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ÉVéNEMENTS DU 4 DéCEMBRE

William M. Tweed

Année: 1875

Notorious New York City politician Boss Tweed escapes from prison; he is later recaptured in Spain.

Los Angeles Times

Année: 1881

The first edition of the Los Angeles Times is published.

First Matabele War

Année: 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.

Mary Celeste

Année: 1872

The American brigantine Mary Celeste is discovered drifting in the Atlantic. Her crew is never found.

Minnesota

Année: 1867

Former Minnesota farmer Oliver Hudson Kelley founds the Order of the Patrons of Husbandry (better known today as the Grange).

Sherman's March to the Sea

Année: 1864

American Civil War: Sherman's March to the Sea: Union cavalry forces defeat Confederate cavalry in the Battle of Waynesboro, Georgia, opening the way for General William T. Sherman's army to approach the coast.

North Carolina

Année: 1865

North Carolina ratifies 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, followed two days later by Georgia, and U.S. slaves were legally free within two weeks.

Alpha Phi Alpha

Année: 1906

Alpha Phi Alpha the first intercollegiate Greek lettered fraternity for African-Americans was founded at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.

Montreal Canadiens

Année: 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.

Cosmo Gordon Lang

Année: 1928

Cosmo Gordon Lang was enthroned as the Archbishop of Canterbury, the first bachelor to be appointed in 150 years.

NAISSANCES DU 4 DéCEMBRE

Victor French

Année de naissance: 1934

Victor French, American actor and director (died 1989)

Horst Buchholz

Année de naissance: 1933

Horst Buchholz, German actor (died 2003)

Wink Martindale

Année de naissance: 1933

Wink Martindale, American game show host and producer (died 2025)

Dick Ricketts

Année de naissance: 1933

Dick Ricketts, American baseball and basketball player (died 1988)

Paul H. O'Neill

Année de naissance: 1935

Paul O'Neill, American businessman and politician, 72nd United States Secretary of the Treasury (died 2020)

John Giorno

Année de naissance: 1936

John Giorno, American poet and performance artist (died 2019)

Stephen W. Bosworth

Année de naissance: 1939

Stephen W. Bosworth, American academic and diplomat, United States Ambassador to South Korea (died 2016)

Andre Marrou

Année de naissance: 1938

Andre Marrou, American lawyer and politician

Max Baer Jr.

Année de naissance: 1937

Max Baer Jr., American actor, director, and producer

Freddy Cannon

Année de naissance: 1936

Freddy Cannon, American singer and guitarist

DéCèS DU 4 DéCEMBRE

Stefan George

Année de décès: 1933

Stefan George, German-Swiss poet and translator (born 1868)

Charles Richet

Année de décès: 1935

Charles Richet, French physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1850)

Johan Halvorsen

Année de décès: 1935

Johan Halvorsen, Norwegian violinist, composer, and conductor (born 1864)

Tamanishiki San'emon

Année de décès: 1938

Tamanishiki San'emon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 32nd Yokozuna (born 1903)

Ivana Kobilca

Année de décès: 1926

Ivana Kobilca, Slovenian painter (born 1861)

Charles Dow

Année de décès: 1902

Charles Dow, American journalist and publisher, co-founded the Dow Jones & Company (born 1851)

Gregor MacGregor

Année de décès: 1845

Gregor MacGregor, Scottish soldier and explorer (born 1786)

William Sturgeon

Année de décès: 1850

William Sturgeon, English physicist, invented the electric motor (born 1783)

John Tyndall

Année de décès: 1893

John Tyndall, Irish-English physicist and chemist (born 1820)

Caradog (Griffith Rhys Jones)

Année de décès: 1897

Griffith Rhys Jones, Welsh conductor (born 1834)

JOURS FéRIéS DU 4 DéCEMBRE

Saint Osmund

Christian feast day: Osmund

Nicholas Ferrar

Christian feast day: Nicholas Ferrar (Anglicanism)

December 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christian feast day: December 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Navy Day (India)

Culture of Tonga

Tupou I Day (Tonga)

Maruthas of Martyropolis

Christian feast day: Maruthas

John of Damascus

Christian feast day: John of Damascus

Eid il-Burbara

Christian feast day: Barbara, and its related observances: Eid il-Burbara, a holiday similar to Halloween in honor of Saint Barbara. (Russia, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria, Turkey)

Saint Barbara

Christian feast day: Barbara, and its related observances: Barbórka, Miners' Day in Poland

Anno II

Christian feast day: Anno II

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