1. 1783: At Fraunces Tavern in New York City, General George Washington bids farewell to his officers of the Continental Army, marking the end of the American Revolutionary War.
2. 1872: The Mary Celeste, a British-American merchant ship, was discovered adrift and deserted in the Atlantic Ocean. The mystery of the crew's disappearance remains unsolved to this day.
3. 1918: U.S. President Woodrow Wilson leaves for the Versailles Peace Conference in France, becoming the first sitting U.S. president to travel to Europe.
4. 1945: The United States Senate approves the participation of the United States in the United Nations.
5. 1965: The Gemini 7 spacecraft is launched with astronauts Frank Borman and Jim Lovell aboard. It later performs the first successful space rendezvous with Gemini 6A.
6. 1971: The United Nations Security Council calls an emergency session to consider the deteriorating situation between India and Pakistan, leading to the Bangladesh Liberation War.
7. 1991: Pan American World Airways (Pan Am) goes bankrupt, marking the end of an era for one of the most iconic American airlines.
8. 1998: The Unity module, the first module of the International Space Station (ISS), is launched into orbit.
9. 2002: United Nations weapons inspectors return to Iraq after a four-year hiatus, resuming their search for weapons of mass destruction.
10. 2015: The Paris Agreement, a global climate accord, is adopted by 195 countries during the 21st session of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP21) in Paris.
These are just a few examples, and there are many more events that occurred on December 4 throughout history.
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