All Events

Historical Events on December 3

  • Illinois

    1818

    Illinois becomes the 21st U.S. state.

  • 1901 State of the Union Address

    1901

    In a State of the Union message, U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt asks Congress to curb the power of trusts "within reasonable limits".

  • Free Speech Movement

    1964

    Free Speech Movement: Police arrest over 800 students at the University of California, Berkeley, following their takeover and sit-in at the administration building in protest of the UC Regents' decision to forbid protests on UC property.

  • The Who concert disaster

    1979

    In Cincinnati, 11 fans are suffocated in a crush for seats on the concourse outside Riverfront Coliseum before a Who concert.

  • Ruhollah Khomeini

    1979

    Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini becomes the first Supreme Leader of Iran.

  • Cold War

    1989

    Cold War: In a meeting off the coast of Malta, U.S. President George H. W. Bush and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev release statements indicating that the Cold War between NATO and the Soviet Union may be coming to an end.

  • PlayStation (console)

    1994

    The PlayStation was released in Japan

  • Mars Polar Lander

    1999

    NASA loses radio contact with the Mars Polar Lander moments before the spacecraft enters the Martian atmosphere.

  • 2009 Hotel Shamo bombing

    2009

    A suicide bombing at a hotel in Mogadishu, Somalia, kills 25 people, including three ministers of the Transitional Federal Government.

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Famous Birthdays on December 3

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Famous Deaths on December 3

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