December 04, 2016 : Venezuela issues new higher-value notes after currency falls 60% in 1 months against the US dollar
December 04, 2016 : Tens of thousands march throughout Brazil against a vote to undermine anti-corruption investigations
December 04, 2016 : New Zealand Prime Minister John Key resigns after 8 years in office
December 04, 2016 : Austria elects liberal independent Alexander Van der Bellen as President, after original vote in May annulled
December 04, 2015 : Floods in Chennai and Tamil Nadu state, India start receding after a month of heavy rainfall, leaving more 260 dead and thousands stranded
December 04, 2014 : US authorities promise a "fair" investigation into the death of African American Eric Garner, after a white New York City police officer held him in a choke-hold faces no charges
December 04, 2014 : Ukraine and Pro-Russian rebels agree to cease fire in the eastern war zone, beginning December 9
December 04, 2014 : The United Nations warns that the world is on course for the warmest year since records began
December 04, 2013 : Xavier Bettel becomes Luxenberg's first openly gay Prime Minister
December 04, 2012 : Typhoon Bopha makes landfall in the Philippines killing at least 81 people
December 04, 2012 : 29 people are killed by a mortar attack in Bteeha, Syria
December 04, 2011 : 100th Davis Cup: Spain beats Argentina in Seville (3-1)
December 04, 2010 : 6th ACC Championship Game: #12 Virginia Tech beats #20 Florida State, 44-33
December 04, 2010 : 19th SEC Championship Game: #2 Auburn beats #18 South Carolina, 56-17
December 04, 2010 : 15th Big 12 Championship Game: #10 Oklahoma beats #13 Nebraska, 23-20
December 04, 2006 : An adult giant squid is caught on video by Kubodera near the Ogasawara Islands, 1,000 km (620 miles) south of Tokyo
December 04, 2005 : U.S. debut of the first part of two-part TV biopic miniseries "Pope John Paul II" on CBS
December 04, 2005 : Tens of thousands of people in Hong Kong protest for democracy and call on the Government to allow universal and equal suffrage.
December 04, 2005 : 94th Davis Cup: Croatia beats Slovak Republic in Bratislava (3-2)
December 04, 2004 : 13th SEC Championship Game: #3 Auburn beats #15 Tennessee, 38-28
December 04, 2001 : Marike de Klerk, ex-wife of former President F.W. de Klerk is murdered at her home in Cape Town
December 04, 1999 : 8th SEC Championship Game: #7 Alabama beats #5 Florida, 34-7
December 04, 1998 : The Unity Module, the second module of the International Space Station, is launched
December 04, 1997 : Nizar Hamdoon warns that Iraq will not allow oil to flow during a third six-month phase of the UN's oil-for-food sale until the UN approves an aid distribution plan
December 04, 1997 : NBA suspends Latrell Sprewell for 1 year for attacking his coach
December 04, 1997 : "Diary of Anne Frank" opens at Music Box Theater NYC
December 04, 1996 : Orlando Magic tie NBA record of fewest ponts scored since inception of 24 second clock losing to Cleveland Cavalier, 84-57
December 04, 1996 : NASA's 1st Mars rover launched from Cape Canaveral
December 04, 1996 : 7th Billboard Music Awards: Alanis Morissette win
December 04, 1995 : Atherton (185*) bats for 643 minutes to save Johannesburg Test
December 04, 1994 : Marta Figueras-Dottie and Brad Bryant wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
December 04, 1994 : 83rd Davis Cup: Sweden beats Russia in Moscow (4-1)
December 04, 1994 : "Angels in America-Perestroika" closes at W Kerr NYC after 216 performances
December 04, 1994 : "Angels in America-Millennium Approach" closes at Kerr after 367 performances
December 04, 1993 : Johann Koss skates world record 5K (6:35.53)
December 04, 1993 : Dan Jansen skates world record 500m (35.92 sec)
December 04, 1993 : A truce is concluded between the government of Angola and UNITA rebels.
