December 4

Pre-1600 • 771 – Austrasian king Carloman I dies, leaving his brother Charlemagne as sole king of the Frankish Kingdom. • 963 – The lay papal protonotary is elected pope and takes the name Leo VIII, being consecrated on 6 December after ordination. • 1110 – An army led by Baldwin I of Jerusalem and Sigurd the Crusader of Norway captures Sidon at the end of the First Crusade. • 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 nearly 18 years after the body held its first session on December 13, 1545. 1601–1900 • 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." • 1623 – 50 Christians are executed in Edo, Japan, during the Great Martyrdom of Edo. • 1676 – The Battle of Lund occurs, and is the bloodiest battle in Scandinavian history. • 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, the world's first Sunday newspaper, is published. • 1804 – The United States House of Representatives adopts articles of impeachment against Supreme Court Justice Samuel Chase. • 1808 – Napoleonic Wars: Under the orders by commander Tomás de Morla, the city of Madrid surrenders to French Emperor Napoleon I after a 4 day long siege. • 1829 – In the face of fierce local opposition, British Governor-General Lord William Bentinck issues a regulation declaring that anyone who abets sati in Bengal is guilty of culpable homicide. • 1861 – American Civil War: 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. • 1863 – American Civil War: Confederate General James Longstreet lifts his unsuccessful siege of Knoxville, Tennessee after failing to capture the city. • 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. • 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. • 1867 – Former Minnesota farmer Oliver Hudson Kelley founds the Order of the Patrons of Husbandry (better known today as the Grange). • 1872 – The American brigantine is discovered drifting in the Atlantic. Her crew is never found. • 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 is published. • 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. 1901–present • 1906 – Alpha Phi Alpha, the first intercollegiate Greek lettered fraternity for African-Americans, 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. • 1917 – The Finnish Senate submits to the Parliament of Finland a proposal for the form of government of the Republic of Finland and issues a communication to Parliament declaring the independence of Finland. • 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. • 1919 – Ukrainian War of Independence: The Polonsky conspiracy is initiated, with an attempt to assassinate the high command of the Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine. • 1928 – Cosmo Gordon Lang was enthroned as the Archbishop of Canterbury, the first bachelor to be appointed in 150 years. • 1939 – World War II: is struck by a mine (laid by ) off the Scottish coast and is laid up for repairs until August 1940. • 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.) • 1948 – Chinese Civil War: The SS Kiangya, carrying Nationalist refugees from Shanghai, explodes in the Huangpu River. • 1949 – Sir Duncan George Stewart, governor of the Crown Colony of Sarawak, was fatally stabbed by a member of the Rukun 13. • 1950 – Korean War: Jesse L. Brown (the 1st African-American Naval aviator) is killed in action during the Battle of Chosin Reservoir. • 1950 – Korean War: Associated Press photographer Max Desfor photographs hundreds of Korean refugees crossing a downed bridge in the Taedong River: 1951 Pulitzer Prize winner Flight of Refugees Across Wrecked Bridge in Korea. • 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. • 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. • 1969 – Black Panther Party members Fred Hampton and Mark Clark are shot and killed during a raid by 14 Chicago police officers. • 1971 – The PNS Ghazi, a Pakistan Navy submarine, sinks during the course of the Indo-Pakistani Naval War of 1971. • 1971 – During a concert by Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention at the Montreux Casino, an audience member fires a flare gun into the ceiling, causing a fire that destroys the venue. The incident served as the inspiration for Deep Purple's 1973 song Smoke on the Water. • 1974 – Martinair Flight 138 crashes into the Saptha Kanya mountain range in Maskeliya, Sri Lanka, killing 191. • 