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Today in History December 3

1586
Sir Thomas Herriot introduces potatoes to England from Colombia

1676
Battle of Lund (Scanian War): Swedish army of 8,000 defeats much larger joint Danish/Dutch force of 13,000

1762
France cedes to Spain all lands west of the Mississippi--the territory known as Upper Louisiana.

1918
The Allied Conference ends in London where they decide that Germany must pay for the war.

1989
Presidents George Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev announce the official end to the Cold War at a meeting in Malta. I fought in this war

1992
A test engineer for Sema Group sends the world's first text message, using a personal computer and the Vodafone network.

1992
The Greek oil tanker Aegean Sea, carrying 80,000 tonnes of crude oil, runs aground in a storm while approaching La Coruña, Spain, and spills much of its cargo

1997
Representatives of 121 nations sign the Ottawa Treaty prohibiting the manufacture or deployment of antipersonnel landmines; the People's Republic of China, the US and the USSR do not sign.

2019
Kamala Harris ends her campaign to be the Democratic candidate for president

2020
AT&T Inc’s Warner Bros studio announces all its 2021 movies will stream online the same day they appear in theatres because of the pandemic

2020
“I actually believe they’re going to be the most difficult time in the public health history of this nation,” warns Dr. Robert Redfield, head of US CDC about the months ahead with COVID-19

2022
Former US President Donald Trump call for "termination" of all rules including US Constitution in a Truth Social post, so to overturn the 2020 election, which he again falsely claims that he won

Born on December 3

1955
Warren Jeffs, American convicted polygamist

1960
Daryl Hannah, actress (Blade Runner, Steel Magnolias).Clan of the cave bear


1968
Brendan Fraser(55th Birthday)1968 American actor (Encino Man; The Mummy films; Gods and Monsters), born in Indianapolis, Indiana

Joke of the day

Jack strode into ‘John’s Stable’ looking to buy a horse. “Listen here” said John, “I’ve got just the horse your looking for, the only thing is, he was trained by an interesting fellow. He doesn’t go and stop the usual way. The way to get him to stop is to scream heyhey the way to get him to go is to scream Thank God. Jim nodded his head, “fine with me, can I take him for a test run?”
Jim was having the time of his life this horse sure could run he thought to himself. Jim was speeding down the dirt road when he suddenly saw a cliff up ahead “stop!” screamed Jim, but the horse kept on going. No matter how much he tried he could not remember the words to get it to stop. “yoyo” screamed Jim but the horse just kept on speeding ahead. It was 5 feet from the cliff when Jim suddenly remembered “heyhey!” Jim screamed. The horse skidded to a halt just 1 inch from the cliff. Jim could not believe his good fortune, he looked up to the sky, raise his hands in the air, breathed a deep sigh of relief and said with conviction “Thank God.”