THIS DAY IN #HISTORY 0312

This day in #history 0312
DECEMBER 3RD

1621 – Galileo invents telescope

1818 – Illinois becomes 21 st state USA ( Admission day)

1912 – First Balkan War : The Naval Battle of Elli
takes place.

1944 – The Greek Civil War breaks out in a newly-.liberated.Greece, between communists and royalists.

1991 – Hulk Hogan defeats Undertaker to become 4th time WWF champion

FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS

1982 – Michael Essien , Ghanaian footballer
FAMOUS DEATHS

1996 – Det Glynn , teacher/ anti -apartheid activist , dies at 84

1996 – George Duby , historian , dies at 77

.FAMOUS WEDDING

1984 – Oldest groom -.Harry Stevens, 103 , weds Thelma Lucas, 83, in Wisc