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. One American pilot is killed, one is rescued, and one is captured. • 1984 – Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Army soldiers kill 107–150 civilians in Mannar. • 1986 – The MV Amazon Venture oil tanker begins leaking oil while at the port of Savannah in the United States, resulting in an oil spill of approximately . • 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, the second module of the 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 Thomas Fire starts near Santa Paula in California. It eventually became the largest wildfire in modern California history to date after burning in Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties. • 2021 – Semeru on the Indonesian island of Java erupts, killing at least 68 people. • 2024 – UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson is shot and killed in Manhattan, New York City near the entrance of the New York Hilton Midtown. • 2025 – Yasser Abu Shabab is assassinated near Rafah, Gaza Strip. ==Births==

Pre-1600 • AD 34 – Persius, Roman poet (died 62) • 846 – Hasan al-Askari 11th Imam of Twelver Shia Islam (died 874) • 1428 – Bernard VII, Lord of Lippe (died 1511) • 1506 – Thomas Darcy, 1st Baron Darcy of Chiche (died 1558) • 1555 – Heinrich Meibom, German poet and historian (died 1625) • 1575 – Sister Virginia Maria, Italian nun (died 1650) • 1580 – Samuel Argall, English adventurer and naval officer (died 1626) • 1585 – John Cotton, English-American minister and theologian (died 1652) • 1595 – Jean Chapelain, French poet and critic (died 1674) 1601–1900 • 1647 – Daniel Eberlin, German composer (died 1715) • 1660 – André Campra, French composer and conductor (died 1744) • 1667 – Michel Pignolet de Montéclair, French composer and educator (died 1737) • 1670 – John Aislabie, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (died 1742) • 1713 – Gasparo Gozzi, Italian playwright and critic (died 1786) • 1727 – Johann Gottfried Zinn, German anatomist and botanist (died 1759) • 1777 – Juliette Récamier, French businesswoman (died 1849) • 1795 – Thomas Carlyle, Scottish-English historian, philosopher, and academic (died 1881) • 1798 – Jules Armand Dufaure, French lawyer and politician, 33rd Prime Minister of France (died 1881) • 1817 – Nikoloz Baratashvili, Georgian poet and author (died 1845) • 1835 – Samuel Butler, English author and critic (died 1902) • 1844 – Franz Xavier Wernz, German religious leader, 25th Superior General of the Society of Jesus (died 1914) • 1861 – Hannes Hafstein, Icelandic poet and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Iceland (died 1922) • 1865 – Edith Cavell, English nurse, humanitarian, and saint (Anglicanism) (died 1915) • 1867 – Stanley Argyle, Australian politician, 32nd Premier of Victoria (died 1940) • 1868 – Jesse Burkett, American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 1953) • 1875 – Agnes Forbes Blackadder, Scottish medical doctor (died 1964) • 1875 – Joe Corbett, American baseball player and coach (died 1945) • 1875 – Rainer Maria Rilke, Austrian-Swiss poet and author (died 1926) • 1877 – Morris Alexander, South African politician (died 1946) • 1881 – Erwin von Witzleben, Polish-German field marshal (died 1944) • 1882 – Constance Davey, Australian psychologist (died 1963) • 1883 – Katharine Susannah Prichard, Australian author and playwright (died 1969) • 1884 – R. C. Majumdar, Indian historian (died 1980) • 1887 – Winifred Carney, Irish suffragist, trade unionist, and Irish republican (died 1943) • 1892 – Francisco Franco, Spanish general and dictator, Prime Minister of Spain (died 1975) • 1892 – Liu Bocheng, Chinese commander and politician (died 1986) • 1893 – Herbert Read, English poet and critic (died 1968) • 1895 – Feng Youlan, Chinese philosopher and academic (died 1990) • 1897 – Robert Redfield, American anthropologist of Mexico (died 1958) • 1899 – Karl-Günther Heimsoth, German physician and politician (died 1934) • 1899 – Charlie Spencer, English footballer and manager (died 1953) 1901–present • 1903 – Cornell Woolrich, American author (died 1968) • 1904 – Albert Norden, German journalist and politician (died 1982) • 1908 – Alfred Hershey, American bacteriologist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1997) • 1910 – Alex North, American composer and conductor (died 1991) • 1910 – R. Venkataraman, Indian lawyer and politician, 