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 339^th 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, 481,464 hours 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

• 1864 –
  American Civil War: Sherman’s March to the Sea – At Waynesboro, Georgia, forces under Union General Judson Kilpatrick prevent troops led by Confederate General Joseph Wheeler from interfering with Union General William T. Sherman’s campaign destroying a wide swath of the South on his march to the Atlantic Ocean from Atlanta, Georgia.
• 1881 –
  The first edition of the Los Angeles Times is published.
• 1909 –
  1st Grey Cup game is played. The University of Toronto Varsity Blues defeat the Toronto Parkdale Canoe Club 26–6.
• 1937 –
  The first issue of the children’s comic, The Dandy Comic, is published, one of the first to use speech balloons.
• 1943 –
  World War II: In Yugoslavia, resistance leader Marshal Josip Broz Tito proclaims a provisional democratic Yugoslav government in-exile.
• 1958 –
  Dahomey (present-day Benin) becomes a self-governing country within the French Community.
• 1977 –
  Jean-Bédel Bokassa, president of the Central African Republic, crowns himself Emperor Bokassa I of the Central African Empire.
• 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.
• 1998 –
  The Unity Module, the second module of the International Space Station, is launched.

Who were born on December 4?

• 1670 –
  John Aislabie, English politician (d. 1742)
• 1861 –
  Lillian Russell, American singer and actress (d. 1922)
• 1915 –
  Eddie Heywood, American jazz musician (d. 1989)
• 1932 –
  Roh Tae-woo, former (13th) President of South Korea
• 1942 –
  Gemma Jones, English actress
• 1959 –
  Susan W Krebs, American politician
• 1961 –
  Frank Reich, American football player
• 1964 –
  Scott Hastings, Scottish Rugby Union international
• 1974 –
  Tadahito Iguchi, Japanese baseball player
• 1984 –
  Lauren London, American actress

Who died on December 4?

• 749 –
  Saint John of Damascus
• 1214 –
  William I of Scotland (a.k.a. William the Lion; b. abt.1143)
• 1732 –
  John Gay, English poet and dramatist (b. 1685)
• 1798 –
  Luigi Galvani, Italian physicist (b. 1737)
• 1828 –
  Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1770)
• 1926 –
  Ivana Kobilca, Slovenian-born painter (b. 1861)
• 1935 –
  Johan Halvorsen, Norwegian composer (b. 1864)
• 1976 –
  Benjamin Britten, English composer (b. 1913)
• 2005 –
  Errol Brathwaite, New Zealand author (b. 1924)
• 2011 –
  Hubert Sumlin, American blues guitarist (b. 1931)

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