December 04, 1993 : 2nd SEC Championship Game: #9 Florida beats #16 Alabama, 28-13
December 04, 1992 : Somali Civil War: President George H. W. Bush orders 28,000 US troops to Somalia in Northeast Africa.
December 04, 1991 : Patricia Bowman testifies that William Kennedy Smith raped her
December 04, 1991 : Pan American World Airways ceased operations
December 04, 1991 : Muslim Shi'ites release last US hostage Terry Anderson (held 6½ years)
December 04, 1991 : Judds final concert (Nashville)
December 04, 1990 : Iraq announces it will release all 3,300 Soviet hostages
December 04, 1990 : Due to Persian Gulf crisis gas hits $1.60 per gallon price in NYC
December 04, 1990 : An Iraqi official reports that Iraq will withdraw if it can retain control of the Rumailah field and keep Bubiyan and Werbah islands; also says that demands that the Palestinian issue be treated separately would not be surmountable
December 04, 1989 : NBC's premiere of "Howard Beach: Making A Case for Murder", based on December 1986 murders of black youths by white youths in New York City
December 04, 1988 : USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
December 04, 1988 : Orioles trade veteran 1B Eddie Murray to the Dodgers
December 04, 1988 : Amy Benz/John Huston wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
December 04, 1988 : Actor Gary Busey critically injured in motorcycle crash
December 04, 1987 : Karlstad skates world record 10 km (13:48.51)
December 04, 1986 : US launches its Fleet Satellite Communications System (Fltsatcom-7)
December 04, 1986 : Neil Simon's "Broadway Bound" premieres in NYC
December 04, 1985 : President Reagan appoints Vice Admiral John Poindexter as security adviser
December 04, 1985 : French President Mitterrand receives Polish leader Jaruzelski
December 04, 1985 : "Les Miserables" opens at Palace Theatre, London
December 04, 1984 : Hezbollah militants hijack a Kuwait Airlines plane, killing four passengers.
December 04, 1984 : 6th ACE Cable Awards: David Bowie: Serious Moonlight by Anthony Eaton and HBO
December 04, 1983 : US jet fighters strike Syrian anti-aircraft positions in Lebanon
December 04, 1983 : NJ Devils 1st shut-out, beating Minnesota Detroit Red Wings 6-0
December 04, 1983 : David Shire & R Maltby Jr's musical "Baby" premieres in NYC
December 04, 1983 : "Baby" opens at Barrymore Theater NYC for 241 performances
December 04, 1983 : "Amen Corner" closes at Nederlander Theater NYC after 83 performances
December 04, 1982 : Police & racist demonstrators clash in Antwerp
December 04, 1982 : China adopts its constitution
December 04, 1982 : 48th Heisman Trophy Award: Herschel Walker, Georgia (RB)
December 04, 1981 : Reagan Executive Order on Intelligence (No 12333) that allows CIA to engage in domestic counter-intelligence
December 04, 1981 : According to South Africa, Ciskei gains independence. Not recognized as an independent country outside South Africa.
December 04, 1981 : "Falcon Crest" premieres on CBS-TV
December 04, 1980 : Two months after death of drummer John Bonham, Led Zeppelin announces they will disband
December 04, 1980 : Islanders end 15 game undefeated streak (13-0-2) (Col Rockies)
December 04, 1979 : Cleveland Cavaliers retire jersey # 7, Bingo Smith
December 04, 1978 : Pioneer Venus 1 goes into orbit around Venus
December 04, 1978 : Dutch war criminal Pieter Menten freed
December 04, 1978 : Dianne Feinstein is named as San Francisco's 1st female & Jewish mayor
December 04, 1977 : NFL's 5,000th game, Cincinnati beats KC 27-7
December 04, 1977 : Neil Simon's "Chapter Two" premieres in NYC
December 04, 1977 : Jean-Bedel Bokassa crowns himself ruler of Central African Empire
December 04, 1977 : Hollis Stacy and Jerry Pate wins Pepsi-Cola Mixed Team Golf Championship
December 04, 1977 : 66th Davis Cup: Australia beats Italy in Sydney (3-1)
December 04, 1975 : 6 South Molukkans occupy Indonesian consulate in The Hague, 1 dead
December 04, 1974 : Jean-Paul Sartre visits Red Army Faction leader Andreas Baader in prison
December 04, 1974 : Dutch DC-8 charter crashes in Sri Lanka killing 191 Muslim pilgrims
December 04, 1971 : The UN Security Council calls an emergency session to consider the deteriorating situation between India and Pakistan.
