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What happened in history on this day: December 3?
Since 1995, I have been collecting information on a variety of topics,
creating several timelines of history.
Here you will find specific events from those databases
for this day, on the topics of personal computers, video games, the Walt Disney Company,
Chevrolet Corvettes, A&W Root Beer, Sweden, and Canadian coins.
On December 3 in ...
- 1976 - Pertec Computer signs a letter of intent to acquire MITS for US$6 million of stock.
- 1987 - The 5th annual World of Commodore show is held, in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, over four days.
- 2000 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US.
- A scene takes place in a computer store. One computer looks like a new Apple Macintosh, with front carrying handle.
- Personal computers appear at many people's houses.
- A Web site includes the "Flying Toasters" animation, from Berkeley Softworks' After Dark program.
- 2009 - Intel unveils a prototype processor with 48 separate processing cores. The Single-chip Cloud Computer contains 1.3 billion transistors, and is based on Intel's X86 architecture.
- 1927 - Animation work is completed on the Oswald the Lucky Rabbit film Rival Romeos.
- 1945 - Disney delivers the film Light Is What You Make It to the National Better Light Better Sight Bureau.
- 1948 - The Mickey Mouse film Mickey and the Seal is released. Pluto also appears.
- 1961 - The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, entitled A Fire Called Jeremiah.
- 1972 - The NBC TV network airs The Wonderful World of Disney show, featuring Chandar, the Black Leopard of Ceylon, part two.
- 1988 - The Disney Channel airs the Disney Channel Premiere Film Goodbye, Miss 4th of July.
- 1989 - The NBC TV network airs The Magical World of Disney show, featuring A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story, part one.
- 2000 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. The episode title "The Computer Wore Menace Shoes" is a reference to the Disney film The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes.
- 2002 - Walt Disney Home Entertainment releases the film Lilo & Stitch on DVD for US$29.99, and on videocassette.
- 2002 - Buena Vista Home Entertainment releases three volumes of "Walt Disney Treasures", each title on two DVDs: Mickey Mouse in Black and White, The Complete Goofy, Behind the Scenes at The Walt Disney Studio.
- 2002 - Disney announces it is lowering projected fourth quarter earnings by US$47 million due to poor revenues from the film Treasure Planet.
- 2012 - Cover of Coin World magazine (Volume 53, Issue 2747) includes several images of numismatic collectibles related to Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
- 1958 - In Nassau, the Bahamas, the Tourist Trophy race is held.
- 1st overall is the Corvette driven by Jim Jeffords.
- 1990 - Paramount Television airs the TV show Ferris Bueller in the USA. Included is a 1962 Corvette.
- 1939 - German pocket-battleship Admiral Graf Spee sinks Taiora southeast of St. Helena.
- 1939 - Finns evacuate Helsinki.
- 1939 - British Bomber Command initiates anti-mining patrols. 24 British Wellington bombers attack two cruisers and other ships off Heligoland, sinking a minesweeper and downing a German fighter plane. No British planes are shot down.
- 1939 - British Bomber Command planes attack German seaplane bases at Hornum and Sylt.
- 1941 - British MI6 intelligence in Manila, Philippines, warns US Military and Naval Intelligence in Honolulu, Hawaii, that the US is the likely target of an early Japanese attack.
- 1941 - The Washington Navy Bureau alerts Admiral Kimmel in Hawaii that yesterday Japanese diplomatic posts in Hong Kong, Singapore, Batavia, Manilla, Washington, and London were instructed to destroy most of codes and ciphers immediately, plus burn all other confidential and secret documents.
- 1942 - Adolf Hitler replies to Erich von Manstein, refusing to allow the 6th Army to shift forces to the south west to prepare for relief forces.
- 1943 - (early dawn) Three battalions of the First Special Service Force clear Germans from positions on the summit of Mount la Difensa in Italy.
- 1996 - The US Justice Department adds sixteen Japanese men to the list of persons barred from ever entering the US, due to the suspicion of their having medically experimented on prisoners or operating forced-sex camps during World War II.
- 1992 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. A character says "Ms. Pacman struck a blow for women's rights" (in the spring of 1983). A flashback scene shows kids playing "early" arcade video games: Mumblity Peg, Stickball, and Kick the Can.
- 1994 - Sony introduces the PlayStation 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. Sony spent US$500 million developing the system. Code name during development was Play Station X.
- 1994 - Namco releases the Ridge Racer video game for the PlayStation in Japan.
- 1996 - Acclaim Entertainment releases the Mortal Kombat Trilogy video game for the Saturn in the US.
- 2001 - Nintendo releases the Super Smash Bros. Melee video game for the GameCube in the US.
- 2001 - Nintendo releases the Pikmin video game for the GameCube in the US.
- 2003 - Rockstar releases the Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne video game for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox in the US and Canada.
- 2003 - Eidos releases the Deus Ex: Invisible War video game for the Xbox in the US.
- 1996 - Chile issues a 300 peso postage stamp marking the state visit of King Carl XII Gustaf and Queen Silvia.
- 1883 - President Arthur asks Congress to terminate the Trade dollar.
- 1910 - The Denver Mint begins striking 1910-dated dimes.
- 1901 - Milwaukee Brewers baseball team is dropped from the American League and replaced by Saint Louis Browns.
- 1921 - 9th Canadian Football League Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeat Edmonton Eskimos, 23-0.
- 1932 - 20th Canadian Football League Grey Cup: Hamilton Tigers defeats Regina Roughriders, 25-6.
- 1933 - Connie Mack sells Mickey Cochrane to Detroit Tigers for $100,000.
- 1938 - Amateur Athletic Union decides to continue linear measuring system over metric.
- 1943 - 9th Heisman Trophy Award: Angelo Bertelli, Notre Dame (quarterback).
