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Historical Events on December 4 (Part 2)

Events 201 - 218 of 218

  • 2018 First successful birth resulting from uterus transplant from a deceased donor in São Paulo, Brazil
  • 2018 French couture house Chanel ends its use of fur and exotic skins following bans by other companies

Macron Drops Fuel Tax

2018 French President Emmanuel Macron drops controversial rise in fuel tax after three weeks of mass protests

  • 2018 Ownership group Seattle Hockey Partners led by billionaire businessman Davis Bonderman is unanimously granted an NHL license by the Board of Governors; to start play 2020-21 season at KeyArena
  • 2018 Research published in "Nature" and "Science" claims Native Americans had just one migration from Siberia to the New World, at most 23,000 years ago
  • 2018 Scottish artist Charlotte Prodger wins the 2018 Turner Prize with film shot on her iPhone

Three Defeats in a Day

2018 Theresa May's UK government suffers three parliamentary defeats in one day, also found in contempt of parliament for failing to publish report in full on Brexit

  • 2019 58 migrants drown after a boat sinks off the coast of Mauritania, with 83 saved
  • 2019 North American migratory birds getting smaller, their wings wider due to climate change according to study by University of Michigan published in journal "Ecology Letters"
  • 2020 Mosconi Cup nine-ball pool, Coventry, England: Europe ends US 2-year run with emphatic 11-3 win; MVP: Jayson Shaw (Scotland)
  • 2020 New Zealand cricket captain Kane Williamson smashes 251 to set up the home side's innings & 134 run win over the West Indies in the 1st Test in Hamilton
  • 2021 Mt Semeru erupts on Java island, Indonesia, killing at least 14 and injuring 56
  • 2021 New Zealand cricket spin bowler Ajaz Patel (10-119) joins Jim Laker and Anil Kumble as the only three men to take all ten wickets in a Test innings, on Day 2 of the 2nd Test against India in Mumbai

A Beautiful Noise

2022 "A Beautiful Noise, The Neil Diamond Musical" opens at Broadhurst Theatre, NYC

  • 2022 At least 27 people killed after a bus is buried in a landslide in Risaralda province, western Colombia [1]

Kennedy Center Honors

2022 Kennedy Center Honors ceremony held for singers Gladys Knight and Amy Grant, actor George Clooney, rock band U2, and composer Tania León, in Washington D.C.

  • 2022 Mt Semeru, Indonesia’s highest volcano, erupts releasing gas clouds and rivers of lava on the island of Java [1]

Sports History

2023 Caitlin Clark posts 22 points, 10 rebounds, and 10 assists for Iowa against Wisconsin, surpassing the Big Ten career triple-double record