On This Day: December 4th

Yasser Abu Shabab is assassinated near Rafah, Gaza Strip.

UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson is shot and killed in Manhattan, New York City near the entrance of the New York Hilton Midtown.

Semeru on the Indonesian island of Java erupts, killing at least 68 people.

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.

A firebomb is thrown into a restaurant in the Egyptian capital of Cairo, killing 17 people.

Islamic insurgents kill three state police at a traffic circle before taking an empty school and a "press house" in Grozny. Ten state forces die with 28 injured in gun battles ending with ten insurgents killed.

Six black youths assault a white teenager in Jena, Louisiana.

Tens of thousands of people in Hong Kong protest for democracy and call on the government to allow universal and equal suffrage.

The Unity Module, the second module of the International Space Station, is launched.

Journalists Fernando Balderas Sánchez and Yolanda Figueroa and their three children are murdered in a case that initially prompted speculation about links to organized crime, corruption, or their journalistic work.