4 December

Events which occurred on the 4th of December.

Events[]

1642: French Cardinal Richelieu dies.
1679: Philosopher Thomas Hobbes dies.
1872: Marie Celeste is found abandoned and adrift. (TOS novel: Shell Game)
1909: The Amsterdam News publishes its first issue.
1965: Project Gemini's Gemini VII launches.
1978: NASA's Pioneer Venus Probe enters Venusian orbit.
1984: Within the Beta 5 computer, Aegis agent Gary Seven encodes as highly classified all Chrysalis Project files. (TOS - The Eugenics Wars novel: The Rise and Fall of Khan Noonien Singh, Volume 1)
1996: NASA launches the Mars Pathfinder spacecraft containing the Mars rover Sojourner.
1998: The space shuttle Endeavour launches for mission STS-88.
2155: The Earth Starfleet starship Enterprise's warp drive is shut down temporarily after Engineer Camacho discovers a disruption in the warp core. (ENT novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
2381: Commander Juel Ducane stops a retroassassination attempt on Federation President Nanietta Bacco at the Château Thelian in France. (DTI novel: Watching the Clock)

1971: TOS comic: "By Order of the Empire" continues with the 8th installment, in Valiant and TV21 #10.
1976: TOS comic: "The Planet of No Return", part 12 is reprinted in Mighty TV Comic #1303.
1979: The 3rd installment of TOS comic: "Called Home" is published in daily newspapers by the Los Angeles Times Syndicate.
1980: The 89th installment of TOS comic: "Husian Gambit" is published.
1981: The 40th installment of TOS comic: "Restructuring Is Futile" is published.
1982: The 30th installment of TOS comic: "Taking Shape" is published.
2006: The Animated Series is released on DVD, region 2.
2008: TOS omnibus: Star Trek: Assignment: Earth is released by IDW Publishing.
2012: ST reference: Federation: The First 150 Years is published by 47North.
2013: TOS - Khan comic: "Issue 3" is published.
2019: TOS - Year Five: The Wine-Dark Deep comic: "Issue 8" is published.