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December 3 Events in History - December 3 Birthdays - December 3 Deaths
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December 3, 2006 Hugo Chavez, leftist dictator, is re-elected President of Venezuela December 3, 1997 "1776," opens at Gershwin Theater New York City December 3, 1997 Golden State Warrior guard Latrell Sprewell, four-year, $32 million, contract terminated for attacking his coach P J Carlesimo December 3, 1995 "Company" closes at Criterion Theater New York City after 68 performances December 3, 1995 "Holiday" opens at Circle in Sq Theater New York City for 49 performances December 3, 1995 84th Davis Cup: USA beats Russia in Moscow (3-2) December 3, 1995 Beth Daniels/Davis Love III wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic December 3, 1995 Jack Russell takes 11 catches in Test Cricket vs. South Africa, a record December 3, 1995 Naeem Akhtar takes 10-28 for Rawalpindi B against Peshawar December 3, 1995 Northwestern South Carolina begins using new area code 864 December 3, 1992 U.N. Security Council votes unanimous for U.S. led forces to enter Somalia December 3, 1991 Hulk Hogan defeats Undertaker to become 4th time WWF champion December 3, 1991 Muslim Shites release U.S. hostage Alan Steen December 3, 1991 White House Chief of Staff John Sununu resigns December 3, 1990 NL batting champ Willie McGee signs as a free agent with San Francisco Giants December 3, 1989 Pat Bradley/Bill Glasson wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic December 3, 1988 54th Heisman Trophy Award: Barry Sanders, Oklahoma State (RB) December 3, 1988 New York Lotto pays $45 million to twelve winner (#s are 1-8-13-18-28-48) December 3, 1986 Sri Lanka all out 55 vs. WI in one-dayer Walsh 5-1 in 4 3 overs December 3, 1985 23rd Shuttle Mission (61-B)-Atlantis 2-lands at Edwards AFB December 3, 1984 2,000 die from Union Carbide poison gas emission in Bhopal, India December 3, 1984 Oldest groom - Harry Stevens, 103, weds Thelma Lucas, 83, in Wisc December 3, 1983 "Marilyn: An American Fable" closes at Minskoff New York City after 16 performances December 3, 1983 49th Heisman Trophy Award: Mike Rozier, Nebraska (RB) December 3, 1983 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island December 3, 1982 1st New Jersey Devil hat-trick (Steve Tambellini) defeat Hartford 5-4 December 3, 1982 35.7 cm rainfall at Big Fork, Arkansas (state record) December 3, 1982 77 degrees F highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in December December 3, 1982 New Jersey Devils 1st hat trick (Steve Tambellini) December 3, 1982 Tommy Hearns wins WBC Welterweight title in decision over Benitez December 3, 1981 Beth Daniel/Tom Kite wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic December 3, 1981 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site December 3, 1980 NY Federal jury finds Reps Thompson D-New Jersey and Murphy, D-NY, guilty December 3, 1979 45th Heisman Trophy Award: Charles White, Southern California (RB) December 3, 1979 Christies auctions a thimble for a record $18,400 December 3, 1979 Iran accepts constitution December 3, 1978 "King of Hearts" closes at Minskoff Theater New York City after 48 performances December 3, 1978 Pat Bradley/Lon Hinkle wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic December 3, 1976 Dr. Patrick J Hillery elected president of Iraq December 3, 1975 Laos falls to communist forces; Lao People's Democratic Rep proclaimed December 3, 1973 Pioneer 10 passes Jupiter (1st fly-by of an outer planet) [Dec 4-GMT] December 3, 1972 Convair 990A charter crashes in Tenerife Canary Island, 155 die December 3, 1971 Miss Teenage America Pageant December 3, 1971 President Nixon commutes Jimmy Hoffa's jail term December 3, 1970 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site December 3, 1969 John Lennon is offered role of Jesus Christ in Jesus Christ Superstar December 3, 1968 Pitcher's mound drops from 15" to 10" and strike zone reduced from knees to shoulders to top of knees to armpits, to help hitters December 3, 1967 1st human heart transplant performed (Dr. Christian Barnard, South Africa) December 3, 1967 Derek Clayton runs world record marathon (2:09:36.4) December 3, 1967 Ex-president Sukarno under house arrest in Indonesia December 3, 1967 Final run of "20th Century Limited," famed NY-Chicago luxury train December 3, 1966 US performs underground nuclear test at Hattiesburg Miss December 3, 1965 Beatles begin final U.K. concert tour in Glasgow December 3, 1965 U.S.S.R. launches Luna 8; crashes on Moon December 3, 1964 "Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer" 1st airs on TV December 3, 1964 KHQL (now KCAN) TV channel 8 in Albion, NB (ABC) begins broadcasting December 3, 1964 Police arrests 800 sit-in students at Univeristy of California at Berkeley December 3, 1962 Edith Spurlock Sampson sworn-in as 1st U.S. black female judge December 3, 1962 Pravda criticizes western art December 3, 1961 Anton Geesink becomes 1st not-Japanese judo world champion December 3, 1961 Beatles meet future manager Brian Epstein December 3, 1961 George Blanda of Houston Oilers kicks 55-yard field goal December 3, 1961 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site December 3, 1960 "Camelot" opens at Majestic Theater New York City for 873 performances December 3, 1960 Frederick Loewe/Alan Jay Lerner's "Camelot," premieres in New York City December 3, 1959 State of emergency on Cyprus ends December 3, 1958 Indonesian parliament accepts nationalisation of Dutch businesses December 3, 1957 23rd Heisman Trophy Award: John Crow, Texas A&M (HB) December 3, 1956 England and France pull troops out of Egypt December 3, 1956 KFSA (now KFSM) TV channel 5 in Ft. Smith, AR (CBS) 1st broadcast December 3, 1956 Wilt Chamberlain's 1st collegiate basketball game (scores 52) December 3, 1955 KTVE TV channel 10 in Monroe-El Dorado, LA (NBC) begins broadcasting December 3, 1954 Samuel Barber's "Prayers of Kierkegaard," premieres December 3, 1954 William Walton's opera "Troilus and Cressida," premieres in London December 3, 1953 "Kismet" opens at Ziegfeld Theater New York City for 583 performances December 3, 1953 Eisenhower criticizes McCarthy for saying communists are in Rep party December 3, 1953 Premier of Dmitri Shostakovitch' 5th String Quartet December 3, 1952 1st TV broadcast in Hawaii December 3, 1952 Marcos Perez Jimenez elected president of Venezuela December 3, 1950 Cleveland Browns last NFL team with no-pass game (beat Philadelphia 13-7) December 3, 1950 Paul Harvey begins his national radio broadcast December 3, 1950 Cleveland Browns' Horace Gillom sets club record with 12 punts December 3, 1949 KRLD (now KDFW) TV channel 4 in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas (CBS) begins December 3, 1948 "Pumpkin Papers" come to light (claimed to be from Alger Hiss) December 3, 1948 1st U.S. woman army officer not in medical corps sworn-in December 3, 1948 Bradman scores his last century, 123 in his own testimonial December 3, 1948 Chinese refugee ship "Kiangya" explodes in E China Sea, killing 1,100 December 3, 1947 Tennessee Williams' "Streetcar Named Desire," premieres in New York City December 3, 1946 12th Heisman Trophy Award: Glenn Davis, Army (HB) December 3, 1946 U.S. government asks United Nations to order dictator Franco out of Spain December 3, 1944 British order to disarm, causes general strike in Greece December 3, 1944 Hungarian death march of Jews ends December 3, 1944 Mussert puts Seyss-Inquart plan for small Nazi-Europe December 3, 1944 NFL Cardinals-Pitts merger disolves December 3, 1944 US 5th Armour division occupies Brandenburg Hurtgenwald December 3, 1943 9th Heisman Trophy Award: Angelo Bertelli, Notre Dame (QB) December 3, 1943 Battle of Monte