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December 4th, 2006	Event	An adult giant squid is caught on video by Kubodera near the Ogasawara Islands, 1,000 km (620 miles) south of Tokyo.
December 4th, 2005	Event	Tens of thousands of people in Hong Kong protest for democracy and call on the Government to allow universal and equal suffrage.
December 4th, 1998	Event	The Unity Module, the second module of the International Space Station, is launched.
December 4th, 1993	Event	A truce is concluded between the government of Angola and UNITA rebels.
December 4th, 1992	Event	Somali Civil War: President George H. W. Bush orders 28,000 US troops to Somalia in Northeast Africa.
December 4th, 1991	Event	Journalist Terry A. Anderson is released after 7 years in captivity as a hostage in Beirut. He was the last and longest-held American hostage in Lebanon.
December 4th, 1991	Event	Captain Mark Pyle pilots Clipper Goodwill, a Pan American World Airways Boeing 727-221ADV, to Miami International Airport ending 64 years of Pan Am operations.
December 4th, 1984	Event	Hezbollah militants hijack a Kuwait Airlines plane, killing four passengers.
December 4th, 1982	Event	The People s Republic of China adopts its current constitution.
December 4th, 1981	Event	South Africa grants independence to the Ciskei "homeland" (not recognized by any government outside South Africa).

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