4th December – What Happened Today In History? | On This Day In History

What Happened Today In History?

Find out what happened on 4th  December in History. There are a lot many happenings which had taken place on this date in the pages of Indian History, here we have listed some of the very important events occurred 4th December

Jaaved Jaaferi  born 4 December 1963) is an Indian actor, voice actor, dancer, comedian, impressionist known for his work in several Bollywood films and Indian television shows. His father is the famous comedian Jagdeep. One of the most versatile performers in India today,
Michael Bates (4 December 1920 – 11 January 1978) was a British actor born in Jhansi, United Provinces, British India. Bates served as a Major serving with the Brigade of Gurkhas in Burma before his discharge at the end of World War II. In 1953, while an ensemble member with the Stratford Festival in Stratford Ontario, he appeared in Richard III and All’s Well
Anupama Prakash Kumar (born 4 December 1974), better known as Anupama Kumar, is an Indian film actress and model. Having appeared in more than 300 ad films, she made her debut as an actress in the 2004 Hindi film Kyun…! Ho Gaya Na and got widely noticed for her performance in Tamil film Pokkisham, Vamsam, Ayyanar, Aadu Puli.
Daisy Bopanna  is an Indian actress in Bollywood and Kannada films. She also had acted in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi language films. She has worked with actors like Kamal Hassan in Rama Shama Bhama, Upendra in Aishwarya, and Akshay Kumar in Garam Masala. Bopanna’s family hails from Kodagu (also known by its Anglicised former name of Coorg).
Ramaswamy Venkataraman   was an Indian lawyer, Indian independence activist and politician who served as a Union minister and as the eighth President of India. Venkataraman was born in Rajamadam village in Tanjore district

Death anniversaries on 4th December :

Purushottam Nagesh Oak (March 2, 1917 – December 4, 2007), commonly referred to as P. N. Oak, was an Indian writer, notable for his Hinducentric brand of historical revisionism. Oak’s “Institute for Rewriting Indian History” issued a quarterly periodical called Itihas Patrika in the 1980s. Oak’s claims, e.g. that Christianity and Islam are both derivatives of Hinduism,
Michael Colin Cowdrey, Baron Cowdrey of Tonbridge, CBE (24 December 1932 – 4 December 2000), better known as Colin Cowdrey, was the Captain of Oxford University, Kent County Cricket Club and the England cricket team in a career that lasted from 1950 to 1976
Professor Dr. Rafi Muhammad Chaudhry or R. M. Chaudhry (July 1, 1903- December 4, 1988), FPAS HI, NI, SI, Skdt, was a Pakistani nuclear physicist and a professor of particle physics at the Government College University. He is best known and widely regarded as the pioneer of experimental nuclear physics research in Pakistan.

      Notable Events: 

• • 1791 Britain’s Observer, oldest Sunday newspaper in the world, first published
  • 1798 Rebellious Flemish farmers occupy Hasselt
  • 1812 Peter Gaillard of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, patents a horse-drawn mowe

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