What event happened on December 4th?

Answer 1

• 771 - AustrasianKing Carlomandies, leaving his brother CharlemagneKing of the now complete FrankishKingdom.
• 1110 - First Crusade: The Crusaderssack Sidon.
• 1259 - Kings Louis IX of France and Henry III of England agree to the Treaty of Paris, in which Henry renounces his claims to French-controlled territory on continental Europe(including Normandy) in exchange for Louis withdrawing his support for English rebels.
• 1563 - The final session of the Council of Trent is held (it opened on December 13, 1545).
• 1619 - 38 colonistsfrom Berkeley Parish in Englanddisembark in Virginia and give thanks to God (this is considered by many to be the first Thanksgivingin the Americas).
• 1674 - Father Jacques Marquette founds a mission on the shores of Lake Michigan to minister to the Illiniwek(the mission would later grow into the city ofChicago, Illinois).
• 1676 - Battle of Lund: A Danish army under the command of King Christian V of Denmark engages the Swedish army commanded by Field Marshal Simon Grundel-Helmfelt.
• 1745 - Charles Edward Stewart's army reaches Derby, its furthest point during the second Jacobite Rising.
• 1783 - At Fraunces Tavern in New York City, US General George Washington formally bids his officers farewell.
• 1791 - The first edition of The Observer, the world's first Sunday newspaper, is published.
• 1829 - In the face of fierce local opposition, Britishgovernor Lord William Bentinck issues a regulation declaring that all who abet suttee in India are guilty of culpable homicide.
• 1864 - American Civil War: Sherman's March to the Sea - At Waynesboro, Georgia, forces under UnionGeneral Judson Kilpatrick prevent troops led by ConfederateGeneral Joseph Wheelerfrom interfering with Union General William T. Sherman's campaign destroying a wide swath of the South on his march to the Atlantic Ocean from Atlanta, Georgia.
• 1867 - Former Minnesotafarmer Oliver Hudson Kelley founds the Order of the Patrons of Husbandry (better known today as the Grange).
• 1872 - The crewless American ship Mary Celeste is found by the British brig Dei Gratia (the ship had been abandoned for nine days but was only slightly damaged).
• 1875 - Notorious New York Citypolitician Boss Tweedescapes from prison and flees to Cuba, then Spain.
• 1881 - The first edition of the Los Angeles Times is published.
• 1893 - First Matabele War: A patrol of 34 British South Africa Police officers is killed in battle by an estimated 3,000 Ndebele on the Shangani River in Matabeleland.
• 1909 - 1st Grey Cupgame is played. The University of Toronto Varsity Bluesdefeat the Toronto Parkdale Canoe Club 26-6.
• 1909 - The Montreal Canadiens ice hockeyclub, the oldest professional hockey franchise in the world, is founded as a charter member of the National Hockey Association.
• 1918 - U.S. President Woodrow Wilson sails for the World War I peace talks in Versailles, becoming the first USpresident to travel to Europe while in office.
• 1921 - The first Virginia Rappe manslaughtertrial against Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle ends in a hung jury.
• 1937 - The first issue of the children's comic, The Dandy Comic, is published, one of the first to use speech balloons.
• 1939 - World War II: HMS Nelson is struck by a mine (laid by U-31) off the Scottishcoast and is laid up for repairs until August 1940.
• 1942 - World War II: Carlson's patrol during the Guadalcanal Campaign ends.
• 1943 - World War II: In Yugoslavia, resistance leader Marshal Josip Broz Tito proclaims a provisional democratic Yugoslav government in-exile.
• 1943 - World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt closes down the Works Progress Administration, because of the high levels of wartime employment in the United States.
• 1945 - By a vote of 65 to 7, the United States Senate approves United States participation in the United Nations (the UN is established on October 24, 1945).
• 1954 - The first Burger Kingis opened in Miami, Florida, United States
• 1956 - The Million Dollar Quartet (Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Johnny Cash) get together at Sun Studiosfor the first and last time in history.
• 1967 - Vietnam War: US and South Vietnamese forces engage Viet Congtroops in the Mekong Delta.
• 1969 - Black Panther Party members Fred Hampton and Mark Clarkare shot and killed in their sleep during a raid by 14 Chicagopolice officers.
• 1971 - The United Nations Security Council calls an emergency session to consider the deteriorating situation between India and Pakistan.
• 1971 - The Indian Navy attacks the Pakistan Navy and Karachi.