6th President of India (died 2009) • 1912 – Pappy Boyington, American colonel and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (died 1988) • 1913 – Mark Robson, Canadian-American director and producer (died 1978) • 1914 – Rudolf Hausner, Austrian painter and sculptor (died 1995) • 1914 – Claude Renoir, French cinematographer (died 1993) • 1915 – Eddie Heywood, American pianist and composer (died 1989) • 1916 – Ely Jacques Kahn Jr., American journalist and author (died 1994) • 1919 – I. K. Gujral, Indian poet and politician, 12th Prime Minister of India (died 2012) • 1920 – Nadir Afonso, Portuguese painter and architect (died 2013) • 1920 – Michael Bates, English actor (died 1978) • 1920 – Jeanne Manford, American educator and activist, co-founded PFLAG (died 2013) • 1921 – Deanna Durbin, Canadian actress and singer (died 2013) • 1923 – Charles Keating, American lawyer and financier (died 2014) • 1923 – Eagle Keys, American-Canadian football player and coach (died 2012) • 1923 – John Krish, English director and screenwriter (died 2016) • 1924 – John C. Portman Jr., American architect, designed the Renaissance Center and Tomorrow Square (died 2017) • 1925 – Albert Bandura, Canadian-American psychologist and academic (died 2021) • 1926 – Ned Romero, American actor and opera singer (died 2017) • 1929 – Şakir Eczacıbaşı, Turkish pharmacist, photographer, and businessman (died 2010) • 1930 – Ronnie Corbett, Scottish actor and comedian (died 2016) • 1930 – Jim Hall, American guitarist and composer (died 2013) • 1931 – Alex Delvecchio, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (died 2025) • 1931 – Wally George, American radio and television host (died 2003) • 1932 – Roh Tae-woo, South Korean general and politician, 6th President of South Korea (died 2021) • 1933 – Horst Buchholz, German actor (died 2003) • 1933 – Wink Martindale, American game show host and producer (died 2025) • 1934 – Bill Collins, Australian film critic and author (died 2019) • 1934 – Victor French, American actor and director (died 1989) • 1935 – Paul O'Neill, American businessman and politician, 72nd United States Secretary of the Treasury (died 2020) • 1936 – Freddy Cannon, American singer and guitarist • 1945 – Roberta Bondar, Canadian neurologist, academic, and astronaut • 1946 – Karina, Spanish singer/actress • 1947 – Jane Lubchenco, American ecologist, academic, and diplomat • 1948 – Southside Johnny, American singer-songwriter • 1949 – Jock Stirrup, Baron Stirrup, English air marshal and politician • 1950 – Bjørn Kjellemyr, Norwegian bassist and composer (died 2025) • 1951 – Gary Rossington, American guitarist (died 2023) • 1955 – Philip Hammond, English businessman and politician, former Chancellor of the Exchequer • 1955 – Dave Taylor, Canadian-American ice hockey player and manager • 1955 – Cassandra Wilson, American singer-songwriter and producer • 1958 – Sergei Starikov, Russian ice hockey player and coach • 1960 – David Green, Nicaraguan-American baseball player • 1960 – Glynis Nunn, Australian heptathlete and hurler • 1961 – Frank Reich, American football player and coach • 1961 – Naomi Robson, American-Australian television host • 1962 – Vinnie Dombroski, American singer-songwriter and musician • 1974 – Tadahito Iguchi, Japanese baseball player • 1976 – Kristina Groves, Canadian speed skater • 1976 – Betty Lennox, American basketball player • 1977 – Ajit Agarkar, Indian cricketer • 1977 – Darvis Patton, American sprinter • 1977 – Morten Veland, Norwegian guitarist and songwriter • 1978 – Jaclyn Victor, Malaysian singer and actress • 1979 – Ysabella Brave, American singer-songwriter • 1979 – Jay DeMerit, American soccer player • 1980 – Brian Cook, American basketball player • 1980 – Viktor, Canadian wrestler and manager • 1981 – Brian Vandborg, Danish cyclist • 1982 – Nathan Douglas, English triple jumper • 1982 – Waldo Ponce, Chilean footballer • 1982 – Ho-Pin Tung, Dutch-Chinese race car driver • 1982 – Nick Vujicic, Australian evangelist • 1983 – Jimmy Bartel, Australian footballer • 1983 – Chinx, American rapper (died 2015) • 1984 – Lindsay Felton, American actress • 1984 – Joe Thomas, American football player • 1985 – Andrew Brackman, American baseball player • 1985 – Carlos Gómez, Dominican baseball player • 1986 – Kaija Udras, Estonian skier • 1986 – Martell Webster, American basketball player • 1987 – Orlando