Event:
San Francisco Giant Masanori Murakami, 4-1 this year, does not renew his contract signing instead with the Nankai Hawks of Osaka for $40,000
More Notable Events on December 4:
1996 NASA's 1st Mars rover launched from Cape Canaveral
1991 Pan American World Airways ceased operations
1976 Liz Taylor's 7th marriage to John Warner
1970 Unemployment in U.S. increases to 5.8 percent
1945 Senate approves U.S. participation in UN
