Today in History for 3rd December 2016:
Historical Events
1881 – Henry Morton Stanley founds Leopoldville (now Kinshasa)
1926 – Manchester Guardian (German Reichswehr/Red Army work together)
1930 – Otto Ender forms Austrian government
1952 – 1st TV broadcast in Hawaii
1959 – State of emergency in Cyprus ends
1982 – 1st NJ Devil hat-trick (Steve Tambellini) defeat Hartford 5-4
Famous Birthdays
1951 – Mike Stock, rocker (Stock, Aitken and Waterman-Road Block)
1963 – Joe Lally, American musician (Fugazi)
1963 – Steve Hegg, Dana Point California, road cyclist (Olympics-16th-84, 96)
1970 – Charles Hope, WLAF guard (Frankfurt Galaxy)
1970 – Laura Schuler, ice hockey forward (Canada, Oly-98)
1977 – Troy Evans, American football player
Famous Deaths
1876 – Hermann Goetz, German composer, dies at 35
1957 – Frank E Gannett, newspaper publisher, dies at 81
1967 – Fred Engelen, Flemish actor/director (Kritisch Theater), dies at 54
1973 – Emile Christian, American musician (b. 1895)
1998 – Pierre Hétu, Quebec conductor and pianist (b. 1936)
2001 – Grady Martin, American country music guitarist (The Nashville A-Team), dies at 72