December 4th, 2008

December 4th in History

1991:
1991 - US airline Pan Am ends operations.

1958:
Dahomey (present-day Benin) becomes a self-governing country within the French Community.

1921:
The Virginia Rappe manslaughter trial against actor and film director Roscoe Arbuckle ends in a hung jury.

1829:
In the face of fierce opposition, British Lord William Bentinck carries a regulation declaring that all who abetted suttee in India were guilty of culpable homicide.

1563:
The final session of the Council of Trent is held (it opened on December 13, 1545).