Brown, American actor and rapper • 1991 – André Roberson, American basketball player • 1991 – Max Holloway, American mixed martial artist • 1991 – Reality Winner, American intelligence specialist convicted of espionage • 1992 – Robin Bruyère, Belgian politician • 1992 – Peta Hiku, New Zealand rugby league player • 1992 – Jean-Claude Iranzi, Rwandan footballer • 1992 – Jin, South Korean singer, songwriter and actor • 1992 – Joe Musgrove, American baseball player • 1992 – Blake Snell, American baseball player • 1994 – Gabriel Lundberg, Danish basketball player • 1996 – Diogo Jota, Portuguese footballer (died 2025) • 1996 – Sebastián Vegas, Chilean footballer • 1999 – Kim Do-yeon, South Korean singer and actress • 1999 – Kang Mi-na, South Korean actress and singer • 2002 – María Dueñas, Spanish violinist and composer • 2003 – Jackson Holliday, American baseball player • 2003 – Kim Do-ah, South Korean singer and actress ==Deaths==

Pre-1600 • 749 – John of Damascus, Syrian priest and saint (born 676) • 771 – Carloman I, Frankish king (born 751) • 870 – Suairlech ind Eidnén mac Ciaráin, Irish bishop • 1075 – Anno II, German archbishop and saint (born 1010) • 1131 – Omar Khayyám, Persian poet, astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher (born 1048) • 1214 – William the Lion, Scottish king (born 1143) • 1260 – Aymer de Valence, Bishop of Winchester (born 1222) • 1270 – Theobald II of Navarre (born 1238) • 1334 – Pope John XXII (born 1249) • 1340 – Henry Burghersh, English bishop and politician, Lord Chancellor of England (born 1292) • 1341 – Janisław, Archbishop of Gniezno • 1408 – Valentina Visconti, wife of Louis of Valois, Duke of Orléans • 1456 – Charles I, Duke of Bourbon (born 1401) • 1459 – Adolphus VIII, Count of Holstein (born 1401) • 1576 – Georg Joachim Rheticus, Austrian-Slovak mathematician and cartographer (born 1514) • 1585 – John Willock, Scottish minister and reformer (born 1515) 1601–1900 • 1603 – Maerten de Vos, Flemish painter and draughtsman (born 1532) • 1609 – Alexander Hume, Scottish poet (born 1560) • 1637 – Nicholas Ferrar, English trader (born 1592) • 1642 – Cardinal Richelieu, French cardinal and politician, Chief Minister to the French Monarch (born 1585) • 1649 – William Drummond of Hawthornden, Scottish poet (born 1585) • 1679 – Thomas Hobbes, English philosopher and theorist (born 1588) • 1680 – Thomas Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and theologian (born 1616) • 1696 – Empress Meishō of Japan (born 1624) • 1728 – Richard Ferrier, English politician (born c. 1671) • 1732 – John Gay, English poet and playwright (born 1685) • 1798 – Luigi Galvani, Italian physician, physicist, and philosopher (born 1737) • 1828 – Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1770) • 1839 – John Leamy, Irish–American merchant (born 1757) • 1841 – David Daniel Davis, Welsh-English physician and academic (born 1777) • 1845 – Gregor MacGregor, Scottish soldier and explorer (born 1786) • 1850 – William Sturgeon, English physicist, invented the electric motor (born 1783) • 1893 – John Tyndall, Irish-English physicist and chemist (born 1820) • 1897 – Griffith Rhys Jones, Welsh conductor (born 1834) 1901–present • 1902 – Charles Dow, American journalist and publisher, co-founded the Dow Jones & Company (born 1851) • 1926 – Ivana Kobilca, Slovenian painter (born 1861) • 1932 – Edmund Wojtyła, Polish doctor (born 1906) • 1933 – Stefan George, German-Swiss poet and translator (born 1868) • 1935 – Johan Halvorsen, Norwegian violinist, composer, and conductor (born 1864) • 1935 – Charles Richet, French physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1850) • 1938 – Borghild Holmsen, Norwegian pianist, composer and music critic (born 1865) • 1938 – Tamanishiki San'emon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 32nd Yokozuna (born 1903) • 1942 – Juhan Kukk, Estonian politician, 3rd Head of State of Estonia (born 1885) • 1942 – Fritz Löhner-Beda, Jewish Austrian librettist, lyricist and writer (born 1883) • 1944 – Roger Bresnahan, American baseball player and manager (born 1879) • 1945 – Thomas Hunt Morgan, American geneticist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1866) • 1945 – Richárd Weisz, Hungarian Olympic champion wrestler (born 1879) • 1948 – Frank Benford, American physicist and engineer (born 1883) • 1950 – Jesse L. Brown, 1st African-American Naval