• 1971 - The Montreux Casino in Switzerlandis set ablaze by someone wielding a flare gunduring a Frank Zappaconcert; the incident would be noted in the Deep Purple song "Smoke on the Water".
• 1971 - The Troubles: The Ulster Volunteer Force bombs a Catholic-owned pub in Belfast, killing 15 civilians and wounding 17. It was the city's highest death toll from a single incident during the conflict.
• 1975 - Surinamejoins the United Nations.
• 1977 - Jean-Bédel Bokassa, president of the Central African Republic, crowns himself Emperor Bokassa I of the Central African Empire.
• 1977 - Malaysia Airlines Flight 653 is hijacked and crashes in Tanjong Kupang, Johor, killing 100.
• 1978 - Following the murder of Mayor George Moscone, Dianne Feinstein becomes San Francisco, California's first female mayor (she served until January 8, 1988).
• 1979 - The Hastie fire in Hull, kills three schoolboys and eventually leads police to arrest Bruce George Peter Lee.
• 1980 - English rock group Led Zeppelinofficially disbands, following the death of drummer John Bonham on September 25th.
• 1981 - South Africagrants independence to the Ciskei"homeland" (not recognized by any government outside South Africa).
• 1982 - The People's Republic of China adopts its current constitution.
• 1984 - Hezbollahmilitants hijack a Kuwait Airlines plane, killing four passengers.
• 1991 - Pan Am goes bankrupt and ceases operations.
• 1991 - Journalist Terry A. Anderson is released after 7 years in captivity as a hostage in Beirut. He is the last and longest-held American hostage in Lebanon.
• 1991 - Captain Mark Pyle pilots Clipper Goodwill, a Pan American World Airways Boeing 727-221ADV, to Miami International Airport ending 64 years of Pan Am operations.
• 1992 - Somali Civil War: President George H. W. Bush orders 28,000 UStroops to Somalia in Northeast Africa.
• 1993 - A truce is concluded between the government of Angola and UNITArebels.
• 1998 - The Unity Module, the second module of the International Space Station, is launched.
• 2005 - Tens of thousands of people in Hong Kongprotest for democracy and call on the Government to allow universal and equal suffrage.
• 2006 - An adult giant squidis caught on video for the first time by Tsunemi Kubodera near the Ogasawara Islands, 1,000 km (620 mi) south of Tokyo.
• 2006 - Six black youths assault a white teenager in Jena, Louisiana, US; the subsequent court case becomes a cause célèbre.

[edit]Births

• 1555 - Heinrich Meibom, German historian and poet (d. 1625)
• 1580 - Samuel Argall, English adventurer and naval officer (d. 1626)
• 1585 - John Cotton, American Puritan leader (d. 1652)
• 1595 - Jean Chapelain, French writer (d. 1674)
• 1646 - Alain Emmanuel de Coëtlogon, Marshal of France (d. 1730)
• 1647 - Daniel Eberlin, German composer and conductor (d. ca. 1715)
• 1660 - André Campra, French composer (d. 1744)
• 1667 - Michel Pignolet de Montéclair, French composer (d. 1737)
• 1670 - John Aislabie, English politician (d. 1742)
• 1711 - Barbara of Portugal, queen of Spain (d. 1758)
• 1713 - Gasparo Gozzi, Italian critic and dramatist (d. 1786)
• 1777 - Juliette Récamier, French socialite (d. 1849)
• 1795 - Thomas Carlyle, Scottish writer and historian (d. 1881)
• 1798 - Jules Armand Dufaure, French statesman (d. 1881)
• 1817 - Nikoloz Baratashvili, Georgian poet (d. 1845)
• 1835 - Samuel Butler, English writer (d. 1902)
• 1844 - Franz Xavier Wernz, German religious leader (d. 1914)
• 1852 - Orest Khvolson, Russian physicist (d. 1934)
• 1861 - Lillian Russell, American singer and actress (d. 1922)
• 1861 - Hannes Hafstein, 1st Prime Minister of Iceland (d. 1922)
• 1868 - Jesse Burkett, American baseball player (d. 1953)
• 1875 - Joe Corbett, American baseball player (d. 1945)
