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04 Dec 1110
Syrian harbor city Saida (Sidon) surrenders to Crusaders
04 Dec 1154
Adrian IV elected Pope. The only Englishman to become pontiff Nicholas Breakspear was a member of the family which until recent years brewed beer in Henley-on-Thames Oxfordshire.
04 Dec 1259
Treaty of Paris English King Henry III and French King Louis IX
04 Dec 1489
Battle of Baza - Spanish army captures Baza from Moors
04 Dec 1563
Council of Trent holds its last session after 18 years. Last ecumenical council for more than 300 years.
04 Dec 1619
38 colonists from Berkeley Parish England disembark in Virginia and give thanks to God. Considered by many the first Thanksgiving in the Americas.
04 Dec 1644
First European peace congress opens in Munster
04 Dec 1655
Middelburg Netherlands forbids building of synagogue
04 Dec 1665
Jean Racines Alexandre le Grand premieres in Paris
04 Dec 1674
Father Marquette builds first dwelling in what is now Chicago
04 Dec 1676
Battle of Lund A Danish army under the command of King Christian V of Denmark engages the Swedish army commanded by Field Marshal Simon Grundel-Helmfelt
04 Dec 1680
Hen in Rome lays an egg imprinted with comet not seen until Dec 16th
04 Dec 1682
First General Assembly in Pennsylvania (Chester)
04 Dec 1688
General John Churchill (later 1st Duke of Marlborough) changes allegiance from James II to William of Orange
04 Dec 1691
Emperor Leopold I takes control of Transsylvania
04 Dec 1691
Spanish king Carlos II names Maximilian II viceroy of Southern Netherlands
04 Dec 1783
General Washington bids officers farewell at Fraunces Tavern NYC
04 Dec 1791
Britains Observer oldest Sunday newspaper in the world first published
04 Dec 1812
Peter Gaillard of Lancaster Pennsylvania patents a horse-drawn mower
04 Dec 1829
Britain outlaws suttee in India (widow burning herself to death on her husbands funeral pyre)
04 Dec 1833
American Anti-Slavery Society formed by Arthur Tappan in Philadelphia
04 Dec 1836
Whig party holds its first national convention Harrisburg Pennsylvania
04 Dec 1843
Manila paper (made from sails canvas and rope) patented in Massachusetts
04 Dec 1843
Robert Schumanns Das Paradies und die Peri premieres in Leipzig
04 Dec 1851
President Louis Napoleon Boapartes forces crush an attempted coup detat in France
04 Dec 1863
Storm flood ravages The Netherlands coastal provinces
04 Dec 1864
Battle of Waynesborough (Brier Creek) Georgia
04 Dec 1867
Former Minnesota farmer Oliver Hudson Kelley founds the Order of the Patrons of Husbandry (better known today as the Grange)
04 Dec 1881
The first edition of the Los Angeles Times is published
04 Dec 1889
Explorer Henery Morton Stanleys expedition reaches Bagamoyo in Indian Ocean
04 Dec 1899
Webb Hayes son of US President Rutherford Hayes receives medal of honor
04 Dec 1901
Anne Russells play Girl and the judge premieres in New York
04 Dec 1906
Alpha Phi Alpha first Black Greek Letter Fraternity forms
04 Dec 1908
Haitis president General Alexis Nord flees from military coup
04 Dec 1908
The worlds ten leading maritime nations attend a Naval Conference in London they agree on rules for blockade convoys and seizure of contraband
04 Dec 1909
1st CFL Grey Cup Rosedale Field Toronto University of Toronto Blues beat Toronto Parkdale Canoe Club 26-6 Blues undefeated
04 Dec 1909
Oldest still-operating NHL franchise is officially established as J. Ambrose OBrien and Jack Laviolette create the Club de Hockey Canadien known today as the Montreal Canadiens
04 Dec 1915
Frank Friday Fletcher is first US admiral to receive Congressional Medal of Honor
04 Dec 1915
Ku Klux Klan receives charter from Fulton County Georgia
04 Dec 1915