December 04, 1971 : The Indian Navy attacks the Pakistan Navy and Karachi
December 04, 1971 : McGurk's Bar bombing: the UVF explode a bomb at a Catholic-owned pub in Belfast, killing fifteen Catholic civilians and wounding seventeen others; this was the highest death toll from a single incident in Belfast during 'the Troubles'
December 04, 1970 : Unemployment in US increases to 5.8%
December 04, 1968 : Following a civil rights march in Dungannon, Northern Ireland, there is a violent clash between Loyalists and those who are taking part in the march
December 04, 1966 : Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Pensacola Ladies Golf Invitational
December 04, 1966 : KETS TV channel 2 in Little Rock, AR (PBS) begins broadcasting
December 04, 1965 : San Francisco Giant Masanori Murakami, 4-1 this year, does not renew his contract signing instead with the Nankai Hawks of Osaka for $40,000
December 04, 1965 : Gemini 7 launched with Frank Borman and Jim Lovell
December 04, 1965 : 2nd NY Knicks game postponed (due to death of opponent 76ers' owner)
December 04, 1965 : 2 passenger planes collide above Danbury, Connecticut, 4 die
December 04, 1965 : "Roar of the Greasepaint" closes at Shubert NYC after 232 performances
December 04, 1964 : The Beatles release their "Beatles For Sale" album
December 04, 1964 : Test Cricket debut of Ian Chappell, v Pakistan MCG, 11, 0-49, 0-31
December 04, 1964 : Commissioner's office given full powers in baseball disputes
December 04, 1964 : Baseball approves a free-agent draft
December 04, 1963 : Pope Paul VI closes 2nd session of 2nd Vatican Council
December 04, 1963 : Aldo Moro forms Italian government (1963-1968)
December 04, 1962 : US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
December 04, 1961 : WXGA TV channel 8 in Waycross, GA (PBS) begins broadcasting
December 04, 1961 : The female contraceptive 'pill' becomes available on the National Health Service in Britain
December 04, 1961 : Tanganyika becomes 104th member of UN
December 04, 1961 : Smallest NY Knick, 49th St Madison Square Garden crowd-1,300 (snowstorm)
December 04, 1961 : Museum of Modern Art hangs Matisse's Le Bateau upside down for 47 days
December 04, 1961 : Floyd Patterson KOs Tom McNeeley in 4 for heavyweight boxing title
December 04, 1961 : 1962 NFL Draft: Ernie Davis from University of Syracuse first pick by Washington Redskins
December 04, 1958 : Finnish government of Fagerholm resigns
December 04, 1958 : Dahomey (Benin), Ivory Coast become autonomous within French Community
December 04, 1957 : First edition of "Chase's Annual Events" published
December 04, 1957 : 2 commuter trains collide in heavy fog killing 92 (St John's, England)
December 04, 1956 : 22nd Heisman Trophy Award: Paul Hornung, Notre Dame (QB)
December 04, 1955 : Mgr Alfrink installed as Archbishop of Utrecht
December 04, 1954 : The first Burger King is opened in Miami, Florida, USA
December 04, 1954 : "On Your Toes" closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 64 performances
December 04, 1954 : "Hit the Trail" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 4 performances
December 04, 1952 : Walter P. Reuther chosen chairman of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) in the US
December 04, 1952 : Killer fogs begin in London, England; the term "Smog" is coined
December 04, 1951 : Superheated gasses roll down Mount Catarman, Philippines, killing 500 people
December 04, 1951 : Mir Waiz Maulvi Muhammad Yusouf is appointed President of Azad Kashmir Government.
