THIS DAY IN #HISTORY 0412

This day in #history 0412
DECEMBER 4TH

1534 – Turkish sultan Suleiman occupies Baghdad

1619 – 38 colonists from Berkeley Parish in England disembark in Virginia and give thanks to God. Considered by many as the first Thanksgiving in the Americas.

1644 – 1 st European peace congress opens in
Munster

1674 – Father Marquette builds 1 st dwelling in what is now Chicago

1829 – Britain abolished “suttee” in India ( widow burning herself to death on her husband ‘s funeral pyre

1945 – Senate approves US participation in UN

1958 – Dahomey ( Benin ), Ivory Coast become
autonomous within French Community

FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS

1795 – Thomas Carlyle, Scotland,
essayist/ historian (French Revolution)

1892 – Francisco Franco, Ferrol, Galicia.Spanish General/ dictator.(1936 -75) , (d . 1975 )

1973 – Tyra Banks, Inglewood, California, model/ actress (Higher Learning, Fresh Prince.of Bel Air

FAMOUS DEATHS

1679 – Thomas Hobbes, English.philosopher
(b . 1588 )

2007 – Pimp C , American Rapper ( b. 1973 )