Panama-Pacific International Exposition closes in San Francisco
04 Dec 1920
1st Pro football playoff game Buffalo-7 Canton-3 at Polo Grounds
04 Dec 1920
CFL Grey Cup Varsity Stadium Toronto U of Toronto Blues win 4th title beat Toronto Argonauts 16-3
04 Dec 1921
The Virginia Rappe manslaughter trial against Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle ends in a hung jury
04 Dec 1922
Lucille Atcherson becomes first woman legation sect-US foreign service
04 Dec 1923
WEAF radio begins broadcasting Eveready Hour (variety show)
04 Dec 1926
CFL Grey Cup Ottawa Senators retain Championship with 10-7 win over U of Toronto Blues
04 Dec 1928
Walter Donaldson & Gus Kahns musical Whoopee premieres in NYC
04 Dec 1930
Vatican approves rhythm method for birth control
04 Dec 1932
Kurt von Schleicher succeeds Franz von Papen as Reich Chancellor of Germany
04 Dec 1933
Jack Kirklands play Tobacco Road premieres in NYC became the longest-running play of its time
04 Dec 1935
1200 at St Josephs College (Philadelphia) enroll in anticommunism class
04 Dec 1941
Nazi ordinance places Jews of Poland outside protection of courts
04 Dec 1942
First US citizenship granted to an alien on foreign soil (James Hoey)
04 Dec 1942
FDR orders dismantling of Works Progress Administration
04 Dec 1942
US bombers strike Italian mainland for first time in WW II
04 Dec 1942
Holocaust In Warsaw Zofia Kossak-Szczucka and Wanda Filipowicz set up the egota organization
04 Dec 1943
-Dec 6] 2nd conference of Cairo FDR Winston Churchill and Turkish President smet nn
04 Dec 1943
Commissioner Landis announces any baseball club may sign Negroes
04 Dec 1943
Yugoslavian resistance forms provisionary government under Dr Ribar
04 Dec 1945
11th Heisman Trophy Award Doc Blanchard Army (FB)
04 Dec 1945
Senate approves US participation in United Nations
04 Dec 1947
USSR joins International Amateur Athletic Union
04 Dec 1947
In the first cricket Test match between the 2 nations India is dismissed for 98 by Australia in Brisbane to lose by an innings & 226 runs fast bowler Ernie Toshack takes 6 for 29 for match figures of 11 for 31
04 Dec 1948
Magdalena closes at Ziegfeld Theater NYC after 48 performances
04 Dec 1948
SS Kiangya hits mine in Whangpoo River China sinks killing 2750
04 Dec 1949
Bob Gage ties NFL record of a 97 yard touchdown run
04 Dec 1949
Duncan Stewart 2nd British Governor of Sarawak is fatally stabbed in the streets of Sibu by Malay student Rosli Dhoby with help from Morshidi Sidek with the goal of helping neighbouring Indonesia to take over British Sarawak
04 Dec 1951
Superheated gasses roll down Mount Catarman Philippines killing 500 people
04 Dec 1951
Mir Waiz Maulvi Muhammad Yusouf is appointed President of Azad Kashmir Government
04 Dec 1952
Killer fogs begin in London England the term Smog is coined
04 Dec 1952
Walter P. Reuther chosen chairman of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) in the US
04 Dec 1954
Hit the Trail closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 4 performances
04 Dec 1954
On Your Toes closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 64 performances
04 Dec 1954
The first Burger King is opened in Miami Florida USA
04 Dec 1955
Bernardus Johannes Alfrink installed as Archbishop of Utrecht
04 Dec 1956
22nd Heisman Trophy Award Paul Hornung Notre Dame (QB)
04 Dec 1956
Australian swimmer Murray Rose sets world record 427.3 to claim the 400m gold medal at the Melbourne Olympics Rose later also wins 1500m gold
04 Dec 1956
American diver Pat McCormick wins the 3m springboard gold medal at the Melbourne Olympics with 142.46 points later wraps up the womens double when she takes the 10m platform gold
04 Dec 1957
First edition of Chases Annual Events published
