December 4th, 2259

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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

Birthdays and future age on December 4th, 2259

279

Dag Inge Ulstein

Norwegian politician

*December 4th, 1980, Sula

295

Marisa Tomei

American actress

*December 4th, 1964, Brooklyn

315

Chris Hillman

American musician

*December 4th, 1944, Los Angeles

304

Philip Hammond

British politician (born 1955)

*December 4th, 1955, Epping

310

Jeff Bridges

American actor

*December 4th, 1949, Los Angeles

294

Ulf Kirsten

German footballer

*December 4th, 1965, Riesa

290

Jay-Z

American rapper and businessman

*December 4th, 1969, Brooklyn

317

Gemma Jones

British actress

*December 4th, 1942, Marylebone

306

Jean-Pierre Darroussin

French actor and film director

*December 4th, 1953, Courbevoie

286

Tyra Banks

American television personality, producer, and former model

*December 4th, 1973, Inglewood

311

Southside Johnny

American singer

*December 4th, 1948, Neptune Township

278

Brian Vandborg

Danish road bicycle racer, born 1981

*December 4th, 1981, Herning

296

Sergei Bubka

Ukrainian pole vaulter

*December 4th, 1963, Luhansk

266

Taco van der Hoorn

Dutch cyclist

*December 4th, 1993, Rotterdam

275

Fabrice Jeandesboz

French road cyclist

*December 4th, 1984, Loudéac

319

JoAnn H. Morgan

American aerospace engineer

*December 4th, 1940, Huntsville

306

Jean-Marie Pfaff

Belgian association football player and manager

*December 4th, 1953, Lebbeke

277

Nick Vujicic

Australian evangelist and motivational speaker

*December 4th, 1982, Melbourne

286

Ferry Corsten

Dutch DJ, trance music producer and remixer

*December 4th, 1973, Rotterdam

266

Paul Blackburn

American professional baseball pitcher

*December 4th, 1993, Oakley

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