December 3
1818 - Illinois became the 21st state.
1828 - Andrew Jackson was elected the seventh president of the United States by the Electoral College.
1833 - Oberlin College in Ohio became the first coed institution of higher learning in the United States.
1910 - Mary Baker Eddy, the founder of the Christian Science Movement, died.
1919 - French painter and sculptor Pierre A. Renoir died at age 78.
1948 - The House Un-American Activities Committee announced that former Communist spy Whittaker Chambers had produced microfilm of secret documents hidden inside a pumpkin on his Maryland farm.
1964 - Police arrested some 800 students at the University of California at Berkeley who had stormed the administration buildingthe previous day and staged a massive sit-in.
1967 - Dr. Christiaan N. Barnard performed the world's first successful human heart transplant in Cape Town, South Africa.
1967 - The 20th Century Limited, the famed luxury train, completed its final run from New York City to Chicago.
1979 - Eleven people were killed in a crush of fans at Cincinnati's Riverfront Coliseum before a rock concert by the Who.
1984 - A cloud of deadly poisonous gas leaked from the Union Carbide plant in Bhopal, India, killing more than 4,000 people.
1989 - East German Communist leader Egon Krenz, the ruling Politburo and the party's Central Committee resigned.
1992 - The Greek tanker Aegean Sea spilled more than 21 million gallons of crude oil when it ran aground off northwestern Spain.
1994 - AIDS activist Elizabeth Glaser, who along with her two children were infected with HIV because of a blood transfusion, died in Santa Monica, California, at age 47.
1997 - South Korea struck a deal with the International Monetary Fund for a $55 billion bailout of its foundering economy.
1999 - Scientists failed to make contact with the Mars Polar Lander after it began its fiery descent toward the red planet; the spacecraft was presumed destroyed.
2009 - Comcast and GE announced joint venture plans, with Comcast owning a 51 percent controlling stake in NBC Universal.
2010 - During a surprise holiday-season visit to Afghanistan, President Barack Obama told cheering U.S. troops at Bagram Air Field they were succeeding in their mission to fight terrorism; however, foul weather prevented Obama from meeting with President Hamid Karzai in Kabul to address frayed relations.
2015 - Defense Secretary Ash Carter ordered the armed services to open all military jobs to women, removing the final barriers that had kept women from serving in combat, including the most dangerous and grueling commando posts.
2017 - The second-largest U.S. drugstore chain, CVS, announced that it was buying Aetna, the third-largest health insurer, in order to push much deeper into customer care.
2020 - A divided Wisconsin Supreme Court refused to hear President Donald Trump’s attempt to overturn his election loss to Democrat Joe Biden in the battleground state; the court said the case must first wind its way through lower courts.
Birthdays
24 - Bridget Satterlee (model)
26 - Saige Ryan Campbell (actress)
27 - Jake T. Austin (actor)
34 - Michael Angarano (actor)
36 - Amanda Seyfried (actress)
39 - Dascha Polanco (actress)
40 - Brian Bonsall (actor)
41 - Jenna Dewan (actress)
41 - Anna Chlumsky (actress)
42 - Tiffany Haddish (actress/comedian)
42 - Daniel Bedingfied (singer)
46 - Liza Lapira (actress)
48 - Holly Marie Combs (actress)
53 - Montell Jordan (singer)
53 - Brendan Fraser (actor)
56 - Katarina Witt (figure skater)
61 - Julianne Moore (actress)
61 - Daryl Hannah (actress)
66 - Steven Culp (actor)
72 - Mickey Thomas (singer)
73 - Ozzy Osbourne (singer)
80 - Mary Alice (actress)
88 - Nicolas Coster (actor)
90 - Jaye P. Morgan (singer)
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Today in Sports History - December 3
1932 - Nebraska defeats Southern Methodist 21-14; finishes the season at 7-1-1.
1943 - Notre Dame quarterback Angelo Bertelli wins the Heisman Trophy.
1946 - Army running back Glenn Davis wins the Heisman Trophy.
1950 - Tom Fears (Los Angeles Rams) caught an NFL-record 18 passes against the Green Bay Packers. Terrell Owens (San Francisco 49ers) broke the record with 20 catches for 283 yards and a touchdown against the Chicago Bears on December 17, 2000.
1957 - Texas A&M running back John David Crow wins the Heisman Trophy.
1968 - The rules committee of Major League Baseball (MLB) announced that in 1969 the pitcher's mound would be lowered from 15 to 10 inches. This was done in order to "get more batting action." The strike zone was also reduced from the knees to the shoulders to the top of the knees to the armpits.
1979 - USC running back Charles White wins the Heisman Trophy.
1983 - Nebraska running back Mike Rozier wins the Heisman Trophy.
1988 - Oklahoma State running back Barry Sanders won the Heisman Trophy.
1994 - Greg LeMond, a three-time winner of the Tour de France, announced his retirement.
