December 4th, 1945

Born on December 4th, 1945

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What happened on December 4th, 1945?

December 4th, 1945

By a vote of 65–7, the United States Senate approves United States participation in the United Nations. (The UN had been established on October 24, 1945.)

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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, 1945

78

Roberta Bondar

Canadian astronaut

*December 4th, 1945, Sault Ste. Marie

78

Karina

Spanish singer

*December 4th, 1945, Jaén

78

Jon Korkes

American actor (b. 1945)

*December 4th, 1945, Manhattan

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

74

Jeff Bridges

American actor

*December 4th, 1949, Los Angeles

81

Gemma Jones

British actress

*December 4th, 1942, Marylebone

75

Southside Johnny

American singer

*December 4th, 1948, Neptune Township

68

Philip Hammond

British politician (born 1955)

*December 4th, 1955, Epping

59

Marisa Tomei

American actress

*December 4th, 1964, Brooklyn

70

Jean-Pierre Darroussin

French actor and film director

*December 4th, 1953, Courbevoie

83

JoAnn H. Morgan

American aerospace engineer

*December 4th, 1940, Huntsville

58

Ulf Kirsten

German footballer

*December 4th, 1965, Riesa

76

Jane Lubchenco

American ecologist

*December 4th, 1947, Denver

54

Jay-Z

American rapper, producer, businessman and actor

*December 4th, 1969, Brooklyn

77

Polly Hemingway

British actor

*December 4th, 1946, Bradford

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

77

Pierre Even

Luxembourgian composer

*December 4th, 1946, Wiesbaden

60

Sergei Bubka

Ukrainian pole vaulter

*December 4th, 1963, Luhansk

82

Francisco Franco

Spanish general and dictator (1892-1975)

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

39

Dennis Wilson

American musician (1944–1983)

*December 4th, 1944, Inglewood †December 28th, 1983, Marina del Rey

80

Christine Beckers

Belgian racing-car driver

*December 4th, 1943, City of Brussels

Same year
Born in 1945

78

Vernon Wells

Australian actor

*December 31st, 1945, Rushworth

79

Manuel Neuer

German association football player

*March 27th, 1945, Gelsenkirchen

78

Franz Beckenbauer

German footballer (1945–2024)

*September 11th, 1945, Richard-Wagner-Straße 19 (München) †January 7th, 2024, Salzburg

75

Gerd Müller

German footballer (1945–2021)

*November 3rd, 1945, Nördlingen †August 15th, 2021, Wolfratshausen

79

Thilo Sarrazin

German economist and politician

*February 12th, 1945, Gera

72

Christine Kaufmann

German actress and businesswoman (1945-2017)

*January 11th, 1945, Lengdorf †March 28th, 2017, Munich

78

Victoria Bond

American composer

*May 6th, 1945, Los Angeles

78

Andreas Schmidt-Schaller

German actor

*October 30th, 1945, Arnstadt

78

Lasse Berghagen

Swedish singer, musician, songwriter, writer and television presenter

*May 13th, 1945, Enskede-Årsta-Vantör city district †October 19th, 2023, Stockholms Sankt Johannes

79

Rodrigo Duterte

President of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022

*March 28th, 1945, Maasin

78

Helen Mirren

English actor (born 1945)

*July 26th, 1945, Hammersmith

36

Bob Marley

Jamaican reggae musician (1945–1981)

*February 6th, 1945, Nine Mile †May 11th, 1981, Jackson Memorial Hospital

78

Manfred Clauss

German historian of classical antiquity

*August 16th, 1945, Cologne

78

Aung San Suu Kyi

Former State Counsellor of Myanmar and Leader of the National League for Democracy

*June 19th, 1945, Yangon

78

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

President of Brazil (2003–2010, 2023–present)

*October 27th, 1945, Caetés

78

Radovan Karadžić

Bosnian Serb politician, psychiatrist and poet convicted of genocide

*June 19th, 1945, Petnjica

78

John Lithgow

American actor

*October 19th, 1945, Rochester

76

Peter Patzak

Austrian film director and Screenwriter (1945-2021)

*January 2nd, 1945, Vienna †March 11th, 2021, Krems

71

Claus Ryskjær

Danish actor (1945-2016)

*June 26th, 1945, Frederiksberg †December 12th, 2016

72

Barkley L. Hendricks

African American painter

*April 16th, 1945, Nicetown-Tioga †April 18th, 2017, New London

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