Editing December 4 (section)

===1901–present===
*[[1906]] &ndash; [[Alpha Phi Alpha]] the first intercollegiate Greek lettered fraternity for African-Americans was founded at [[Cornell University]] in [[Ithaca, New York]].
*[[1909]] &ndash; In [[Canadian football]], the [[1st Grey Cup|First Grey Cup]] game is played. The [[University of Toronto]] [[Toronto Varsity Blues|Varsity Blues]] defeat the [[Toronto Parkdale Canoe Club]], 26–6.
*  1909   &ndash; 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]] &ndash; The [[Senate of Finland|Finnish Senate]] submits to the Parliament of Finland a proposal for the form of government of the [[Republic of Finland]] and issued a communication to Parliament declaring the [[independence of Finland]].<ref>{{Cite book | title= Toiset valtiopäivät 1917, Pöytäkirjat, osa I | pages= 310–311 | chapter= Tiistaina 4. p. joulukuuta – Hallituksen puheenjohtajan lausunto Suomen valtiollisen itsenäisyyden toteuttamisesta | publisher= Valtioneuvoston kirjapaino | year= 1918 | language=fi}}</ref>
*[[1918]] &ndash; U.S. President [[Woodrow Wilson]] sails for the World War I peace talks in [[Palace of Versailles|Versailles]], becoming the first [[President of the United States|US president]] to travel to Europe while in office.
*[[1919]] &ndash; [[Ukrainian War of Independence]]: The [[Polonsky conspiracy]] is initiated, with an attempt to assassinate the high command of the [[Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Azarov|first=Vyacheslav|year=2008|title=Kontrrazvedka - The Story of the Makhnovist Intelligence Service|translator-first=Malcolm|translator-last=Archibald|location=[[Edmonton]]|publisher=Black Cat Press|isbn=978-0-9737827-2-1|oclc=233786926|pages=37–38}}</ref>
*[[1928]] &ndash; [[Cosmo Gordon Lang]] was enthroned as the [[Archbishop of Canterbury]], the first bachelor to be appointed in 150 years.<ref name= Time1928>{{cite magazine|title= Religion:York to Canterbury|magazine=Time|publisher=Time Inc.|location= New York|date= 6 August 1928|url= http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,787459,00.html|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101121035432/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,787459,00.html|url-status= dead|archive-date= 21 November 2010}} {{subscription required}}</ref> 
*[[1939]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: {{HMS|Nelson|28|6}} is struck by a [[naval mine|mine]] (laid by {{GS|U-31|1936|2}}) off the Scottish coast and is laid up for repairs until August 1940.
*[[1942]] &ndash; World War II: [[Carlson's patrol]] during the [[Guadalcanal Campaign]] ends.
*[[1943]] &ndash; World War II: In [[Kingdom of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]], resistance leader Marshal [[Josip Broz Tito]] proclaims a [[Democratic Federal Yugoslavia|provisional democratic Yugoslav government in-exile]].
*  1943   &ndash; 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]] &ndash; By a vote of 65–7, the [[United States Senate]] approves United States [[United States and the United Nations|participation]] in the [[United Nations]]. (The UN had been established on October 24, 1945.)
*[[1948]] &ndash; [[Chinese Civil War]]: The [[SS Kiangya|SS ''Kiangya'']], carrying [[Nationalist government|Nationalist]] refugees from [[Shanghai]], explodes in the [[Huangpu River]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=7 of the World's Deadliest Shipwrecks {{!}} Britannica|url=https://www.britannica.com/list/7-of-the-worlds-deadliest-shipwrecks|access-date=2022-01-13|website=www.britannica.com|language=en}}</ref>
*[[1949]] &ndash; [[Sir Duncan George Stewart]], governor of the [[Crown Colony of Sarawak]], was fatally stabbed by a member of the [[Rukun 13]].
*[[1950]] &ndash; [[Korean War]]: [[Jesse L. Brown]] (the 1st African-American Naval aviator) is killed in action during the [[Battle of Chosin Reservoir]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Squadron History|url=https://www.airlant.usff.navy.mil/Organization/COMSTRKFIGHTWINGLANT/Strike-Fighter-Squadron-VFA-32/Squadron-History/|access-date=2022-12-04|website=www.airlant.usff.navy.mil|archive-date=2022-12-04|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221204111019/https://www.airlant.usff.navy.mil/Organization/COMSTRKFIGHTWINGLANT/Strike-Fighter-Squadron-VFA-32/Squadron-History/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*1950 &ndash; 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]]''.<ref name="Pulitzer">{{Cite web |date=1951 |title=Max Desfor of Associated Press |url=https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/max-desfor |access-date=2020-11-25 |website=pulitzer.org |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1956]] &ndash; 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]] &ndash; [[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 [[Regents of the University of California|UC Regents]]' decision to forbid protests on UC property.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uic.edu/orgs/cwluherstory/jofreeman/sixtiesprotest/berkeley.htm|title=Sixties Protest|work=uic.edu}}</ref>
*[[1965]] &ndash; 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]] &ndash; [[Black Panther Party]] members [[Fred Hampton]] and [[Mark Clark (Black Panther)|Mark Clark]] are shot and killed during a raid by 14 Chicago police officers.
*  1971   &ndash; The [[PNS Ghazi|PNS ''Ghazi'']], a [[Pakistan Navy]] submarine, sinks during the course of the [[Indo-Pakistani Naval War of 1971]].
