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What happened in history on this day: December 3?
On December 3 in ...
- 450 - Petrus Chrysologus, first archbishop of Ravenna, dies.
- 741 - Saint Zachary begins his reign as Catholic Pope succeeding Gregory III.
- 1137 - Lotharius III of Supplinburg, Roman-German emperor (1133-37), dies at age 67.
- 1154 - Anastasius IV Pope (1153-54), dies.
- 1347 - Pope Clemens VI declares Roman tribunal Coke di Rienzo as heretics.
- 1368 - Birth of Charles VI [the Well-Beloved] king of France (1380-1422).
- 1463 - Louis Chalon prince of Orange, dies.
- 1469 - Piero de' Medici ruler of Florence, dies at about age 53.
- 1483 - Birth of Nicolaus von Amsdorf; German reformation theologist.
- 1491 - Thomas Basin French historian/bishop of Lisieux, dies.
- 1533 - Vasili III great prince of Moscow (1505-33), dies at age 54.
- 1557 - First Covenant of Scottish protestants form.
- 1571 - First fire insurance is issued in Hamburg, by 101 applicants.
- 1586 - Sir Thomas Herriot introduces potatoes to England, from Colombia.
- 1621 - Galileo perfects the telescope.
- 1668 - Birth of Casimir Schweizelsperg composer.
- 1676 - Battle at Lund: Sweden beats Denen.
- 1676 - Daniel Stalpaert Amsterdams master builder, buried.
- 1678 - Edmund Halley receives Master of Arts degree from Queen's College, Oxford.
- 1684 - Birth of Ludvig Baron Holberg a founder of Danish and Norwegian literature.
- 1685 - Charles II bars Jews from settling in Stockholm Sweden.
- 1694 - English parliamentary election set for every three years.
- 1699 - Baron Jacob Hop appointed treasurer-General of the Hague.
- 1729 - Birth of Padre Antonio Francisco J Jose Soler Olot Spain, composer (Fandango).
- 1753 - Birth of Samuel Crompton English inventor (mule-jenny spinning machine).
- 1755 - Birth of Gilbert Stuart US, portrait painter (painted Washington).
- 1775 - First official US flag raising (aboard naval vessel Alfred).
- 1795 - Birth of Rowland Hill; introduced first adhesive postage stamp (1840).
- 1797 - Birth of Francis P Kenrick; Irish/US archbishop of Baltimore.
- 1800 - Birth of France Preseren; Slovenian poet (Krst pri Savici).
- 1806 - Birth of Henry Alexander Wise; Brigadier-General (Confederate Army) (dies 1876).
- 1807 - Death of Clara Reeve; English author (old English baron).
- 1809 - Birth of Thomas Alfred Davies; US Brevet Major General (Union volunteers) (dies 1899).
- 1810 - British retake Mauritius from the French.
- 1818 - Illinois admitted as 21st US state.
- 1822 - Birth of Charles Adam Heckman; US Brigadier-General (Union volunteers) (dies 1896).
- 1826 - Birth of George Brinton McClellan; Major General (US Army) (dies 1885).
- 1828 - Andrew Jackson is elected 7th President of US, with John C Calhoun as Vice-President.
- 1829 - Birth of Green Berry Raum; Brigadier-General (Union volunteers) (dies 1909).
- 1833 - Oberlin College opens in Ohio, first truly coeducational college.
- 1834 - First US dental society is organized (New York).
- 1835 - First US mutual fire insurance company issues first policy (Rhode Island).
- 1838 - Birth of Cleveland Abbe; US meteorologist (Father of the Weather Bureau).
- 1839 - Frederik VI, king of Denmark (1808-39), Norway (1803-14), dies at age 71.
- 1842 - Birth of Ellen Henrietta Richards; US chemist (American Home Economics Association-first president).
- 1844 - Roman Catholic Society Apostole of Prayer forms.
- 1857 - Birth of Joseph Conrad in Poland; novelist (Lord Jim, Heart of Darkness).
- 1862 - Birth of Jules Renkin; Belgian jurist/minister/premier (1931-32).
- 1864 - Birth of Herman Heijermans Junior; Dutch writer (Kamertjeszonde, Diamond City).
- 1878 - Settlers arrive at Petach Tikvah, Israel.
