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Here are some interesting facts ih history happened on 4 December.

1. America's 1st Thanksgiving Day (Va)
2. A hen in Rome lays an egg imprinted with figure of great comet 1st seen on December 16 1680
3. 1st Gen Assembly in Penn (Chester)
4. Washington bids officers farewell at Fraunce's Tavern NYC
5. 1st Grey Cup game (University of Toronto 26 Toronto Parkdale 6)
6. Roald Amundsen reaches South pole
7. Panama Pacific International Exposition opens
8. 1st edition of Chase's Annual Events published
9. Gemini 7 launched with 2 astronauts
10. Islanders end 15 game undefeated streak (13-0-2) (Col Rockies)
11. South Africa grants Transkei independence

These famous people were born on 4 December.

1. 1443 - Pope Julius II, (1503-13), patron of Michelangelo, Bramante, Raphael
2. 1835 - Samuel Butler, English author (Erewhom, Way of All Flesh)
3. 1861 - Lillian Russell, American singer, Actress (The Great Mogul)
4. 1875 - Rainer Maria Rilke, German poet (Duino Elegies)
5. 1881 - Thomas Carlyle, Scottish essayist, historian (or 1795)
6. 1908 - A.D. Hershey, US biologist, worked with bacteriophages (Nobel 1969)
7. 1922 - Deanna Durbin, Actress (100 Men and a Girl)
8. 1943 - Patti Chandler, in Cal
9. 1944 - Dennis Wilson, drummer, Beach Boys
10. 1949 - Jeff Bridges, Actor (Stay Hungry)