December 3 in History

• 1721

  December 3, 1721:

  Johann Sebastian Bach, the famed German composer, marries Anna Magdalena Wilcken, his second wife.

• 1908

  December 3, 1908:

  “1st Symphony in A” by Edward Elgar is performed for the first time in Manchester, England by the Hallé Orchestra.

• 1947

  December 3, 1947:

  The play, “A Streetcar Named Desire”, written by Tennessee Williams, premieres at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on Broadway.

• 1961

  December 3, 1961:

  Anton Geesink from the Netherlands beats Japan’s Koji Sone to become the first non-Japanese to claim the Judo world championship title. 

• 1967

  December 3, 1967:

  Christiaan Barnard, a popular South African cardiac surgeon, carries out the world’s first-ever human-to-human heart transplant. The surgery was held in Groote Schuur Hospital, located in Cape Town.

• 1982

  December 3, 1982:

  “Frances”, the biographical drama film about the life of 1930s actress Frances Farmer and her mental health struggles is released in theatres.

• 1984

  December 3, 1984:

  Gas from a Union Carbide plant in the Indian city of Bhopal leaks, eventually resulting to the death of 15,000 to 20,000 people.

• 2018

  December 3, 2018:

  7-year-old toys reviewer, Ryan of the popular YouTube channel, “Ryan Toysreview”, is revealed to be the year’s highest-paid YouTube personality. 

• 2019

  December 3, 2019:

  Post Malone, Billie Eilish, and Ariana Grande are revealed by Spotify to be its top three most-streamed artists of the year with Grande and Drake being the most-streamed female and male artists of the decade respectively.