December 03

Thursday 03, 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.

Monday 03, 1984:

Bhopal Disaster: A methyl isocyanate leak from a Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, kills more than 3,800 people outright and injures anywhere from 150,000 to 600,000 others (some 6,000 of whom would later die from their injuries) in one of the worst industrial disasters in history.

Friday 03, 1982:

A soil sample is taken from Times Beach, Missouri that would be found to contain 300 times the safe level of dioxin.

Wednesday 03, 1947:

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

Tuesday 03, 1912:

Bulgaria, Greece, Montenegro, and Serbia (the Balkan League) sign an armistice with Turkey, ending the two-month long war.