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4 December 2016 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 4 December 2016 was a Sunday.
- Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
- The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “Black Beatles” by Rae Sremmurd featuring Gucci Mane.
- Top Film of 2016
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2016 was Captain America: Civil War.
- Top-Rated TV Show
- “The Big Bang Theory” (CBS) was No. 1 in the Nielsen ratings for the 2016–17 season.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 4 December is Sagittarius.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 4 December 2016 fell in the Year of the Monkey.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for December is Turquoise.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 4 December 2016 was Waxing Crescent.
On this day: 4 December
- 1991 Pan American World Airways ceases its operations after 64 years.
- 1992 Somali Civil War: President George H. W. Bush orders 28,000 U.S. troops to Somalia in Northeast Africa.
- 1998 The Unity Module, the second module of the International Space Station, is launched.
- 2005 Tens of thousands of people in Hong Kong protest for democracy and call on the government to allow universal and equal suffrage.
- 2017 The Thomas Fire starts near Santa Paula in California. It eventually became the largest wildfire in modern California history to date after burning 1,140 square kilometers (440 sq mi) in Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties.
Famous people born on December 4
- Marisa Tomei, American actress (born 1964)
- Jelly Roll, American singer and rapper (born 1984)
- Jay-Z, American rapper, producer, actor, and co-founder of Roc-A-Fella Records (born 1969)
- Jeff Bridges, American actor (born 1949)
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Events of 2016 in the United States
A selection from Wikipedia's '2016 in the United States'. Not a complete list.
- January 10 – 73rd Golden Globe Awards: The Revenant wins the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama, with Leonardo DiCaprio winning the award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama and Alejandro G. Iñárritu winning Best Director.
- January 14 – The nominees for the 88th Academy Awards are announced at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, California. The nominees for Best Picture are The Big Short, Bridge of Spies, Brooklyn, Mad Max: Fury Road, The Martian, The Revenant, Room, and Spotlight.
- March 4 – Walt Disney Animation Studios' 55th feature film, Zootopia, is released in theatres to acclaim as the studio's most critically well-received film since 1994's The Lion King.
Life in the US in 2016
President
Barack Obama
Gas (per gallon)
$2.14
Loaf of Bread
$1.99
Average House
$307,800
Weekly Wage
$843
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