- 1883 - Birth of Albert "Tibby" Cotter; cricket player (great Aussie quick of early century).
- 1885 - Birth of Marchien Zwitsers; farmer in Lutten (died at age 109 years old).
- 1886 - Birth of Karl Manne Georg Siegbahn; Swedish physicist (röntgen spectroscope, Nobel Prize 1924).
- 1890 - Bill Midwinter, cricket player (eight Tests for Australia, four for England), dies.
- 1893 - Allan Wilson, British/Rhodesian major, dies in battle.
- 1893 - Ndebeles destroy Rhodesia.
- 1894 - Jozef Schadde Flem, architect (Antwerp Stock exchange), dies at age 76.
- 1894 - Robert Louis Stevenson, English writer (Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde), dies from a cerebral hemorrhage at age 45.
- 1895 - Birth of Anna Freud; Austrian/English psychoanalytist/daughter of Sigmund Freud.
- 1896 - Birth of John Urzidil; Austria/US writer (Die erbeuteten Frauen).
- 1897 - Birth of Kate O'Brien; Irish writer (Without My Cloak).
- 1900 - Birth of Lester Matthews in Nottingham, England; actor (Sir Dennis - Adventures of Fu Manchu).
- 1900 - Birth of Richard Kuhn in Austria; biochemist, worked with vitamins (Nobel Prize 1938).
- 1901 - Milwaukee Brewers baseball team is dropped from the American League and replaced by Saint Louis Browns.
- 1903 - Panglima Polim surrenders to Captain Colijn at Atjeh.
- 1904 - Birth of Juan E Yrausquin; founder (Party of Patriot Arubans), minister.
- 1905 - Birth of Leslie Ames; cricket player (England wicket-keeper of 1930s outstanding bat).
- 1907 - Birth of Connee Boswell in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; singer (Boswell Sisters), actress (Pete Kelly's Blues TV show).
- 1908 - Birth of Halsey Stevens Scott in New York, USA; composer (Triskelion).
- 1908 - Birth of Nigel M Balchin [Mark Spade]; English author (Business for Pleasure).
- 1910 - Mary Baker Eddy, founder (Christian Science Monitor), dies.
- 1910 - Neon lights are first publically seen, at Paris Auto Show.
- 1911 - Birth of Dana Suesse; songwriter ("You Ought to be in Pictures").
- 1911 - Birth of Nino Rota in Milan, Italy; composer (Torquemada).
- 1912 - Turkey, Serbia, Montenegro, Greece and Bulgaria sign weapons pact.
- 1913 - Birth of Omer Vanaudenhoven; Flemish industrial/resistance fighter.
- 1914 - Birth of Irving Fine in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; composer (Toccata).
- 1914 - Netherlands army shoots up geïnterneerde Belgian soldiers: 8 killed.
- 1917 - In Strathmore, Scotland, a falling meteorite strikes a building.
- 1920 - Turkey and Armenia agree to peace treaty.
- 1921 - 9th Canadian Football League Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeat Edmonton Eskimos, 23-0.
- 1921 - Birth of Hans G Kresse; Dutch cartoonist (Eric the Viking).
- 1922 - First successful Technicolor movie (Tale of the Sea), shown in New York City, New York.
- 1923 - First Congressional open session broadcast via radio (Washington DC).
- 1923 - Birth of Tom Fears; NFL end (Los Angeles Rams).
- 1923 - Birth of Trevor Bailey in England; cricket all-rounder (batted and ran).
- 1924 - Birth of John Backus; inventor (FORTRAN computer language).
- 1925 - Birth of Ken Funston; South African cricket batsman (18 Tests during 1950s).
- 1927 - Birth of Ferlin Husky; country singer ("Born to Lose", "Gone").
- 1927 - Birth of Isabelle Harriet Lucas; actress/singer (Outland, Comics).
- 1928 - Death of Ezra Meeker; American sculptor, co-founder of Puyallup Washington, grower of hops, promoter of the Oregon Trail.
- 1929 - Birth of Werner Rackwitz; German musicologist (Händel-Renaissance).
- 1930 - Air-borne chemicals combine with fog to kill 60 (Meuse Valley, Belgium).
- 1930 - Birth of Andy Williams in Wall Lake, Iowa, USA; singer ("Moon River", Andy Williams Show).
