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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_4" title="December 4">December 4</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navy_Day_(India)" title="Navy Day (India)">Navy Day</a></b> in India
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1639" title="1639">1639</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremiah_Horrocks" title="Jeremiah Horrocks">Jeremiah Horrocks</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Crabtree" title="William Crabtree">William Crabtree</a> made <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1639_transit_of_Venus" title="1639 transit of Venus">the first successful observation</a></b> of a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transit_of_Venus" title="Transit of Venus">transit of Venus</a> from Earth.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1872" title="1872">1872</a> – The American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigantine" title="Brigantine">brigantine</a> <i><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Celeste" title="Mary Celeste">Mary Celeste</a></b></i> was found apparently abandoned under circumstances that remain unknown.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1971" title="1971">1971</a> – <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indo-Pakistani_War_of_1971" title="Indo-Pakistani War of 1971">Indo-Pakistani War</a>: The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Navy" title="Indian Navy">Indian Navy</a> launched <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Trident_(1971)" title="Operation Trident (1971)">a successful attack</a></b> against the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan_Navy" title="Pakistan Navy">Pakistan Navy</a> at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karachi" title="Karachi">Karachi</a>, sinking three ships with no Indian casualties.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980" title="1980">1980</a> – The English rock group <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Led_Zeppelin" title="Led Zeppelin">Led Zeppelin</a></b> officially disbanded.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006" title="2006">2006</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jena_Six" title="Jena Six">Six black teenagers</a></b> assaulted a white student in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jena,_Louisiana" title="Jena, Louisiana">Jena, Louisiana</a>; the subsequent court cases became a <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cause_c%C3%A9l%C3%A8bre" title="Cause célèbre">cause célèbre</a></i> for perceived racial injustice in the United States.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maerten_de_Vos" title="Maerten de Vos">Maerten de Vos</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1603); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnes_Forbes_Blackadder" title="Agnes Forbes Blackadder">Agnes Forbes Blackadder</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1875); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inder_Kumar_Gujral" title="Inder Kumar Gujral">Inder Kumar Gujral</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1919); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Britten" title="Benjamin Britten">Benjamin Britten</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1976)</p>
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