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What happened in history on this day: December 3?
On December 3 in ...
- 1922 - First successful Technicolor movie (Tale of the Sea), shown in New York City, New York.
- 1987 - The 200th episode of TV show Knots Landing airs.
- 2007 - Premiere of Ace In The House TV show on the GSN network, about an amateur home poker game with one professional player, playing for big money.
Births on December 3
- 1900 - Birth of Lester Matthews in Nottingham, England; actor (Sir Dennis - Adventures of Fu Manchu).
- 1907 - Birth of Connee Boswell in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; singer (Boswell Sisters), actress (Pete Kelly's Blues TV show).
- 1927 - Birth of Isabelle Harriet Lucas; actress/singer (Outland, Comics).
- 1930 - Birth of Andy Williams in Wall Lake, Iowa, USA; singer ("Moon River", Andy Williams Show).
- 1930 - Birth of Jean-Luc Godard; French film director (Alphaville, Hail Mary, Breathless).
- 1931 - Birth of Ellen Blazer; Dutch TV director (Sonja).
- 1931 - Birth of Jaye P Morgan in Mancos, Colorado, USA; singer/actress (Gong Show, Night Patrol, Fay).
- 1934 - Birth of Nicolas Coster in London, England; actor (Lionel - Santa Barbara, Robert Delaney - Another World, Electric Horseman).
- 1941 - Birth of Mary Alice in Indianola, Mississippi, USA; newscaster (CBS, Lettie - Different World, All My Children).
- 1943 - Birth of Valerie Perrine in Galveston, Texas, USA; actress (Slaughterhouse 5).
- 1948 - Birth of Ozzy Osbourne in England; rock vocalist (Black Sabbath, "Bark at the Moon").
- 1949 - Birth of Heather Menzies in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; actress (Jessica - Logan's Run, Dragnet).
- 1955 - Birth of Melody Anderson in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; actress (Natalie Dillon - All My Children, Flash Gordon, Brooke - Manimal, Jake and the Fatman, St. Elsewhere).
- 1955 - Birth of Steven Culp; actor (Desperate Housewives, West Wing, JAG).
- 1956 - Birth of Hart Bochner in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor/director (Rich and Famous).
- 1960 - Birth of Julianne Moore; actress (Edge of Night, As the World Turns, I'll Take Manhattan).
- 1960 - Birth of Daryl Hannah in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actress (Splash, Blade Runner, Final Days of Planet Earth, The Last Don).
- 1961 - Birth of Julianne Moore; actress (Lost World, Nine Months).
- 1968 - Birth of Brendan Fraser in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA; actor (School Ties, 20 Bucks, Scrubs, King of the Hill, The Simpsons).
- 1968 - Birth of Kevin Telles; actor (Party Camp).
- 1969 - Birth of Royale Watkins; actor (Built to Last).
- 1970 - Birth of Jennifer Rothschild [Rubin]; actress (Judas Project).
- 1973 - Birth of Bruno Campos; actor (Soul Food).
- 1973 - Birth of Holly Marie Combs; actress (Charmed, Picket Fences).
- 1975 - Birth of Lauren E Roman in Wilmington, North Carolina; actress (Laura Kirk - All My Children, The Bold and the Beautiful).
- 1980 - Birth of Anna Chlumsky in Chicago, Illinois; actress (My Girl, Miracle in the Woods).
- 1981 - Birth of Brian Bonsall, American actor (Family Ties, Star Trek: The Next Generation).
- 1985 - Birth of Amanda Seyfried; American actress (Big Love, Veronica Mars).
- 1987 - Birth of Michael Angarano; American actor (Will and Grace).
- 1994 - Birth of Jake T. Austin, American actor (Go Diego Go, Wizards of Waverly Place).
Deaths on December 3
- 1949 - Maria Ouspenskaya, actress (Spookies), dies at age 62.
- 1961 - Mary Charleson, actress (Upstairs and Downstairs), dies at age 76.
- 1967 - Fred Engelen, Flemish actor/director (Kritisch Theater), dies at age 54.
- 1969 - Ruth White, actress (Fugitive), dies of cancer at age 55.
- 1973 - Michael O'Shea, actor (Denny - It's a Great Life), dies at age 67.
- 1976 - Mary Nash, actress (Philadelphia Story, Till the Clouds Roll By), dies at age 91.
- 1985 - Sam Gillman, actor (Sam - Shane), dies at age 70.
- 1990 - Gavin Reed, actor (Body Beneath), dies at age 59.
- 1991 - Casey Walters, actor (True Story of Lynn Stuart), dies after a stroke at age 75.
- 1992 - Harry Ellerbe, actor (House of Usher, Magnetic Monster), dies at age 91.
- 1992 - Luis Alcoriza, actor/writer/director (Tiburoneros), dies of emphysema.
- 1993 - Thomas Mogotlane, South African actor (Mapantsula), dies at age 40.
- 1999 - Death of Madeline Kahn at age 57 of ovarian cancer in New York, USA; actress (Oh Madeline, Cosby, New York News).
- 2000 - Death of Hoyt Curtin of heart failure at age 78; American composer (The Flintstones, Top Cat, Jonny Quest, Superfriends, The Jetsons, Josie and the Pussycats, The New Scooby-Doo movies).
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