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Today is December 4th, 2024 and is a Wednesday.
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2005: Tens of thousands of people in Hong Kong protest for democracy and call on the government to allow universal and equal suffrage.
1993: A truce is concluded between the government of Angola and UNITA rebels.
1992: Somali Civil War: President George H. W. Bush orders 28,000 U.S. troops to Somalia in Northeast Africa.
1991: Captain Mark Pyle pilots Clipper Goodwill, a Pan American World Airways Boeing 727-221ADV, to Miami International Airport, ending 64 years of Pan Am operations.
1991: Journalist Terry A. Anderson is released after seven years in captivity as a hostage in Beirut. He is the last and longest- held American hostage in Lebanon.