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December 4 is the 338th day of the year (339th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . 27 days remain until the end of the year.
0 771 – Austrasian king Carloman I dies, leaving his brother Charlemagne king of the now complete Frankish Kingdom .1110 – The Kingdom of Jerusalem captures Sidon .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.1563 – The final session of the Council of Trent is held. (It had opened on December 13, 1545.)1619 – Thirty-eight colonists arrive at Berkeley Hundred , Virginia . The group's charter proclaims that the day "be yearly and perpetually kept holy as a day of thanksgiving to Almighty God."1676 – The Danish army under the command of King Christian V engages the Swedish army commanded by the Swedish king Charles XI at the Battle of Lund , to this day it is counted as the bloodiest battle in Scandinavian history and a turning point in the Scanian War .1745 – Charles Edward Stuart 's army reaches Derby , its furthest point during the Second Jacobite Rising .1783 – At Fraunces Tavern in New York City, U.S. General George Washington bids farewell to his officers .1786 – Mission Santa Barbara is dedicated (on the feast day of Saint Barbara ).1791 – The first edition of The Observer 1829 – In the face of fierce local opposition, British Governor-General Lord William Bentinck issues a regulation declaring that anyone who abets suttee Bengal is guilty of culpable homicide .1861 – The 109 Electors of the several states of the Confederate States of America unanimously elect Jefferson Davis as President and Alexander H. Stephens as Vice President .1864 – American Civil War : Sherman's March to the Sea : At Waynesboro, Georgia , forces under Union General Judson Kilpatrick prevent troops led by Confederate General Joseph Wheeler from interfering with Union General William T. Sherman 's campaign destroying a wide swath of the South on his march to the Atlantic Ocean from Atlanta .1865 – North Carolina ratifies 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution , followed soon by Georgia , and U.S. slaves were legally free within two weeks.1867 – Former Minnesota farmer Oliver Hudson Kelley founds the Order of the Patrons of Husbandry (better known today as the Grange ).1872 – The crewless American brigantine Mary Celeste Dei Gratia . The ship has been abandoned for nine days but is only slightly damaged. Her master Benjamin Briggs and all nine others known to have been on board are never accounted for.[1] 1875 – Notorious New York City politician Boss Tweed escapes from prison; he is later recaptured in Spain.1881 – The first edition of the Los Angeles Times 1893 – First Matabele War : A patrol of 34 British South Africa Company soldiers is ambushed and annihilated by more than 3,000 Matabele warriors on the Shangani River in Matabeleland .1906 – Alpha Phi Alpha the first black intercollegiate Greek lettered fraternity was founded at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.1909 – In Canadian football , the First Grey Cup game is played. The University of Toronto Varsity Blues defeat the Toronto Parkdale Canoe Club , 26–6.1909 – The Montreal Canadiens ice hockey club, the oldest surviving professional hockey franchise in the world, is founded as a charter member of the National Hockey Association . 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.1939 – World War II : HMS Nelson is struck by a mine (laid by U-31 1942 – World War II: Carlson's patrol during the Guadalcanal Campaign ends.1943 – World War II: In Yugoslavia , resistance leader Marshal Josip Broz Tito proclaims a provisional democratic Yugoslav government in-exile.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. 