*  1971   &ndash; 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]] &ndash; [[Martinair Flight 138]] crashes into the [[Saptha Kanya]] mountain range in [[Maskeliya]], Sri Lanka, killing 191.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=ASN Aircraft accident Douglas DC-8-55F PH-MBH Maskeliya |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19741204-2 |access-date=2022-12-03 |website=aviation-safety.net}}</ref>
*[[1977]] &ndash; [[Jean-Bédel Bokassa]], president of the [[Central African Republic]], crowns himself Emperor Bokassa I of the [[Central African Empire]].
*  1977   &ndash; [[Malaysian Airline System Flight 653]] is hijacked and crashes in Tanjong Kupang, [[Johor]], killing 100.
*[[1978]] &ndash; Following the [[Moscone–Milk assassinations|murder of Mayor George Moscone]], [[Dianne Feinstein]] becomes [[San Francisco]]'s first female [[Mayor of San Francisco|mayor]].
*[[1979]] &ndash; The Hastie fire in [[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]] kills three schoolboys and eventually leads police to arrest [[Bruce George Peter Lee]].
*[[1981]] &ndash; South Africa grants independence to the [[Ciskei]] "[[Bantustan|homeland]]" (not recognized by any government outside South Africa).
*[[1982]] &ndash; The [[China|People's Republic of China]] adopts its current [[constitution of the People's Republic of China|constitution]].
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[United States Navy|US Navy]] aircraft from [[USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67)|USS ''John F. Kennedy'']] and [[USS Independence (CV-62)|USS ''Independence'']] attack Syrian missile sites in Lebanon in response to an [[Grumman F-14 Tomcat|F-14]] being fired on by an [[9K32 Strela-2|SA-7]]. One [[A-6 Intruder]] and [[LTV A-7 Corsair II|A-7 Corsair]] are shot down. One American pilot is killed, one is rescued, and [[Bobby Goodman|one is captured.]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/08/06/world/83-strike-on-lebanon-hard-lessons-for-us.html|title='83 Strike on Lebanon: Hard Lessons for U.S.|last1=Trainor|first1=Bernard E.|date=1989-08-06|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-12-03|last2=Times|first2=Special To the New York|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Sri Lankan civil war|Sri Lankan Civil War]]: [[Sri Lankan Army]] soldiers [[1984 Mannar massacre|kill]] 107–150 civilians in [[Mannar, Sri Lanka|Mannar]].
*[[1986]] &ndash; The MV ''Amazon Venture'' oil tanker begins leaking oil while at the [[port of Savannah]] in the United States, resulting in [[Amazon Venture oil spill|an oil spill]] of approximately {{convert|500,000|gal|L}}.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Stringfield|first=Whitney J.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tUNtGe2mPR4C|title=National Water Summary 1987—Hydrologic Events and Water Supply and Use|publisher=[[United States Government Printing Office]]|others=[[United States Geological Survey]]|year=1990|location=Washington, D.C.|pages=51–54|language=en|chapter=Major Oil Spill on the Savannah River, Georgia and South Carolina, December 1986|journal=National Water Summary: Hydrologic Events, Selected Water Quality Trends and Ground Water Resources|issn=0892-3469}}</ref>
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[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   &ndash; [[Pan American World Airways]] ceases its operations after 64 years.
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Somali Civil War]]: President [[George H. W. Bush]] orders 28,000 U.S. troops to [[Somalia]] in [[Horn of Africa|Northeast Africa]].
*[[1998]] &ndash; The ''[[Unity Module]]'', the second module of the [[International Space Station]], is launched.
*[[2005]] &ndash; Tens of thousands of people in Hong Kong [[December 2005 protest for democracy in Hong Kong|protest for democracy]] and call on the [[Hong Kong Government|government]] to allow [[universal suffrage|universal and equal suffrage]].
*[[2006]] &ndash; [[Jena Six|Six black youths]] assault a white teenager in [[Jena, Louisiana]].
*[[2014]] &ndash; [[Caucasus Emirate|Islamic insurgents]] [[2014 Grozny clashes|kill]] three [[Law enforcement in Russia|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]] &ndash; A [[2015 Cairo restaurant fire|firebomb]] is thrown into a restaurant in the Egyptian capital of [[Cairo]], killing 17 people.
*[[2017]] &ndash; The [[Thomas Fire]] starts near [[Santa Paula, California|Santa Paula]] in [[California]]. It eventually became the largest [[List of California wildfires|wildfire in modern California history]] to date after burning {{convert|440|sqmi|km2|0}} in [[Ventura County, California|Ventura]] and [[Santa Barbara County, California|Santa Barbara]] Counties.
*[[2021]] &ndash; [[Semeru]] on the Indonesian island of Java [[2021 Semeru eruption|erupts]], killing at least 68 people.<ref>{{cite news |author=Miftahul Huda |editor=Andi Hartik |title=Korban Erupsi Gunung Semeru Kembali Ditemukan, Berawal dari Penambang Temukan Potongan Tulang |url=https://surabaya.kompas.com/read/2022/08/04/211330678/korban-erupsi-gunung-semeru-kembali-ditemukan-berawal-dari-penambang |access-date=21 October 2022 |agency=Kompas.com |date=4 August 2022 |language=id |archive-date=4 August 2022 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220804142528/https://surabaya.kompas.com/read/2022/08/04/211330678/korban-erupsi-gunung-semeru-kembali-ditemukan-berawal-dari-penambang |url-status=live }}</ref>