December 04, 1951 : Aaron Copland's and Jerome Robbins' ballet "The Pied Piper" premieres in New York City
December 04, 1949 : Duncan Stewart, 2nd British Governor of Sarawak is fatally stabbed in the streets of Sibu by Malay student Rosli Dhoby with help from Morshidi Sidek with the goal of helping neighbouring Indonesia to take over British Sarawak
December 04, 1949 : Bob Gage ties NFL record of a 97 yard touchdown run
December 04, 1948 : SS Kiangya hits mine in Whangpoo River, China, sinks killing 2,750
December 04, 1948 : 13th Iron Bowl (first since 1907): Alabama beats Auburn 55-0 in Birmingham
December 04, 1948 : "Magdalena" closes at Ziegfeld Theater, NYC, after 48 performances
December 04, 1947 : USSR joins International Amateur Athletic Union
December 04, 1945 : Senate approves US participation in United Nations
December 04, 1945 : 11th Heisman Trophy Award: Doc Blanchard, Army (FB)
December 04, 1944 : Germans destroy Rhine dikes, Betuwe flooded
December 04, 1943 : Yugoslavian resistance forms provisionary government under Dr Ribar
December 04, 1943 : -Dec 6] 2nd conference of Cairo: FDR, Winston Churchill & Turkish President İsmet İnönü
December 04, 1943 : Commissioner Landis announces any baseball club may sign Negroes
December 04, 1942 : US bombers struck Italian mainland for first time in WW II
December 04, 1942 : Holocaust: In Warsaw, Zofia Kossak-Szczucka and Wanda Filipowicz set up the Żegota organization
December 04, 1942 : First US citizenship granted to an alien on foreign soil (James Hoey)
December 04, 1942 : FDR orders dismantling of Works Progress Administration
December 04, 1941 : Nazi ordinance places Jews of Poland outside protection of courts
December 04, 1935 : 1,200 at St Joseph's College (Philadelphia) enroll in anticommunism class
December 04, 1933 : Jack Kirkland's "Tobacco Road" premieres in NYC
December 04, 1933 : FDR creates Federal Alcohol Control Administration
December 04, 1931 : "Frankenstein" opens at Mayfair
December 04, 1930 : Vatican approves rhythm method for birth control
December 04, 1928 : Walter Donaldson & Gus Kahn's musical "Whoopee" premieres in NYC
December 04, 1927 : Pirates Paul Waner wins NL MVP
December 04, 1927 : Duke Ellington opens at the Cotton Club in Harlem
December 04, 1927 : Dmitri Shostakovitch's 2nd Symphony premieres in Moscow
December 04, 1926 : 14th CFL Grey Cup: Ottawa Senators defeats U of Toronto, 10-7
December 04, 1923 : WEAF radio begins broadcasting Eveready Hour (variety show)
December 04, 1923 : Cecil B. DeMille's first version of "The Ten Commandments" premieres
December 04, 1922 : Lucille Atcherson, becomes first woman legation sect-US foreign service
December 04, 1921 : The Virginia Rappe manslaughter trial against Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle ends in a hung jury
December 04, 1920 : 8th CFL Grey Cup: U of Toronto defeats Toronto Argonauts, 16-3
December 04, 1920 : 1st Pro football playoff game Buffalo-7, Canton-3 at Polo Grounds
December 04, 1918 : US President Woodrow Wilson sails for Versailles Peace Conference in France, 1st President to travel outside US while in office
December 04, 1915 : Panama-Pacific International Exposition closes in San Francisco
December 04, 1915 : Ku Klux Klan receives charter from Fulton County, Ga
December 04, 1915 : Henry Ford's peace ship, Oscar II, sails for Europe 'to get the boys out of the trenches by Christmas'
December 04, 1915 : F F Fletcher is first US admiral to receive Congressional Medal of Honor
December 04, 1914 : Walter Johnson accepts money from Federal League Chicago Whales Clark Griffith threatens to take Johnson to court
December 04, 1909 : 1st CFL Grey Cup: University of Toronto defeats Toronto Parkdale, 26-6
December 04, 1908 : The world's ten leading maritime nations attend a Naval Conference in London; they agree on rules for blockade, convoys, and seizure of contraband
December 04, 1908 : Haiti's president General Alexis Nord flees from military coup
December 04, 1906 : Alpha Phi Alpha, first Black Greek Letter Fraternity, forms
