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While world leaders back Africa's Alassane Ouattara as the Ivory Coast presidential election winner, a swearing-in ceremony is held for Laurent Gbagbo in Cote D'Ivoire
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
