CoM Moderators Posted December 3, 2023 Share Posted December 3, 2023 Historical Events 1903 - The Sultanate of Aceh's Panglima Polim surrenders to Dutch Army Captain Hendrikus Colijn at Atjeh 1944 - Britain's Home Guard ('Dad's Army') is officially stood down at a special farewell parade in Hyde Park, London. 1960 - Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe's musical "Camelot", starring Richard Burton and Julie Andrews, and introducing Robert Goulet, opens at Majestic Theater, NYC; runs for 873 performances, wins 4 Tony Awards 1982 - 35.7 cm rainfall at Big Fork, Arkansas (state record) 1995 - Davis Cup Tennis, Moscow: Pete Sampras beats Russian Yevgeny Kafelnikov 6-2, 6-4, 7-6 to give US a winning 3-1 lead (ends 3-2); record 31st US title 2020 - ATandT Inc’s Warner Bros studio announces all its 2021 movies will stream online the same day they appear in theatres because of the pandemic More Historical Events » Famous Birthdays 1764 - Mary Lamb, British author (Tales from Shakespeare), born in London, England (d. 1847) 1909 - Dana Suesse, American musician and songwriter (You Ought To Be In Pictures), born in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri (d. 1987) 1951 - Mike Stock, British songwriter and producer (Stock, Aitken and Waterman; Rick Astley; Bananarama; Kylie Minogue), born in Margate, Kent, England 1970 - Amy Helm, American singer-songwriter (Ollabelle), born in Woodstock, New York 1973 - Sammy Leung, Hong Kong disc jockey 1976 - Byron Kelleher, New Zealand rugby union halfback (57 caps; Highlanders, Chiefs, Toulouse), born in Dunedin, New Zealand More Famous Birthdays » Famous Deaths 1265 - Odofredus, Italian jurist 1892 - Afanasy Fet, Russian poet, dies at 71 1989 - Jimmy Shirley, American jazz and RandB electric guitarist, and early proponent of the Vibrola vibrato arm ("whammy bar"), dies at 76 1994 - Elizabeth Glaser, American AIDS activist, wife of director Paul Michael Glaser, dies of AIDS at 47 2002 - Glenn Quinn, Irish actor (b. 1970) 2016 - Antonio Membrado, Spanish-French classical guitarist and composer, dies at 81 More Famous Deaths » Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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