04 Dec 1957
2 commuter trains collide in heavy fog killing 92 (St Johns England)
04 Dec 1958
Dahomey (Benin) Ivory Coast become autonomous within French Community
04 Dec 1961
Smallest NY Knick 49th St Madison Square Garden crowd-1300 (snowstorm)
04 Dec 1961
WXGA TV channel 8 in Waycross GA (PBS) begins broadcasting
04 Dec 1961
The female contraceptive pill becomes available on the National Health Service in Britain
04 Dec 1961
1962 NFL Draft Ernie Davis from University of Syracuse first pick by Washington Redskins
04 Dec 1963
Pope Paul VI closes 2nd session of 2nd Vatican Council
04 Dec 1963
Boston Bruins right wing Andy Hebenton sets a new NHL record by playing in his 581st consecutive game in 2-2 tie with Chicago Black Hawks reaches 630 straight games
04 Dec 1964
The Beatles release their Beatles For Sale album
04 Dec 1964
Commissioners office given full powers in baseball disputes
04 Dec 1964
Test Cricket debut of Ian Chappell v Pakistan MCG 11 0-49 0-31
04 Dec 1965
Roar of the Greasepaint closes at Shubert NYC after 232 performances
04 Dec 1965
2 passenger planes collide above Danbury Connecticut 4 die
04 Dec 1965
2nd NY Knicks game postponed (due to death of opponent 76ers owner)
04 Dec 1965
San Francisco Giant Masanori Murakami 4-1 this year does not renew his contract signing instead with the Nankai Hawks of Osaka for 40000
04 Dec 1966
KETS TV channel 2 in Little Rock AR (PBS) begins broadcasting
04 Dec 1966
Military Working Dog Nemo saves the life of his handler Airman Robert A. Throneburg during the Vietnam War surviving a gunshot wound to the nose
04 Dec 1968
Following a civil rights march in Dungannon Northern Ireland there is a violent clash between Loyalists and those who are taking part in the march
04 Dec 1971
The UN Security Council calls an emergency session to consider the deteriorating situation between India and Pakistan
04 Dec 1971
The Indian Navy attacks the Pakistan Navy and Karachi
04 Dec 1971
McGurks Bar bombing the UVF explode a bomb at a Catholic-owned pub in Belfast killing fifteen Catholic civilians and wounding seventeen others this was the highest death toll from a single incident in Belfast during the Troubles
04 Dec 1974
Dutch DC-8 charter crashes in Sri Lanka killing 191 Muslim pilgrims
04 Dec 1975
6 South Molukkans occupy Indonesian consulate in The Hague 1 dead
04 Dec 1977
66th Davis Cup Australia beats Italy in Sydney (3-1)
04 Dec 1977
West Indies win 1st World Series Cricket Test against Australia at VFL Park in Melbourne by 3 wickets chasing 235 for victory Viv Richards with 56 and Clive Lloyd 44 guide WI to 2377 with 2 days to spare
04 Dec 1977
Davis Cup Tennis Sydney John Alexander beats Adriano Panatta of Italy 6-4 4-6 2-6 8-6 11-9 in a 3 hour 54 minute classic to give Australia a 3-1 victory
04 Dec 1978
Dianne Feinstein is named as San Franciscos 1st female and Jewish mayor
04 Dec 1979
Cleveland Cavaliers retire jersey 7 Bingo Smith
04 Dec 1980
Islanders end 15 game undefeated streak (13-0-2) (Col Rockies)
04 Dec 1981
According to South Africa Ciskei gains independence. Not recognized as an independent country outside South Africa.
04 Dec 1982
48th Heisman Trophy Award Herschel Walker Georgia (RB)
04 Dec 1982
Police and racist demonstrators clash in Antwerp
04 Dec 1983
Amen Corner closes at Nederlander Theater NYC after 83 performances
04 Dec 1983
Baby opens at Barrymore Theater NYC for 241 performances
04 Dec 1983
David Shire & R Maltby Jrs musical Baby premieres in NYC
04 Dec 1983
NJ Devils 1st shut-out beating Minnesota Detroit Red Wings 6-0
04 Dec 1983
US jet fighters strike Syrian anti-aircraft positions in Lebanon
04 Dec 1984
Hezbollah militants hijack a Kuwait Airlines plane killing four passengers.
