Hisdates•ComPage 7: Historical Events In December - 03
Friday, 17 October 2025
1985 23rd Shuttle Mission (61-B)-Atlantis 2-lands at Edwards AFB on December - 03. 
1985 On this day in history sam Gillman, actor (Sam-Shane), dies at 70
1988 Barry Sanders wins the Heisman Trophy on December - 03.
1989 On this day in history george Bush & Mikhail Gorbachev end summit in Malta
1989 George Bush &: Mikhail Gorbachev end summit in Malta on December - 03.
1990 On December - 03 gavin Reed, actor (Body Beneath), dies at 59
1991 On December - 03 hulk Hogan defeats Undertaker to become 4th time WWF champion
1991 Muslim Shiites release US hostage Alan Steen on this day in history.
1991 White House Chief of Staff John Sununu resigns on December - 03.
1991 Alex Graham, British cartoonstrip artist (Fred Basset), dies on December - 03.
1992 On this day in history harry Ellerbe, actor (House of Usher, Magnetic Monster), dies at 91
1993 Lewis Thomas, biologist, dies of cancer at 80 on December - 03.
1994 AIDS activist Elizabeth Glaser, infected with HIV from a blood transfusion, dies in Santa Monica, CA, at age 47 on December - 03.
1994 Dolf Verspoor, literary/translator (M Nijhoff prize 1958), dies at 77 on this day in history.
1995 On this day in history jimmy Jewel, comedian, dies at 82
1996 Babrak Karmal, PM of Afghanistan (1980-81), dies on this day in history.
1997 On this day in history marian Kratochwil, artist, dies at 91
2005 Birth of Prince Sverre Magnus of Norway, grandson of King Harald V of Norway on this day in history.
2006 On December - 03 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.
2006 Explosive demolition of Germany's tallest chimney at former Westerholt Power Station on December - 03.
2006 On this day in history hugo Chávez is re-elected President of Venezuela.
2007 14 - United Nations Climate Change Conference at Nusa Dua in Bali, Indonesia on this day in history.
2007 On December - 03 kevin Rudd is sworn in as the 26th Prime Minister of Australia, by Governor General Major-General Michael Jeffery.
2012 On this day in history voyager 1 spacecraft, launched in 1977, reaches the end of our solar system and enters interstellar space
2014 Darren Wilson, the police officer who shot dead unarmed black teenager Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, resigns on December - 03.
2017 On this day in history first pizza party in space held by astronauts of the International Space Station
2018 David Attenborough warns collapse of civilisation and the natural world on the horizon at UN climate summit in Poland on this day in history.
2018 On December - 03 dutch court in Arnhem rejects man's request to legally be recognised 20 years younger
2018 On this day in history 7-year old Ryan of Ryan Toysreview is the year's highest-paid YouTube star earning $22 million
2018 On this day in history 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
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 December - 03 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 70th anniversary of NATO marked by gathering in London of world leaders and reception by Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace on this day in history.