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 338th 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, 29,413,440 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 ‘trihectatriacontaoctagon’ day.
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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.
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December 4 Historical Events
- 771 –Austrasian King Carloman dies, leaving his brother Charlemagne King of the now complete Frankish Kingdom.
- 1259 –Kings Louis IX of France and Henry III of England agree to the Treaty of Paris, in which Henry renounces his claims to French-controlled territory on continental Europe (including Normandy) in exchange for Louis withdrawing his support for English rebels.
- 1745 –Charles Edward Stewart’s army reaches Derby, its furthest point during the second Jacobite Rising.
- 1872 –The crewless American ship Mary Celeste is found by the British brig Dei Gratia (the ship had been abandoned for nine days but was only slightly damaged).
- 1875 –Notorious New York City politician Boss Tweed escapes from prison and flees to Cuba, then Spain.
- 1881 –The first edition of the Los Angeles Times is published.
- 1943 –World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt closes down the Works Progress Administration, because of the high levels of wartime employment in the United States.
- 1958 –Dahomey (present-day Benin) becomes a self-governing country within the French Community.
- 1993 –A truce is concluded between the government of Angola and UNITA rebels.
- 2006 –An adult giant squid is caught on video for the first time by Tsunemi Kubodera near the Ogasawara Islands, 1,000 km south of Tokyo.
Who were born on December 4?
- 1817 –Nikoloz Baratashvili, Georgian poet (d. 1845)
- 1903 –Cornell Woolrich, American writer (d. 1968)
- 1923 –Charles Keating, American attorney and businessman
- 1938 –Andre Marrou, American politician, presidential candidate
- 1966 –Suzanne Malveaux, American television news reporter
- 1970 –John L. Adams, American actor
- 1971 –Shannon Briggs, American boxer
- 1977 –Morten Veland, Norwegian musician (Sirenia)
- 1981 –Lila McCann, American country singer
- 1985 –Carlos Gómez, Dominican baseball player
Who died on December 4?
- 1459 –Adolf VIII, Duke of Southern Jutland (b. 1401)
- 1576 –Rheticus, Austrian mathematician (b. 1514)
- 1585 –John Willock, Scottish reformer
- 1841 –David Daniel Davis, British politician (b. 1777)
- 1967 –Bert Lahr, American actor (b. 1895)
- 1980 –Stanisława Walasiewicz, Polish-born athlete (b. 1911)
- 1988 –Osman Achmatowicz, Polish chemist (b. 1899)
- 2004 –Elena Souliotis, Greek soprano (b. 1943)
- 2007 –Chip Reese, American professional poker player (b. 1951)
- 2007 –Pimp C, American rapper (b. 1973)
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