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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/1370" title="1370">1370</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hundred_Years%27_War" title="Hundred Years' War">Hundred Years' War</a>: In two separate engagements in the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Pontvallain" title="Battle of Pontvallain">Battle of Pontvallain</a></b>, French forces wiped out an English army which had split up because of a dispute between the commanders.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1829" title="1829">1829</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sati_(practice)" title="Sati (practice)">Sati</a></b>, the Hindu funeral custom of a widow's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-immolation" title="Self-immolation">self-immolation</a> on her husband's <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyre" title="Pyre">pyre</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengal_Sati_Regulation,_1829" title="Bengal Sati Regulation, 1829">was prohibited</a> by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_William_Bentinck" title="Lord William Bentinck">Lord William Bentinck</a> in parts of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Company_rule_in_India" title="Company rule in India">British India</a> after years of campaigning by <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ram_Mohan_Roy" title="Ram Mohan Roy">Ram Mohan Roy</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1909" title="1909">1909</a> – The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal_Canadiens" title="Montreal Canadiens">Montreal Canadiens</a>, the oldest professional <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_hockey" title="Ice hockey">ice hockey</a> club in the world, <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Montreal_Canadiens" title="History of the Montreal Canadiens">were founded</a></b> as a charter member of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Hockey_Association" title="National Hockey Association">National Hockey Association</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1928" title="1928">1928</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmo_Gordon_Lang" title="Cosmo Gordon Lang">Cosmo Gordon Lang</a></b> was enthroned as the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archbishop_of_Canterbury" title="Archbishop of Canterbury">Archbishop of Canterbury</a>, the first bachelor to be appointed in 150 years.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1971" title="1971">1971</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Troubles" title="The Troubles">The Troubles</a>: The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulster_Volunteer_Force" title="Ulster Volunteer Force">Ulster Volunteer Force</a>, an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulster_loyalism" title="Ulster loyalism">Ulster-loyalist</a> paramilitary group, <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McGurk%27s_Bar_bombing" title="McGurk's Bar bombing">detonated a bomb</a></b> at a Catholic-owned pub in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belfast" title="Belfast">Belfast</a>, Northern Ireland, killing 15 people.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_John_XXII" title="Pope John XXII">Pope John XXII</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1334); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregor_MacGregor" title="Gregor MacGregor">Gregor MacGregor</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1845); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberta_Bondar" title="Roberta Bondar">Roberta Bondar</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1945)</p>
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