December 4
1783 - Gen. George Washington delivered his farewell address to his Continental Army officers at Fraunces Tavern in New York City.
1816 - James Monroe of Virginia was elected (by electors) the fifth president of the United States.
1918 - President Woodrow Wilson left Washington on a trip to France to attend the Versailles Peace Conference.
1942 - During World War II, U.S. bombers struck the Italian mainland for the first time in a raid on Naples.
1945 - The U.S. Senate approved the United States to join the United Nations.
1956 - Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins gathered for the first and only time for a jam session at Sun Records in Memphis.
1965 - The United States launched Gemini 7 with Air Force Lt. Col. Frank Borman and Navy Cmdr. James A. Lovell aboard on a two-week mission. (While Gemini 7 was in orbit, its sister ship, Gemini 6A, was launched on Dec. 15 on a one-day mission; the two spacecraft were able to rendezvous within a foot of each other.)
1978 - Dianne Feinstein became San Francisco's first female mayor.
1980 - The bodies of four American churchwomen slain in El Salvador two days earlier were unearthed. (Five Salvadoran national guardsmen were later convicted of murdering nuns Ita Ford, Maura Clarke and Dorothy Kazel, and lay worker Jean Donovan.)
1986 - Both houses of Congress moved to establish special committees to conduct investigations of the Iran-Contra affair.
1991 - Associated Press correspondent Terry Anderson is released after seven years of captivity in Lebanon.
1992 - President George H.W. Bush ordered American troops to lead a mercy mission to Somalia, threatening military action against warlords and gangs who were blocking food for starving millions.
1995 - The first NATO troops landed in the Balkans to begin setting up a peace mission that brought American soldiers into the middle of the Bosnian conflict.
2000 - In a pair of legal setbacks for Al Gore, a Florida state judge refused to overturn George W. Bush's certified victory in Florida and the U.S. Supreme Court set aside a ruling that had allowed manual recounts.
2003 - Interpol put the former president of Liberia, Charles Taylor, on its most-wanted list.
2017 - President Donald Trump scaled back two sprawling national monuments in Utah; it was the first time in a half century that a president had undone that type of public land protection.
2018 - Long lines of people wound through the Capitol Rotunda to view the casket of former President George H.W. Bush.
2021 - CNN fired anchor Chris Cuomo less than a week after new information emerged about how he assisted his brother, former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, as the politician faced sexual harassment allegations earlier in the year.
Birthdays
25 - Layton Greene (singer)
31 - Joe Musgrove (baseball player)
34 - Nafessa Williams (actress)
36 - Orlando Brown (actor)
39 - Lindsay Felton (actress)
39 - JellyRoll (singer)
42 - Lila McCann (singer)
50 - Tyra Banks (model/TV host)
53 - Kevin Sussman (actor)
54 - Jay-Z (rapper)
57 - Fred Armisen (actor/comedian)
59 - Chelsea Noble (actress)
59 - Marisa Tomei (actress)
68 - Cassandra Wilson (singer)
69 - Tony Todd (actor)
72 - Patricia Wettig (actress)
74 - Jeff Bridges (actor)
81 - Gemma Jones (actress)
90 - Wink Martindale (game show host)
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Today in Sports History - December 4
1909 - The University of Toronto Blues defeated the Toronto Canoe Club 26-6 to win the first Grey Cup.
1909 - The NHL's Montreal Canadiens were founded.
1943 - Baseball Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis announced that any club was free to employ black players.
1945 - Army fullback Doc Blanchard wins the Heisman Trophy.
1956 - Notre Dame quarterback Paul Hornung wins the Heisman Trophy.
1977 - Tony Dorsett (Dallas Cowboys) rushed for 206 yards against the Philadelphia Eagles. He became only the third rookie to rush for more than 200 yards in a game.
1982 - Georgia running back Herschel Walker wins the Heisman Trophy.
1987 - Kareem Abdul Jabaar's was held to only 7 points in a game establishing an NBA record of 787 straight games with double digit points.
1996 - The Orlando Magic tie the NBA record for fewest points scored in the shot clock era with a 84-57 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers.
1997 - The National Basketball Association (NBA) suspended Latrell Sprewell of the Golden State Warriors for one year for choking and threatening to kill his coach, P.J. Carlesimo.
1997 - John Elway (Denver Broncos) surpassed 3,000 yards for the season. It was his 12th consecutive season to pass for more than 3,000 yards.
1997 - Barry Sanders (Detroit Lions) set an NFL record when he rushed for over 100 yards in 12 consecutive games.
2010 - Nebraska plays its final football game in the Big 12 Conference, losing to Oklahoma 23-20 in the Big 12 Championship Game.