• 1875 - Rainer Maria Rilke, Austrian poet (d. 1926)
• 1878 - Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia (d. 1918)
• 1880 - Tom Taylor, Canadian soccer player (death date unknown)
• 1881 - Erwin von Witzleben, German field marshal (d. 1944)
• 1883 - Katharine Susannah Prichard, Australian author (d. 1969)
• 1886 - Jan Thomée, Dutch football player (d. 1954)
• 1889 - Lloyd Bacon, American actor and film director (d. 1955)
• 1892 - Francisco Franco, dictator of Spain (d. 1975)
• 1892 - Liu Bocheng, Chinese Marshal of the People's Liberation Army (d. 1986)
• 1895 - Fung Yu-lan, Chinese philosopher (d. 1990)
• 1899 - Charles William (Charlie) Spencer English football player (d. 1953)
• 1903 - Anna van der Vegt, Dutch gymnast (d. 1983)
• 1903 - Cornell Woolrich, American writer (d. 1968)
• 1908 - Alfred Hershey, American bacteriologist, Nobel laureate (d. 1997)
• 1909 - Jimmy Jewel, English actor (d. 1995)
• 1910 - Alex North, American film music composer (d. 1991)
• 1910 - R. Venkataraman, President of India (d. 2009)
• 1912 - Gregory "Pappy" Boyington, American pilot (d. 1988)
• 1913 - Mark Robson, Canadian-born producer and director (d. 1978)
• 1914 - Rudolf Hausner, Austrian artist (d. 1995)
• 1914 - Claude Renoir, French cinematographer (d. 1993)
• 1915 - Eddie Heywood, American jazz musician (d. 1989)
• 1916 - Ely Jacques Kahn, Jr., American writer (d. 1994)
• 1917 - Movita Castaneda, American actress
• 1918 - Albert Francis Capone, American crime boss son (d. 2004)
• 1919 - I. K. Gujral12th Prime Minister of India (d. 2012)
• 1920 - Neville Thiele, Australian engineer (d. 2012)
• 1921 - Deanna Durbin, Canadian actress
• 1922 - Gérard Philipe, French actor (d. 1959)
• 1923 - Charles Keating, American attorney and businessman
• 1924 - John Portman, American architect
• 1925 - Lino Lacedelli, Italian mountaineer (d. 2009)
• 1927 - William Labov, American linguist
• 1928 - Dena Dietrich, American actress
• 1930 - Ronnie Corbett, Scottish actor
• 1930 - Jim Hall, American guitarist
• 1931 - Alex Delvecchio, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1931 - Wally George, American TV commentator (d. 2003)
• 1932 - Roh Tae-woo, President of South Korea
• 1933 - Horst Buchholz, German-born actor (d. 2003)
• 1934 - Victor French, American actor (d. 1989)
• 1934 - Wink Martindale, American game show host
• 1935 - Paul O'Neill, American Secretary of the Treasury
• 1935 - Robert Vesco, American financier and fugitive (d. 2007)
• 1936 - Derek Nally, Irish Politician
• 1937 - Max Baer, Jr., American actor
• 1938 - Andre Marrou, American politician
• 1938 - Yvonne Minton, Australian soprano
• 1939 - Freddy Cannon, American musician
• 1940 - Gerd Achterberg, German football manager
• 1940 - Gary Gilmore, American murderer (d. 1977)
• 1942 - Gemma Jones, English actress
• 1944 - Chris Hillman, American singer
• 1944 - Anna McGarrigle, Canadian singer and songwriter
• 1944 - François Migault, French racing driver
• 1944 - Dennis Wilson, American musician (d. 1983)
• 1945 - Roberta Bondar, Canadian astronaut
• 1946 - Geert Mak, Dutch writer
• 1947 - Terry Woods, Irish musician
• 1948 - Southside Johnny, American singer
• 1949 - Jeff Bridges, American actor
• 1949 - Pamela Stephenson, New Zealand-born actress
• 1951 - Gary Rossington, American musician
• 1951 - Patricia Wettig, American actress
• 1953 - Rick Middleton, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1954 - Tony Todd, American actor and producer
• 1955 - Dave Taylor, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1955 - Cassandra Wilson, American jazz vocalist
• 1956 - Bernard King, American basketball player
• 1957 - Raul Boesel, Brazilian racing driver
• 1957 - Eric S. Raymond, American open source advocate
