December 3rd, 2008

December 3rd in History

1947:
Tennessee Williams' play A Streetcar Named Desire opens on Broadway.

1904:
The Jovian moon Himalia is discovered by Charles Dillon Perrine at Lick Observatory.

1973:
Pioneer program: Pioneer 10 sends back the first close-up images of Jupiter.

1818:
Illinois becomes the 21st U.S. state

1828:
U.S. presidential election, 1828: Challenger Andrew Jackson beats incumbent John Quincy Adams and is elected President of the United States.