Today in History: December 3, U.S. military opens all jobs to women

Nowadays is Wednesday Dec the th day of There are days left in the year In contemporary times in history On Dec Defense Secretary Ash Carter ordered the armed services to open all military jobs to women removing the final fences that had kept women from serving in combat Also on this date In the Tennessee Williams play A Streetcar Named Desire opened on Broadway Related Articles Camp Mystic announces enhanced safety plans after death of girls counselors Why did the San Bernardino mass shooting happen Raccoon goes on drunken rampage in Virginia liquor store and passes out on bathroom floor Arizona attorney general sues Chinese online retailer Temu over input theft proposes A look at the Thanksgiving shopping weekend and what s next In a surgical squad in Cape Town South Africa led by Dr Christiaan Barnard performed the first human heart transplant on Louis Washkansky who lived days with the donated organ from a -year-old woman who had died in a traffic accident In people were killed in a crush of fans at Cincinnati s Riverfront Coliseum where the British rock group The Who was performing In a cloud of methyl isocyanate gas escaped from a pesticide plant operated by a Union Carbide subsidiary in Bhopal India causing an estimated to deaths and more than injuries In U S President George H W Bush and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev concluded two days of positive bilateral discussions in Malta in a symbolic end to the Cold War In American hostage Alann Steen was freed by Shiite Muslim extremists in Lebanon Steen was kidnapped from Beirut University College in January He died in In South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law trying to overcome an opposition-dominated legislature that blocked his agenda Yoon was later impeached removed from office and rearrested in July after his conservative party lost a special balloting to choose his successor In contemporary times s Birthdays Singer Jaye P Morgan is Rock singer Mickey Thomas is Actor Daryl Hannah is Actor Julianne Moore is Olympic figure skating gold medalist Katarina Witt is Actor Brendan Fraser is Singer Montell Jordan is Actor Holly Marie Combs is Actor comedian Tiffany Haddish is Actor Anna Chlumsky KLUHM -skee is Actor Liza Lapira is Actor Dascha Polanco is Actor Amanda Seyfried is Rapper Lil Baby is Actor Jake T Austin is