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
- 1791 –The first edition of The Observer, the world’s first Sunday newspaper, is published.
- 1829 –In the face of fierce local opposition, British governor Lord William Bentinck issues a regulation declaring that all who abet suttee in India are guilty of culpable homicide.
- 1921 –The first Virginia Rappe manslaughter trial against Roscoe ‘Fatty’Arbuckle ends in a hung jury.
- 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).
- 1969 –Black Panther Party members Fred Hampton and Mark Clark are shot and killed in their sleep during a raid by 14 Chicago police officers.
- 1977 –Jean-Bédel Bokassa, president of the Central African Republic, crowns himself Emperor Bokassa I of the Central African Empire.
- 1977 –Malaysia Airlines Flight 653 is hijacked and crashes in Tanjong Kupang, Johor, killing 100.
- 1979 –The Hastie fire in Hull, kills three schoolboys and eventually leads police to arrest Bruce George Peter Lee.
- 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?
- 1646 –Alain Emmanuel de Coëtlogon, Marshal of France (d. 1730)
- 1852 –Orest Khvolson, Russian physicist (d. 1934)
- 1927 –William Labov, American linguist
- 1949 –Jeff Bridges, American actor
- 1951 –Gary Rossington, American musician (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
- 1969 –Jay-Z, American rapper
- 1970 –Kevin Sussman, American actor
- 1979 –Jay DeMerit, American soccer player
- 1981 –Lila McCann, American country singer
- 1983 –Jimmy Bartel, Australian rules footballer
Who died on December 4?
- 1340 –Henry Burghersh, English bishop and chancellor (b. 1292)
- 1642 –Armand Jean du Plessis, Cardinal Richelieu, French statesman (b. 1585)
- 1696 –Empress Meishō, Japan (b. 1624)
- 1732 –John Gay, English poet and dramatist (b. 1685)
- 1944 –Roger Bresnahan, American baseball player (b. 1879)
- 1956 –Alexandr Rodchenko, Russian painter and photographer (b. 1891)
- 1995 –Lionel Giroux, Canadian midget wrestler (b. 1935)
- 2003 –Iggy Katona, American race car driver (b. 1916)
- 2007 –Norval Morrisseau, Canadian artist (b. 1932)
- 2009 –Eddie Fatu, Samoan-American professional wrestler (b. 1973)
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