WHAT HAPPENED ON 3. DECEMBER
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Pope John X crowned Berengar I of Italy as Holy Roman Emperor. (3. December 915)

War of the Second Coalition: Battle of Wiesloch – Austrian Lieutenant Field Marshal Sztáray de Nagy-Mihaly defeats the French at Wiesloch. (3. December 1799)

War of the Second Coalition: Battle of Hohenlinden – French General Moreau decisively defeats the Austrian Archduke John near Munich. Coupled with First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte's earlier victory at Marengo, this will force the Austrians to sign an armistice and end the war. (3. December 1800)

Illinois becomes the 21st U.S. state. (3. December 1818)

The Zollverein (German Customs Union) begins the first regular census in Germany. (3. December 1834)

Battle of the Eureka Stockade: More than 20 gold miners at Ballarat, Victoria, are killed by state troopers in an uprising over mining licences. (3. December 1854)

The Duquesne Country and Athletic Club defeated an all-star collection of early football players 16-0, in what is considered to be the very first all-star game for professional American football. (3. December 1898)

In a State of the Union message, U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt asks Congress to curb the power of trusts "within reasonable limits". (3. December 1901)

The Jovian moon Himalia is discovered by Charles Dillon Perrine at California's Lick Observatory. (3. December 1904)

Modern neon lighting is first demonstrated by Georges Claude at the Paris Motor Show. (3. December 1910)

Bulgaria, Greece, Montenegro, and Serbia (the Balkan League) sign an armistice with the Ottoman Empire, temporarily halting the First Balkan War. (The armistice will expire on February 3, 1913, and hostilities will resume.) (3. December 1912)

After nearly 20 years of planning and construction, including two collapses causing 89 deaths, the Quebec Bridge opens to traffic. (3. December 1919)

World War I aftermath: The final Locarno Treaty is signed in London, establishing post-war territorial settlements. (3. December 1925)

Putting Pants on Philip, the first Laurel and Hardy film, is released. (3. December 1927)

Greek Civil War: Fighting breaks out in Athens between the ELAS and government forces supported by the British Army. (3. December 1944)

The current flag of Singapore is adopted, six months after Singapore became self-governing within the British Empire. (3. December 1959)

The musical Camelot debuts at the Majestic Theatre on Broadway. It will become associated with the Kennedy administration. (3. December 1960)

Free Speech Movement: Police arrest over 800 students at the University of California, Berkeley, following their takeover and sit-in at the administration building in protest of the UC Regents' decision to forbid protests on UC property. (3. December 1964)

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). (3. December 1967)

Indo-Pakistani War of 1971: Pakistan launches a pre-emptive strike against India and a full scale war begins claiming hundreds of lives. (3. December 1971)

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