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... 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
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
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... 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
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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