Monday, December 4, 2023

Thought for the day December 4th 2023

 


Here is a thought of the day for December 4th, 2023:

"Every step you take brings you closer to your goal. Embrace the journey and enjoy the progress along the way."

Here are some historic events that happened on December 4th:

  • 1611: In England, Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset, and Frances Carr, Countess of Somerset, are arrested for the murder of Sir Thomas Overbury.

  • 1826: In Boston, Massachusetts, the first savings bank in the United States is established.

  • 1955: Rosa Parks, an African-American woman, refuses to give up her seat on a bus to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama, sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

  • 1965: Gemini 7, carrying Frank Borman and Jim Lovell, launches from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on a two-week mission to rendezvous with Gemini 6A.

  • 1972: In the United States, a court rules that President Richard Nixon's tapes must be released.

  • 1995: The first commercial use of the Netscape Navigator web browser takes place.

  • 2008: Barack Obama is elected the 44th president of the United States, becoming the first African-American to hold the office.

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