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Events on December 4

• 1871 In the German Empire, the gold mark at 100 pfennig is introduced as a uniform currency.
• 1872 The cargo ship Mary Celeste is discovered as a ghost ship, drifting without a crew in the Atlantic near the Azores. There is no trace of the people on board.
• 1915 With the ceremonial laying of the keystone, Leipzig Central Station is fully put into operation.
• 1926 In Dessau, Germany, the new building of the so-called Bauhaus, the school of art, design and architecture of Classical Modernism, designed by Walter Gropius, is inaugurated.
• 1945 The dismissed mayor of Cologne Konrad Adenauer is once again permitted by the British military government to engage in the political activity it had previously forbidden.
• 1954 The first fast-food restaurant of the fast-food chain Burger King serves its customers in Miami in the U.S. state of Florida.
• 1964 The German Bundestag votes in favor of the founding of the Warentest Foundation, which, as an independent institution, is to test goods and services offered in Germany.
• 1971 During a concert by Frank Zappa & the Mothers in Montreux, a fire breaks out – the event inspires Deep Purple to write Smoke on the Water.
• 1980 Following the death of drummer John Bonham on 25 September, Led Zeppelin announce their dissolution.
• 1996 The NASA lander Mars Pathfinder, carrying the Sojourner rover on board, is launched.
• 2004 The IAAF awards the 2009 World Athletics Championships to Berlin.
• 2020 In Berlin, the extension of the U5 line between the Alexanderplatz and Brandenburger Tor stations is opened. The U5 line now connects Berlin Central Station with the terminus Hönow, located in the east in Brandenburg.

Born on December 4

• 1875 Rainer Maria Rilke, Austrian poet, husband of Clara Westhoff
• 1881 Erwin von Witzleben, German field marshal and resistance fighter
• 1892 Francisco Franco, Spanish dictator
• 1932 Roh Tae-woo, South Korean general and politician
• 1970 Kevin Sussman, American actor
• 1972 Marc Bator, German journalist
• 1972 Charly Hübner, German theater, film and television actor
• 1980 Stefan Pfannmöller, German canoeist
• 1982 Marteria, German rapper
• 1992 Kim Seokjin, South Korean singer

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Source of events and birthdays: German Wikipedia article „4. Dezember“, licence CC BY-SA 4.0, selected, shortened and translated by Birthday Paper.

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