Hisdates•ComHistorical Events In December - 03
Thursday, 21 November 2024
1985 On this day in history 23rd Shuttle Mission (61-B)-Atlantis 2-lands at Edwards AFB 
1985 Sam Gillman, actor (Sam-Shane), dies at 70 on December - 03.
1988 Barry Sanders wins the Heisman Trophy on this day in history.
1989 George Bush & Mikhail Gorbachev end summit in Malta on December - 03.
1989 George Bush &: Mikhail Gorbachev end summit in Malta on this day in history.
1990 Gavin Reed, actor (Body Beneath), dies at 59 on this day in history.
1991 Hulk Hogan defeats Undertaker to become 4th time WWF champion on December - 03.
1991 On this day in history muslim Shiites release US hostage Alan Steen
1991 On December - 03 white House Chief of Staff John Sununu resigns
1991 On December - 03 alex Graham, British cartoonstrip artist (Fred Basset), dies
1992 Harry Ellerbe, actor (House of Usher, Magnetic Monster), dies at 91 on this day in history.
1993 On December - 03 lewis Thomas, biologist, dies of cancer at 80
1994 On December - 03 aIDS activist Elizabeth Glaser, infected with HIV from a blood transfusion, dies in Santa Monica, CA, at age 47.
1994 On this day in history dolf Verspoor, literary/translator (M Nijhoff prize 1958), dies at 77
1995 On December - 03 jimmy Jewel, comedian, dies at 82
1996 On December - 03 babrak Karmal, PM of Afghanistan (1980-81), dies
1997 Marian Kratochwil, artist, dies at 91 on December - 03.
2005 Birth of Prince Sverre Magnus of Norway, grandson of King Harald V of Norway on this day in history.
2006 Ed Stelmach is elected the new Leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Alberta, Canada, after the second ballot results, and second choice votes for Ted Morton have been added up. Ed becomes the Premier-designate of Alberta on this day in history.
2006 Explosive demolition of Germany's tallest chimney at former Westerholt Power Station on December - 03.
2006 Hugo Chávez is re-elected President of Venezuela on this day in history.
2007 14 - United Nations Climate Change Conference at Nusa Dua in Bali, Indonesia on December - 03.
2007 Kevin Rudd is sworn in as the 26th Prime Minister of Australia, by Governor General Major-General Michael Jeffery on December - 03.
2012 On December - 03 voyager 1 spacecraft, launched in 1977, reaches the end of our solar system and enters interstellar space
2014 On this day in history darren Wilson, the police officer who shot dead unarmed black teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, resigns
2017 First pizza party in space held by astronauts of the International Space Station on December - 03.
2018 On this day in history david Attenborough warns collapse of civilisation and the natural world on the horizon at UN climate summit in Poland
2018 On this day in history dutch court in Arnhem rejects man's request to legally be recognised 20 years younger
2018 7-year old Ryan of Ryan Toysreview is the year's highest-paid YouTube star earning $22 million on this day in history.
2018 Ballon d'Or: Real Madrid midfielder Luka Modrić wins; first time since 2007 that either Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo doesn't win award; Norwegian striker Ada Hegerberg is inaugural women's winner on December - 03.
2018 On this day in history nASA reports the arrival of the OSIRIS-REx probe at Bennu, the agency's first sample-return mission to an asteroid.
2019 On this day in history spotify say Drake the most streamed star of the 2010s with 28 billion streams, Ed Sheeran 's "Shape Of You" most streamed track with 2.4 billion streams
2019 Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin announce they are stepping down from roles at parent company Alphabet, Sundar Pichai to become head of both on this day in history.
2019 On this day in history 70th anniversary of NATO marked by gathering in London of world leaders and reception by Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace