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File:Venustransit 2004-06-08 07-49.jpg|A transit of Venus
File:JeremiahHorrocks.jpg|Jeremiah Horrocks observing the transit of Venus
File:Burger king whopper.jpg|Burger King Whopper
File:Dianne Feinstein, official Senate photo 2.jpg|Dianne Feinstein
File:Mary Celeste as Amazon in 1861 (cropped).jpg|''Mary Celeste'', 1861
File:Portrait of Raja Ram Mohun Roy, 1833.jpg|Ram Mohan Roy

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==Ineligible==
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|'''[[John of Damascus]]''' |d|749|
| article says this date is only "traditional", hence not reliably sourced as being otd
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| [[771]] – [[Austrasia]]n King '''[[Carloman I|{{nowrap|Carloman I}}]]''' died, leaving his brother [[Charlemagne]] king of the now complete [[Franks|Frankish]] Kingdom.
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| [[1676]] – [[Scanian War]]: Forces led by Swedish Field Marshal [[Simon Grundel-Helmfelt]] '''[[Battle of Lund|defeated]]''' the invading army of [[Denmark–Norway]] under the command of King [[Christian V of Denmark|{{nowrap|Christian V}}]] in an area north of [[Lund]], Sweden.
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| [[1791]] – Britain's '''''[[The Observer]]''''', the world's first [[Sunday editions|Sunday newspaper]], was first published.
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| [[1937]] – The first issue of '''''[[The Dandy]]''''', the world's longest-running children's [[comic book]], was published.
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| [[1949]] – '''[[Duncan Stewart (colonial administrator)|Duncan Stewart]]''', the British governor of [[Crown Colony of Sarawak|Sarawak]], was fatally stabbed in [[Sibu]] during his first visit to the colony.
| uncertainty over date, see [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Main_Page/Errors&oldid=1125442480]
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| [[1954]] – The global hamburger [[fast food]] chain '''[[Burger King]]''', known for its signature item the [[Whopper]], was founded in [[Miami|Miami, Florida]], U.S.
|Date not in article, good faith research on internet can't turn up source for it.
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| [[1956]] – Singers [[Johnny Cash]], [[Jerry Lee Lewis]], [[Carl Perkins]], and [[Elvis Presley]], collectively called the "'''[[Million Dollar Quartet]]'''", recorded an impromptu [[jam session]] in the Sun Record Studios in [[Memphis, Tennessee]].
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| [[1977]] – '''[[Jean-Bédel Bokassa]]''', the [[List of heads of state of the Central African Republic and Central African Empire|President of the Central African Republic]], had himself crowned as ''Emperor Bokassa I''.
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| [[1979]] – '''[[Bruce George Peter Lee]]''' set fire to a family home in [[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]], England; after his arrest he revealed that he had started nine other fatal fires in the area.
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| [[1991]] – Journalist '''[[Terry A. Anderson|Terry Anderson]]''', the last and longest-held [[Lebanon hostage crisis|American hostage in Lebanon]], was released after seven years in captivity.
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| [[1991]] – '''[[Pan Am|Pan American World Airways]]''', which was the principal international airline of the United States and which was credited with many innovations, ended operations.
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==Eligible==

