On This Day in History December 4 Historical Events 1534 Ottoman Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent occupies Baghdad.  1563 Council of Trent holds its last session, after 18 years. Last ecumenical council for more than 300 years.  Famous but historically inaccurate painting of the English Pilgrims and Native American Wampanoag 1619 Thirty-eight colonists from Berkeley Parish, England, disembark in Virginia and give thanks to God. Considered by many The First Thanksgiving in the Americas.  1791 Britain's "The Observer" is first published, the oldest Sunday newspaper in the world.  1829 Britain outlaws "suttee" in India, a Hindu practice where a widow burns herself to death on her husband's funeral pyre.  More Historical Events  Famous Birthdays Crazy Horse 1840 - 1877 Edith Cavell 1865 - 1915 Pappy Boyington 1912 - 1988 Jay-Z 54th Birthday More Famous Birthdays  Famous Deaths Hannah Arendt 1906 - 1975   Frank Zappa 1940 - 1993   More Famous Deaths  The Beheading of Saint Barbara  From artillerymen to architects and from bricklayers to butchers, Barbara is the patron saint. If legend is to be believed her sad life had a brutal ending.  Learn About Saint Barbara