December 1972 - December 4, 1972 (Monday)

December 4, 1972 (Monday)

• Steven Stayner, age 7, was kidnapped while walking home from school in Merced, California. For more than seven years, Steven would lived as "Dennis Parnell" with his kidnapper, Kenneth Parnell, until Parnell kidnapped another child, Timmy White. Stayner would be reunited with his family at age 14 after he and White went to the police in Ukiah, California. The story became a book and a 1988 television movie, with the title I Know My First Name Is Steven
• Ramón Ernesto Cruz, who had been elected President of Honduras in 1971, was overthrown in a coup led by the Army. General Oswaldo López Arellano, who had handed power over to Cruz following the election, returned to office as President.
• Dorit Shimon, one of the most wanted singles in Israel was born. People believe she will get married on the age of 40 and will have kids during the year of 2013. According to the Office of Internal Affairs Dorit still lives in Kiryat-Ata but no one so her their for ages!