* [[1370]] – [[Hundred Years' War]]: In two separate engagements in the '''[[Battle of Pontvallain]]''', French forces wiped out an English army which had split up because of a dispute between the commanders.
* [[1829]] – '''[[Sati (practice)|Sati]]''', the Hindu funeral custom of a widow's [[self-immolation]] on her husband's [[pyre]], [[Bengal Sati Regulation, 1829|was prohibited]] by [[Lord William Bentinck]]  in parts of [[Company rule in India|British India]] after years of campaigning by [[Ram Mohan Roy]] ''(pictured)''.
* [[1893]] – [[First Matabele War]]: A patrol of 34 [[British South Africa Company]] soldiers '''[[Shangani Patrol|was ambushed and annihilated]]''' by more than 3,000 [[Northern Ndebele people|Matabele]] warriors.
* [[1909]] – The [[Montreal Canadiens]], the oldest professional [[ice hockey]] club in the world, '''[[History of the Montreal Canadiens|were founded]]''' as a charter member of the [[National Hockey Association]].
* [[1909]] – [[1st Grey Cup|The first]] '''[[Grey Cup]]''', the championship game of the [[Canadian Football League]], was held in [[Toronto]].
* [[1915]] – [[World War I]]: Senior British and French figures, including prime ministers [[H. H. Asquith]] and [[Aristide Briand]], '''[[Calais Conference (December 1915)|met at Calais]]''' to discuss the future of the [[Salonika Front]].
* [[1928]] – '''[[Cosmo Gordon Lang]]''' was enthroned as the [[Archbishop of Canterbury]], the first bachelor to be appointed in 150 years.
* [[1969]] – '''[[Fred Hampton]]''', the leader of the Illinois chapter of the [[Black Panther Party]], and '''[[Mark Clark (activist)|Mark Clark]]''' were killed in a raid by [[Chicago Police Department|Chicago police officers]] in what many scholars consider an illegal assassination.* *[[1971]] – [[The Troubles]]: The [[Ulster Volunteer Force]], an [[Ulster loyalism|Ulster-loyalist]] paramilitary group, '''[[McGurk's Bar bombing|detonated a bomb]]''' at a Catholic-owned pub in [[Belfast]], Northern Ireland, killing 15 people.* [[1978]] – Following [[Moscone–Milk assassinations|the murder]] of Mayor [[George Moscone]], '''[[Dianne Feinstein]]''' became [[San Francisco]]'s first female mayor.
* [[1986]] – The MV ''Amazon Venture'' oil tanker starts leaking while at the [[port of Savannah]], resulting in '''[[Amazon Venture oil spill|an oil spill]]''' of approximately {{convert|500,000|gal|l}}.
* [[1992]] – U.S. president [[George H. W. Bush]] '''[[Unified Task Force|ordered American troops into Somalia]]''' to help provide humanitarian aid and restore order during the ongoing [[Somali Civil War]].
* [[2012]] – "'''[[Il Canto degli Italiani]]'''" officially became the [[national anthem]] of Italy, 66 years after it was provisionally chosen following the [[birth of the Italian Republic]].
* Born/died: | '''[[Pope John XXII|Pope John XXII]]''' |d|1334| '''[[John Cotton (minister)|John Cotton]]''' |b|1585| '''[[John Leamy (merchant)|John Leamy]]''' |d|1839| '''[[Gregor MacGregor]]''' |d|1845| '''[[Jesse Burkett]]''' |b|1868| '''[[Roberta Bondar]]''' |b|1945| '''[[Hannah Arendt]]''' |d|1975| '''[[Nancy Mace]]''' |b|1977| '''[[Pearl Corkhill]]''' |d|1985| '''[[Frank Zappa]]''' |d|1993|

==Notes==
* [[National Hockey League]] appears on [[Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/November 26|November 26]], so Montreal Canadiens should not appear in the same year
* [[Moscone–Milk assassinations]] appears on [[Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/November 27|November 27]], so Dianne Feinstein should appear in the same year
* [[Droppin Well bombing]] (1975) and [[Balcombe Street siege]] (1982) both appear on [[Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/December 6|December 6]], so McGurk's Bar bombing should not appear in the same year
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'''[[December 4]]''': '''[[Navy Day (India)|Navy Day]]''' in India
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* [[1639]] – [[Jeremiah Horrocks]] and [[William Crabtree]] made '''[[1639 transit of Venus|the first successful observation]]''' of a [[transit of Venus]] ''(example pictured)'' from Earth.
* [[1872]] – The American [[brigantine]] '''''[[Mary Celeste]]''''' was found apparently abandoned under circumstances that remain unknown.
* [[1971]] – [[Indo-Pakistani war of 1971|Indo-Pakistani War]]: The [[Indian Navy]] launched '''[[Operation Trident (1971)|a successful attack]]''' against the [[Pakistan Navy]] at [[Karachi]], sinking three ships with no Indian casualties.
* [[1980]] – The English rock group '''[[Led Zeppelin]]''' officially disbanded.
* [[2006]] – '''[[Jena Six|Six black teenagers]]''' assaulted a white student in [[Jena, Louisiana]]; the subsequent court cases became a ''[[cause célèbre]]'' for perceived racial injustice in the United States.
{{Born and died list| '''[[Maerten de Vos]]''' |d|1603| '''[[Agnes Forbes Blackadder]]''' |b|1875| '''[[Inder Kumar Gujral]]''' |b|1919| '''[[Benjamin Britten]]''' |d|1976| }}
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