December 4th, 1028

Born on December 4th, 1028

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 363,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 437 days, exactly on July 10th, 2025, people who were born on December 4th, 1028 will be 364,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on December 4th?

December 4th, 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.

December 4th, 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.

December 4th, 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).

December 4th, 1980

The English rock group Led Zeppelin officially disbanded.

December 4th, 1971

Indo-Pakistani War: The Indian Navy launched a successful attack against the Pakistan Navy at Karachi, sinking three ships with no Indian casualties.

December 4th, 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.* *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.* 1978 – Following the murder of Mayor George Moscone, Dianne Feinstein became San Francisco's first female mayor.

December 4th, 1928

Cosmo Gordon Lang was enthroned as the Archbishop of Canterbury, the first bachelor to be appointed in 150 years.

December 4th, 1909

The first Grey Cup, the championship game of the Canadian Football League, was held in Toronto.

December 4th, 1893

First Matabele War: A patrol of 34 British South Africa Company soldiers was ambushed and annihilated by more than 3,000 Matabele warriors.

December 4th, 1872

The American brigantine Mary Celeste was found apparently abandoned under circumstances that remain unknown.

December 4th, 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).

December 4th, 1639

Jeremiah Horrocks and William Crabtree made the first successful observation of a transit of Venus (example pictured) from Earth.

December 4th, 1370

Hundred Years' War: In two separate engagements in the Battle of Pontvallain, French forces wiped out an English army which had split up because of a dispute between the commanders.

December 4th, 1875

Notorious New York City politician Boss Tweed escapes from prison; he is later recaptured in Spain.

December 4th, 1872

The American brigantine Mary Celeste is discovered drifting in the Atlantic. Her crew is never found.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on December 4th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on December 4th?

43

Dag Inge Ulstein

Norwegian politician

*December 4th, 1980, Sula

59

Marisa Tomei

American actress

*December 4th, 1964, Brooklyn

79

Chris Hillman

American musician

*December 4th, 1944, Los Angeles

82

Francisco Franco

Spanish general and dictator (1892-1975)

*December 4th, 1892, Ferrol †November 20th, 1975, Madrid

68

Philip Hammond

British politician (born 1955)

*December 4th, 1955, Epping

74

Jeff Bridges

American actor

*December 4th, 1949, Los Angeles

58

Ulf Kirsten

German footballer

*December 4th, 1965, Riesa

54

Jay-Z

American rapper, producer, businessman and actor

*December 4th, 1969, Brooklyn

78

Wassily Kandinsky

Russian painter (1866–1944)

*December 4th, 1866, Moscow †December 13th, 1944, Neuilly-sur-Seine

81

Gemma Jones

British actress

*December 4th, 1942, Marylebone

70

Jean-Pierre Darroussin

French actor and film director

*December 4th, 1953, Courbevoie

50

Tyra Banks

American television personality, producer, and former model

*December 4th, 1973, Inglewood

75

Southside Johnny

American singer

*December 4th, 1948, Neptune Township

85

Thomas Carlyle

Scottish essayist, historian and philosopher (1795–1881)

*December 4th, 1795, Ecclefechan †February 5th, 1881, London

60

Sergei Bubka

Ukrainian pole vaulter

*December 4th, 1963, Luhansk

74

Herbert Edward Read

English anarchist, poet, and critic of literature and art (1893-1968)

*December 4th, 1893, Muscoates †June 12th, 1968, Stonegrave

42

Brian Vandborg

Danish road bicycle racer, born 1981

*December 4th, 1981, Herning

39

Fabrice Jeandesboz

French road cyclist

*December 4th, 1984, Loudéac

30

Taco van der Hoorn

Dutch cyclist

*December 4th, 1993, Rotterdam

83

JoAnn H. Morgan

American aerospace engineer

*December 4th, 1940, Huntsville

70

Jean-Marie Pfaff

Belgian association football player and manager

*December 4th, 1953, Lebbeke

51

Rainer Maria Rilke

Austrian poet and writer (1875–1926)

*December 4th, 1875, Prague †December 29th, 1926, Montreux

41

Nick Vujicic

Australian evangelist and motivational speaker

*December 4th, 1982, Melbourne

95

Albert Bandura

Canadian psychologist

*December 4th, 1925, Mundare †July 26th, 2021, Stanford

50

Ferry Corsten

Dutch DJ, trance music producer and remixer

*December 4th, 1973, Rotterdam

30

Paul Blackburn

American professional baseball pitcher

*December 4th, 1993, Oakley

92

Corinne Marchand

French actress and singer

*December 4th, 1931, Paris

59

Uwe Kröger

German actor and singer

*December 4th, 1964, Hamm

88

Roh Tae-woo

President of South Korea from 1988 to 1993

*December 4th, 1932, Daegu †October 26th, 2021, Seoul National University Hospital

27

Diogo Jota

Portuguese association football player

*December 4th, 1996, Porto

88

Alfred Hershey

American chemist

*December 4th, 1908, Owosso †May 22nd, 1997, Syosset

54

Victor French

American actor and director (1934–1989)

*December 4th, 1934, Santa Barbara †June 15th, 1989, Los Angeles

68

Cassandra Wilson

American jazz singer, songwriter, and producer from Jackson, Mississippi

*December 4th, 1955, Jackson

54

Didier Mollard

French ski jumper

*December 4th, 1969, Chambéry

49

Ryan Kavanaugh

American film producer

*December 4th, 1974, Los Angeles

71

Juliette Récamier

French salon-holder

*December 4th, 1777, Lyon †May 11th, 1849, Paris

49

Edith Cavell

British nurse (1865-1915)

*December 4th, 1865, Swardeston †October 12th, 1915, Schaerbeek

73

Johan Fredrik Berwald

Swedish musician

*December 4th, 1787, Stockholm †August 26th, 1861, Stockholm

76

Jane Lubchenco

American ecologist

*December 4th, 1947, Denver

69

Tony Todd

American actor

*December 4th, 1954, Washington, D.C.

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Public holidays on December 4th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on December 4th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

Yes: 1028 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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