• 1959 - Susan W Krebs, American politician
• 1959 - Paul McGrath, Irish footballer
• 1959 - Christa Rothenburger, German speed skater and cyclist
• 1960 - David Green, American baseball player
• 1960 - Glynis Nunn, Australian athlete
• 1961 - Frank Reich, American football player
• 1961 - Naomi Robson, American-born Australian journalist
• 1962 - Julie Lemieux, Canadian voice actress
• 1962 - Kevin Richardson, English footballer
• 1963 - Sergey Bubka, Ukrainian pole vaulter
• 1964 - Sertab Erener, Turkish singer
• 1964 - Jonathan Goldstein, American actor
• 1964 - Scott Hastings, Scottish rugby player
• 1964 - Chelsea Noble, American actress
• 1964 - Marisa Tomei, American actress
• 1965 - Álex de la Iglesia, Spanish director
• 1966 - Fred Armisen, American actor and musician
• 1966 - Masta Ace, American rapper
• 1966 - Suzanne Malveaux, American TV news reporter
• 1966 - Chris Shepherd, English film director
• 1968 - Mike Barrowman, American swimmer
• 1969 - Jay-Z, American rapper
• 1969 - Plum Sykes, English-born fashion writer and novelist
• 1970 - Kevin Sussman, American actor
• 1970 - John L. Adams, American actor
• 1970 - Sylvester Terkay, American wrestler
• 1971 - Shannon Briggs, American boxer
• 1972 - Jassen Cullimore, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1972 - Nikki Tyler, American actress
• 1973 - Racci Shay, American musician
• 1973 - Tyra Banks, American supermodel
• 1973 - Frank Boeijen, Dutch musician (The Gathering)
• 1973 - Keith Caputo, American singer (Life Of Agony)
• 1973 - Ferry Corsten, Dutch musician and DJ
• 1973 - Steven Menzies, Australian rugby league footballer
• 1973 - Kate Rusby, English folk singer
• 1973 - Atsushi Tamura, Japanese comedian, musician (jealkb)
• 1974 - Tadahito Iguchi, Japanese baseball player
• 1976 - Amie Comeaux, American singer (d. 1997)
• 1976 - Kristina Groves, Canadian speed skater
• 1977 - Big Pokey, American rapper
• 1977 - Morten Veland, Norwegian musician (Sirenia)
• 1978 - Jaclyn Victor, Malaysian singer
• 1979 - Ysabella Brave, American singer
• 1979 - Jay DeMerit, American soccer player
• 1981 - Courtney Cummz, American pornographic actress
• 1981 - Lila McCann, American country singer
• 1982 - Waldo Ponce, Chilean footballer
• 1982 - Ho-Pin Tung, Dutch-Chinese racing driver
• 1983 - Jimmy Bartel, Australian rules footballer
• 1984 - Brooke Adams, American model
• 1984 - Lindsay Felton, American actress
• 1984 - Marco Giambruno, Italian footballer
• 1984 - Lauren London, American actress
• 1984 - Joe Thomas, American football player
• 1985 - Andrew Brackman, American baseball player
• 1985 - Carlos Gómez, Dominican baseball player
• 1986 - Martell Webster, American basketball player
• 1987 - Orlando Brown, American actor
• 1988 - Andriy Pylyavskyi, Ukrainian footballer
• 1990 - Lukman Haruna, Nigerian footballer
• 1992 - Jean-Claude Iranzi, Rwandan footballer
• 1992 - Līna Mūze, Latvian javelin thrower
• 1992 - Guan Xueting, Chinese ice dance

[edit]Deaths

• 749 - Saint John of Damascus
• 765 - Jafar Sadiq, Shia Imam (b. 702)
• 771 - Carloman, King of the Franks (b. 751)
• 1075 - Archbishop Anno II of Cologne
• 1123 - Omar Khayyám, Persian poet, astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher (b. 1048)
• 1214 - William I of Scotland (a.k.a. William the Lion; b. abt.1143)
• 1270 - Theobald V of Champagne, King of Navarre
• 1334 - Pope John XXII (b. 1249)
• 1340 - Henry Burghersh, English bishop and chancellor (b. 1292)
• 1459 - Adolf VIII, Duke of Southern Jutland (b. 1401)
• 1576 - Rheticus, Austrian mathematician (b. 1514)
• 1585 - John Willock, Scottish reformer
• 1609 - Alexander Hume, Scottish poet
• 1642 - Armand Jean du Plessis, Cardinal Richelieu, French statesman (b. 1585)
• 1649 - William Drummond of Hawthornden, Scottish poet (b. 1585)
