TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2019

1621-Galileo perfects the telescope

1685-Charles II bars Jews from settling in Stockholm, Sweden

1818-Illinois admitted as 21st U.S. state

1910-Neon lights, first publically seen (Paris Auto Show)

1912-Turkey, Serbia, Montenegro, Greece and Bulgaria sign weapons pact

1920-Turkey, Armenia agree to peace treaty

1930-Air-borne chemicals combine with fog to kill 60 (Meuse Valley Belgium)

1934-Italian colonial Tripoli and Cyrenaica annexed to Libya

1944-British order to disarm causes general strike in Greece

1946-U.S. government asks U.N. to order dictator Franco out of Spain

1947-Tennessee Williams play "A Streetcar Named Desire" premieres in New York

1948-Chinese refugee ship "Kiangya" explodes in E. China Sea, killing 1,100

1953-Eisenhower criticizes McCarthy for saying communists are in Republican party

1956-England, France pull troops out of Egypt

1961-U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site