Cassino, Italy begins December 3, 1943 Howard Hanson's 4th Symphony, premieres December 3, 1943 Strike of Monte Cassino, Italy begins December 3, 1941 Hitler views Poltava Ukraine December 3, 1939 Dmitri Sjostakovitsj's 6th Symphony, premieres December 3, 1938 AAU's decides to continue linear measuring system over metric December 3, 1934 Italian colonial Tripoli and Cyrenaica annexed to Libya December 3, 1934 KYW-AM in Chicago, Illinois moves to Philadelphia Penn December 3, 1933 Connie Mack sells Mickey Cochrane to Det Tigers for $100,000 December 3, 1933 Joe Lilliard QBs Chicago Cardinals; last NFL black until 1946 December 3, 1932 20th CFL Grey Cup: Hamilton Tigers defeats Regina Roughriders, 25-6 December 3, 1932 Gen Kurt von Schleicher becomes chancellor of Germany December 3, 1931 Alka Seltzer goes on sale December 3, 1930 Air-borne chemicals combine with fog to kill 60 (Meuse Valley Belgium) December 3, 1930 Otto Ender forms Austrian government December 3, 1930 Richard Rodgers/L Hart's musical "Evergreen," premieres in London December 3, 1929 Boston Bruins begins then NHL record 14 game winning streak December 3, 1926 Manchester Guardian (German Reichswehr/Red Army work together) December 3, 1923 1st Congressional open session broadcast via radio (Washington D.C.) December 3, 1922 1st successful technicolor movie (Tall of the Sea), shown in New York City December 3, 1921 9th CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats Edmonton Eskimos, 23-0 December 3, 1920 Turkey and Armenia agree to peace treaty December 3, 1914 Netherlands army shoots up geinterneerde Belgian soldiers: 8 killed December 3, 1912 Gerrit Brinkman becomes 1st Dutch traffic officer December 3, 1912 Turkey, Serbia, Montenegro, Greece and Bulgaria sign weapons pact December 3, 1910 Neon lights, 1st publically seen (Paris Auto Show) December 3, 1908 Edward Elgar's 1st Symphony in A, premieres December 3, 1907 George Cohans musical "Talk of the Town," premieres in New York City December 3, 1903 Panglima Polim surrenders to Capt Colijn at Atjeh December 3, 1901 Milwaukee is dropped from the AL and replaced by St. Louis Browns December 3, 1893 Ndebeles destroy Rhodesia December 3, 1883 48th Congress (1883-85) convenes December 3, 1881 Henry M Stanley finds Leopoldville/Kinshasa December 3, 1878 Settlers arrive at Petach Tikvah Israel December 3, 1868 Trial of Jefferson Davis starts; 1st blacks on U.S. trial jury December 3, 1866 Paid fire department replaces volunteer companies December 3, 1864 Skirmish at Thomas' Station, Georgia December 3, 1863 Longstreet abandons his siege at Knoxville, TN December 3, 1847 Frederick Douglass publishes 1st issue of his newspaper "North Star" December 3, 1844 RC Society Apostole of Prayer forms December 3, 1835 1st U.S. mutual fire insurance company issues 1st policy (RI) December 3, 1834 1st U.S. dental society organized (NY) December 3, 1833 Oberlin College in Oh, 1st truly coeducational college opens December 3, 1828 Andrew Jackson elected 7th president of US December 3, 1818 Illinois becomes 21st state USA (Admission day) December 3, 1775 1st official U.S. flag raising (aboard naval vessel Alfred) December 3, 1699 Baron Jacob Hop appointed treasurer-general of the Hague December 3, 1694 English parliamentary election set for every 3 years December 3, 1685 Charles II bars Jews from settling in Stockholm Sweden December 3, 1678 Edmund Halley receives MA from Queen's College, Oxford December 3, 1676 Battle at Lund: Sweden beats Denen December 3, 1639 1st annulment by court decree passes December 3, 1621 Galileo invents telescope December 3, 1586 Sir Thomas Herriot introduces potatoes to England, from Colombia December 3, 1557 1st Covenant of Scottish protestants form December 3, 1347 Pope Clemens VI declares Roman tribunal Coke di Rienzo as heretics December 3, 741 St. Zachary begins his reign as Catholic Pope succeeding Gregory III |