- 1930 - Birth of Jean-Luc Godard; French film director (Alphaville, Hail Mary, Breathless).
- 1930 - Birth of Phyllis Curtin in Clarksburg, West Virginia, USA; soprano (New York City Opera).
- 1930 - Otto Ender forms Austrian government.
- 1931 - Birth of Ellen Blazer; Dutch TV director (Sonja).
- 1931 - Birth of Jaye P Morgan in Mancos, Colorado, USA; singer/actress (Gong Show, Night Patrol, Fay).
- 1932 - 20th Canadian Football League Grey Cup: Hamilton Tigers defeats Regina Roughriders, 25-6.
- 1932 - General Kurt von Schleicher becomes chancellor of Germany.
- 1933 - Connie Mack sells Mickey Cochrane to Detroit Tigers for $100,000.
- 1934 - Birth of Nicolas Coster in London, England; actor (Lionel - Santa Barbara, Robert Delaney - Another World, Electric Horseman).
- 1934 - Birth of Viktor Vassilyevich in Gorbatko, USSR; cosmonaut (Soyuz 7, 24, 37/36).
- 1934 - Italian colonial Tripoli and Cyrenaica annexed to Libya.
- 1937 - Birth of Bobby Allison; auto racer (3-time winner of Daytona 500).
- 1937 - Birth of Stephen Rubin; English attorney/shoe manufacturer (Reebok, Adidas).
- 1937 - Prosper Poullet, Belgian mayor, dies.
- 1938 - Amateur Athletic Union decides to continue linear measuring system over metric.
- 1938 - Birth of José Serebrier in Montevideo, Uruguay; conductor/composer (Star Wagon).
- 1941 - Birth of Mary Alice in Indianola, Mississippi, USA; newscaster (CBS, Lettie - Different World, All My Children).
- 1943 - 9th Heisman Trophy Award: Angelo Bertelli, Notre Dame (quarterback).
- 1943 - Battle of Monte Cassino, Italy begins.
- 1943 - Birth of Valerie Perrine in Galveston, Texas, USA; actress (Slaughterhouse 5).
- 1944 - British order to disarm causes general strike in Greece.
- 1944 - Delfien Vanhaute, Flemish pastor/poet (Ark of Noah), dies at age 75.
- 1944 - Hungarian death march of Jews ends.
- 1944 - NFL Chicago Cardinals-Pittsburgh Steelers merger dissolves.
- 1944 - US 5th Armour division occupies Brandenburg Hürtgenwald.
- 1945 - Birth of Laura Dean in Staten Island, New York, USA; composer/choreographer (Drumming).
- 1946 - 12th Heisman Trophy Award: Glenn Davis, Army (Half Back).
- 1946 - US government asks United Nations to order dictator Franco out of Spain.
- 1947 - Tennessee Williams' play A Streetcar Named Desire opens on Broadway, New York, at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre.
- 1948 - "Pumpkin Papers" come to light (claimed to be from Alger Hiss).
- 1948 - Birth of Ozzy Osbourne in England; rock vocalist (Black Sabbath, "Bark at the Moon").
- 1948 - Donald Bradman scores his last century, 123 in his own testimonial.
- 1949 - Birth of Heather Menzies in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; actress (Jessica - Logan's Run, Dragnet).
- 1949 - Birth of Mickey Thomas in Cairo, Georgia, USA; rock vocalist (Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship).
- 1949 - Maria Ouspenskaya, actress (Spookies), dies at age 62.
- 1950 - Birth of John Akii-bua in Uganda; 400-metre hurdler (Olympics-gold-1972).
- 1950 - Birth of Muntu Myeza; South African anti-apartheid activist.
- 1950 - Cleveland Browns' last NFL team with no-pass game (beat Philadelphia Eagles 13-7). Horace Gillom sets club record with 12 punts.
- 1951 - Birth of Danger Alberto Juantorena in Cuba; 800m runner (Olympics-gold-1976).
- 1951 - Birth of James Turner Brewer in Maywood, Illinois, USA; basketball player (Olympics-silver-1972).
- 1951 - Birth of Mike Stock; rocker (Stock, Aitken and Waterman - "Road Block").
- 1951 - Birth of Rick Mears; Indy-car racer (over 25 wins).
