"Also on this date: In 1947, the Tennessee Williams play A Streetcar Named Desire opened on Broadway. In 1967, a surgical team in Cape Town, South Africa, led by Dr. Christiaan Barnard, performed the first human heart transplant on Louis Washkansky, who lived 18 days with the donated organ from a 25-year-old woman who had died in a traffic accident."
"In 1979, 11 people were killed in a crush of fans at Cincinnati's Riverfront Coliseum, where the British rock group The Who was performing. In 1984, a cloud of methyl isocyanate gas escaped from a pesticide plant operated by a Union Carbide subsidiary in Bhopal, India, causing an estimated 15,000 to 20,000 deaths and more than 500,000 injuries."
"Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Today is Wednesday, Dec. 3, the 337th day of 2025. There are 28 days left in the year. Today in history: On Dec. 3, 2015, Defense Secretary Ash Carter ordered the armed services to open all military jobs to women, removing the final barriers that had kept women from serving in combat."
Dec. 3, 2025 is the 337th day of the year, with 28 days remaining. On Dec. 3, 2015 the U.S. Department of Defense opened all military jobs to women, removing final barriers to combat service. In 1947 A Streetcar Named Desire opened on Broadway. In 1967 the first human heart transplant was performed by Dr. Christiaan Barnard in Cape Town; the recipient lived 18 days. In 1979 a fatal crowd crush occurred at Cincinnati's Riverfront Coliseum. In 1984 the Bhopal gas leak killed and injured thousands. In 1989 Malta talks symbolized the Cold War’s end. Notable birthdays include Julianne Moore, Brendan Fraser and Katarina Witt.
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