WHAT HAPPENED ON 4. DECEMBER
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U.S. President Woodrow Wilson sails for the World War I peace talks in Versailles, becoming the first US president to travel to Europe while in office. (4. December 1918)

The first Virginia Rappe manslaughter trial against Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle ends in a hung jury. (4. December 1921)

The first issue of the children's comic, The Dandy, is published. (4. December 1937)

World War II: HMS Nelson is struck by a mine (laid by U-31) off the Scottish coast and is laid up for repairs until August 1940. (4. December 1939)

World War II: Carlson's patrol during the Guadalcanal Campaign ends. (4. December 1942)

World War II: In Yugoslavia, resistance leader Marshal Josip Broz Tito proclaims a provisional democratic Yugoslav government in-exile. (4. December 1943)

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. (4. December 1943)

By a vote of 65 to 7, the United States Senate approves United States participation in the United Nations. (The UN had been established on October 24, 1945.) (4. December 1945)

The first Burger King is opened in Miami, Florida. (4. December 1954)

The Million Dollar Quartet (Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Johnny Cash) get together at Sun Studios for the first and last time. (4. December 1956)

Vietnam War: U.S. and South Vietnamese forces engage Viet Cong troops in the Mekong Delta. (4. December 1967)

Black Panther Party members Fred Hampton and Mark Clark are shot and killed in their sleep during a raid by 14 Chicago police officers. (4. December 1969)

The United Nations Security Council calls an emergency session to consider the deteriorating situation between India and Pakistan. (4. December 1971)

The Indian Navy attacks the Pakistan Navy and Karachi. (4. December 1971)

The Montreux Casino in Switzerland is set ablaze by someone wielding a flare gun during a Frank Zappa concert; the incident would be noted in the Deep Purple song "Smoke on the Water". (4. December 1971)

"The Troubles": The Ulster Volunteer Force bombs a Catholic-owned pub in Belfast, killing 15 civilians and wounding 17. It was the city's highest death toll from a single incident during the conflict. (4. December 1971)

Suriname joins the United Nations. (4. December 1975)

Jean-Bédel Bokassa, president of the Central African Republic, crowns himself Emperor Bokassa I of the Central African Empire. (4. December 1977)

Malaysian Airline System Flight 653 is hijacked and crashes in Tanjong Kupang, Johor, killing 100. (4. December 1977)

Following the murder of Mayor George Moscone, Dianne Feinstein becomes San Francisco's first female mayor. (She will serve until January 8, 1988.) (4. December 1978)