- 1944 - NFL Chicago Cardinals-Pittsburgh Steelers merger dissolves.
- 1946 - 12th Heisman Trophy Award: Glenn Davis, Army (Half Back).
- 1948 - Donald Bradman scores his last century, 123 in his own testimonial.
- 1950 - Cleveland Browns' last NFL team with no-pass game (beat Philadelphia Eagles 13-7). Horace Gillom sets club record with 12 punts.
- 1956 - Wilt Chamberlain's first collegiate basketball game (scores 52).
- 1957 - 23rd Heisman Trophy Award: John Crow, Texas A&M (Half Back).
- 1961 - Anton Geesink becomes first not-Japanese judo world champion.
- 1961 - George Blanda of Houston Oilers kicks 55-yard field goal.
- 1967 - Derek Clayton runs world record marathon (2:09:36.4).
- 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.
- 1978 - Pat Bradley/Lon Hinkle win LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic.
- 1979 - 45th Heisman Trophy Award: Charles White, Southern California (Running Back).
- 1981 - Beth Daniel/Tom Kite win LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic.
- 1982 - First New Jersey Devils' hat-trick by Steve Tambellini, in defeating Hartford Whalers 5-4.
- 1982 - Tommy Hearns wins WBC Welterweight title in decision over Benitez.
- 1983 - 49th Heisman Trophy Award: Mike Rozier, Nebraska (Running Back).
- 1986 - Sri Lanka all out 55 versus West Indies in one-dayer Walsh 5-1 in four 3 overs.
- 1988 - 54th Heisman Trophy Award: Barry Sanders, Oklahoma State (Running Back).
- 1989 - Pat Bradley/Bill Glasson win LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic.
- 1990 - National League batting champion Willie McGee signs as a free agent with San Francisco Giants.
- 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.
- 1997 - Golden State Warriors' guard Latrell Sprewell's four-year, $32 million, contract terminated for attacking his coach P J Carlesimo.
- 2003 - Mike Lowell signs a four-year, $32 million deal with the Florida Marlins.
- 2021 - At Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, Washington, USA, NHL regular season game: Seattle Kraken beats Edmonton Oilers by score 4-3.
- 2021 - At Honda Center in Anaheim, California, USA, NHL regular season game: Calgary Flames beats Anaheim Ducks by score 4-3.
- 2021 - At Gila River Arena in Glendale, Arizona, USA, NHL regular season game: Vegas Golden Knights beats Arizona Coyotes by score 7-1.
- 2021 - At Canada Life Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, NHL regular season game: Winnipeg Jets beats New Jersey Devils by score 8-4.
- 2021 - At Madison Square Garden in New York, New York, USA, NHL regular season game: New York Rangers beats San Jose Sharks by score 1-0.
- 1965 - USSR launches Luna 8; crashes on Moon.
- 1973 - Pioneer 10 passes Jupiter (first fly-by of an outer planet).
- 1985 - 23rd Shuttle Mission (61-B)-Atlantis 2-lands at Edwards Air Force Base.
- 1999 - NASA loses radio contact with the Mars Polar Lander, moments before the spacecraft enters the Martian atmosphere.
- 2018 - NASA reports the arrival of the OSIRIS-REx probe at Bennu, the agency's first sample-return mission to an asteroid.
- 1982 - 35.7 cm rainfall at Big Fork, Arkansas (state record).
- 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).
- 1775 - First official US flag raising (aboard naval vessel Alfred).
- 1818 - Illinois admitted as 21st US state.
- 1828 - Andrew Jackson is elected 7th President of US, with John C Calhoun as Vice-President.
- 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).
- 1863 - Longstreet abandons his siege at Knoxville, Tennessee.
- 1864 - Skirmish at Thomas' Station, Georgia.
- 1883 - 48th US Congress (1883-85) convenes.
- 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).
- 1944 - US 5th Armour division occupies Brandenburg Hürtgenwald.
- 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).
- 1952 - First TV broadcast in Hawaii.
- 1960 - Frederick Loewe/Alan Jay Lerner's Camelot premieres at Majestic Theater in New York City for 873 performances.
- 1961 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1964 - Police arrest 800 sit-in students at University of California at Berkeley.
- 1967 - Final run of "20th Century Limited", famed New York-Chicago luxury train.
- 1970 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1971 - US President Richard Nixon commutes Jimmy Hoffa's jail term.
- 1979 - Eleven fans are killed during a crowd crush for unreserved seats before The Who concert at the Riverfront Coliseum in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
- 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 - 35.7 cm rainfall at Big Fork, Arkansas (state record).
- 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 - Oldest groom - Harry Stevens, 103, weds Thelma Lucas, 83, in Wisconsin, USA.
- 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.
- 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 - Muslim Shiites release US hostage Alan Steen.
- 1991 - White House Chief of Staff John Sununu resigns.
- 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.
- 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.
Other history:
- 1586 - Sir Thomas Herriot introduces potatoes to England, from Colombia.
- 1818 - Illinois admitted as 21st US state.
- 1910 - Neon lights, first publically seen (Paris Auto Show).
- 1920 - Turkey and Armenia agree to peace treaty.
- 1948 - Chinese refugee ship "Kiangya" explodes in East China Sea, killing 1,100.
- 1956 - England and France pull troops out of Egypt.
- 1964 - "Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer" first airs on TV.
- 1967 - First human heart transplant performed (Dr Christiaan Barnard, South Africa).
- 1973 - Pioneer 10 passes Jupiter (first fly-by of an outer planet).
- 1984 - 2,000 die from Union Carbide poison gas emission in Bhopal, India.
- 2006 - Hugo Chávez is re-elected President of Venezuela.
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