Hisdates•ComPage 6: Historical Events In December - 03
Thursday, 03 April 2025
1954 On this day in history samuel Barber's "Prayers of Kierkegaard," premieres 
1954 On this day in history enrique Soro Barriga, composer, dies at 70
1955 On December - 03 kTVE TV channel 10 in Monroe-El Dorado, LA (NBC) begins broadcasting
1956 Wilt Chamberlain's first collegiate basketball game (scores 52) on December - 03.
1956 On December - 03 england & France pull troops out of Egypt
1957 On December - 03 23rd Heisman Trophy Award: John Crow, Texas A&M (HB)
1957 On December - 03 frank E Gannett, newspaper publisher, dies at 81
1958 Indonesian parliament accepts nationalisation of Dutch businesses on this day in history.
1959 State of emergency on Cyprus ends on this day in history.
1960 "Camelot" opens at the Majestic Theater on Broadway on this day in history.
1960 On this day in history "Camelot" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 873 performances
1960 On this day in history hermann Stephani, composer, dies at 83
1961 On this day in history anton Geesink becomes 1st not-Japanese judo world champion
1961 On this day in history jekabs Graubins, composer, dies at 75
1962 Edith Spurlock Sampson sworn-in as 1st US black female judge on December - 03.
1964 On this day in history police arrests 800 sit-in students at University of California at Berkeley
1964 Ernst Ginsberg, writer, dies on December - 03.
1965 USSR launches Luna 8; crashes on Moon on December - 03.
1967 Dr. Christiaan Barnard performs the world's first successful heart transplant at Cape Town, South Africa. The recipient of the new heart, Louis Washkansky, survived 18 days on this day in history.
1967 Final run of "20th Century Limited," famed New York-Chicago luxury train on December - 03.
1967 Annette Kolb, writer, dies at 92 on this day in history.
1969 John Lennon is offered role of Jesus Christ in Jesus Christ Superstar on December - 03.
1969 Ruth White, actress (Fugitive), dies of cancer at 55 on this day in history.
1972 On December - 03 convair 990A charter crashes in Tenerife Canary Island, 155 die
1973 On this day in history pioneer 10 passes Jupiter (1st fly-by of an outer planet)
1973 Michael O'Shea, actor (Denny- It's a Great Life), dies at 67 on December - 03.
1975 Laos falls to communist forces; Lao People's Democratic Rep proclaimed on December - 03.
1975 On December - 03 hugh Thurlow, cricketer (one Test for Australia 1932), dies
1976 On this day in history mary Nash, actress (Phila Story, Till the Clouds Roll By), dies at 91
1978 On December - 03 william Grant Still, composer, dies at 83
1979 On this day in history christie's auctions a thimble for a record $18,400
1979 On this day in history eleven people are killed when fans stampede during a concert by The Who at Cincinnati's Riverfront Coliseum.
1984 On this day in history thousands die and over 200,000 are injured from a gas leak at the Union Carbide plant in Bhopal, India (the world's worst industrial accident). occurred when gas leaked from the Union Carbide plant in Bhopal, India.
1984 Virginia Lacy Jones, US librarian/presidents advisor, dies at 72 on this day in history.
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