Major events that happened around the world on this day in history.
1928: Andrew Jackson
In 1828, Andrew Jackson was elected president of the United States by the Electoral College.
1960: Camelot
In 1960, the Lerner and Loewe musical "Camelot," starring Julie Andrews as Guenevere, Richard Burton as King Arthur and Robert Goulet as Lancelot, opened on Broadway.
1964: University of California at Berkeley
In 1964, police arrested some 800 students at the University of California at Berkeley, one day after the students stormed the administration building and staged a massive sit-in.
1967: First Human Heart Transplant
In 1967, a surgical team in Cape Town, South Africa, led by Dr. Christiaan Barnard (BAHR'-nard) performed the first human heart transplant on Louis Washkansky, who lived 18 days with the donor organ, which came from Denise Darvall, a 25-year-old bank clerk who had died in a traffic accident.
1979: The Who Concert Tragedy
On Dec. 3, 1979, 11 people were killed in a crush of fans at Cincinnati's Riverfront Coliseum, where the British rock group The Who was performing.
1984: Indian Bhopal Tragedy
In 1984, thousands of people died after a cloud of methyl isocyanate gas escaped from a pesticide plant operated by a Union Carbide subsidiary in Bhopal, India.
1992: Aegean Sea Tanker Oil Spill
In 1992, the Greek tanker Aegean Sea spilled more than 21 million gallons of crude oil when it ran aground off northwestern Spain.
1992: Alann Steen
In 1991, radicals in Lebanon released American hostage Alann Steen, who'd been held captive nearly five years.
1999: Tori Murden
In 1999, Tori Murden of the United States became the first woman to row across the Atlantic Ocean alone as she arrived at the French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe, 81 days after leaving the Canary Islands near the coast of Africa.
2001: Ariel Sharon
In 2001, in the wake of bombings that had killed 26 Israelis, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon declared a war on terror.
2001: Tom Ridge
In 2001, Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge asked Americans to return to a high state of alert, citing threats of more terrorist attacks.
2009: NBC Universal
Ten years ago: Comcast and GE announced joint venture plans, with Comcast owning a 51 percent controlling stake in NBC Universal.
2009: Pope Benedict XVI & Dmitry Medvedev
Ten years ago: Pope Benedict XVI and visiting Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (dih-MEE'-tree med-VYEH'-dyev) agreed to upgrade Vatican-Kremlin ties to full diplomatic relations.
2009: President Barack Obama
Ten years ago: President Barack Obama hosted a White House-sponsored jobs forum, where he said he'd heard many "exciting ideas" and proposals and expressed hope some could be put into action quickly.
2014: Death of Eric Garner
Five years ago: A Staten Island, New York, grand jury declined to indict police officer Daniel Pantaleo in the July 2014 chokehold death of Eric Garner, an unarmed black man stopped on suspicion of selling loose, untaxed cigarettes.
2014: Herman Badillo
Five years ago: Herman Badillo (bah-DEE’-yoh), a Bronx politician who was the first person born in Puerto Rico to become a U.S. congressman, died at age 85.
2018: Antonio Guterres
One year ago: At the U.N.’s annual climate summit in Poland, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres issued a dramatic appeal to world leaders to take global warming seriously, calling it “the most important issue we face.”
2018: Bennu
One year ago: After a two-year chase, a NASA spacecraft arrived at the ancient asteroid Bennu, some 76 million miles from Earth; the goal is to grab gravel samples in 2020 for return to Earth in 2023.
2018: George H.W. Bush
One year ago: A casket containing the body of former President George H.W. Bush was flown from Texas to Washington to lie in state at the U.S. Capitol.
