Hisdates•ComPage 6: Historical Events In December - 03
Thursday, 30 January 2025
1954 On December - 03 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 England & France pull troops out of Egypt on December - 03.
1957 23rd Heisman Trophy Award: John Crow, Texas A&M (HB) on December - 03.
1957 Frank E Gannett, newspaper publisher, dies at 81 on December - 03.
1958 Indonesian parliament accepts nationalisation of Dutch businesses on December - 03.
1959 On December - 03 state of emergency on Cyprus ends
1960 "Camelot" opens at the Majestic Theater on Broadway on December - 03.
1960 "Camelot" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 873 performances on December - 03.
1960 Hermann Stephani, composer, dies at 83 on this day in history.
1961 On December - 03 anton Geesink becomes 1st not-Japanese judo world champion
1961 Jekabs Graubins, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.
1962 Edith Spurlock Sampson sworn-in as 1st US black female judge on this day in history.
1964 On December - 03 police arrests 800 sit-in students at University of California at Berkeley
1964 On December - 03 ernst Ginsberg, writer, dies
1965 USSR launches Luna 8; crashes on Moon on this day in history.
1967 On December - 03 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.
1967 On December - 03 final run of "20th Century Limited," famed New York-Chicago luxury train
1967 Annette Kolb, writer, dies at 92 on December - 03.
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 this day in history convair 990A charter crashes in Tenerife Canary Island, 155 die
1973 Pioneer 10 passes Jupiter (1st fly-by of an outer planet) on this day in history.
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 this day in history hugh Thurlow, cricketer (one Test for Australia 1932), dies
1976 Mary Nash, actress (Phila Story, Till the Clouds Roll By), dies at 91 on December - 03.
1978 William Grant Still, composer, dies at 83 on December - 03.
1979 On December - 03 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 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 on December - 03.
1984 Virginia Lacy Jones, US librarian/presidents advisor, dies at 72 on December - 03.
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