04 December - Today in History - Important historical events happened on this day in India and World History
According to Gregory calendar, on December 04, the day number in a year is 338 and if it is a leap year then the day number is 339. December 04 has a special significance in India and world history, because many such incidents have occurred on this day which have been recorded forever in the pages of history. Let's know some such important events which will increase your general knowledge. The facts collected will be as follows: People born on this day, demise of famous people, war treaty, freedom of any country, invention of new technologies, change of power, important National and International Day etc.
December 04 in History - Top Historical Events
| Year | Event / Incidence / Incident |
| 771 | Austrasian King Carloman I died, leaving his brother CharlemagneKing of the now complete Frankish Kingdom. |
| 1639 | English astronomer Jeremiah Horrocks made the first observationof a transit of Venus. |
| 1748 | French chemist Bertley was born. He did research work on different types of salts. |
| 1783 | US General George Washington formally bid farewell to his officers at Frances Tavon, New York City. |
| 1786 | Mission Santa Barbara was founded by Padre Fermin Lassuen as the tenth part of the Spanish mission in California. |
| 1791 | The first issue of The Observer, the world's first Sunday newspaper, was published in London. |
| 1796 | Bajirao II was appointed Peshwa. |
| 1829 | Sati, the Hindu funeral custom of widows immolating themselves,was prohibited in part of British India after years of campaigning by Ram Mohan Roy. |
| 1829 | Viceroy Lord William Bentick abolished the practice of sati. |
| 1833 | American Anti-Slavery Society was formed in Philadelphia by Arthur Tappan. |
| 1859 | The Maketeb-e Mulkiyya school was established in the Ottoman Empire. |
| 1860 | Agustino Lawrenceo of Margao, Goa, received a doctorate in chemistry from the University of Paris. He became the first Indian to pursue a doctorate from a foreign university. |
| 1872 | The American brigantine Mary Celeste was found apparentlyabandoned under circumstances which to this day remain unknown. |
| 1881 | The first edition of the Los Angeles Times was published. |
| 1893 | First Matabele War-A patrol of British South Africa Companysoldiers was ambushed and annihilated by more than 3,000 Matabelewarriors. |
| 1899 | For the first time, the vaccine of typhoid was used to protect humans from the disease. |
| 1909 | The first Grey Cup game, the championship game of the CanadianFootball League, was held. |
| 1909 | The Montreal Canadiens, the oldest professional ice hockey clubin the world, was founded as a charter member of the National HockeyAssociation. |
| 1919 | The twelfth Prime Minister of India, Indra Kumar Gujral was born. |
| 1937 | The political drama film First Lady, starring K. Francis, was released. |
| 1943 | The Works Progress Administration has come to an end. It had been built in 1930s to provide jobs during the period of Great Depression. |
| 1952 | London has been covered by a lethal smog for four days which has led to the death of around 4000 people .It is evidently created by the smoke soot and sulfur dioxide from the factories, cars and coal fires in homes. |
| 1952 | Thousands of people lost their lives due to the thick layer of smog in England. |
| 1954 | The global hamburger fast food chain Burger King, known for itssignature item the Whopper, was founded in Miami, Florida, US. |
| 1955 | The International Federation of Blood Donor Organizations was established in Luxembourg. |
| 1957 | 92 people died in London in a Lewisham train accident |
| 1961 | The National Health Service has made the birth control pill an oral contraception available to people. |
| 1967 | The country's first rocket Rohini RH 75 was launched from Thumba. |
| 1971 | The fight between the Indian Navy and the Pakistan Navy has reached another level. This has concerned the United Nations and they have called for a truce since it could turn into a full-fledged war. |
