What Happened on December 3, 1953

Day of the Week: Thursday

Historical Events

  • "In the Jailhouse Now" single recorded by Webb Pierce (Billboard Song of the Year 1955)
  • "Kismet" opens at Ziegfeld Theater NYC for 583 performances

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Eisenhower criticizes McCarthy for saying communists are in the Republican Party

34th US President & WWII General Dwight D. Eisenhower
34th US President & WWII General
Dwight D. Eisenhower
  • Premier of Dmitri Shostakovitch' 5th String Quartet

Famous Birthdays

  • Franz Klammer, Austrian downhill skier (Olympic gold 1976)
  • Robert Guediguian, French director (The Snows of Kilimanjaro), born in Marseille, France