December 3
Today in America's Present Past
1740 | Revolutionary War hero Thomas Knowlton was born.
1755 | Painter Gilbert Stuart was born.
1775 | War of Independence: The first official US flag raised (Grand Union Flag) aboard naval vessel USS Alfred.
1815 | Bishop and educator John Carroll died.
1818 | Statehood: Illinois granted statehood.
1826 | General George McClellan was born.
1828 | POTUS: Andrew Jackson was elected President.
1833 | Oberlin College was founded.
1838 | Meteorologist Cleveland Abbe was born.
1842 | Entrepreneur Charles Alfred Pillsbury was born.
1842 | Activist Phoebe Hearst was born.
1847 | Civil Rights: Frederick Douglass publishes the first issue of “North Star.”
1905 | Writer John Bartlett died.
1910 | Cleric Mary Baker Eddy died.
1923 | Congress: The first Congressional open session broadcast on radio.
1924 | Computer scientist John Backus was born.
1926 | Entrepreneur Charles Ringling died.
1927 | Entertainer Andy Williams was born.
1948 | Cold War: The “Pumpkin Papers” come to light, exposing Alger Hiss’ treason.
1952 | Cleric Benny Hinn was born.
1957 | Publisher Frank Gannett died.
1960 | Actress Daryl Hannah was born.
1960 | Actress Juliane Moore was born.
1964 | Civil Rights: During a free speech protest, police arrests 800 sit-in students at University of California, Berkeley.
1968 | Actor Brendan Fraser was born.
1979| Entrepreneur Sean Parker was born.
1980 | Congress: Congressman Thompson and Murphy were found guilty in the ABSCAM scandal.
1981 | Entrepreneur Walter Knott died.
1989 | Cold War: At a Malta Summit, Soviet Gorbachev and President Bush, declare the Cold War over.
1994 | Rapper Lil Baby was born.
1994 | Activist Elizabeth Glaser died.
2000 | Poet Gwendolyn Brooks died.
2015 | The Defense Secretary declares all combat roles in US armed forced will be open to women.
2015 | Entertainer Scott Weiland died.
2017 | Politician John B. Anderson died.