aviator (born 1926) • 1954 – George Shepherd, 1st Baron Shepherd (born 1881) • 1955 – József Galamb, Hungarian-American engineer (born 1881) • 1963 – Constance Davey, Australian psychologist (born 1882) • 1967 – Bert Lahr, American actor (born 1895) • 1969 – Fred Hampton, American Black Panthers activist (born 1948) • 1971 – Shunryū Suzuki, Japanese-American monk and educator, founded the San Francisco Zen Center (born 1904) • 1975 – Hannah Arendt, German-American historian, theorist, and academic (born 1906) • 1976 – Tommy Bolin, American guitarist and songwriter (born 1951) • 1976 – Benjamin Britten, English pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1913) • 1976 – W. F. McCoy, Irish soldier, lawyer, and politician (born 1886) • 1980 – Francisco de Sá Carneiro, Portuguese lawyer and politician, 111th Prime Minister of Portugal (born 1934) • 1980 – Stanisława Walasiewicz, Polish-American runner (born 1911) • 1980 – Don Warrington, Canadian football player (born 1948) • 1981 – Jeanne Block, American psychologist (born 1923) • 1984 – Jack Mercer, American animator, screenwriter, voice actor, and singer (born 1910) • 1987 – Arnold Lobel, American author and illustrator (born 1933) • 1987 – Rouben Mamoulian, Armenian-American director and screenwriter (born 1897) • 1988 – Osman Achmatowicz, Polish chemist and academic (born 1899) • 1992 – Henry Clausen, American lawyer and author (born 1905) • 1993 – Margaret Landon, American missionary and author (born 1903) • 1993 – Frank Zappa, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (born 1940) • 1999 – Rose Bird, American academic and judge, 25th Chief Justice of California (born 1936) • 2000 – Henck Arron, Surinamese banker and politician, 1st Prime Minister of the Republic of Suriname (born 1936) • 2003 – Iggy Katona, American race car driver (born 1916) • 2004 – Elena Souliotis, Greek soprano and actress (born 1943) • 2005 – Errol Brathwaite, New Zealand soldier and author (born 1924) • 2005 – Gregg Hoffman, American film producer (born 1963) • 2006 – K. Ganeshalingam, Sri Lankan accountant and politician, Mayor of Colombo (born 1938) • 2006 – Ross A. McGinnis, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1987) • 2007 – Pimp C, American rapper (born 1973) • 2009 – Liam Clancy, Irish singer, actor, and guitarist (born 1935) • 2010 – King Curtis Iaukea, American wrestler (born 1937) • 2011 – Sonia Pierre, Haitian-Dominican activist (born 1965) • 2011 – Sócrates, Brazilian footballer and manager (born 1954) • 2011 – Hubert Sumlin, American singer and guitarist (born 1931) • 2012 – Vasily Belov, Russian author, poet, and playwright (born 1932) • 2012 – Jack Brooks, American colonel, lawyer, and politician (born 1922) • 2012 – Miguel Calero, Colombian footballer and manager (born 1971) • 2012 – Anthony Deane-Drummond, English general (born 1917) • 2013 – Joana Raspall i Juanola, Spanish author and poet (born 1913) • 2014 – Claudia Emerson, American poet and academic (born 1957) • 2014 – V. R. Krishna Iyer, Indian lawyer and judge (born 1914) • 2014 – Vincent L. McKusick, American lawyer and judge (born 1921) • 2014 – Jeremy Thorpe, English lawyer and politician (born 1929) • 2015 – Bill Bennett, Canadian lawyer and politician, 27th Premier of British Columbia (born 1932) • 2015 – Robert Loggia, American actor and director (born 1930) • 2015 – Yossi Sarid, Israeli journalist and politician, 15th Israeli Minister of Education (born 1940) • 2016 – Patricia Robins, British writer and WAAF officer (born 1921) • 2017 – Shashi Kapoor, Indian actor (born 1938) • 2022 – Bob McGrath, American singer and actor (born 1932) • 2022 – Patrick Tambay, French race car driver (born 1949) • 2024 – Princess Birgitta of Sweden, Swedish royal (born 1937) ==Holidays and observances==

• Christian feast day: • Ada • Anno II • Barbara, and its related observances: • Barbórka, Miners' Day in Poland • Eid il-Burbara, a holiday similar to Halloween in honor of Saint Barbara. (Russia, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria, Turkey) • Bernardo degli Uberti • Clement of Alexandria (Anglicanism, Eastern Catholicism) • Giovanni Calabria • John of Damascus • Maruthas • Nicholas Ferrar (Anglicanism) • Osmund • Sigiramnus • December 4 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) • Navy Day (India) • Thai Environment Day (Thailand) • Tupou I Day (Tonga) ==References==