- 1951 - Birth of Riki Chosyu [Mitsuo Yoshida]; wrestler (NJPW/All-Japan).
- 1952 - First TV broadcast in Hawaii.
- 1952 - Birth of Don Barnes; rock guitarist (38 Special).
- 1952 - Birth of Duane Roland; rock guitarist (Molly Hatchet - Flirtin' With Disaster").
- 1952 - Birth of Mel Smith; author (Morons From Outer Space).
- 1952 - Marcos Perez Jiménez elected President of Venezuela.
- 1953 - Kismet opens at Ziegfeld Theater in New York City for 583 performances.
- 1953 - Birth of Franz Klammer in Austria; downhill skier (Olympics-gold-1976).
- 1954 - Birth of Paul Gregg; country singer (Restless Heart - "Wheels").
- 1955 - Birth of Melody Anderson in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; actress (Natalie Dillon - All My Children, Flash Gordon, Brooke - Manimal, Jake and the Fatman, St. Elsewhere).
- 1955 - Birth of Steven Culp; actor (Desperate Housewives, West Wing, JAG).
- 1956 - Birth of Hart Bochner in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor/director (Rich and Famous).
- 1956 - England and France pull troops out of Egypt.
- 1956 - Wilt Chamberlain's first collegiate basketball game (scores 52).
- 1957 - 23rd Heisman Trophy Award: John Crow, Texas A&M (Half Back).
- 1958 - Indonesian parliament accepts nationalisation of Dutch businesses.
- 1959 - Birth of Kathy Jordan in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, USA; tennis player (US Opens Doubles 1981).
- 1959 - State of emergency on Cyprus ends.
- 1960 - Birth of Julianne Moore; actress (Edge of Night, As the World Turns, I'll Take Manhattan).
- 1960 - Birth of Daryl Hannah in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actress (Splash, Blade Runner, Final Days of Planet Earth, The Last Don).
- 1960 - Birth of Mike Ramsey; American ice hockey player (Olympics-gold-1980).
- 1960 - Frederick Loewe/Alan Jay Lerner's Camelot premieres at Majestic Theater in New York City for 873 performances.
- 1961 - Anton Geesink becomes first not-Japanese judo world champion.
- 1961 - Birth of Julianne Moore; actress (Lost World, Nine Months).
- 1961 - George Blanda of Houston Oilers kicks 55-yard field goal.
- 1961 - Mary Charleson, actress (Upstairs and Downstairs), dies at age 76.
- 1961 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1962 - Birth of Tammy Jackson; WNBA forward/center (Houston Comets).
- 1962 - Pravda criticizes western art.
- 1963 - Birth of Ashley De Silva; Sri Lankan Cricket wicketkeeper (1993).
- 1963 - Birth of Steve Hegg in Dana Point, California, USA; road cyclist (Olympics-16th-1984, 1996).
- 1964 - Birth of Darryl Hamilton in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA; outfielder (Texas Rangers).
- 1964 - Birth of Toi Cook; cornerback (Carolina Panthers).
- 1964 - George Brown, cricket player (7 Tests for England), dies.
- 1964 - Police arrest 800 sit-in students at University of California at Berkeley.
- 1965 - The Beatles begin final United Kingdom concert tour in Glasgow, Scotland.
- 1965 - Birth of Katarina Witt in Staaken, German Democratic Republic; figure skater (Olympics-gold-1984, 1988).
- 1965 - Birth of Tammy Jacques in Auburn, Maine, USA; cyclist (Olympics-1996).
- 1965 - USSR launches Luna 8; crashes on Moon.
- 1966 - Birth of Lisa Lightfoot; Australian middle distance runner (Olympics-1996).
- 1967 - Death of Annette Kolb AKA Anne Mathilde Kolb at age 92 in Munich, Germany; writer (Die Schaukel, Das Exemplar, Briefe einer Deutsch-Französin, Literature Prize of the City of Munich).
- 1967 - Birth of Greg Sutton; NBA guard (Philadelphia 76ers).
- 1967 - Birth of Katie Henderson in Santa Monica, California, USA; WPVA volleyball (US Open-25th-1993).
- 1967 - Derek Clayton runs world record marathon (2:09:36.4).
- 1967 - Ex-President Sukarno under house arrest in Indonesia.
