December 4, 2020, FRIDAY - 339th day of the year. There are 27 days left until the New Year.
? HOLIDAYS?
? International Banking Day
? International Cheetah Day
?? National Cookies Day (United States)
?? Navy Day (India)
?? Thailand Environment Day (Thailand)
?? Insurance Day in Iran
? A day to order gifts and write a letter to Santa Claus
? HISTORICAL EVENTS?
771 - King Carloman I of Austria dies and his brother Charlemagne leaves the current full-fledged Frankish kingdom.
1110 - The kingdom of Jerusalem is conquered by Sidon.
1259 - French King Louis IX and Henry III of England agree to the Treaty of Paris, in which Henry returns to French-controlled territory in continental Europe (including Normandy) in exchange for his support of the British rebels. He gives up his vows.
1563 - The last session of the Council of Trent is held. (It was opened on December 1545, 13.)
1619 - Thirty-eight colonists come to Berkeley, Virginia. The charter of the group proclaimed this day to be "sanctified every year and forever as a day of thanksgiving to the Almighty."
1676 - The Danish Army under King Christian V enlists the Swedish army under King Charles XI of Sweden in the Battle of Lund, which to this day is the bloodiest battle in Scandinavian history and a turning point in the Battle of Scania. .
1745 - Charles Edward Stewart's army arrives at the Derby, the most remote place during the Second Jacobite Rise.
1783 - U.S. General George Washington bids farewell to his officers at the Fraunks Tavern in New York City.
1786 - Dedicated to the mission of Santa Barbara (St. Barbara's Feast Day).
1791 - The first issue of the Observer, the world's first Sunday newspaper, is published.
1829 - Lord William Bentinck, Governor-General of the United Kingdom, orders the use of milk in Bengal against a fierce local controversy.
1861 - 109 voters in the Confederate States of America unanimously elect Jefferson Davis President and Alexander H. Stephen Vice President.
1864 - American Civil War: Sherman's Marine Corps: In Waynesborough, Georgia, forces led by Allied General Joseph Kilpatrick prevent Confederate General Joseph Wheeler's Army General William T. Sherman's campaign to destroy a large area of the south. A walk from Atlanta to the Atlantic Ocean.
1865 - North Carolina approves the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, shortly after which Georgia and U.S. slaves are legally free within two weeks.
1867 - Oliver Hudson Kelly, a former Minnesota farmer, establishes the Order of the Patron of the Farm (now known as the Grange).
1872 - Mary Celeste, an unmanned American brigadier sailing in the Atlantic Ocean, is discovered by Canadian Brigadier General Dei Gratia. The ship had been abandoned for nine days, but was slightly damaged. His boss, Benjamin Briggs, and all nine of the people known to be on board will never be counted. [1]
1875 - Boss Tweed, a prominent New York politician, escapes from prison; it is then recaptured in Spain.
1881 - The first issue of the Los Angeles Times is published.
1893 - First Matabele War: On the Shangani River in Matabeleland, more than 3000 matabele fighters ambush and destroy the patrol service of 34 soldiers of the British South African Company.
1906 - Alpha Phi Alpha The first black inter-college Greek letter fraternity is founded at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.
1909 - The first Ash Cup is played in Canadian football. University of Toronto Varsity Blues defeated Toronto Parkdale Canoe Club, 26-6.
1909 - The Montreal Canadiens Ice Hockey Club, the world's oldest professional hockey franchise, is founded as a charter member of the National Hockey Association.
1918 - U.S. President Woodrow Wilson travels to Versailles for World War I peace talks and becomes the first U.S. president to travel to Europe during his tenure.
1939 - World War II: HMS Nelson strikes a mine off the coast of Scotland (laid by U-31) and is ready for repair by August 1940.
1942 - World War II: Carlson's patrol ends during the Guadalcanal campaign.
1943 - World War II: Yugoslavia's leading opposition marshal, Josip Broz Tito, announces the deportation of the interim democratic Yugoslav government.
1943 - World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt closes the Works Progress administration because of the high level of employment during the war in the United States.
1945 - With 65-7 votes, the U.S. Senate approves the United States' participation in the United Nations. (The UN was established on October 1945, 24.)