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
1783 - Gen. George Washington delivered his farewell address to his Continental Army officers at Fraunces Tavern in New York City.
1816 - James Monroe of Virginia was elected (by electors) the fifth president of the United States.
1918 - President Woodrow Wilson left Washington on a trip to France to attend the Versailles Peace Conference.
1942 - During World War II, U.S. bombers struck the Italian mainland for the first time in a raid on Naples.
1945 - The U.S. Senate approved the United States to join the United Nations.
1956 - Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins gathered for the first and only time for a jam session at Sun Records in Memphis.
1965 - The United States launched Gemini 7 with Air Force Lt. Col. Frank Borman and Navy Cmdr. James A. Lovell aboard on a two-week mission. (While Gemini 7 was in orbit, its sister ship, Gemini 6A, was launched on Dec. 15 on a one-day mission; the two spacecraft were able to rendezvous within a foot of each other.)
1978 - Dianne Feinstein became San Francisco's first female mayor.
1980 - The bodies of four American churchwomen slain in El Salvador two days earlier were unearthed. (Five Salvadoran national guardsmen were later convicted of murdering nuns Ita Ford, Maura Clarke and Dorothy Kazel, and lay worker Jean Donovan.)
1986 - Both houses of Congress moved to establish special committees to conduct investigations of the Iran-Contra affair.
1991 - Associated Press correspondent Terry Anderson is released after seven years of captivity in Lebanon.
1992 - President George H.W. Bush ordered American troops to lead a mercy mission to Somalia, threatening military action against warlords and gangs who were blocking food for starving millions.
1995 - The first NATO troops landed in the Balkans to begin setting up a peace mission that brought American soldiers into the middle of the Bosnian conflict.
2000 - In a pair of legal setbacks for Al Gore, a Florida state judge refused to overturn George W. Bush's certified victory in Florida and the U.S. Supreme Court set aside a ruling that had allowed manual recounts.
2003 - Interpol put the former president of Liberia, Charles Taylor, on its most-wanted list.
2017 - President Donald Trump scaled back two sprawling national monuments in Utah; it was the first time in a half century that a president had undone that type of public land protection.
2018 - Long lines of people wound through the Capitol Rotunda to view the casket of former President George H.W. Bush.
2021 - CNN fired anchor Chris Cuomo less than a week after new information emerged about how he assisted his brother, former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, as the politician faced sexual harassment allegations earlier in the year.
Birthdays
25 - Layton Greene (singer)
31 - Joe Musgrove (baseball player)
34 - Nafessa Williams (actress)
36 - Orlando Brown (actor)
39 - Lindsay Felton (actress)
39 - JellyRoll (singer)
42 - Lila McCann (singer)
50 - Tyra Banks (model/TV host)
53 - Kevin Sussman (actor)
54 - Jay-Z (rapper)
57 - Fred Armisen (actor/comedian)
59 - Chelsea Noble (actress)
59 - Marisa Tomei (actress)
68 - Cassandra Wilson (singer)
69 - Tony Todd (actor)
72 - Patricia Wettig (actress)
74 - Jeff Bridges (actor)
81 - Gemma Jones (actress)
90 - Wink Martindale (game show host)
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Today in Sports History - December 4
1909 - The University of Toronto Blues defeated the Toronto Canoe Club 26-6 to win the first Grey Cup.
1909 - The NHL's Montreal Canadiens were founded.
1943 - Baseball Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis announced that any club was free to employ black players.
1945 - Army fullback Doc Blanchard wins the Heisman Trophy.
1956 - Notre Dame quarterback Paul Hornung wins the Heisman Trophy.
1977 - Tony Dorsett (Dallas Cowboys) rushed for 206 yards against the Philadelphia Eagles. He became only the third rookie to rush for more than 200 yards in a game.
1982 - Georgia running back Herschel Walker wins the Heisman Trophy.
1987 - Kareem Abdul Jabaar's was held to only 7 points in a game establishing an NBA record of 787 straight games with double digit points.
1996 - The Orlando Magic tie the NBA record for fewest points scored in the shot clock era with a 84-57 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers.
1997 - The National Basketball Association (NBA) suspended Latrell Sprewell of the Golden State Warriors for one year for choking and threatening to kill his coach, P.J. Carlesimo.
1997 - John Elway (Denver Broncos) surpassed 3,000 yards for the season. It was his 12th consecutive season to pass for more than 3,000 yards.
1997 - Barry Sanders (Detroit Lions) set an NFL record when he rushed for over 100 yards in 12 consecutive games.
2010 - Nebraska plays its final football game in the Big 12 Conference, losing to Oklahoma 23-20 in the Big 12 Championship Game.
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