- 1967 - Final run of "20th Century Limited", famed New York-Chicago luxury train.
- 1967 - Fred Engelen, Flemish actor/director (Kritisch Theater), dies at age 54.
- 1967 - Manuel A Fraai Curaçao, author (Silly Agüero), dies at age 70.
- 1968 - Birth of Brendan Fraser in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA; actor (School Ties, 20 Bucks, Scrubs, King of the Hill, The Simpsons).
- 1968 - Birth of Kevin Telles; actor (Party Camp).
- 1968 - Major League Baseball pitcher's mound drops from 15 inches to 10 inches and strike zone reduced from knees-to-shoulders to top of knees to armpits, to help hitters.
- 1969 - Birth of Ed King; NFL guard (New Orleans Saints).
- 1969 - Birth of Kwamie Lassiter; NFL defensive back (Arizona Cardinals).
- 1969 - Ruth White, actress (Fugitive), dies of cancer at age 55.
- 1969 - Birth of Royale Watkins; actor (Built to Last).
- 1970 - Birth of Charles Hope; WLAF guard (Frankfurt Galaxy).
- 1970 - Birth of Jennifer Rothschild [Rubin]; actress (Judas Project).
- 1970 - Birth of Laura Schuler; ice hockey forward (Canada, Olympics-1998).
- 1970 - Birth of Lindsey Hunter; NBA guard (Detroit Pistons).
- 1970 - Birth of Paul Byrd in Louisville, Kentucky, USA; pitcher (New York Mets).
- 1970 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1971 - US President Richard Nixon commutes Jimmy Hoffa's jail term.
- 1971 - At a concert by Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention in Montreux casino's showroom, a fan fires a flare gun, which results in burning down the entire casino. Members of rock music group Deep Purple witness the blaze, and later record the song "Smoke on the Water" about the incident.
- 1972 - Birth of Eva Nemcova; WNBA forward/guard (Cleveland Rockers).
- 1972 - Birth of Peter Wright; American 1500 metre freestyle (Olympics-1996).
- 1972 - Convair 990A charter crashes in Tenerife, Canary Island, 155 die.
- 1973 - Birth of Andrew McNally; Australian baseball pitcher (Olympics-1996).
- 1973 - Birth of Brian Loyd in Lynwood, California, USA; baseball catcher (Olympics-bronze-1996).
- 1973 - Michael O'Shea, actor (Denny - It's a Great Life), dies at age 67.
- 1973 - Pioneer 10 passes Jupiter (first fly-by of an outer planet).
- 1973 - Birth of Bruno Campos; actor (Soul Food).
- 1973 - Birth of Holly Marie Combs; actress (Charmed, Picket Fences).
- 1974 - Birth of Ralph Staten; safety (Baltimore Ravens).
- 1975 - Birth of Lauren E Roman in Wilmington, North Carolina; actress (Laura Kirk - All My Children, The Bold and the Beautiful).
- 1975 - Birth of Nadine Neumann in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; swimmer (Olympics-1996).
- 1975 - Hugh Thurlow, cricket player (one Test for Australia 1932), dies.
- 1976 - Dr Patrick J Hillery elected President of Iraq.
- 1976 - Mary Nash, actress (Philadelphia Story, Till the Clouds Roll By), dies at age 91.
- 1977 - Birth of David Sales; cricket player (Northampton batsman, 210 on fc debut 1996).
- 1978 - Pat Bradley/Lon Hinkle win LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic.
- 1979 - Eleven fans are killed during a crowd crush for unreserved seats before The Who concert at the Riverfront Coliseum in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
- 1979 - 45th Heisman Trophy Award: Charles White, Southern California (Running Back).
- 1979 - Christie's auctions a thimble for a record US$18,400.
- 1979 - Iran accepts constitution.
- 1980 - Birth of Anna Chlumsky in Chicago, Illinois; actress (My Girl, Miracle in the Woods).
- 1981 - Death of Walter Knott, American farmer and theme park creator (Knott's Berry Farm) (born 1889).
- 1981 - Beth Daniel/Tom Kite win LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic.
- 1981 - Birth of Brian Bonsall, American actor (Family Ties, Star Trek: The Next Generation).
