On this day 4th December

Some notable facts about this date, for more, visit http://www.onthisday.com

Facts

1534 Ottoman Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent occupies Baghdad

1619 38 colonists from Berkeley Parish, England disembark in Virginia and give thanks to God. Considered by many the first Thanksgiving in the Americas.

1791 Britain's Observer, oldest Sunday newspaper in the world, first published

1829 Britain outlaws "suttee" in India (widow burning herself to death on her husband's funeral pyre)

1923 Cecil B. DeMille's first version of "The Ten Commandments" premieres

Deaths

765 Jafar Sadiq, Shia Imam (b. 702)

1214 William I "the Lion", King of Scotland (1165-1214)

1514 Richard Hunne, English "heretic", commits suicide(?)

1679 Thomas Hobbes, English philosopher (Leviathan), dies of a stroke at 91

1828 Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (Tory: 1812-27), dies of a stroke at 58

1902 Charles Dow, American journalist and economist (co-founded Dow Jones), dies at 51

1915 Gustav Hollaender, composer, dies at 60

1975 Hannah Arendt, German/US political theorist and historian, dies at 69

1976 Benjamin Britten, British composer (Beggar's Opera), dies at 63

1993 Frank V Zappa, US music/composer (Mothers of Invention), dies at 52

2016 Margaret Whitton, American actress (Good & Evil, Major League), dies of cancer at 67

Born on this day

1969 Jay-Z [Shawn Carter], American rapper and record producer (Reasonable Doubt, The Blueprint), born in Brooklyn, New York City

1973 Tyra Banks, American supermodel and actress (Higher Learning, Fresh Prince of Bel Air), born in Inglewood, California

A Couple of Pics from those no longer with us

Charles Dow

Frank V Zappa