What are the important events that happened on December 4? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

December 4: Facts & Myths About This Day

December 4 is the 339^th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 27 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is November 21, 2024 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 28,887,840 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘trihectatriacontaenneagon’ day.

Sagittarius is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Turquoise is the modern birthstone for this month. Onyx is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 56 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,366 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

December 4 Historical Events

• 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.
• 1791 –
  The first edition of The Observer, the world’s first Sunday newspaper, is published.
• 1918 –
  U.S. President Woodrow Wilson sails for the World War I peace talks in Versailles, becoming the first US president to travel to Europe while in office.
• 1937 –
  The first issue of the children’s comic, The Dandy Comic, is published, one of the first to use speech balloons.
• 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.
• 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).
• 2005 –
  Tens of thousands of people in Hong Kong protest for democracy and call on the Government to allow universal and equal suffrage.
• 2006 –
  Six black youths assault a white teenager in Jena, Louisiana, US; the subsequent court case becomes a cause célèbre.

Who were born on December 4?

• 1660 –
  André Campra, French composer (d. 1744)
• 1886 –
  Jan Thomée, Dutch football player (d. 1954)
• 1889 –
  Lloyd Bacon, American actor and film director (d. 1955)
• 1908 –
  Alfred Hershey, American bacteriologist, Nobel laureate (d. 1997)
• 1932 –
  Roh Tae-woo, former (13th) President of South Korea
• 1949 –
  Pamela Stephenson, New Zealand-born actress
• 1973 –
  Frank Boeijen, Dutch musician (The Gathering)
• 1979 –
  Jeff Taylor, Canadian computer scientist
• 1984 –
  Genta Ismajli, a Kosovan-Albanian singer
• 1984 –
  Joe Thomas, American football player

Who died on December 4?

• 771 –
  Carloman, King of the Franks (b. 751)
• 1075 –
  Archbishop Anno II of Cologne
• 1576 –
  Rheticus, Austrian mathematician (b. 1514)
• 1609 –
  Alexander Hume, Scottish poet
• 1642 –
  Armand Jean du Plessis, Cardinal Richelieu, French statesman (b. 1585)
• 1933 –
  Stefan George, German poet (b. 1868)
• 1944 –
  Roger Bresnahan, American baseball player (b. 1879)
• 1999 –
  Rose Bird, American judge (b. 1936)
• 2006 –
  James Kim, American television personality (b. 1971)
• 2011 –
  Sócrates, Brazilian footballer (b. 1954)