December 4.
1154:The only Englishman to be made Pope, Nicholas Breakspear is elected as Adrian IV.
1791:Britain's Observer newspaper first published.
1829:Britain outlaws the practice of suttee in India.
1872:The notorious ship the Mary Celeste is found abandoned at sea.
1881:Los Angelus Times commences publication.
1918:Woodrow Wilson sets sail.for the Versailles Peace Conference-the first sitting US President to travel abroad.
1952:Killer fogs in London.The word "smog" (smoke + fog) is coined.
1954:Ist Burger King opens.
1961:Floyd Patterson wins heavyweight boxing title.
1961:The contraceptive pill becomes available on the NHS in Britain.
1965:The first concert performance of The Grateful Dead(under that name).
1968:Loyalists clash with civil rights marchers in Dungannon.
1971:UVF bomb McGurk's bar in Belfast.
1980:Led Zeppelin announce disbandment.
1985:"Led Miserables" opens in London.
1991:Pan Am ceases operations.
1991:After 7 years US hostage Terry Anderson is released.
1992:George H.W.Bush orders American troops into Somalia.
2017:US Supreme Court allows Trump's travel ban on 6 mostly Muslim countries.
Birthdays.
1840:Crazy Horse,Amerindian leader.
1892:Francisco Franco,Spanish dictator.
1921
eanna Durbin,Canadian actress and singer.
1930:Ronnie Corbett, British actor and comedian.
1949:Jeff Bridges,American actor.
1955:Philip Hammond, Current Tory Chancellor of the Exchequer.
1963:Sergey Bubka,Ukrainian pole vaulter.
1964:Scott Hastings ,former Scottish rugby international.
1964:Marisa Tomei,America actress.
1969:Jay-Z,US rapper and husband of Beyonce.
1973:Tyra Banks,American model.
Deaths.
1993:Frank Zappa,American musician.
2009:Liam Clancy,Irish musician.
2011:Sócrates,former Brazilian footballer.