SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2010

Today is Saturday, December 4, the 338th day of 2010. There are 28 days left in the year.

771 ― Karl the Great becomes king of all France

1621 ― America's first Thanksgiving Day (Virginia)

1665 ― Jean Racine's ``Alexandre le Grand" premieres in Paris

1791 ― Britain's Observer, oldest Sunday newspaper in world, first published

1930 ― Vatican approves rhythm method for birth control

1931 ― ``Frankenstein" opens at Mayfair

1945 ― Senate approves U.S. participation in U.N.

1976 ― Liz Taylor's seventh marriage (John Warner)

1981 ― President Reagan allows CIA to engage in domestic counter-intelligence (No. 12,333)

1982 ― China adopts its constitution

1996 ― NASA's first Mars rover launched from Cape Canaveral