December 3 - Co-op

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This Day In History

1818

Illinois becomes the 21st U.S. state.

1904

The Jovian moon Himalia is discovered by Charles Dillon Perrine at California's Lick Observatory.

1910

Modern neon lighting is first demonstrated by Georges Claude at the Paris Motor Show.

1960

The musical Camelot debuts at the Majestic Theatre on Broadway.

1967

At Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa, a transplant team headed by Christiaan Barnard carries out the first heart transplant on a human (53-year-old Louis Washkansky).

1973

Pioneer 10 sends back the first close-up images of Jupiter.

1992

A test engineer for Sema Group uses a personal computer to send the world's first text message via the Vodafone network to the phone of a colleague.

2005

XCOR Aerospace makes first manned rocket aircraft delivery of US Mail in Mojave, California.

Famous Birthdays

1596

Nicolò Amati, Italian violin maker (d. 1684)

1755

Gilbert Stuart, American painter (d. 1828)

1842

Charles Alfred Pillsbury, American industrialist (d. 1899)

1857

Joseph Conrad, Polish-born British writer (d. 1924)

1883

Anton Webern, Austrian composer (d. 1945)

1922

Sven Nykvist, Swedish cinematographer (d. 2006)

1927

Andy Williams, American singer (d. 2012)

1937

Morgan Llywelyn, American-born Irish author

1955

Steven Culp, American actor

1960

Julianne Moore, American actress

1965

Katarina Witt, German figure skater

1968

Brendan Fraser, Canadian-American actor
1971
Keegan Connor Tracy, Canadian actress
1980
Anna Chlumsky, American actress