1945 – By a vote of 65–7, the United States Senate approves United States participation in the United Nations . (The UN had been established on October 24, 1945.)1949 – Sir Duncan George Stewart was fatally stabbed by Rosli Dhobi , a member leader of the Rukun 13 , in Sibu , Sarawak , Malaysia during the British crown colony era in that state.1954 – The first Burger King is opened in Miami , Florida .1956 – The Million Dollar Quartet (Elvis Presley , Jerry Lee Lewis , Carl Perkins , and Johnny Cash ) get together at Sun Studio for the first and last time.1964 – Free Speech Movement : Police arrest over 800 students at the University of California, Berkeley , following their takeover and sit-in at the administration building in protest of the UC Regents ' decision to forbid protests on UC property.[2] 1965 – The Grateful Dead 's first concert performance under this new name.1965 – Launch of Gemini 7 with crew members Frank Borman and Jim Lovell . The Gemini 7 spacecraft was the passive target for the first crewed space rendezvous performed by the crew of Gemini 6A . 1967 – Vietnam War : U.S. and South Vietnamese forces engage Viet Cong troops in the Mekong Delta .1969 – Black Panther Party members Fred Hampton and Mark Clark are shot and killed during a raid by 14 Chicago police officers.1971 – The Indian Navy attacks the Pakistan Navy and Karachi .1971 – The PNS Ghazi , a submarine belonging to the Pakistan Navy , sinks during the course of the Indo-Pakistani Naval War of 1971 . 1977 – Jean-Bédel Bokassa , president of the Central African Republic , crowns himself Emperor Bokassa I of the Central African Empire .1977 – Malaysian Airline System 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 's first female mayor.1979 – The Hastie fire in Hull kills three schoolboys and eventually leads police to arrest Bruce George Peter Lee .1981 – South Africa grants independence to the Ciskei "homeland" (not recognized by any government outside South Africa).1982 – The People's Republic of China adopts its current constitution .1983 – US Navy aircraft from USS John F. Kennedy and USS Independence attack Syrian Missile sites in Lebanon in response to an F-14 being fired on by an SA-7 . One A-6 Intruder and A-7 Corsair are shot down. 1 American pilot was killed, one was rescued and one is captured. [3] 1984 – Sri Lankan Civil War : Sri Lankan Army soldiers kill 107–150 civilians in Mannar .1991 – Terry A. Anderson is released after seven years in captivity as a hostage in Beirut ; he is the last and longest-held American hostage in Lebanon .1991 – Pan American World Airways ceases its operations after 64 years. 1992 – Somali Civil War : President George H. W. Bush orders 28,000 U.S. troops to Somalia in Northeast Africa .1998 – The Unity Module International Space Station , is launched.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 .2014 – Islamic insurgents kill three state police at a traffic circle before taking an empty school and a "press house" in Grozny . Ten state forces die with 28 injured in gun battles ending with ten insurgents killed.2015 – A firebomb is thrown into a restaurant in the Egyptian capital of Cairo , killing 17 people.2017 – The Pontiac Silverdome in Pontiac, Michigan is imploded, one day after failing to be imploded.2017 – The Thomas Fire starts near Santa Paula in California . It eventually becomes the largest wildfire in modern California history (at that time) after burning 440 square miles (281,893 acres; 114,078 ha) in Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties. 0 AD 34 – Persius , Roman poet (d. 62)0 846 – Hasan al-Askari 11th Imam of Twelver Shia Islam (d. 874)1428 – Bernard VII, Lord of Lippe (d. 1511)1506 – Thomas Darcy, 1st Baron Darcy of Chiche (d. 1558)1555 – Heinrich Meibom , German poet and historian (d. 1625)1575 – Sister Virginia Maria , Italian nun (d. 1650)1580 – Samuel Argall , English adventurer and naval officer (d. 1626)1585 – John Cotton , English-American minister and theologian (d. 1652)1595 – Jean Chapelain , French poet and critic (d. 1674)1647 – Daniel Eberlin , German soldier and composer (d. 1715)1660 – André Campra , French composer and conductor (d. 1744)1667 – Michel Pignolet de Montéclair , French composer and educator (d. 1737)1670 – John Aislabie , English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (d. 1742)1713 – Gasparo Gozzi , Italian playwright and critic (d. 1786)1777 – Juliette Récamier , French businesswoman (d. 1849)1795 – Thomas Carlyle , Scottish-English historian, philosopher, and academic (d. 1881)1798 – Jules Armand Dufaure , French lawyer and politician, 33rd Prime Minister of France (d. 1881)1817 – Nikoloz Baratashvili , Georgian poet and author (d. 1845)1835 – Samuel Butler , English author and critic (d. 1902)1844 – Franz Xavier Wernz , German religious leader, 25th Superior General of the Society of Jesus (d. 1914)1861 – Hannes Hafstein , Icelandic poet and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Iceland (d. 1922)1865 – Edith Cavell , English nurse, humanitarian, and saint (Anglicanism ) (d. 1915)1867 – Stanley Argyle , Australian politician, 32nd Premier of Victoria (d. 1940)1868 – Jesse Burkett , American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1953)1875 – Agnes Forbes Blackadder , Scottish medical doctor (d. 1964)[4] 1875 – Joe Corbett , American baseball player and coach (d. 1945) 1875 – Rainer Maria Rilke , Austrian-Swiss poet and author (d. 1926) 1881 – Erwin von Witzleben , Polish-German field marshal (d. 1944)1882 – Constance Davey , Australian psychologist (d. 1963)1883 – Katharine Susannah Prichard , Australian author and playwright (d. 1969)1884 – R. C. Majumdar , Indian historian (d. 1980)1892 – Francisco Franco , Spanish general and dictator, Prime Minister of Spain (d. 1975)1892 – Liu Bocheng , Chinese commander and politician (d. 1986) 1893 – Herbert Read , English poet and critic (d. 1968)1895 – Feng Youlan , Chinese philosopher and academic (d. 1990)1897 – Robert Redfield , American anthropologist of Mexico (d. 1958)1899 – Karl-Günther Heimsoth , German physician and politician (d. 1934)1899 – Charlie Spencer , English footballer and manager (d. 1953) 1903 – Cornell Woolrich , American author (d. 1968)1904 – Albert Norden , German journalist and politician (d. 1982)1908 – Alfred Hershey , American bacteriologist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1997)1910 – Alex North , American composer and conductor (d. 1991)1910 – R. Venkataraman , Indian lawyer and politician, 6th President of India (d. 2009) 1912 – Pappy Boyington , American colonel and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1988)1913 – Mark Robson , Canadian-American director and producer (d. 1978)1914 – Rudolf Hausner , Austrian painter and sculptor (d. 1995)1914 – Claude Renoir , French cinematographer (d. 1993) 1915 – Eddie Heywood , American pianist and composer (d. 1989)1916 – Ely Jacques Kahn, Jr. , American journalist and author (d. 1994)1919 – I. K. Gujral , Indian poet and politician, 12th Prime Minister of India (d. 2012)1920 – Nadir Afonso , Portuguese painter and architect (d. 2013)1920 – Michael Bates , English actor (d. 1978) 1920 – Jeanne Manford , American educator and activist, co-founded PFLAG (d. 2013) 1921 – Deanna Durbin , Canadian actress and singer (d. 2013)1923 – Charles Keating , American lawyer and financier (d. 2014)1923 – Eagle Keys , American-Canadian football player and coach (d. 2012) 1923 – John Krish , English director and screenwriter (d. 2016) 1924 – John C. Portman, Jr. , American architect, designed the Renaissance Center and Tomorrow Square (d. 2017)1925 – Albert Bandura , Canadian-American psychologist and academic1929 – Şakir Eczacıbaşı , Turkish pharmacist, photographer, and businessman (d. 2010)1930 – Ronnie Corbett , Scottish actor and screenwriter (d. 2016)1930 – Jim Hall , American guitarist and composer (d. 2013) 1931 – Alex Delvecchio , Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager1931 – Wally George , American radio and television host (d. 2003) 1932 – Roh Tae-woo , South Korean general and politician, 6th President of South Korea 1933 – Wink Martindale , American game show host and producer1933 – Horst Buchholz , German actor (d. 2003) 1934 – Bill Collins , Australian film critic and author (d. 2019)1934 – Victor French , American actor and director (d. 1989) 1935 – Paul O'Neill , American businessman and politician, 72nd United States Secretary of the Treasury 1936 – John Giorno , American poet and performance artist (d. 