- 1981 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1982 - A final soil sample is taken from the site of Times Beach, Missouri. It is found to contain 300 times the safe level of dioxin.
- 1982 - First New Jersey Devils' hat-trick by Steve Tambellini, in defeating Hartford Whalers 5-4.
- 1982 - 35.7 cm rainfall at Big Fork, Arkansas (state record).
- 1982 - Tommy Hearns wins WBC Welterweight title in decision over Benitez.
- 1983 - 49th Heisman Trophy Award: Mike Rozier, Nebraska (Running Back).
- 1983 - France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island.
- 1984 - A methyl isocyanate leak from a Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, kills more than 2,000 people outright and injures 15,000 to 22,000 others (some 6,000 of whom later die from their injuries).
- 1984 - British Telecom is privatised.
- 1984 - Oldest groom - Harry Stevens, 103, weds Thelma Lucas, 83, in Wisconsin, USA.
- 1985 - Birth of Amanda Seyfried; American actress (Big Love, Veronica Mars).
- 1985 - 23rd Shuttle Mission (61-B)-Atlantis 2-lands at Edwards Air Force Base.
- 1985 - Sam Gillman, actor (Sam - Shane), dies at age 70.
- 1986 - Sri Lanka all out 55 versus West Indies in one-dayer Walsh 5-1 in four 3 overs.
- 1987 - Birth of Michael Angarano; American actor (Will and Grace).
- 1987 - The 200th episode of TV show Knots Landing airs.
- 1988 - 54th Heisman Trophy Award: Barry Sanders, Oklahoma State (Running Back).
- 1988 - New York Lotto pays US$45 million to twelve winners (numbers are 1-8-13-18-28-48).
- 1989 - 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 their nations may be coming to an end.
- 1989 - Pat Bradley/Bill Glasson win LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic.
- 1990 - Gavin Reed, actor (Body Beneath), dies at age 59.
- 1990 - National League batting champion Willie McGee signs as a free agent with San Francisco Giants.
- 1990 - Mary Robinson is elected President of Ireland.
- 1990 - At Detroit Metropolitan Airport, Northwest Airlines Flight 1482 (a McDonnell Douglas DC-9) collides with Northwest Airlines Flight 299 (a Boeing 727) on the runway, killing 8 passengers and 4 crewmembers on Flight 1482.
- 1991 - Alex Graham, British cartoonstrip artist (Fred Basset), dies.
- 1991 - Casey Walters, actor (True Story of Lynn Stuart), dies after a stroke at age 75.
- 1991 - Hulk Hogan defeats Undertaker to become four-time WWF champion.
- 1991 - Muslim Shiites release US hostage Alan Steen.
- 1991 - White House Chief of Staff John Sununu resigns.
- 1992 - Harry Ellerbe, actor (House of Usher, Magnetic Monster), dies at age 91.
- 1992 - Luis Alcoriza, actor/writer/director (Tiburoneros), dies of emphysema.
- 1992 - Nureddin Al-Atassi, President of Syria (1966-70), dies.
- 1992 - United Nations Security Council Resolution 794 is unanimously passed, approving a coalition of United Nations peacekeepers led by the United States to form UNITAF, tasked with ensuring humanitarian aid gets distributed and establishing peace in Somalia.
- 1992 - The Greek oil tanker Aegean Sea, carrying 80,000 tonnes of crude oil, runs aground in a storm while on approach to La Coruña, Spain, and spills much of its cargo (about 93 million litres).
- 1993 - Lewis Thomas, American biologist, dies of cancer at age 80 (born 1913).
- 1993 - Thomas Mogotlane, South African actor (Mapantsula), dies at age 40.
- 1993 - Death of Joe Fowler at age 99 in Florida, USA; graduated US Naval Academy and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, designed World War II aircraft carriers Lexington and Saratoga, retired 1948 as rear admiral, joined Disney team April 1954, oversaw construction of Disneyland, supervised operations, in charge of construction of Walt Disney World, retired 1978, named a Disney Legend 1990.
- 1994 - Dolf Verspoor, literary/translator (M Nijhoff prize 1958), dies at age 77.
- 1994 - Giorgi Chanturia, President of Georgia, is assassinated.
- 1994 - Said Mekbel, Algerian editor-in-chief (Le Matin), murdered at age 57.
