Wednesday December 4, 2024
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

December 4: Day of the Week

December 4, 2024 is the 339th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 27 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Wednesday.

If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is miércoles.

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Here’s the December calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

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Zodiac & Birthstone

Sagittarius is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Turquoise is the modern birthstone for this month. Onyx is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

December 4 Historical Event(s)

1867
Former Minnesota farmer Oliver Hudson Kelley founds the Order of the Patrons of Husbandry (better known today as the Grange).
1893
First Matabele War: A patrol of 34 British South Africa Police officers is killed in battle by an estimated 3,000 Ndebele on the Shangani River in Matabeleland.
1909
1st 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 professional hockey franchise in the world, is founded as a charter member of the National Hockey Association.
1942
Holocaust: In Warsaw, Zofia Kossak-Szczucka and Wanda Krahelska-Filipowicz set up the Żegota organization.
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.
1971
The United Nations Security Council calls an emergency session to consider the deteriorating situation between India and Pakistan.
1979
The Hastie fire in Hull, kills three schoolboys and eventually leads police to arrest Bruce George Peter Lee.
1991
Captain Mark Pyle pilots Clipper Goodwill, a Pan American World Airways Boeing 727-221ADV, to Miami International Airport ending 64 years of Pan Am operations.
1993
A truce is concluded between the government of Angola and UNITA rebels.

Who were born on December 4?

1555
Heinrich Meibom, German historian and poet (d. 1625)
1795
Thomas Carlyle, Scottish writer and historian (d. 1881)
1917
Movita Castaneda, American actress
1944
Anna McGarrigle, Canadian folk music singer and songwriter
1964
Marisa Tomei, American actress
1970
Kevin Sussman, American actor
1971
Shannon Briggs, American boxer
1974
Tadahito Iguchi, Japanese baseball player
1978
Jaclyn Victor, Malaysian singer
1992
Guan Xueting, Chinese ice dancer

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