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| (Today in History | Current Affairs - 04-Dec-2021) |
Person Born on December 04
1748 - Bertley, a French chemist, was born. He did research work about different types of salts.
1888 - Ramesh Chandra Mazumdar - historian.
1898 - Karymanivakam Srinivasa Krishnan - famous Indian physicist.
1910 - Ramaswamy Venkataraman - Eighth President of India and Indian politician.
1919 - Indra Kumar Gujral - 12th Prime Minister of India and Indian politician.
1923 - Shripati Mishra - One of the prominent leaders of the Indian National Congress.
1963 - Javed Jaffrey - Hindi film actor.
1979 - Sunita Rani - Indian female player.
Died on 04 December
1962 - Annapurnanand - Leading writer among the artists who wrote elegant humor in Hindi.
2014 - Justice V R Krishna Iyer - was a Justice of India.
2017 - Shashi Kapoor - was one of the famous actors of Hindi cinema.
2020 - Dineshwar Sharma, the administrator of Lakshadweep, died at the age of 66 due to serious pulmonary disease.
Important Occasions and Celebrations of December 04
- Cabernet Franc Day.
- National Cookie Day.
- National Dice Day.
- National Sock Day.
- Santa's List Day.
- International Cheetah Day.
- Skywarn Recognition Day.
- Shri Shashi Kapoor Memorial Day.
- World Civil Aviation Day.
- Indian Navy/Navy Day.
- World Wildlife Conservation Day.
- Sri Indrakumar Gujral Jayanti.
- Sri Ramaswamy Venkataraman Jayanti.
- International spirit of Sports Day.
- Chemical Accident Prevention Day.
- National Rhubarb Vodka Day.
- Sri Kamala Jayanti (Margshirsha Krishna Amavasya).
- Global Fat Bike Day (1st Saturday in December).
- Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) Foundation Day.
- National Play Outside Day (1st Sat every month).
- World Pear Day (1st weekend in December).
Important Events of 04 December
1783 – US General George Washington formally bids his officers farewell at Frans Tavan in New York City.
1786 – Mission Santa Barbara is founded by Padre Fermín Lasuén as the tenth of the Spanish Mission in California.
1791 – The first issue of The Observer, the world's first Sunday newspaper, is published in London.
1796 - Bajirao II appointed Peshwa.
1860 - Agustino Lawrence of Margao, Goa, received his doctorate in chemistry from the University of Paris. He became the first Indian to receive a doctorate degree from a foreign university.
1952 - Thousands of people lost their lives due to a thick layer of smog in England.
1957 - The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence or Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, an Indian intelligence agency, is established.
1959 - Gandak Irrigation and Power Project signed between India and Nepal.
1967 - The country's first rocket 'Rohini RH 75' was launched from Thumba.
1971 - The United Nations Security Council convenes an emergency session in view of the deteriorating situation between India and Pakistan.
1971 - Indian Navy attacked Pakistan Navy and Karachi.
1977 - Arab Front formed against Egypt.
1984 – Hezbollah terrorists hijack a Kuwait Airlines plane, killing four passengers.
1995 - United States becomes Davis Cup champion.
1996 - The US space agency NASA launches another spacecraft 'Mars Pathfounder' to Mars.
1999 - Seattle talks fail due to United States' stubborn stance, announcing the next round in Geneva.
1999 – Russian forces capture the Angun town of Grozry.
2003 - Ashok Gehlot was elected to the 12th Rajasthan Legislative Assembly from the assembly constituency.
2004 - Maria Julia Mantilla García of Peru is crowned Miss World 2004.
2006 – Nearly a thousand people die after a tornado hits a village in the Philippines.
2008 - Renowned historian Romila Thapar was selected for the Cluj Samman.
2012 – 29 people are killed in a mortar attack in Syria.
2019 - The ongoing exercise of Indian Army's Strike Corps Sudarshan Chakra in the desert of Thar, Sindhu Sudarshan concluded.
2020 - The Vice President Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu calls on the Late Prime Minister Shri I.K. Paying tribute to Gujral, a commemorative postage stamp was released in his honour.
2020 - Enforcement Directorate (ED) seizes Vijay Mallya's property worth 1.6 million Euros in France, while prosecuting Vijay Mallya.
