December 3rd, 1967:

Surgeons in Cape Town, South Africa, led by Dr. Christiaan Barnard, perform the first human heart transplant.

The patient, Louis Washkansky, lives 18 days with his new heart.

1984:

A horrific industrial accident kills thousands of people in Bhopal, India.

That's where a cloud of methyl isocyanate gas escapes from a pesticide plant operated by a Union Carbide subsidiary.

Investigators later conclude operating and safety procedures at the understaffed plant caused the disaster.

1964:

A sign that the times are a-changing, as police arrest some 800 students at the University of California at Berkeley.

The day before, students stormed the campus administration building staging a massive sit-in. Mario Savio is with the student Free Speech Movement...

And, 1947:

In New York, actor Marlon Brando hits the big time as "A Streetcar Named Desire" opens on Broadway.

Brando reprises his role as Stanley Kowalski in the movie version of the play a few years later.

And in 1948, Black Sabbath singer Ozzy Osbourne is born.

Today in History, December 3rd,_____, The Associated Press.