WHAT HAPPENED ON 4. DECEMBER
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The Hastie fire in Hull kills three schoolboys and eventually leads police to arrest Bruce George Peter Lee. (4. December 1979)

English rock group Led Zeppelin officially disbands, following the death of drummer John Bonham on September 25. (4. December 1980)

South Africa grants independence to the Ciskei "homeland" (not recognized by any government outside South Africa). (4. December 1981)

The People's Republic of China adopts its current constitution. (4. December 1982)

Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Army soldiers kill 107-150 civilians in Mannar. (4. December 1984)

Hezbollah militants hijack a Kuwait Airlines plane, killing four passengers. (4. December 1984)

Journalist 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. (4. December 1991)

Captain Mark Pyle pilots Clipper Goodwill, a Pan American World Airways Boeing 727-221ADV, to Miami International Airport, ending 64 years of Pan Am operations. (4. December 1991)

Somali Civil War: President George H. W. Bush orders 28,000 U.S. troops to Somalia in Northeast Africa. (4. December 1992)

A truce is concluded between the government of Angola and UNITA rebels. (4. December 1993)

The Unity Module, the second module of the International Space Station, is launched. (4. December 1998)

Tens of thousands of people in Hong Kong protest for democracy and call on the government to allow universal and equal suffrage. (4. December 2005)

Six black youths assault a white teenager in Jena, Louisiana. (4. December 2006)