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Dec 4, 1982 :: The People's Republic of China adopted its current on this day.

Dec 4, 1980 :: Francisco Sa CARNEIRO :: Died this day, he was the Prime Minister of .

Dec 4, 1974 :: AJIT AGARKAR :: Born this day, he is an Indian .

Dec 4, 1963 :: SERGEI BUBKA :: Born this day, he is a retired Ukrainian . He represented the before its dissolution in 1991. He is widely regarded as the best pole vaulter ever and one of the of modern times. He won 6 consecutive IAAF World Championships, an Olympics gold and broke the for men's pole vaulting 35 times (17 outdoor and 18 indoor records). He was the first to clear 6.0 metres and the (as of June 2007) to clear 6.10 metres (20 feet).

Dec 4, 1963 :: JAVED JAFFERY :: Born this day, he is an Indian .

Dec 4, 1952 :: GREAT SMOG :: A cold fog descended upon London on this day, combining with and killing at least 12,000 in the weeks and months that follow.

Dec 4, 1945 :: THOMAS Hunt MORGAN :: Died this day, he was the and a recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

Dec 4, 1935 :: CHARLES Robert RICHET :: Died this day, he was a and a Nobel Prize laureate.

Dec 4, 1924 :: OF INDIA :: It was inaugurated in Bombay (now Mumbai) on this day, by the Viceroy, the Earl of Reading.

Dec 4, 1919 :: INDER Kumar GUJRAL :: Born this day, he was the of India from April to November, 1997.

Dec 4, 1918 :: WOODROW WILSON :: He became the first US President to travel to while in office on this day, when he headed for the World War I peace talks in Versailles.

Dec 4, 1910 :: Ramaswamy VENKATARAMAN :: Born this day, he was an Indian .

Dec 4, 1898 :: K.S. KRISHNAN :: Padma Sir Kariamanickam Krishnan, MSc in Physics, FRS, (4 December 1898 – 14 June 1961) was an Indian physicist. He was a co-discover of Raman scattering, for which his mentor was awarded the 1930 Nobel Prize in Physics.

Dec 4, 1828 :: Robert JENKINSON :: Died this day, he was the Prime Minister of the .