1949 - Sir Duncan George Stewart is assassinated by Rosley Dhobi, a member of the Rukun 13, in Sibu, Sarawak, Malaysia, during the British Crown Colony.
1956 - A million-dollar quartet (Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Johnny Cash) gathers for the first and last time at Sun Studio.
1964 - Free Speech Movement: Police arrest more than 800 students at the University of California, Berkeley, and after sitting in the administration building, UC Regents decides to ban demonstrations against UC property. protested. [2]
1965 - Launch of Gemini 7 with crew members Frank Borman and Jim Lovell. The Gemini 7 spacecraft was a passive target for the first crew space encounter carried out by the Gemini 6A crew.
1967 - Vietnam War: U.S. and South Vietnamese forces deploy Vietnamese Congolese troops in the Mekong Delta.
1969 - Black Panther Party members Fred Hampton and Mark Clark are shot dead by 14 Chicago police officers.
1971 - Indian Navy attacks Pakistani Navy and Karachi.
1971 - A PNS Gazi submarine belonging to the Pakistani Navy sinks in 1971 during the Indo-Pakistani naval war.
1977 - Jean-Bédel Bokassa, President of the Central African Republic, elects himself Emperor Bokassa I of the Central African Empire.
1977 - Flight 653 of Malaysia Airlines is hijacked and crashes in Tanjong Kupang (Johor), killing 100 people.
1978 - Dianne Feinstein becomes the first female mayor in San Francisco after the assassination of Mayor George Moscone.
1979 - Three schoolchildren are killed in a Hastie fire in Hull, which eventually leads to the arrest of Bruce George Peter Lee.
1981 - South Africa gives independence to Ciskei's "homeland" (not recognized by any government outside of South Africa).
1982 - The People's Republic of China adopts its current constitution.
1983 - US John F. Kennedy and US Navy fighter jets attack Syrian missile sites in Lebanon in response to an F-7 fired by the SA-14. One A-6 Intruder and one A-7 Corsair are being shot down. 1 American pilot was killed, one was rescued and another was captured. [3]
1984 - Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan army soldiers kill 107-150 civilians in Mannar.
1991 - Terry A. Anderson is released after 7 years in captivity in Beirut; he is the last and longest-serving American to be taken hostage in Lebanon.
1991 - Pan American World Airways ceases operations after 64 years.
1992 - Somali Civil War: President George W. Bush orders 28 U.S. troops to Somalia in Northeast Africa.
2005 - Tens of thousands of people in Hong Kong protest for democracy and call on the government to have universal and equal suffrage.
2006 - Attacks six black and white teenagers in Jena, Louisiana.
2014 - Islamic insurgents kill three state police in a car park before seizing an empty school and a "press house" in Grozny. Twenty-eight people have been wounded in clashes between government forces and ten insurgents.
2017 - The Thomas Flame begins near Santa Pula, California. It eventually became the largest fire in modern California history (at the time) after burning 440 square miles (281 acres; 893 acres) in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties.
? BORN?
34 - Persian, Roman poet (died 62)
0846 - Hasan al-Askari, the 11th Imam of the Twelve Shia Islams (died 874)
1506 - Thomas Darcy, 1st Baron Darcy (died 1558).
1580 - Samuel Argall, English adventurer and naval officer (died 1626).
1595 - Jean Shapelain, French poet and critic (died 1674).
1660 - André Kempra, French composer and conductor (died 1744).
1667 - Michel Pignolet de Monteclair, French composer and teacher (died 1737).
1670 - John Ayslabi, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (died 1742).
1713 - Gasparo Gozzi, Italian playwright and critic (died 1786).
1798 - Jules Armand Dufaure, French lawyer and politician, becomes the 33rd Prime Minister of France (died 1881).
1817 - Nikoloz Baratashvili, Georgian poet and author (died 1845).
1861 - Hannes Huffstein, Icelandic poet and politician, becomes the first Prime Minister of Iceland (died 1).
1865 - Edith Quell, English nurse, humanitarian and saint (Anglicanism) (died 1915).
1867 - Stanley Argil, Australian politician, Victoria's 32nd Prime Minister (died 1940).
1868 - Jesse Burkett, American baseball player, coach and manager (died 1953)