1818 - Illinois became the 21st state.
1828 - Andrew Jackson was elected the seventh president of the United States by the Electoral College.
1833 - Oberlin College in Ohio became the first coed institution of higher learning in the United States.
1910 - Mary Baker Eddy, the founder of the Christian Science Movement, died.
1919 - French painter and sculptor Pierre A. Renoir died at age 78.
1948 - The House Un-American Activities Committee announced that former Communist spy Whittaker Chambers had produced microfilm of secret documents hidden inside a pumpkin on his Maryland farm.
1964 - Police arrested some 800 students at the University of California at Berkeley who had stormed the administration buildingthe previous day and staged a massive sit-in.
1967 - Dr. Christiaan N. Barnard performed the world's first successful human heart transplant in Cape Town, South Africa.
1967 - The 20th Century Limited, the famed luxury train, completed its final run from New York City to Chicago.
1979 - Eleven people were killed in a crush of fans at Cincinnati's Riverfront Coliseum before a rock concert by the Who.
1984 - A cloud of deadly poisonous gas leaked from the Union Carbide plant in Bhopal, India, killing more than 4,000 people.
1989 - East German Communist leader Egon Krenz, the ruling Politburo and the party's Central Committee resigned.
1992 - The Greek tanker Aegean Sea spilled more than 21 million gallons of crude oil when it ran aground off northwestern Spain.
1994 - AIDS activist Elizabeth Glaser, who along with her two children were infected with HIV because of a blood transfusion, died in Santa Monica, California, at age 47.
1997 - South Korea struck a deal with the International Monetary Fund for a $55 billion bailout of its foundering economy.
1999 - Scientists failed to make contact with the Mars Polar Lander after it began its fiery descent toward the red planet; the spacecraft was presumed destroyed.
2009 - Comcast and GE announced joint venture plans, with Comcast owning a 51 percent controlling stake in NBC Universal.
2010 - During a surprise holiday-season visit to Afghanistan, President Barack Obama told cheering U.S. troops at Bagram Air Field they were succeeding in their mission to fight terrorism; however, foul weather prevented Obama from meeting with President Hamid Karzai in Kabul to address frayed relations.
2015 - Defense Secretary Ash Carter ordered the armed services to open all military jobs to women, removing the final barriers that had kept women from serving in combat, including the most dangerous and grueling commando posts.
2017 - The second-largest U.S. drugstore chain, CVS, announced that it was buying Aetna, the third-largest health insurer, in order to push much deeper into customer care.
2020 - A divided Wisconsin Supreme Court refused to hear President Donald Trump’s attempt to overturn his election loss to Democrat Joe Biden in the battleground state; the court said the case must first wind its way through lower courts.
Birthdays
24 - Bridget Satterlee (model)
26 - Saige Ryan Campbell (actress)
27 - Jake T. Austin (actor)
34 - Michael Angarano (actor)
36 - Amanda Seyfried (actress)
39 - Dascha Polanco (actress)
40 - Brian Bonsall (actor)
41 - Jenna Dewan (actress)
41 - Anna Chlumsky (actress)
42 - Tiffany Haddish (actress/comedian)
42 - Daniel Bedingfied (singer)
46 - Liza Lapira (actress)
48 - Holly Marie Combs (actress)
53 - Montell Jordan (singer)
53 - Brendan Fraser (actor)
56 - Katarina Witt (figure skater)
61 - Julianne Moore (actress)
61 - Daryl Hannah (actress)
66 - Steven Culp (actor)
72 - Mickey Thomas (singer)
73 - Ozzy Osbourne (singer)
80 - Mary Alice (actress)
88 - Nicolas Coster (actor)
90 - Jaye P. Morgan (singer)
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Today in Sports History - December 3
1932 - Nebraska defeats Southern Methodist 21-14; finishes the season at 7-1-1.
1943 - Notre Dame quarterback Angelo Bertelli wins the Heisman Trophy.
1946 - Army running back Glenn Davis wins the Heisman Trophy.
1950 - Tom Fears (Los Angeles Rams) caught an NFL-record 18 passes against the Green Bay Packers. Terrell Owens (San Francisco 49ers) broke the record with 20 catches for 283 yards and a touchdown against the Chicago Bears on December 17, 2000.
1957 - Texas A&M running back John David Crow wins the Heisman Trophy.
1968 - The rules committee of Major League Baseball (MLB) announced that in 1969 the pitcher's mound would be lowered from 15 to 10 inches. This was done in order to "get more batting action." The strike zone was also reduced from the knees to the shoulders to the top of the knees to the armpits.
1979 - USC running back Charles White wins the Heisman Trophy.
1983 - Nebraska running back Mike Rozier wins the Heisman Trophy.
1988 - Oklahoma State running back Barry Sanders won the Heisman Trophy.
1994 - Greg LeMond, a three-time winner of the Tour de France, announced his retirement.
