History for December 4
History for December 4 - On-This-Day.com- 1783 - Gen. George Washington said farewell to his officers at Fraunces Tavern in New York.
- 1812 - Peter Gaillard patented the power mower.
- 1875 - William Marcy Tweed, the "Boss" of New York City's Democrat, Tammany Hall political organization, escaped from jail and fled from the U.S.
- 1943 - Baseball Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis announced that any club was free to employ black players.
- 1977 - Jean-Bedel Bokassa, ruler of the Central African Empire, crowned himself emperor in a ceremony believed to have cost more than $100 million. He was deposed 2 years later.
- 1978 - Dianne Feinstein became San Francisco's first woman mayor when she was named to replace George Moscone, who had been murdered.
- 1997 - The National Basketball Association (NBA) suspended Latrell Sprewell of the Golden State Warriors for one year for choking and threatening to kill his coach, P.J. Carlesimo.
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