2019)1937 – Max Baer, Jr. , American actor, director, and producer1938 – Andre Marrou , American lawyer and politician1938 – Yvonne Minton , Australian-English soprano and actress 1939 – Stephen W. Bosworth , American academic and diplomat, United States Ambassador to South Korea (d. 2016)1939 – Joan Brady , American-British author 1939 – Freddy Cannon , American singer and guitarist 1940 – Gerd Achterberg , German footballer and manager1940 – Gary Gilmore , American murderer (d. 1977) 1941 – Marty Riessen , American tennis player and coach1942 – Bob Mosley , American singer-songwriter and bass player1944 – Chris Hillman , American singer-songwriter and guitarist1944 – Anna McGarrigle , Canadian musician and singer-songwriter 1944 – François Migault , French race car driver (d. 2012) 1944 – Dennis Wilson , American singer-songwriter, producer, and drummer (d. 1983) 1945 – Roberta Bondar , Canadian neurologist, academic, and astronaut1946 – Karina , Spanish singer/actress1947 – Jane Lubchenco , American ecologist, academic, and diplomat1948 – Southside Johnny , American singer-songwriter1949 – Jeff Bridges , American actor1949 – Jock Stirrup, Baron Stirrup , English air marshal and politician 1950 – Bjørn Kjellemyr , Norwegian bassist and composer1951 – Gary Rossington , American guitarist1951 – Patricia Wettig , American actress and playwright 1953 – Rick Middleton , Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster1953 – Jean-Marie Pfaff , Belgian footballer and manager 1955 – Philip Hammond , English businessman and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer 1955 – Dave Taylor , Canadian-American ice hockey player and manager 1955 – Cassandra Wilson , American singer-songwriter and producer 1956 – Nia Griffith , Welsh educator and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Wales 1956 – Bernard King , American basketball player and sportscaster 1957 – Raul Boesel , Brazilian race car driver and radio host1957 – Eric S. Raymond , American computer programmer and author 1960 – David Green , Nicaraguan-American baseball player1960 – Glynis Nunn , Australian heptathlete and hurler 1961 – Frank Reich , American football player and coach1962 – Vinnie Dombroski , American singer-songwriter and musician1962 – Gary Freeman , New Zealand rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster 1962 – Nixon Kiprotich , Kenyan runner 1962 – Kevin Richardson , English footballer and manager 1963 – Sergey Bubka , Ukrainian pole vaulter1963 – Nigel Heslop , English rugby player 1964 – Scott Hastings , Scottish rugby player and sportscaster1964 – Marisa Tomei , American actress 1965 – Álex de la Iglesia , Spanish director, producer, and screenwriter1965 – Shaun Hollamby , English race car driver and businessman 1965 – Ulf Kirsten , German footballer and manager 1966 – Fred Armisen , American actor and musician1966 – Andy Hess , American bass player 1966 – Suzanne Malveaux , American journalist 1966 – Suzette M. Malveaux , American lawyer and academic 1967 – Guillermo Amor , Spanish footballer and manager1968 – Tahir Dawar , Pakistani police officer and Pashto poet (d. 2018)1969 – Dionne Farris , American singer-songwriter, producer and actress1969 – Jay Z , American rapper, producer, and actor, co-founded Roc-A-Fella Records 1969 – Plum Sykes , English journalist and author 1971 – Shannon Briggs , American boxer and actor1972 – Jassen Cullimore , Canadian ice hockey player1972 – Yūko Miyamura , Japanese voice actress and singer 1973 – Tyra Banks , American model, actress, and producer1973 – Frank Boeijen , Dutch keyboard player 1973 – Mina Caputo , American singer-songwriter and keyboard player 1973 – Michael Jackson , English footballer and manager 1973 – Steven Menzies , Australian rugby league player 1973 – Kate Rusby , English singer-songwriter and guitarist 1974 – Tadahito Iguchi , Japanese baseball player1976 – Kristina Groves , Canadian speed skater1977 – Ajit Agarkar , Indian cricketer1977 – Darvis Patton , American sprinter 1977 – Morten Veland , Norwegian guitarist and songwriter 1978 – Jaclyn Victor , Malaysian