| 1971 | The Troubles-The Ulster Volunteer Force, an Ulster loyalistparamilitary group, exploded a bomb at a Catholic-owned pub in Belfast,Northern Ireland, killing 15 people. |
| 1979 | Bruce George Peter Lee set fire to a family home in Hull,England; after his arrest he revealed that he had started nine otherfatal fires in the area. |
| 1980 | The English rock group Led Zeppelin officially disbanded. |
| 1984 | Hezbollah militants hijacked a Kuwait airline plane and killed four passengers. |
| 1984 | Hezbollah bombers hijack a Kuwait Airlines plane and kill 4 passengers. |
| 1992 | US President George H. W. Bush ordered American troops into Somalia to help provide humanitarian aid and restore order during theongoing Somali Civil War. |
| 1996 | The US space agency NASA launched another spacecraft \ Mars Pathfounder for Mars. |
| 2004 | Maria Julia Mantila Garcia of Peru was voted Miss World 2004. |
| 2005 | Former Prime Minister of Australia Malcolm Fraser calls for a worldwide ban on capital punishment. |
| 2006 | NASA discloses its intention to build a base on whichever; the North Pole or south pole of the Moon. |
| 2006 | Six black youths in Jena, Louisiana, US, assaulted a whiteteenager; the subsequent court case would become a cause célèbre. |
| 2006 | Nearly a thousand people died in a village in the Philippines after a landfall. |
| 2006 | Nearly a thousand people died after landfall in a village in the Philippines. |
| 2007 | The United States has agreed to a free trade agreement with Peru by a vote of 77 to 18, allowing its implementation. |
| 2008 | Russian Prime Minister, Vladimir Putin states that Russia may be forced to slash gas supplies to Ukraine if it "does not fulfill the agreements" on payment for gas that has previously been consumed. |
| 2009 | Namibian current President Hifikepunye Pohamba is reappointed along with the reigning SWAPO party after elections last week. |
| 2010 | Ecuador authorities order for people to be evacuated from the slopes of the Tungurahua volcano after it starts emitting ash. |
| 2012 | A mortar attack in Syria killed 29 people. |
Famous Birthdays of December 04:
| Year | Name / Profession / Country |
| 1992 | Peta Hiku / Rugby Player / New Zealand |
| 1936 | John Giorno / Poet / United States of America |
| 1935 | Paul O'Neill / Politician / United States of America |
| 1931 | Alex Delvecchio / Ice Hockey Player / Canada |
| 1966 | Suzanne Malveaux / Journalist / United States of America |
| 1973 | Frank Boeijen / Keyboard Player / Netherlands |
| 1964 | Marisa Tomei / Actress / United States of America |
| 1910 | Alex North / Composer / United States of America |
| 1916 | Ely Jacques Kahn / Author / United States of America |
| 1964 | Scott Hastings / Rugby Player / Scotland |
| 1939 | Freddy Cannon / Singer / United States of America |
| 1962 | Kevin Richardson / Footballer / United Kingdom |
| 1986 | Martell Webster / Basketball Player / United States of America |
| 1899 | Karl-Günther Heimsoth / Politician / Germany |
| 1969 | Plum Sykes / Author / United Kingdom |
| 1982 | Nick Vujicic / Evangelist / Australia |
| 1983 | Jimmy Bartel / Footballer / Australia |
| 1914 | Rudolf Hausner / Painter / Austria |
| 1923 | Eagle Keys / Footballer / United States of America |
| 1777 | Juliette Récamier / Business Woman / France |
| 1971 | Shannon Briggs / Actor / United States of America |
| 1555 | Heinrich Meibom / Poet / Germany |
| 1940 | Gerd Achterberg / Footballer / Germany |
| 1990 | Igor Sjunin / Jumper / Estonia |
| 1962 | Gary Freeman / Rugby Player / New Zealand |
| 1910 | Ramaswamy Venkataraman / Lawyer / India |
| 1930 | Jim Hall / Instrumentalist / United States of America |
| 1984 | Joe Thomas / Footballer / United States of America |
| 1985 | Carlos Gómez / Baseball Player / Dominican Republic |
| 1660 | André Campra / Composer / France |
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