Sir Duncan George Stewart, governor of the Crown Colony of Sarawak, was fatally stabbed by a member of the Rukun 13. Date: December 4, 1949 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 4 📅 Events on this day in 1949 📅 On This Day (Today)
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. Date: December 4, 1950 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 4 📅 Events on this day in 1950 📅…
Korean War: Jesse L. Brown (the 1st African-American Naval aviator) is killed in action during the Battle of Chosin Reservoir. Date: December 4, 1950 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 4 📅 Events on this day in 1950 📅 On This Day (Today)
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. Date: December 4, 1956 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 4 📅 Events on this day in 1956 📅 On This Day (Today)
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. Date: December 4, 1964 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 4 📅 Events on this…
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. Date: December 4, 1965 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 4 📅 Events on this day in 1965…
Black Panther Party members Fred Hampton and Mark Clark are shot and killed during a raid by 14 Chicago police officers. Date: December 4, 1969 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 4 📅 Events on this day in 1969 📅 On This Day (Today)
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. Date: December 4, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia…
The PNS Ghazi, a Pakistan Navy submarine, sinks during the course of the Indo-Pakistani Naval War of 1971. Date: December 4, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 4 📅 Events on this day in 1971 📅 On This Day (Today)
Martinair Flight 138 crashes into the Saptha Kanya mountain range in Maskeliya, Sri Lanka, killing 191. Date: December 4, 1974 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 4 📅 Events on this day in 1974 📅 On This Day (Today)