Talk:December 4

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December 4: Navy Day in India

2004 transit of Venus

1639 – Jeremiah Horrocks and William Crabtree made the first successful observation of a transit of Venus (example pictured) from Earth.
1872 – The American brigantine Mary Celeste was found apparently abandoned under circumstances that remain unknown.
1971 – Indo-Pakistani War: The Indian Navy launched a successful attack against the Pakistan Navy at Karachi, sinking three ships with no Indian casualties.
1980 – The English rock group Led Zeppelin officially disbanded.
2006 – Six black teenagers assaulted a white student in Jena, Louisiana; the subsequent court cases became a cause célèbre for perceived racial injustice in the United States.

Maerten de Vos (d. 1603)
Agnes Forbes Blackadder (b. 1875)
Inder Kumar Gujral (b. 1919)
Benjamin Britten (d. 1976)

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1534 - The Turkish sultan Suleiman I captures Baghdad. false

Could not be confirmed [1] --mav 02:19, 4 Dec 2003 (UTC)

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1644 - Peace congress in Münster starts. The Peace of Westphalia (1648) would end the Thirty Years' War.

It did happen in 1644 but I could not confirm the exact date. --mav 02:19, 4 Dec 2003 (UTC)

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1851 - Failed coup d'état in France.

First of all the coup was successful. Second of all it happened on December 2. --mav 02:19, 4 Dec 2003 (UTC)

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1864 - Romania passes law forbidding Jews to practice law
1900 - The French National Assembly rejects nationalist General Auguste Mercier's proposal to plan an invasion of England.
1909 - First Grey Cup game -- University of Toronto defeats Toronto Parkdale
1916 - Alpha Phi Alpha, the first African-American college fraternity, is established.
1930 - The Vatican approves the rhythm method for birth control.
1942 - First US bombing of mainland Italy.

The December 4 date could not be confirmed outside of 'this day in history'-type websites (very bad source). --mav 02:19, 4 Dec 2003 (UTC)

Nope - happened on December 1. --mav 02:19, 4 Dec 2003 (UTC)

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1973 - Pioneer 10 reaches Jupiter.

Nope - happened the day before (already there). --mav 02:19, 4 Dec 2003 (UTC)

Hug Day[edit]

As I pointed out on Talk:Physical intimacy, I would love to see evidence that anybody out there consider 4 December as an International Hug Day. --[[User:Valmi|Valmi ✒]] 04:14, 31 Oct 2004 (UTC)

I don't know about hugs, but December 4 IS "National Cookie Day" and "Wear Brown Shoes Day"! Not worth adding to Wiki, but worth a chuckle! — WylieCoyote (talk) 23:21, 4 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Sidon[edit]

1110 - First Crusade: The Crusaders conquer Sidon. Other than a brief reference in the History of Sidon there is no other reference in this site to this event Recommend its review for official deletion.

Crazy Horse[edit]

"1840 - Crazy Horse, Oglala Sioux chief (d. 1877)" Review/delete; no basis in fact —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mt1955 (talk • contribs) 09:55, 27 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

1777 – Juliette Récamier, French businesswoman (d. 1849)[edit]

The entry calls Juliette Récamier (born on this day in 1777) a "French businesswoman", but I can see no mention of anything supporting this in the main article about her? JezGrove (talk) 11:15, 4 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]