –
  Robert Vesco, American financier and fugitive (d. 2007)
• 1944 –
  Anna McGarrigle, Canadian folk music singer and songwriter
• 1957 –
  Raul Boesel, Brazilian racing driver
• 1959 –
  Christa Rothenburger, German speed skater and cyclist
• 1973 –
  Atsushi Tamura, Japanese comedian, musician (jealkb)
• 1983 –
  Jimmy Bartel, Australian rules footballer
• 1992 –
  Jean-Claude Iranzi, Rwandan footballer

Who died on December 4?

• 749 –
  Saint John of Damascus
• 1123 –
  Omar Khayyám, Persian poet, astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher (b. 1048)
• 1576 –
  Rheticus, Austrian mathematician (b. 1514)
• 1926 –
  Ivana Kobilca, Slovenian-born painter (b. 1861)
• 1935 –
  Charles Richet, French physiologist, Nobel laureate (b. 1850)
• 1967 –
  Bert Lahr, American actor (b. 1895)
• 1993 –
  Frank Zappa, American musician and composer (b. 1940)
• 2004 –
  Teo Peter, Romanian rock musician and bass player (b. 1954)
• 2005 –
  Errol Brathwaite, New Zealand author (b. 1924)
• 2011 –
  Sócrates, Brazilian footballer (b. 1954)