04 Dec 1985
Les Miserables opens at Palace Theatre London
04 Dec 1985
President Reagan appoints Vice Admiral John Poindexter as security adviser
04 Dec 1985
Slobodan ivojinovi of Yugoslavia upsets No. 2 seed John McEnroe 2-6 6-3 1-6 6-4 6-0 in the Australian Open quarter finals leaves McEnroe without a major singles title for the first time since 1978
04 Dec 1986
US launches its Fleet Satellite Communications System (Fltsatcom-7)
04 Dec 1986
Neil Simons Broadway Bound premieres in NYC
04 Dec 1987
Defending champion Ivan Lendl wins 3rd straight season-ending ATP Masters Grand Prix tennis title by defeating Mats Wilander of Sweden 62 62 63 in the final at Madison Square Garden NYC
04 Dec 1988
Actor Gary Busey critically injured in motorcycle crash
04 Dec 1988
Amy BenzJohn Huston wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
04 Dec 1988
Edmonton center Jimmy Carson becomes just the third player to score 6 NHL hat tricks before the age of 21 in the Oilers 10-6 win over the New York Rangers
04 Dec 1989
NBCs premiere of Howard Beach Making A Case for Murder based on December 1986 murders of black youths by white youths in New York City
04 Dec 1990
Due to Persian Gulf crisis gas hits 1.60 per gallon price in NYC
04 Dec 1990
Iraq announces it will release all 3300 Soviet hostages
04 Dec 1990
An Iraqi official reports that Iraq will withdraw if it can retain control of the Rumailah field and keep Bubiyan and Werbah islands also says that demands that the Palestinian issue be treated separately would not be surmountable
04 Dec 1991
Muslim Shiites release last US hostage Terry Anderson (held 6 years)
04 Dec 1991
Patricia Bowman testifies that William Kennedy Smith raped her
04 Dec 1993
Dan Jansen skates world record 500m (35.92 sec)
04 Dec 1993
A truce is concluded between the government of Angola and UNITA rebels.
04 Dec 1994
Angels in America-Perestroika closes at W Kerr NYC after 216 performances
04 Dec 1994
Angels in America-Millennium Approach closes at Kerr after 367 performances
04 Dec 1994
83rd Davis Cup Sweden beats Russia in Moscow (4-1)
04 Dec 1994
Marta Figueras-Dottie and Brad Bryant wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
04 Dec 1995
Atherton (185) bats for 643 minutes to save Johannesburg Test
04 Dec 1996
NASAs 1st Mars rover launched from Cape Canaveral
04 Dec 1996
Orlando Magic tie NBA record of fewest ponts scored since inception of 24 second clock losing to Cleveland Cavalier 84-57
04 Dec 1997
Diary of Anne Frank opens at Music Box Theater NYC
04 Dec 1997
NBA suspends former Golden State Warriors guard Latrell Sprewell for 1 year for attacking coach P.J. Carlesimo
04 Dec 1997
Nizar Hamdoon warns that Iraq will not allow oil to flow during a third six-month phase of the UNs oil-for-food sale until the UN approves an aid distribution plan
04 Dec 1998
The Unity Module the second module of the International Space Station is launched
04 Dec 2001
Marike de Klerk ex-wife of former President F.W. de Klerk is murdered at her home in Cape Town
04 Dec 2005
Tens of thousands of people in Hong Kong protest for democracy and call on the Government to allow universal and equal suffrage
04 Dec 2005
94th Davis Cup Croatia beats Slovak Republic in Bratislava (3-2)
04 Dec 2006
An adult giant squid is caught on video by Kubodera near the Ogasawara Islands 1000 km (620 miles) south of Tokyo
04 Dec 1259
Treaty of Paris English King Henry III and French King Louis IX end 100 years of conflict between the Capetian and Plantagenet dynasties
04 Dec 1921
American Professional Football Association Championship Cubs Park Chicago Chicago Staleys beat Buffalo All-Americans 10-7 in de facto championship game after teams tied in standings
04 Dec 2007
Ballon dOr Milans Brazilian midfielder Kak is named best football player in the world first year in which players from clubs outside the UEFA federation eligible for nomination
04 Dec 2011
100th Davis Cup Spain beats Argentina in Seville (3-1)
04 Dec 1977
Davis Cup Mens Tennis Sydney John Alexander beats Adriano Panatta of Italy 6-4 4-6 2-6 8-6 11-9 in a 3 hour 54 minute classic to give Australia a 3-1 victory
04 Dec 1983
David Shire & Richard Maltby Jr.s musical Baby opens at Barrymore Theater NYC for 241 performances
04 Dec 1983
NJ Devils 1st shut-out beating Minnesota North Stars 6-0
04 Dec 1996
Orlando Magic tie NBA record of fewest points scored since inception of 24 second clock losing to Cleveland Cavalier 84-57
