Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree
A skater performs on the ice under a lit Christmas tree in New York's Rockefeller Center after it was lit, Dec. 3, 1991.
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Cyclone victims wait for relief outside their damaged house in Satkhira, Bangladesh. Dec. 3, 1988. (AP Photo/Mohammod Alam)
ODLUM
"I'm hot," Jacqueline Cochran Odlum exclaimed as she arrived in Miami from New York Dec. 3, 1937 after setting a new air record of 4 hours, 12 minutes, and 28 seconds for the 1,170 mile trip. She flew to Miami for the all American Air Maneuvers. (AP Photo)
Dwight Eisenhower
President Dwight Eisenhower flashes a big smile from his automobile just before leaving the White House in Washington on Dec. 3, 1959 for his Andrews Air Force Base jet takeoff for an 11-nation tour. (AP Photo/Byron Rollins)
Manson On Way To Court 1969
Charles Manson, leader of a hippie cult linked to the Sharon Tate murders, strides from jail to courtroom at Independence, Calif., Dec. 3, 1969, for a preliminary hearing on charges of possessing stolen property. (AP Photo)
Jerry Rubin
Jerry Rubin, a Yippie Leader, chats with a companion in Chicago on Dec. 3, 1968, who said her name was Nancy, after he was ordered by judge to call off his collegiate lecture tour and stay in Illinois until his trial on charges of soliciting mob action at the Democratic National Convention. Judge Minor K. Wilson ruled Rubin could leave the state for New York City court appearances and to testify before the House Committee on Un-American Activities in Washington. (AP Photo/Paul Cannon)
Storms and Hurricanes
The waterfront presented this scene of havoc following a three-day northeast storm at Winthrop, Mass., on Dec. 3, 1945. The seawall, roadway, and house-fronts suffered from the elements. Two state guardsmen at extreme right are part of a detachment posted to prevent looting. (AP Photo)
The Who Concert Tragedy 1979
A photographer takes pictures at the doorway in Cincinnati, Dec. 4, 1979 where several people were killed as a crowd surged into a rock concert in Cincinnati's Riverfront Coliseum on Monday evening. The force of the stampede bent the pipe standard at right. (AP Photo/Brian Horton)
Vatican II Paul VI 1963
Pope Paul VI gestures to council fathers as he is carried on his portable throne through the main nave of St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City, Dec. 3, 1963. The pope was en route to a session of the Roman Catholic Ecumenical Council at which he issued a personal decree extending the powers of bishops. (AP Photo/Mario Torrisi)
Betty Ford
Mrs. Betty Ford throws back her head and throws up her arms after she finishes folk dancing at the Peking dancing school on Wednesday, Dec. 3, 1976. (AP Photo/BD)
Canada Trappers
A trapper holds a catch in the far north of Canada around Dec. 3, 1934. A team of huskies can be seen in the background. Trappers in Canada put down traps, bait them and then make a round of them by sleigh. A trip lasts several days and all provisions are carried by a team of huskies. (AP Photo)
England Windsor Castle
An aerial view of Windsor Castle, England, on Dec. 3, 1936. (AP Photo)
Manson Leaves Court 1969
Charles Manson, hippie cult leader, is led downstairs from court in Independence, Calif., Dec. 3, 1969. At left is public defender Fred Schaefer. (AP Photo/Harold Filan)
Anti School Text Book Protester 1974
The crusader against "those dirty books" sits stoically on a curbside in Charleston, West Virginia, Dec. 3, 1974, where schools have been firebombed, school buses fired at, and two persons seriously injured in the controversy. Elsewhere in the nation, many of the same minority-oriented textbooks are now read by millions of public school students with out major problems. (AP Photo)
WWII England Indian Officers
A number of Indian officers now in this country are seen inspecting coast defences in the southern command, Dec. 3, 1940. (AP Photo)
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On this day in 1979: 11 people were killed in a crush of fans at Cincinnati’s Riverfront Coliseum, where the British rock group The Who was performing.