December 4th, 1939

Born on December 4th, 1939

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What happened on December 4th, 1939?

December 4th, 1939

World War II: HMS Nelson is struck by a mine (laid by U-31) off the Scottish coast and is laid up for repairs until August 1940.

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What else 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.

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

Born on December 4th, 1939

82

Gil Cawood

New Zealand rower

*December 4th, 1939, Hamilton †August 28th, 2022, Waikato Hospital

74

Étienne Mourrut

French politician (1939-2014)

*December 4th, 1939, Le Grau-du-Roi †October 19th, 2014, Montpellier

84

Joan Brady

American-British writer

*December 4th, 1939, San Francisco

84

Freddy Cannon

American rock and roll singer

*December 4th, 1939, Lynn

84

Harald Naegeli

Swiss artist

*December 4th, 1939, Zürich

84

Hans Friedrich

German painter

*December 4th, 1939, Nuremberg

76

Stephen W. Bosworth

Former Dean of The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, and a United States diplomat

*December 4th, 1939, Grand Rapids †January 3rd, 2016, Boston

84

Juli Erickson

American actress

*December 4th, 1939, United States of America

84

Jimmy Hunt

American actor

*December 4th, 1939, Los Angeles

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

43

Dag Inge Ulstein

Norwegian politician

*December 4th, 1980, Sula

79

Chris Hillman

American musician

*December 4th, 1944, Los Angeles

83

JoAnn H. Morgan

American aerospace engineer

*December 4th, 1940, Huntsville

81

Gemma Jones

British actress

*December 4th, 1942, Marylebone

74

Jeff Bridges

American actor

*December 4th, 1949, Los Angeles

59

Marisa Tomei

American actress

*December 4th, 1964, Brooklyn

75

Southside Johnny

American singer

*December 4th, 1948, Neptune Township

68

Philip Hammond

British politician (born 1955)

*December 4th, 1955, Epping

70

Jean-Pierre Darroussin

French actor and film director

*December 4th, 1953, Courbevoie

58

Ulf Kirsten

German footballer

*December 4th, 1965, Riesa

85

George Andrews

American mathematician

*December 4th, 1938, Salem

83

David Bailie

English actor (1937-2021)

*December 4th, 1937, Springs †March 6th, 2021

54

Jay-Z

American rapper, producer, businessman and actor

*December 4th, 1969, Brooklyn

82

Francisco Franco

Spanish general and dictator (1892-1975)

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

83

Barbara Amiel

British journalist, writer, and socialite

*December 4th, 1940, Watford

50

Tyra Banks

American television personality, producer, and former model

*December 4th, 1973, Inglewood

54

Victor French

American actor and director (1934–1989)

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

76

Richard Meade

Welsh Olympic equestrian

*December 4th, 1938, Chepstow †January 8th, 2015, West Littleton

70

Jean-Marie Pfaff

Belgian association football player and manager

*December 4th, 1953, Lebbeke

60

Sergei Bubka

Ukrainian pole vaulter

*December 4th, 1963, Luhansk

Same year
Born in 1939

85

Hans Kloft

German historian of classical antiquity

*April 10th, 1939, Düsseldorf

64

João César Monteiro

Portuguese film director, actor, writer and film critic

*February 2nd, 1939, Figueira da Foz †February 3rd, 2003, Lisbon

77

Dudley Storey

New Zealand rower

*November 27th, 1939, Wairoa †March 6th, 2017, Auckland

84

Thilo Ulbert

German christian archaeologist

*June 20th, 1939, Augsburg

83

Tina Turner

American-born Swiss singer and songwriter (1939–2023)

*November 26th, 1939, Brownsville †May 24th, 2023, Küsnacht

83

Hans-Christian Ströbele

German lawyer and politician (1939–2022)

*June 7th, 1939, Halle (Saale) †August 29th, 2022, Moabit

78

Oscar Fulloné

Argentine association football player and manager (1939-2017)

*April 4th, 1939, La Plata †May 22nd, 2017, Casablanca

84

Helga Piur

German actress and voice actress

*May 24th, 1939, Berlin

84

Yves Meyer

French mathematician

*July 19th, 1939, Paris

84

Margaret Atwood

Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, teacher, environmental activist,pépiniériste and inventor

*November 18th, 1939, Ottawa

56

Peter Aust

1939-1996 German actor

*March 17th, 1939, Bytom †January 26th, 1996, Bad Wildungen

70

Dixie Carter

American actress (1939–2010)

*May 25th, 1939, McLemoresville †April 10th, 2010, Houston

78

Irio De Paula

Brazilian composer

*May 10th, 1939, Rio de Janeiro †May 23rd, 2017, Rome

78

Peter Grünberg

German physicist, and Nobel Prize in Physics laureate (1939-2018)

*May 18th, 1939, Plzeň †April 7th, 2018, Jülich

59

Dusty Springfield

British singer (1939–1999)

*April 16th, 1939, London †March 2nd, 1999, Henley-on-Thames

74

Karen Black

American actress, screenwriter, singer, and songwriter (1939-2013)

*July 1st, 1939, Park Ridge †August 8th, 2013, Santa Monica

80

Karel Gott

Czech singer and actor

*July 14th, 1939, Plzeň †October 1st, 2019, Prague

84

Brenda Vaccaro

American actress

*November 18th, 1939, Brooklyn

80

Valerie Harper

American actress (1939-2019)

*August 22nd, 1939, Suffern †August 30th, 2019, Los Angeles

84

Jane Alexander

American actress (b. 1939)

*October 28th, 1939, Boston

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No: With 365 days 1939 is a normal year and no leap year.

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