Event:
In Koblenz, Germany, 45,000 citizens wait to return home after bomb squads diffuse World War II bombs that were hidden under the Rhine River for nearly 65 years
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
