4th of December 2025
4th of December 2025 is the 338th day of the year.
This day in history:
1154: Nicholas Breakspear is elected Pope - the only Englishman ever - ...more
1791: The Observer First Published - ...more
1847: Wuthering Heights Published - ...more
1951: Gillingham Bus Disaster - ...more
1957: Lewisham Train Crash Kills 90 - ...more
1961: The Pill is introduced - ...more
1971: Belfast Bar Bomb Kills 15 - ...more
1979: The Hastie Fire - ...more
More dates from British history.
British quote for the day:
On the outskirts of every agony sits some observant fellow who points. - Virginia Woolf.
Born today:
Thomas Carlyle - 1795, Robert Lowe - 1811, Samuel Butler - 1835, Edith Cavell - 1865, Sir Herbert Read - 1893, Gwilym Lloyd-George - 1894, Alfred Rowse - 1903, Ronnie Corbett - 1930, Dina Asher Smith - 1995.
Died today:
Thomas Hobbes - 1679, John Gay - 1732, Benjamin Britten - 1976, Cliff Bastin - 1991, Colin Cowdrey - 2000.
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