December 4

1791: Britain's Observer, the oldest Sunday newspaper in world, was first published. 1798: Italian physician Luigi Galvani, after whom the word "galvanic" is named, died. 1850: Englishman William Sturgeon, who devised the first electromagnet capable of supporting more than its own weight, died. 1923: WEAF radio (660 AM, NY) began broadcasting Eveready Hour. 1955: American airplane designer Glenn L. Martin died. 1965: NASA launched Gemini 7 with Air Force Lt. Colonel Frank Borman and Navy Commander James A. Lovell aboard. 1973: Pioneer 11 passed within 34,000 km of Jupiter. 1978: Samuel Goudsmit, who along with George Uhlenbeck, conceived of the concept of electron spin, died. 1991: Pan American World Airways ceased operations. 1994: Netscape and Sun Microsystems announced plans to develop Javascript. 1998: Unity, the second module of the International Space Station, was launched.