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 338th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 27 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is November 21, 2025 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,764,806,400 seconds 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 ‘trihectatriacontaoctagon’ day.
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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 75 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 4,731 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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December 4 Historical Events
- 1110 –First Crusade: The Crusaders sack Sidon.
- 1619 –38 colonists from Berkeley Parish in England disembark in Virginia and give thanks to God (this is considered by many to be the first Thanksgiving in the Americas).
- 1881 –The first edition of the Los Angeles Times is published.
- 1921 –The first Virginia Rappe manslaughter trial 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.
- 1975 –Suriname joins the United Nations.
- 1979 –The Hastie fire in Hull, kills three schoolboys and eventually leads police to arrest Bruce George Peter Lee.
- 1980 –English rock group Led Zeppelin officially disbands, following the death of drummer John Bonham on September 25th.
- 1981 –South Africa grants independence to the Ciskei “homeland” (not recognized by any government outside South Africa).
- 1992 –Somali Civil War: President George H. W. Bush orders 28,000 US troops to Somalia in Northeast Africa.
Who were born on December 4?
- 1646 –Alain Emmanuel de Coëtlogon, Marshal of France (d. 1730)
- 1660 –André Campra, French composer (d. 1744)
- 1670 –John Aislabie, English politician (d. 1742)
- 1711 –Barbara of Portugal, queen of Spain (d. 1758)
- 1948 –Southside Johnny, American singer
- 1951 –Gary Rossington, American musician (Lynyrd Skynyrd)
- 1955 –Dave Taylor, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1964 –Jonathan Goldstein, American actor
- 1970 –Sylvester Terkay, American wrestler
- 1979 –Jay DeMerit, American soccer player
Who died on December 4?
- 1270 –Theobald V of Champagne, King of Navarre
- 1340 –Henry Burghersh, English bishop and chancellor (b. 1292)
- 1696 –Empress Meishō, Japan (b. 1624)
- 1933 –Stefan George, German poet (b. 1868)
- 1938 –Tamanishiki San'emon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 32nd Yokozuna (b. 1903)
- 1955 –József Galamb, Hungarian mechanical engineer (b. 1881)
- 1976 –Benjamin Britten, English composer (b. 1913)
- 2007 –Chip Reese, American professional poker player (b. 1951)
- 2009 –Eddie Fatu, Samoan-American professional wrestler (b. 1973)
- 2011 –Hubert Sumlin, American blues guitarist (b. 1931)
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