On this day: December 4
POSTED: 04:14 PM PST Dec 03, 2012
UPDATED: 11:00 PM PST Dec 03, 2012
The U.S. Senate approves America's participation in the United Nations, the "Million Dollar Quartet" jams at Sun Studios, Led Zeppelin disbands, and Pan Am collapses, all on this day.
NASA
1998: The Unity Module, the second module of the international space station, is launched on the space shuttle Endeavour on the first shuttle mission dedicated to assembly of the station. The 15-foot-by-18-foot Unity was the first of the three connecting modules and the first part of the space station built by the United States.