- 1994 - Sony introduces the PlayStation video game system in Japan. It features a 33 MHz 32-bit MIPS R3000A processor, with special audio and graphics functions integrated, geometry coprocessor, 2 MB RAM, 1 MB video RAM. Graphics resolution is 640x480 in 24-bit color. Price is 39800 yen, about US$399.
- 1994 - Birth of Jake T. Austin, American actor (Go Diego Go, Wizards of Waverly Place).
- 1995 - 84th Davis Cup: USA beats Russia in Moscow (3-2).
- 1995 - Beth Daniels/Davis Love III win LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic.
- 1995 - Jack Russell takes 11 catches in Test Cricket versus South Africa, a record.
- 1995 - Naeem Akhtar takes 10-28 for Rawalpindi B against Peshawar.
- 1996 - Babrak Karmal, Prime Minister of Afghanistan (1980-81), dies at age 67.
- 1997 - Golden State Warriors' guard Latrell Sprewell's four-year, $32 million, contract terminated for attacking his coach P J Carlesimo.
- 1997 - Steve Hamilton, pitcher (New York Yankees), dies of cancer at age 63.
- 1997 - In Ottawa, Canada, representatives from 121 countries sign a treaty prohibiting the manufacture and deployment of anti-personnel land mines. The United States, the People's Republic of China, and Russia do not sign the treaty.
- 1999 - After rowing for 81 days and 2,962 nautical miles (5486 km), Tori Murden crosses the Atlantic Ocean by rowboat alone, when she reaches Guadeloupe from the Canary Islands.
- 1999 - NASA loses radio contact with the Mars Polar Lander, moments before the spacecraft enters the Martian atmosphere.
- 1999 - Death of Jarl Wahlström, Salvation Army general (born 1918).
- 1999 - Death of Madeline Kahn at age 57 of ovarian cancer in New York, USA; actress (Oh Madeline, Cosby, New York News).
- 2000 - Death of Hoyt Curtin of heart failure at age 78; American composer (The Flintstones, Top Cat, Jonny Quest, Superfriends, The Jetsons, Josie and the Pussycats, The New Scooby-Doo movies).
- 2001 - Officials announce that one of the Taliban prisoners captured after the prison uprising at Mazari Sharif, Afghanistan is John Walker Lindh, an American citizen.
- 2001 - Death of Grady Martin at age 72; Nashville session guitarist (Roy Orbison's "Oh, Pretty Woman", Marty Robbins' "El Paso", Loretta Lynn's "Coal Miner's Daughter").
- 2003 - Mike Lowell signs a four-year, $32 million deal with the Florida Marlins.
- 2004 - The Colombian government extradites Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela to the United States. Orejuela is one of the most powerful drug dealers in the world, arrested in 1995 and 2003.
- 2005 - Birth of Prince Sverre Magnus of Norway, grandson of King Harald V of Norway.
- 2006 - Ed Stelmach is elected the new Leader of the Progressive Conservatives, Canada, after the second ballot results, and second choice votes for Ted Morton have been added up. Ed becomes the Premier-designate of Alberta.
- 2006 - Hugo Chávez is re-elected President of Venezuela.
- 2006 - Explosive demolition of Germany's tallest chimney at former Westerholt Power Station.
- 2007 - (to December 14) United Nations Climate Change Conference at Nusa Dua in Bali, Indonesia.
- 2007 - Kevin Rudd is sworn in as the 26th Prime Minister of Australia, by Governor General Major-General Michael Jeffery.
- 2007 - Death of Daniele Emmanuello, Mafia godfather of Gela, Sicily, Italy; shot dead by police.
- 2008 - At the Bonhams' Olympia sale, a 1925 Bentley 3.0-litre SuperSports "Brooklands" Two-seater sells for US$401,406.
- 2009 - Comcast announces a deal to buy a 51 percent stake in NBC Universal from General Electric, for US$6.5 billion in cash, its own cable TV networks (E!, Versus, the Golf Channel and 10 regional sports networks) and other assets.
- 2018 - NASA reports the arrival of the OSIRIS-REx probe at Bennu, the agency's first sample-return mission to an asteroid.
- 2019 - Google founders Serget Brin and Larry Page steo down as president and chief executive, respectively, of Alphabet.
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