December 4th, 1946

Born on December 4th, 1946

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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

Born on December 4th, 1946

77

Polly Hemingway

British actor

*December 4th, 1946, Bradford

77

Sherry Alberoni

American actress, voice artist

*December 4th, 1946, Cleveland

77

Pierre Even

Luxembourgian composer

*December 4th, 1946, Wiesbaden

77

Cheng Pei-pei

Hong Kong actress

*December 4th, 1946, Shanghai

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

75

Southside Johnny

American singer

*December 4th, 1948, Neptune Township

74

Jeff Bridges

American actor

*December 4th, 1949, Los Angeles

81

Gemma Jones

British actress

*December 4th, 1942, Marylebone

68

Philip Hammond

British politician (born 1955)

*December 4th, 1955, Epping

70

Jean-Pierre Darroussin

French actor and film director

*December 4th, 1953, Courbevoie

59

Marisa Tomei

American actress

*December 4th, 1964, Brooklyn

76

Jane Lubchenco

American ecologist

*December 4th, 1947, Denver

78

Roberta Bondar

Canadian astronaut

*December 4th, 1945, Sault Ste. Marie

83

JoAnn H. Morgan

American aerospace engineer

*December 4th, 1940, Huntsville

58

Ulf Kirsten

German footballer

*December 4th, 1965, Riesa

70

Jean-Marie Pfaff

Belgian association football player and manager

*December 4th, 1953, Lebbeke

54

Jay-Z

American rapper, producer, businessman and actor

*December 4th, 1969, Brooklyn

50

Tyra Banks

American television personality, producer, and former model

*December 4th, 1973, Inglewood

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

42

Brian Vandborg

Danish road bicycle racer, born 1981

*December 4th, 1981, Herning

74

G. G. Anderson

German composer

*December 4th, 1949, Eschwege

68

Cassandra Wilson

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

*December 4th, 1955, Jackson

Same year
Born in 1946

77

Donald Trump

President of the United States from 2017 to 2021

*June 14th, 1946, Jamaica Hospital Medical Center

77

George W. Bush

President of the United States from 2001 to 2009

*July 6th, 1946, New Haven

77

Bill Clinton

President of the United States from 1993 to 2001

*August 19th, 1946, Hope

77

Jean-Claude Arnault

Swedish photographer

*August 15th, 1946, Marseille

78

Kabir Bedi

Indian actor (1946-)

*January 16th, 1946, Lahore

77

Svein Ludvigsen

Norwegian politician

*July 18th, 1946, Hillesøy Municipality

77

Steven Spielberg

American filmmaker (born 1946)

*December 18th, 1946, Cincinnati

78

Charlotte Rampling

British actress

*February 5th, 1946, Sturmer

76

Suzanne Somers

American actress, author, singer, businesswoman in alternative medicine (1946–2023)

*October 16th, 1946, San Bruno †October 15th, 2023, Palm Springs

77

Berti Vogts

German footballer and manager

*December 30th, 1946, Büttgen

71

Jiří Bělohlávek

Czech conductor (1946-2017)

*February 24th, 1946, Prague †May 31st, 2017, Prague

62

Lux Interior

American punk rock musician and a founding member of the band The Cramps

*October 21st, 1946, Akron †February 4th, 2009, Glendale

64

Michael Hansen

German cabaret artist (1946-2011)

*October 21st, 1946, Aalborg †March 15th, 2011, Berlin

69

Alan Rickman

British actor and director (1946–2016)

*February 21st, 1946, Hammersmith †January 14th, 2016, London

77

Rolf Konow

Danish photographer and actor

*July 22nd, 1946, Copenhagen

78

David Lynch

American filmmaker, visual artist, and musician

*January 20th, 1946, Missoula

78

Liza Minnelli

American actress and singer

*March 12th, 1946, Los Angeles

78

Tan Aik Huang

Badminton player

*February 14th, 1946, Singapore

77

Sylvester Stallone

American actor and film director

*July 6th, 1946, Hell's Kitchen

77

Gerard 't Hooft

Dutch theoretical physicist

*July 5th, 1946, Den Helder

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No: With 365 days 1946 is a normal year and no leap year.

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