December 4th, 1942

Born on December 4th, 1942

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What happened on December 4th, 1942?

December 4th, 1942

World War II: Carlson's patrol during the Guadalcanal Campaign ends.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlson's_patrol

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, 1942

81

Gemma Jones

British actress

*December 4th, 1942, Marylebone

81

André Laignel

Politician

*December 4th, 1942, 14th arrondissement of Paris

81

Dieter Zlof

German business manager

*December 4th, 1942, Celje

80

Maria Scharwieß

German woman composer

*December 4th, 1942, Chernyakhovsk †November 12th, 2023

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

79

Chris Hillman

American musician

*December 4th, 1944, Los Angeles

43

Dag Inge Ulstein

Norwegian politician

*December 4th, 1980, Sula

83

JoAnn H. Morgan

American aerospace engineer

*December 4th, 1940, Huntsville

74

Jeff Bridges

American actor

*December 4th, 1949, Los Angeles

75

Southside Johnny

American singer

*December 4th, 1948, Neptune Township

59

Marisa Tomei

American actress

*December 4th, 1964, Brooklyn

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

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

80

Christine Beckers

Belgian racing-car driver

*December 4th, 1943, City of Brussels

70

Jean-Marie Pfaff

Belgian association football player and manager

*December 4th, 1953, Lebbeke

50

Tyra Banks

American television personality, producer, and former model

*December 4th, 1973, Inglewood

82

Gil Cawood

New Zealand rower

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

60

Sergei Bubka

Ukrainian pole vaulter

*December 4th, 1963, Luhansk

76

Jane Lubchenco

American ecologist

*December 4th, 1947, Denver

54

Victor French

American actor and director (1934–1989)

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

83

Barbara Amiel

British journalist, writer, and socialite

*December 4th, 1940, Watford

92

Corinne Marchand

French actress and singer

*December 4th, 1931, Paris

Same year
Born in 1942

81

Joe Biden

President of the United States since 2021

*November 20th, 1942, Scranton

77

Terry Jones

Welsh actor, comedian, director, historian and writer (1942–2020)

*February 1st, 1942, Colwyn Bay †January 21st, 2020, North London

81

Dietrich Hollinderbäumer

German-Swedish actor

*August 16th, 1942, Essen

76

Stephen Hawking

British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018)

*January 8th, 1942, Oxford †March 14th, 2018, Cambridge

81

Katherine Justice

American actress

*October 28th, 1942, Sacramento

81

Wolfgang Schäuble

German politician and statesman (1942–2023)

*September 18th, 1942, Freiburg im Breisgau †December 26th, 2023, Offenburg

81

Richard Stoltzman

American musician

*July 12th, 1942, Omaha

81

Amitabh Bachchan

Indian film actor (born 1942)

*October 11th, 1942, Prayagraj

82

John Cale

Welsh composer, singer-songwriter and record producer

*March 9th, 1942, Garnant

81

Paul McCartney

English musician and member of the Beatles (born 1942)

*June 18th, 1942, Liverpool

74

Daliah Lavi

Israeli actress, singer and model (1942-2017)

*October 12th, 1942, Shavei Tzion †May 3rd, 2017, Asheville

74

Muhammad Ali

American boxer, philanthropist, and activist (1942–2016)

*January 17th, 1942, Louisville †June 3rd, 2016, Scottsdale

82

Per A. Anonsen

Norwegian actor, film editor, screenwriter and film producer

*January 8th, 1942, Oslo

81

Søren Steen

Danish actor

*August 22nd, 1942, Denmark

69

Muammar Gaddafi

Libyan dictator, politician and political theorist (1942–2011)

*June 7th, 1942, Qasr Abu Hadi †October 20th, 2011, Sirte

82

Michel Mayor

Swiss astrophysicist & Nobel laureate of Physics

*January 12th, 1942, Lausanne

76

Aretha Franklin

American singer, songwriter, and pianist (1942–2018)

*March 25th, 1942, Memphis †August 16th, 2018, Detroit

82

Jun'ichirō Koizumi

Prime Minister of Japan from 2001 to 2006

*January 8th, 1942, Yokosuka

81

Raman Ghosh

Badminton player

*August 15th, 1942, Bareilly

81

Hu Jintao

General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party from 2002 to 2012

*December 21st, 1942, Jiangyan District

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