singer and actress1979 – Ysabella Brave , American singer-songwriter1979 – Jay DeMerit , American soccer player 1980 – Rick Victor , Canadian wrestler and manager1981 – Brian Vandborg , Danish cyclist1982 – Nathan Douglas , English triple jumper1982 – Waldo Ponce , Chilean footballer 1982 – Ho-Pin Tung , Dutch-Chinese race car driver 1982 – Nick Vujicic , Australian evangelist 1983 – Jimmy Bartel , Australian footballer1984 – Marco Giambruno , Italian footballer1984 – Anna Petrakova , Russian basketball player 1984 – Joe Thomas , American football player 1985 – Andrew Brackman , American baseball player1985 – Stephen Dawson , Irish footballer 1985 – Carlos Gómez , Dominican baseball player 1986 – Kaija Udras , Estonian skier1986 – Martell Webster , American basketball player 1987 – Orlando Brown , American actor and rapper1988 – Andriy Pylyavskyi , Ukrainian footballer1988 – Yeng Constantino , Filipina singer and songwriter 1990 – Lukman Haruna , Nigerian footballer1990 – Blake Leary , Australian rugby league player 1990 – Igor Sjunin , Estonian triple jumper 1991 – Reality Winner , American intelligence specialist convicted of espionage[5] 1992 – Peta Hiku , New Zealand rugby league player1992 – Jean-Claude Iranzi , Rwandan footballer 1992 – Kim Seok-Jin , South Korean singer, songwriter and actor[6] 1996 – Diogo Jota , Portuguese professional footballer1996 – Sebastián Vegas , Chilean footballer 1996 – Sheryl Sheinafia , Indonesian singer-songwriter and actress 1996 – Ivan Belikov , Russian footballer 0 530 BC – Cyrus the Great , king of Persia (b. 600 BC)0 749 – John of Damascus , Syrian priest and saint (b. 676)0 771 – Carloman I , Frankish king (b. 751)0 870 – Suairlech ind Eidnén mac Ciaráin , Irish bishop 1075 – Anno II , German archbishop and saint (b. 1010)1131 – Omar Khayyám , Persian poet, astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher (b. 1048)1214 – William the Lion , Scottish king (b. 1143)1260 – Aymer de Valence , Bishop of Winchester (b. 1222)1270 – Theobald II of Navarre (b. 1238)1334 – Pope John XXII (b. 1249)1340 – Henry Burghersh , English bishop and politician, Lord Chancellor of England (b. 1292)1341 – Janisław I , Archbishop of Gniezno1408 – Valentina Visconti , wife of Louis of Valois, Duke of Orléans 1456 – Charles I, Duke of Bourbon (b. 1401)1459 – Adolphus VIII, Count of Holstein (b. 1401)1576 – Georg Joachim Rheticus , Austrian-Slovak mathematician and cartographer (b. 1514)1585 – John Willock , Scottish minister and reformer (b. 1515)1603 – Maerten de Vos , Flemish painter and draughtsman (b. 1532)1609 – Alexander Hume , Scottish poet (b. 1560)1637 – Nicholas Ferrar , English trader (b. 1592)1642 – Cardinal Richelieu , French cardinal and politician, Chief Minister to the French Monarch (b. 1585)1649 – William Drummond of Hawthornden , Scottish poet (b. 1585)1679 – Thomas Hobbes , English philosopher and theorist (b. 1588)1680 – Thomas Bartholin , Danish physician, mathematician, and theologian (b. 1616)1696 – Empress Meishō of Japan (b. 1624)1732 – John Gay , English poet and playwright (b. 1685)1798 – Luigi Galvani , Italian physician, physicist, and philosopher (b. 1737)1828 – Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool , English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1770)1839 – John Leamy , Irish–American merchant (b. 1757)[7] 1841 – David Daniel Davis , Welsh-English physician and academic (b. 1777)1845 – Gregor MacGregor , Scottish soldier and explorer (b. 1786)1850 – William Sturgeon , English physicist, invented the electric motor (b. 1783)1893 – John Tyndall , Irish-English physicist and chemist (b. 1820)1897 – Griffith Rhys Jones , Welsh conductor (b. 1834)1902 – Charles Dow , American journalist and publisher, co-founded the Dow Jones & Company (b. 1851)1926 – Ivana Kobilca , Slovenian painter (b. 1861)1933 – Stefan George , German-Swiss poet and translator (b. 1868)1935 – Johan Halvorsen , Norwegian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1864)1935 – Charles Richet , French physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1850) 1938 – Tamanishiki San'emon , Japanese sumo wrestler, the 32nd Yokozuna (b. 1903)1942 – Juhan Kukk , Estonian politician, 3rd Head of State of Estonia (b. 1885)1942 – Fritz Löhner-Beda , Jewish Austrian librettist, lyricist and writer (b. 1883) 1944 – Roger Bresnahan , American baseball player and manager (b. 1879)1945 – Thomas Hunt Morgan , American geneticist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1866)1948 – Frank Benford , American physicist and engineer (b. 1883)1954 – George Shepherd , 1st Baron Shepherd (b. 1881)1955 – József Galamb , Hungarian-American engineer (b. 1881)1963 – Constance Davey , Australian psychologist (b. 1882)1967 – Bert Lahr , American actor (b. 1895)1969 – Fred Hampton , American Black Panthers activist (b. 1948)1971 – Shunryū Suzuki , Japanese-American monk and educator, founded the San Francisco Zen Center (b. 1904)1975 – Hannah Arendt , German-American historian, theorist, and academic (b. 1906)1976 – Tommy Bolin , American guitarist and songwriter (b. 1951)1976 – Benjamin Britten , English pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1913) 1976 – W. F. McCoy , Irish soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1886) 1980 – Francisco de Sá Carneiro , Portuguese lawyer and politician, 111th Prime Minister of Portugal (b. 1934)1980 – Stanisława Walasiewicz , Polish-American runner (b. 1911) 1980 – Don Warrington , Canadian football player (b. 1948) 1981 – Jeanne Block , American psychologist (b. 1923)1984 – Jack Mercer , American animator, screenwriter, voice actor, and singer (b. 1910)1987 – Arnold Lobel , American author and illustrator (b. 1933)1987 – Rouben Mamoulian , Georgian-American director and screenwriter (b. 1897) 1988 – Osman Achmatowicz , Polish chemist and academic (b. 1899)1992 – Henry Clausen , American lawyer and author (b. 1905)1993 – Margaret Landon , American missionary and author (b. 1903)1993 – Frank Zappa , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1940) 1999 – Rose Bird , American academic and judge, 25th Chief Justice of California (b. 1936)2000 – Henck Arron , Surinamese banker and politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Republic of Suriname (b. 1936)2003 – Iggy Katona , American race car driver (b. 1916)2004 – Elena Souliotis , Greek soprano and actress (b. 1943)2005 – Errol Brathwaite , New Zealand soldier and author (b. 1924)2005 – Gregg Hoffman , American film producer (b. 1963) 2006 – K. Ganeshalingam , Sri Lankan accountant and politician, Mayor of Colombo (b. 1938)2006 – Ross A. McGinnis , American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1987) 2007 – Pimp C , American rapper (b. 1973)2009 – Liam Clancy , Irish singer, actor, and guitarist (b. 1935)2010 – King Curtis Iaukea , American wrestler (b. 1937)2011 – Sonia Pierre , Haitian-Dominican activist (b. 1965)[8] 2011 – Sócrates , Brazilian footballer and manager (b. 1954) 2011 – Hubert Sumlin , American singer and guitarist (b. 1931) 2012 – Vasily Belov , Russian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1932)2012 – Jack Brooks , American colonel, lawyer, and politician (b. 1922) 2012 – Miguel Calero , Colombian footballer and manager (b. 1971) 2012 – Anthony Deane-Drummond , English general (b. 1917) 2013 – Joana Raspall i Juanola , Spanish author and poet (b. 1913)2014 – Claudia Emerson , American poet and academic (b. 1957)2014 – V. R. Krishna Iyer , Indian lawyer and judge (b. 1914) 2014 – Vincent L. McKusick , American lawyer and judge (b. 1921) 2014 – Jeremy Thorpe , English lawyer and politician (b. 1929) 2015 – Bill Bennett , Canadian lawyer and politician, 27th Premier of British Columbia (b. 1932)2015 – Robert Loggia , American actor and director (b. 1930) 2015 – Yossi Sarid , Israeli journalist and politician, 15th Israeli Minister of Education (b. 1940) 2016 – Patricia Robins , British writer and WAAF officer (b. 1921).2017 – Shashi Kapoor , Indian actor (b. 1938)Holidays and observances [ edit ] References [ edit ] External links [ edit ] Wikimedia Commons has media related to December 4
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