• 1679 - Thomas Hobbes, English philosopher (b. 1588)
• 1680 - Thomas Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and theologian (b. 1616)
• 1696 - Empress Meishō, Japan (b. 1624)
• 1732 - John Gay, English poet and dramatist (b. 1685)
• 1798 - Luigi Galvani, Italian physicist (b. 1737)
• 1828 - Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1770)
• 1841 - David Daniel Davis, British politician (b. 1777)
• 1850 - William Sturgeon, English physicist and inventor (b. 1783)
• 1893 - John Tyndall, Irish physicist (b. 1820)
• 1897 - Griffith Rhys Jones, Welsh conductor (b. 1834)
• 1902 - Charles Dow, American journalist (b. 1851)
• 1926 - Ivana Kobilca, Slovenian-born painter (b. 1861)
• 1933 - Stefan George, German poet (b. 1868)
• 1935 - Johan Halvorsen, Norwegian composer (b. 1864)
• 1935 - Charles Richet, French physiologist, Nobel laureate (b. 1850)
• 1938 - Tamanishiki San'emon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 32nd Yokozuna (b. 1903)
• 1944 - Roger Bresnahan, American baseball player (b. 1879)
• 1945 - Thomas Hunt Morgan, American geneticist, Nobel laureate (b. 1866)
• 1948 - Frank Benford, American electrical engineer and physicist (b. 1883)
• 1955 - József Galamb, Hungarian mechanical engineer (b. 1881)
• 1956 - Alexandr Rodchenko, Russian painter and photographer (b. 1891)
• 1967 - Bert Lahr, American actor (b. 1895)
• 1969 - Fred Hampton, American activist (b. 1948)
• 1975 - Hannah Arendt, German political theorist (b. 1906)
• 1976 - Tommy Bolin, American guitarist (b. 1951)
• 1976 - Benjamin Britten, English composer (b. 1913)
• 1976 - W. F. McCoy, Northern Irish politician (b. 1886)
• 1980 - Francisco Sá Carneiro, Prime Minister of Portugal (b. 1934)
• 1984 - Jack Mercer, American voice-actor (b. 1910)
• 1980 - Stanisława Walasiewicz, Polish-born athlete (b. 1911)
• 1987 - Rouben Mamoulian, Armenian-American film director (b. 1897)
• 1988 - Osman Achmatowicz, Polish chemist (b. 1899)
• 1992 - Henry Clausen, author of the Clausen report (b. 1905)
• 1993 - Frank Zappa, American musician and composer (b. 1940)
• 1993 - Margaret Landon, American writer (b. 1903)
• 1995 - Lionel Giroux, Canadian midget wrestler (b. 1935)
• 1997 - Richard Vernon, English actor (b. 1925)
• 1999 - Rose Bird, American judge (b. 1936)
• 2003 - Iggy Katona, American race car driver (b. 1916)
• 2004 - Elena Souliotis, Greek soprano (b. 1943)
• 2004 - Teo Peter, Romanian rock musician and bass player (b. 1954)
• 2005 - Errol Brathwaite, New Zealand author (b. 1924)
• 2005 - Gregg Hoffman, American film producer (b. 1963)
• 2005 - Gloria Lasso, French-Spanish singer (b. 1922)
• 2006 - James Kim, American television personality (b. 1971)
• 2006 - Ross A. McGinnis, American soldier (b. 1987)
• 2007 - Norval Morrisseau, Canadian artist (b. 1932)
• 2007 - Chip Reese, American professional poker player (b. 1951)
• 2007 - Pimp C, American rapper (b. 1973)
• 2009 - Eddie Fatu, Samoan-American professional wrestler (b. 1973)
• 2009 - Liam Clancy, Irish singer (b. 1935)
• 2011 - Hubert Sumlin, American blues guitarist (b. 1931)

[edit]Holidays and observances

• Christian Feast Day:
  • Ada
  • Barbara
  • Bernard degli Uberti
  • John of Damascus
  • Nicholas Ferrar (Anglicanism)
  • Osmund
  • Sigiramnus
• Day of Shango(Santería, Lukumí)
• First day that rain is prayed for, notably the only Jewish day which is tied to the civil calendar. (Diaspora in Judaism)
• Navy Day(India and Italy)
• Saint Barbara Day-related observance:
  • Barbórka, Miners' Day in Poland
  • Eid il-Burbara, a holiday similar to Halloween in honor of Saint Barbara. (Lebanon, Syria, and Palestine)
• Secret ceremonies in honor of Bona Dea (Roman Empire)
• Thai Environment Day (Thailand)
• Tupou I Day(Tonga)