Tukuk-OS📅 December 4
19 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on December 4? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 2012 — "Il Canto degli Italiani" officially became the national anthem of Italy, 66 years after it was provisionally chosen following the birth of the Italian Republic.
Canto degli italianiNational anthem1946 Italian institutional referendum
- 2006 — Six black teenagers assaulted a white student in Jena, Louisiana; the subsequent court cases became a cause célèbre for perceived racial injustice in the United States.
- 1992 — U.S. president George H. W. Bush ordered American troops into Somalia to help provide humanitarian aid and restore order during the ongoing Somali Civil War.
- 1986 — The MV Amazon Venture oil tanker starts leaking while at the port of Savannah, resulting in an oil spill of approximately 500,000 US gallons (1,900,000 L).
- 1980 — The English rock group Led Zeppelin officially disbanded.
- 1978 — Following the murder of Mayor George Moscone, Dianne Feinstein became San Francisco's first female mayor.
Assassinations of George Moscone and Harvey MilkGeorge MosconeDianne Feinstein
- 1971 — The Troubles: The Ulster Volunteer Force, an Ulster-loyalist paramilitary group, detonated a bomb at a Catholic-owned pub in Belfast, Northern Ireland, killing 15 people.
- 1971 — Indo-Pakistani War: The Indian Navy launched a successful attack against the Pakistan Navy at Karachi, sinking three ships with no Indian casualties.
India–Pakistan war of 1971Indian NavyOperation Trident (1971)
- 1969 — Fred Hampton, the leader of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party, and Mark Clark were killed in a raid by Chicago police officers in what many scholars consider an illegal assassination.
- 1928 — Cosmo Gordon Lang was enthroned as the Archbishop of Canterbury, the first bachelor to be appointed in 150 years.
- 1915 — World War I: Senior British and French figures, including prime ministers H. H. Asquith and Aristide Briand, met at Calais to discuss the future of the Salonika Front.
- 1909 — The Montreal Canadiens, the oldest professional ice hockey club in the world, were founded as a charter member of the National Hockey Association.
Montreal CanadiensIce hockeyHistory of the Montreal Canadiens
- 1909 — The first Grey Cup, the championship game of the Canadian Football League, was held in Toronto.
- 1905 — The Great Seimas of Vilnius met to discuss national concerns within Lithuania: they decided to demand wide political autonomy within the Russian Empire.
- 1893 — First Matabele War: A patrol of 34 British South Africa Company soldiers was ambushed and annihilated by more than 3,000 Matabele warriors.
First Matabele WarBritish South Africa CompanyShangani Patrol
- 1872 — The American brigantine Mary Celeste was found apparently abandoned under circumstances that remain unknown.
- 1829 — Sati, the Hindu funeral custom of a widow's self-immolation on her husband's pyre, was prohibited by Lord William Bentinck in parts of British India after years of campaigning by Ram Mohan Roy (pictured).
- 1639 — Jeremiah Horrocks and William Crabtree made the first successful observation of a transit of Venus (example pictured) from Earth.
- 1370 — Hundred Years' War: In two separate engagements in the Battle of Pontvallain (depicted), French forces wiped out an English army which had split up because of a dispute between the commanders.
Births
- 2003 — Jackson Holliday, American baseball player
- 2003 — Kim Do-ah, South Korean singer and actress
- 2002 — María Dueñas, Spanish violinist and composer
- 1999 — Kim Do-yeon, South Korean singer and actress
- 1999 — Kang Mi-na, South Korean actress and singer
- 1996 — Diogo Jota, Portuguese footballer (died 2025)
- 1996 — Sebastián Vegas, Chilean footballer
- 1994 — Gabriel Lundberg, Danish basketball player
- 1992 — Robin Bruyère, Belgian politician
- 1992 — Peta Hiku, New Zealand rugby league player
- 1992 — Jean-Claude Iranzi, Rwandan footballer
- 1992 — Jin, South Korean singer, songwriter and actor
Deaths
- 2024 — Princess Birgitta of Sweden, Swedish royal (born 1937)
- 2024 — Brian Thompson, businessman (born 1974)
- 2022 — Bob McGrath, American singer and actor (born 1932)
- 2022 — Patrick Tambay, French race car driver (born 1949)
- 2017 — Shashi Kapoor, Indian actor (born 1938)
- 2016 — Patricia Robins, British writer and WAAF officer (born 1921)
- 2015 — Bill Bennett, Canadian lawyer and politician, 27th Premier of British Columbia (born 1932)
- 2015 — Robert Loggia, American actor and director (born 1930)
- 2015 — Yossi Sarid, Israeli journalist and politician, 15th Israeli Minister of Education (born 1940)
- 2014 — Claudia Emerson, American poet and academic (born 1957)
- 2014 — V. R. Krishna Iyer, Indian lawyer and judge (born 1914)
- 2014 — Vincent L. McKusick, American lawyer and judge (born 1921)
Observances & holidays
- Christian feast day: Ada
- Christian feast day: Anno II
- Christian feast day: Barbara, and its related observances: Barbórka, Miners' Day in Poland
- Christian feast day: Barbara, and its related observances: Eid il-Burbara, a holiday similar to Halloween in honor of Saint Barbara. (Russia, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria, Turkey)
- Christian feast day: Bernardo degli Uberti
- Christian feast day: Clement of Alexandria (Anglicanism, Eastern Catholicism)
- Christian feast day: Giovanni Calabria
- Christian feast day: John of Damascus
- Christian feast day: Maruthas
- Christian feast day: Nicholas Ferrar (Anglicanism)
- Christian feast day: Osmund
- Christian feast day: Sigiramnus
- Christian feast day: December 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Navy Day (India)
- Thai Environment Day (Thailand)
- Tupou I Day (Tonga)
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