3RD
DECEMBER
FEAST DAY OF
"SAINTS CLAUDIUS, HILARIA & THEIR
COMPANIONS; ST BIRINUS; ST LUCIUS OF BRITAIN; ST CASSAIN OF TANGIER; & ST FRANCIS
XAVIER." |
| 3RD |
741 |
"ST. ZACHARY" BEGINS HIS REIGN AS CATHOLIC POPE. |
| 3RD |
1170 |
THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY,
"THOMAS BECKETT" 52, RETURNED TO ENGLAND AFTER SIX YEARS OF EXILE IN FRANCE. HE
WAS MARTYRED ON THE 29TH WHEN HE WAS KILLED BY SOLDIERS SENT BY HIS FRIEND, ENGLISH KING,
"HENRY II." |
| 3RD |
1775 |
THE FIRST OFFICIAL U.S. FLAG RAISING WAS ABOARD THE NAVAL
VESSEL ‘ALFRED.’ |
| 3RD |
1828 |
"ANDREW JACKSON" IS ELECTED
7TH U.S. PRESIDENT. |
| 3RD |
1854 |
THE "EUREKA STOCKADE" UPRISING BEGAN IN BALLARAT,
VICTORIA. |
| 3RD |
1910 |
NEON LIGHTING WAS DISPLAYED FOR THE
FIRST TIME, AT THE PARIS MOTOR SHOW. |
| 3RD |
1917 |
THE WORLD’S LONGEST CANTILEVER BRIDGE WHICH COST 87
LIVES DURING CONSTRUCTION, THE QUEBEC BRIDGE OVER THE ST LAWRENCE RIVER IS OPENED. |
| 3RD |
1948 |
CHINESE REFUGEE SHIP ‘KIANGYA’EXPLODES
IN THE EAST CHINA SEA, KILLING 1,100. |
| 3RD |
1957 |
AMERICA’S DREAM OF LAUNCHING IT’S FIRST SATTELITE
INTO ORBIT ENDS WHEN THE VANGUARD ROCKET DESTRUCTS WHEN IT EXPLODES WHEN IT IS ONLY 1metre
OFF THE GROUND. |
| 3RD |
1961 |
IT TOOK 46 DAYS BEFORE ANYONE REALISED
"HENRI MATISSE’S" PAINTING ‘Le BATEAU’ WAS HANGING UPSIDE DOWN AT
THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, NEW YORK. |
| 3RD |
1965 |
USSR LAUNCHES ‘LUNA 8’ WHICH CRASHES ON THE
MOON. |
| 3RD |
1967 |
"DOCTOR CHRISTIAAN N BARNARD"
CONDUCTED THE WORLD’S FIRST HEART TRANSPLANT, ON 53 YEAR OLD "LOUIS
WASHKANSKY," USING THE HEART OF A YOUNG WOMAN WHO HAD BEEN KILLED IN A CAR CRASH. |
| 3RD |
1972 |
‘CONVAIR 990A’ CHARTER CRASHES IN TENERIFE
CANARY ISLAND, KILLING 155. |
| 3RD |
1976 |
AN ATTEMPT IS MADE ON THE LIVES OF
"BOB MARLEY & THE WAILERS" IN KINGSTON, JAMACIA.
NONE ARE KILLED BUT ALL ARE INJURED. |
| 3RD |
1979 |
11 AUDIENCE MEMBERS WERE TRAMPLED TO DEATH AT A CONCERT
HEADLINED BY "THE WHO" AT RIVER FRONT COLISEUM, CINCINNATI.
IT WAS DRUMMER, "KENNY JONES" FIRST TOUR WITH THE GROUP, HAVING TAKEN OVER FROM
"KEITH MOON" WHO DIED 3 MONTHS EARLIER. |
| 3RD |
1979 |
CHRISTIES AUCTIONS A THIMBLE FOR A
RECORD $18,400. |
| 3RD |
1984 |
2000 PEOPLE DIED AND MANY THOUSANDS WERE INJURED WHEN
POISONOUS GASES LEAKED FROM THE "UNION CARBIDE" FACTORY IN INDIA. |
| 3RD |
1991 |
"HULK HOGAN" DEFEATS
"UNDERTAKER" TO BECOME 4TH TIME WORLD WRESTLING FEDERATION CHAMPION. |
| 3RD |
1999 |
ACTOR "JASON PREISTLEY" 30, WROTE HIS
‘PORSCHE’ OFF WHEN HE HIT A POLE WHILE TRYING TO AVOID A DEER IN THE HOLLYWWOOD
HILLS.
HE WAS UNHURT. |
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