Monday, December 5, 2011

THIS DAY IN HISTORY: 3 & 4 December

December 3: General Interest
1947: A Streetcar Named Desire opens on Broadway

On this day in 1947, Marlon Brando's famous cry of "STELLA!" first booms across a Broadway stage, electrifying the audience at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre during the first-ever performance of Tennessee Williams' play A Streetcar Named Desire... read more


American Revolution
1776 : Washington arrives at the banks of the Delaware
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/washington-arrives-at-the-banks-of-the-delaware

Automotive
1979 : Last AMC Pacer rolls off assembly line
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/last-amc-pacer-rolls-off-assembly-line

Civil War
1826 : Union General George McClellan is born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/george-mcclellan-born

Cold War
1989 : Bush and Gorbachev suggest Cold War is coming to an end
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/bush-and-gorbachev-suggest-cold-war-is-coming-to-an-end

Crime
1989 : The clothes make the man . . . guilty
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-clothes-make-the-man----guilty

Disaster
1984 : Explosion kills 2,000 at pesticide plant
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/explosion-kills-2000-at-pesticide-plant

General Interest
1912 : First Balkan War ends
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-balkan-war-ends
1967 : First human heart transplant
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-human-heart-transplant
1984 : The Bhopal-Union Carbide disaster
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-bhopal-union-carbide-disaster

Hollywood
1948 : Heavy-metal legend Ozzy Osbourne born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/heavy-metal-legend-ozzy-osbourne-born

Literary
1857 : Joseph Conrad's birthday
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/joseph-conrads-birthday

Music
1979 : Eleven people killed in a stampede outside Who concert in Cincinnati, Ohio
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/eleven-people-killed-in-a-stampede-outside-who-concert-in-cincinnati-ohio

Old West
1818 : Illinois becomes the 21st state
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/illinois-becomes-the-21st-state

Presidential
1839 : Lincoln reaches legal milestone
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/lincoln-reaches-legal-milestone

Sports
1979 : Indian field hockey gold medalist Dhyan Chand dies
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/indian-field-hockey-gold-medalist-dhyan-chand-dies

Vietnam War
1962 : Report maintains that Viet Cong are prepared for a long war
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/report-maintains-that-viet-cong-are-prepared-for-a-long-war
1965 : Memorandum outlines terms for bombing halt
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/memorandum-outlines-terms-for-bombing-halt

World War I
1916 : Nivelle replaces Joffre as French commander
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/nivelle-replaces-joffre-as-french-commander

World War II
1944 : Civil war breaks out in Athens
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/civil-war-breaks-out-in-athens 

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December 4: General Interest
1991: Hostage Terry Anderson freed in Lebanon

On this day in 1991, Islamic militants in Lebanon release kidnapped American journalist Terry Anderson after 2,454 days in captivity... read more


American Revolution
1780 : Washington's cousin tricks Loyalists
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/washingtons-cousin-tricks-loyalists

Automotive
1928 : "Irish Godfather" killed by car bomb in St. Paul
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/irish-godfather-killed-by-car-bomb-in-st-paul

Civil War
1864 : North and South skirmish at Waynesboro, Georgia
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/engagement-ends-at-waynesboro

Cold War
1945 : Senate approves U.S. participation in United Nations
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/senate-approves-us-participation-in-united-nations

Crime
1969 : Police kill two members of the Black Panther Party
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/police-kill-two-members-of-the-black-panther-party
2009 : Amanda Knox convicted of murder in Italy
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/amanda-knox-convicted-of-murder-in-italy

Disaster
1952 : Smog kills thousands in England
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/smog-kills-thousands-in-england

General Interest
1872 : The mystery of the Mary Celeste
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-mystery-of-the-imary-celestei
1918 : President Wilson travels to Europe
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/president-wilson-travels-to-europe
1992 : Bush orders U.S. troops to Somalia
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/bush-orders-us-troops-to-somalia

Hollywood
1981 : Warren Beatty writes, directs, stars in Oscar-winning Reds
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/warren-beatty-writes-directs-stars-in-oscar-winning-reds

Literary
1916 : Somerset Maugham sails for Pago Pago
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/somerset-maugham-sails-for-pago-pago

Music
1956 : The "Million Dollar Quartet" convenes at Sun Studios in Memphis, Tennessee
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-quotmillion-dollar-quartetquot-convenes-at-sun-studios-in-memphis-tennessee

Old West
1867 : Oliver Kelley organizes the Grange
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/oliver-kelley-organizes-the-grange

Presidential
1783 : Washington bids farewell to his officers
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/washington-bids-farewell-to-his-officers

Sports
1997 : NBA suspends Latrell Sprewell for attacking coach
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/nba-suspends-latrell-sprewell-for-attacking-coach

Vietnam War
1966 : Viet Cong attack Tan Son Nhut airport
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/viet-cong-attack-tan-son-nhut-airport
1967 : Riverine force surrounds Viet Cong battalion
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/riverine-force-surrounds-viet-cong-battalion

World War I
1917 : Psychiatrist reports on the phenomenon of shell shock
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/psychiatrist-reports-on-the-phenomenon-of-shell-shock

World War II
1942 : Polish Christians come to the aid of Polish Jews
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/polish-christians-come-to-the-aid-of-polish-jews 


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