December 04, 1905 : British government of Arthur Balfour resigns
December 04, 1901 : Anne Russell's play "'Girl and the judge" premieres in New York
December 04, 1899 : Webb Hayes, son of US President Rutherford Hayes, receives medal of honor
December 04, 1899 : 56th Congress (1899-1901) convenes
December 04, 1889 : Explorer Henery Morton Stanley's expedition reaches Bagamoyo in Indian Ocean
December 04, 1881 : The first edition of the Los Angeles Times is published
December 04, 1875 : William Magear Tweed "Boss Tweed" (Tammany Hall, NYC) escapes from jail
December 04, 1872 : Ship the Mary Celeste is discovered mysteriously abandoned by her crew in the Atlantic Ocean
December 04, 1867 : Former Minnesota farmer Oliver Hudson Kelley founds the Order of the Patrons of Husbandry (better known today as the Grange)
December 04, 1864 : Romanian Jews are forbidden to practice law
December 04, 1864 : Battle of Waynesborough (Brier Creek), Georgia
December 04, 1863 : Storm flood ravages The Netherlands coastal provinces
December 04, 1851 : Pres Louis Napoleon Boaparte's forces crush an attempted coup d'etat in France
December 04, 1844 : James Knox Polk elected 11th US President
December 04, 1843 : Robert Schumann's "Das Paradies und die Peri" premieres in Leipzig
December 04, 1843 : Manila paper (made from sails, canvas & rope) patented in Massachusetts
December 04, 1836 : Whig party holds its first national convention, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
December 04, 1833 : American Anti-Slavery Society formed by Arthur Tappan in Philadelphia
December 04, 1832 : French army begins bombing citadel of Antwerp
December 04, 1829 : Britain outlaws "suttee" in India (widow burning herself to death on her husband's funeral pyre)
December 04, 1816 : James Monroe (VA), elected 5th US President, defeating Federalist Rufus King
December 04, 1812 : Peter Gaillard of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, patents a horse-drawn mower
December 04, 1798 : Rebellious Flemish farmers occupy Hasselt
December 04, 1791 : Britain's Observer, oldest Sunday newspaper in the world, first published
December 04, 1783 : General Washington bids officers farewell at Fraunce's Tavern, NYC
December 04, 1745 : Bonnie Prince Charles reaches Derby
December 04, 1691 : Spanish king Carlos II names Maximilian II viceroy of Southern Netherlands
December 04, 1691 : Emperor Leopold I takes control of Transsylvania
December 04, 1688 : General John Churchill (later 1st Duke of Marlborough) changes allegiance from James II to William of Orange
December 04, 1682 : First General Assembly in Pennsylvania (Chester)
December 04, 1680 : Hen in Rome lays an egg imprinted with comet not seen until Dec 16th
December 04, 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.
December 04, 1674 : Father Marquette builds first dwelling in what is now Chicago
December 04, 1665 : Jean Racine's "Alexandre le Grand" premieres in Paris
December 04, 1655 : Middelburg Neth forbids building of synagogue
December 04, 1644 : First European peace congress opens in Munster
December 04, 1619 : 38 colonists from Berkeley Parish, England disembark in Virginia and give thanks to God. Considered by many the first Thanksgiving in the Americas.
December 04, 1563 : Council of Trent holds last session, after 18 years
December 04, 1534 : Ottoman Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent occupies Baghdad
December 04, 1489 : Battle of Baza - Spanish army captures Baza from Moors
December 04, 1259 : Treaty of Paris: English King Henry III & French King Louis IX
December 04, 1197 : Crusaders wound Rabbi Elezar ben Judah
December 04, 1154 : Adrian IV elected Pope. The only Englishman to become pontiff, Nicholas Breakspear was a member of the family which until recent years brewed beer in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire.
December 04, 1110 : Syrian harbor city Saida (Sidon) surrenders to Crusaders
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