Page 6: Historical Events In December - 03

1954  Samuel Barber's "Prayers of Kierkegaard," premieres   

1954  Enrique Soro Barriga, composer, dies at 70.   

1955  KTVE TV channel 10 in Monroe-El Dorado, LA (NBC) begins broadcasting   

1956  Wilt Chamberlain's inaugural collegiate basketball game (scores 52)   

1956  England and France pull troops out of Egypt.   

1957  23rd Heisman Trophy Award: John Crow, Texas A and M (HB)   

1957  Frank E Gannett, newspaper publisher, dies at 81   

1958  Indonesian parliament accepts nationalisation of Dutch businesses.   

1959  State of emergency on Cyprus ends.   

1960  "Camelot" opens at the Majestic Theater on Broadway.   

1960  "Camelot" opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 873 performances.   

1960  Hermann Stephani, composer, dies at 83.   

1961  Anton Geesink is recorded as becoming 1st not-Japanese judo world champion.   

1961  Jekabs Graubins, composer, dies at 75   

1962  Edith Spurlock Sampson sworn-in as 1st US black female judge.   

1964  Police arrests 800 sit-in students at University of California at Berkeley   

1964  Ernst Ginsberg, writer, dies.   

1965  USSR launches Luna 8; crashes on Moon   

1967  Dr. Christiaan Barnard performs the world's inaugural successful heart transplant at Cape Town, South Africa. The recipient of the new heart, Louis Washkansky, survived 18 days   

1967  Final run of "20th Century Limited," famed New York-Chicago luxury train.   

1967  Annette Kolb, writer, dies at 92.   

1969  John Lennon is offered role of Jesus Christ in Jesus Christ Superstar   

1969  Ruth White, actress (Fugitive), dies of cancer at 55   

1972  Convair 990A charter crashes in Tenerife Canary Island, 155 die   

1973  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.   

1975  Laos falls to communist forces; Lao People's Democratic Rep proclaimed.   

1975  Hugh Thurlow, cricketer (one Test for Australia 1932), dies   

1976  Mary Nash, actress (Phila Story, Till the Clouds Roll By), dies at 91.   

1978  William Grant Still, composer, dies at 83.   

1979  Christie's auctions a thimble for a record $18400.   

1979  Eleven people are killed when fans stampede during a concert by The Who at Cincinnati's Riverfront Coliseum   

1984  Thousands die and over 200000 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.   

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Next Page »

1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30	31

1368  On December - 03 birth of charles VI, [the Well-Beloved], king of France (1380-1422)   

1483  On this day in history birth of nicolaus von Amsdorf, German reformation theologist   

1560  On December - 03 birth of jan Gruter, Dutch critic (d. 1627)   

1576  Marsilio Casentini, composer was born on this day in history.   

1668  Casimir Schweizelsperg, composer was born on this day in history.   

1684  On this day in history birth of ludvig Baron Holberg, founder (Danish & Norwegian literature)   

1729  On December - 03 birth of padre Antonio Francisco J Jose Soler, Olot Spain, composer (Fandango)   

1750  On December - 03 birth of johann Franz Xaver Sterkel, composer   

0450  On December - 03 petrus Chrysologus, 1st archbishop of Ravenna, dies   

1137  On this day in history lotharius III, of Supplinburg, Roman-Ger emperor (1133-37), dies at 67   

1154  On December - 03 anastasius IV, Pope (1153-54), dies   

1265  On December - 03 death of odofredus, Italian jurist   

1463  Louis Chalon, prince of Orange, dies on December - 03.   

1469  On December - 03 piero de' Medici, ruler of Florence, dies at about 53   

1491  Thomas Basin, French historian/bishop of Lisieux, dies on this day in history.   

1533  Vasili III, great prince of Moscow (1505-33), dies at 54 on December - 03.