04 Dec 2012
29 people are killed by a mortar attack in Bteeha Syria
04 Dec 2012
Typhoon Bopha makes landfall in the Philippines killing at least 81 people
04 Dec 1680
Hen in Rome lays a uniquely patterned egg later believed to have predicted the arrival of the KirchNewton Great Comet of
04 Dec 1920
1st Pro football playoff game Buffalo-7 Canton-3 at Polo Grounds NYC
04 Dec 1927
Pittsburgh Pirates future Baseball Hall of Fame outfielder Paul Waner wins NL MVP
04 Dec 1928
Walter Donaldson & Gus Kahns musical Whoopee starring Eddie Cantor premieres on Broadway at the New Amsterdam Theatre NYC runs for 407 performances
04 Dec 2013
Xavier Bettel becomes Luxenbergs first openly gay Prime Minister
04 Dec 1691
Spanish king Carlos II names Maximilian II as Viceroy of Southern Netherlands
04 Dec 1829
Britain outlaws suttee in India a Hindu practice where a widow burns herself to death on her husbands funeral pyre
04 Dec 1954
Musical Hit the Trail closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 4 performances
04 Dec 1958
American pilots Bob Timm and John Cook take off from Las Vegas Nevada in The Hacienda their modified Cessna 172 in an attempt to break recently set airplane flight endurance record effort succeeds almost 65 days later [1]
04 Dec 1964
The Beatles release Beatles For Sale their fourth studio album
04 Dec 1983
David Shire & Richard Maltby Jr.s musical Baby opens at Barrymore Theater NYC runs for 241 performances
04 Dec 1983
Garry Sherman and Peter Udells musical Amen Corner based on James Baldwins drama The Amen Corner closes at Nederlander Theatre after 28 performances
04 Dec 1991
Country music mother and daughter act The Judds farewell concert at Murphy Center in Murfreesboro Tennessee later re-unions and farewells in 2000 2010 2015 and 2021
04 Dec 1994
Tony Kushners drama Angels in America Millennium Approach closes at Walter Kerr Theater NYC after 367 performances and 4 Tony Awards and a Pulitzer Prize
04 Dec 1994
Tony Kushners drama Angels in America Perestroika closes at Walter Kerr Theater NYC after 216 performances and 3 Tony Awards
04 Dec 1881
The first edition of the Los Angeles Times newspaper is published
04 Dec 1943
Second Cairo Conference FDR Winston Churchill and Turkish President smet nn meet (till Dec 6)
04 Dec 1948
Heitor Villa-Lobos folk operetta Magdalena closes at Ziegfeld Theater NYC after 88 performances
04 Dec 1954
Frederico Valerio and Elizabeth Mieles musical Hit the Trail closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 4 performances
04 Dec 1954
Revival of George Abbott Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Harts musical On Your Toes closes at 46th St Theater NYC after 64 performances
04 Dec 1963
Pope Paul VI closes second session of 2nd Vatican Council
04 Dec 1978
Dianne Feinstein is named as San Franciscos 1st female and Jewish mayor after the assassination of George Moscone then elected for two full terms
04 Dec 1984
6th ACE Cable Awards David Bowie Serious Moonlight by Anthony Eaton and HBO win
04 Dec 1691
Emperor Leopold I takes control of Transylvania
04 Dec 1954
The first Burger King fast-food restaurant opens in Miami Florida
04 Dec 1964
The Beatles release Beatles For Sale their fourth studio album in the UK
04 Dec 2009
Montreal Canadiens retire Hall of Fame center Elmer Lachs jersey (No. 16) as part of teams centennial celebration
04 Dec 2012
Typhoon Bopha makes landfall in the Philippines killing at least 81 people
04 Dec 2013
Mosconi Cup nine-ball pool Las Vegas Nevada 4 consecutive titles for Europe after an 11-2 thrashing of US MVP Niels Feijen (Netherlands)
04 Dec 2014
Mosconi Cup nine-ball pool Blackpool England Team Europe beats US 11-5 for 5th straight title MVP Niels Feijen (Netherlands)
04 Dec 2014
The United Nations warns that the world is on course for the warmest year since records began
04 Dec 2014
Ukraine and Pro-Russian rebels agree to cease fire in the eastern war zone beginning December 9
04 Dec 2014
US authorities promise a fair investigation into the death of African American Eric Garner after a white New York City police officer held him in a choke-hold faces no charges
04 Dec 2015
Floods in Chennai and Tamil Nadu state India start receding after a month of heavy rainfall leaving more 260 dead and thousands stranded
04 Dec 2016
Austria elects liberal independent Alexander Van der Bellen as President after original vote in May annulled
04 Dec 2016
Tens of thousands march throughout Brazil against a vote to undermine anti-corruption investigations
04 Dec 2016
Venezuela issues new higher-value notes after currency falls 60% in 1 months against the US dollar
04 Dec 2017
New York Giants fire head coach Ben McAdoo and manager Jerry Reese after a 210 start
04 Dec 2017
New Yorks Metropolitan Opera suspends conductor James Levine after allegations of sexual misconduct
04 Dec 2017
Thomas fire begins and spreads to city of Ventura California
04 Dec 2017
US Supreme Court allows President Trumps travel ban to come into effect for 6 mostly Muslim countries
04 Dec 2018
Attempts to establish mob council in Sicily thwarted when 46 members of the mafia arrested including Settimio Mineo
04 Dec 1563
Council of Trent holds its last session after 18 years the last ecumenical council for more than 300 years
04 Dec 1864
Battle of Waynesboro is fought in eastern Georgia between Judson Kilpatricks Union cavalry and Joseph Wheelers Confederate cavalry
04 Dec 1922
Lucille Atcherson becomes the first woman admitted to the US Foreign Service
04 Dec 1923
The first US helium-filled dirigible the USS Shenandoah makes its first flight
04 Dec 1927
Dmitri Shostakovichs Symphony No. 2 premieres in Moscow
04 Dec 1933
Jack Kirklands play Tobacco Road premieres in NYC and becomes the longest-running play of its time
04 Dec 1949
Bobby Gage ties the NFL record for the longest touchdown run with a 97-yard score for the Pittsburgh Steelers
04 Dec 1958
American pilots Bob Timm and John Cook take off from Las Vegas Nevada in The Hacienda their modified Cessna 172 in an attempt to break a recently set airplane flight endurance record the effort succeeds almost 65 days later [1]
04 Dec 1961
1962 NFL Draft Ernie Davis University of Syracuse RB 1 pick by Washington Redskins
04 Dec 1988
Orioles trade veteran 1B Eddie Murray to the Dodgers
04 Dec 1991
Muslim Shiites release last US hostage journalist Terry Anderson after 6 years of captivity
04 Dec 1995
Englands captain Michael Atherton bats for 643 minutes (10 hours and 43 minutes) to score an unbeaten 185 and secure a draw for his team in the Johannesburg Test
04 Dec 2005
U.S. debut of the first part of two-part TV biopic miniseries Pope John Paul II on CBS
04 Dec 2011
Pedro Martnez officially announces his retirement from professional baseball
04 Dec 2018
First successful birth resulting from uterus transplant from a deceased donor in So Paulo Brazil
04 Dec 2018
French couture house Chanel ends its use of fur and exotic skins following bans by other companies
04 Dec 2018
Ownership group Seattle Hockey Partners led by billionaire businessman Davis Bonderman is unanimously granted an NHL license by the Board of Governors to start play 2020-21 season at KeyArena
04 Dec 2018
Research published in Nature and Science claims Native Americans had just one migration from Siberia to the New World at most 23000 years ago
04 Dec 2018
Scottish artist Charlotte Prodger wins the Turner Prize with a film shot on her iPhone
04 Dec 2019
58 migrants drown after a boat sinks off the coast of Mauritania with 83 saved
04 Dec 2019
North American migratory birds are getting smaller and their wings are getting wider due to climate change according to a study by the University of Michigan published in the journal Ecology Letters
04 Dec 2020
Mosconi Cup nine-ball pool Coventry England Europe ends US 2-year run with emphatic 11-3 win MVP Jayson Shaw (Scotland)
04 Dec 2020
New Zealand cricket captain Kane Williamson smashes 251 to set up the home sides innings & 134 run win over the West Indies in the 1st Test in Hamilton
04 Dec 2021
Mt Semeru erupts on Java island Indonesia killing at least 14 and injuring 56
04 Dec 2021
New Zealand cricket spin bowler Ajaz Patel (10-119) joins Jim Laker and Anil Kumble as the only three men to take all ten wickets in a Test innings on Day 2 of the 2nd Test against India in Mumbai
04 Dec 2022
At least 27 people killed after a bus is buried in a landslide in Risaralda province western Colombia [1]
04 Dec 2022
Mt Semeru Indonesias highest volcano erupts releasing gas clouds and rivers of lava on the island of Java [1]
04 Dec 2024
French government led by Prime Minister Michel Barnier is toppled by a no confidence vote for the first time since 1962 [1]
04 Dec 2024
United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson is shot and killed outside a hotel in Manhattan New York in a targeted attack