Historical Events In December - 04

1988  On December - 04 actor Gary Busey critically injured in motorcycle crash   

1990  On December - 04 due to Persian Gulf crisis gas hits $1.60 per gallon price in NYC   

1990  On December - 04 iraq announces it will release all 3,300 Soviet hostages   

1990  On this day in history edward Binns, US actor (12 Angry One), dies of heart attack at 74   

1991  Muslim Shiites release last US hostage Terry Anderson (held 6« years) on December - 04.   

1991  The Judds final concert (Nashville) on this day in history.   

1992  US Troops land in Somalia on this day in history.   

1993  On December - 04 frank Sturgis, watergate burglar, dies at 68   

1994  Geoffery Rudolph Elton, historiographer, dies at 73 on December - 04.   

1995  On this day in history adrianne Jones, killed by David Graham & Diane Zamora, at 16   

1996  On December - 04 basil Nield, judge/politician, dies at 83   

1997  On this day in history david Abell Wood, priest, dies at 72   

2005  On this day in history 250,00 people in Hong Kong protest for democracy.   

2007  The OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) releases the results of the PISA 2006 survey on December - 04.   

2012  On December - 04 29 people are killed by a mortar attack in Bteeha, Syria   

2012  On December - 04 typhoon Bopha in Philippines killing 1,901 people   

2014  The United Nations warns that the world is on course for the warmest year since records began on this day in history.   

2017  On December - 04 uS Supreme Court allows President Trump's travel ban to come into effect for 6 mostly Muslim countries   

2017  US President Trump scales back Utah National Parks - Bears Ears National Monument (85%), Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument (50%) on December - 04.   

2017  On this day in history new York's Metropolitan Opera suspends conductor James Levine after allegations of sexual misconduct   

2017  On this day in history new York Giants fire coach Bob McAdoo and manager Jerry Reese   

2017  Thomas fire begins and spreads to city of Ventura, California on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

2018  On this day in history theresa May's UK government suffers three parliamentary defeats in one day, also found in contempt of parliament for failing to publish report in full on Brexit   

2018  On this day in history french President Emmanuel Macron drops controversial rise in fuel tax after three weeks of mass protests   

2018  Attempts to establish mob council in Sicily thwarted when 46 members of the mafia arrested including Settimio Mineo on this day in history.   

2018  On this day in history scottish artist Charlotte Prodger wins the 2018 Turner Prize with film shot on her iPhone   

2018  First successful birth resulting from uterus transplant from a deceased donor in São Paulo, Brazil on December - 04.   

2018  French couture house Chanel ends its use of fur and exotic skins following bans by other companies on December - 04.   

2018  On this day in history native Americans had just one migration from Siberia to the New World, at most 23,000 years ago, in research published in "Nature" and "Science"   

2020  On this day in history [COVID-19 pandemic] The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 passes 65 million worldwide, with the global death toll exceeding 1.5 million. Figures reflect that, in the last week, over 10,000 people worldwide have died on average every day, with one death every nine seconds. According to the World Health Organization, COVID-19 had caused more deaths in 2020 than tuberculosis in 2019, as well as four times the number of deaths than malaria.   

2020  Somali Civil War: The United States announces its withdrawal from the conflict over the next month on December - 04.   

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1443  On this day in history birth of pope Julius II, (1503-13), patron of Michelangelo, Bramante, Raphael   

1555  Heinrich Meibom, German historian and poet (d. 1625) was born on December - 04.   

1580  Samuel Argall, English adventurer and naval officer (d. 1626) was born on this day in history.   

1584  On December - 04 birth of john Cotton, Puritan clergyman in Mass Bay colony   

1595  On December - 04 birth of jean Chapelain, French writer (d. 1674)   

1646  Alain Emmanuel de Coëtlogon, Marshal of France (d. 1730) was born on this day in history.   

1660  On this day in history birth of andre Campra, composer   

1667  On December - 04 birth of michel Pignolet de Monteclair, composer   

0765  Death of Jafar Sadiq, Shia Imam (b. 702) on December - 04.   

0771  Karloman II, French king of Burgundy, dies at about 20 on December - 04.   

0811  On this day in history charles, eldest son of emperor Charles the Great, dies at about 39   

1075  Death of Archbishop Anno II of Cologne on this day in history.   

1123  On this day in history death of omar Khayyám, Persian poet, astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher (b. 1048)   

1137  On December - 04 lotharius III of Supplinburg, emperor (1125, 33-37), dies at 67   

1182  Henry, earl of Gelre/Zutphen (1141/79-82), dies on this day in history.   

1214  Death of William I of Scotland on this day in history.