Browsing: December 3

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on December 3rd.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On December 3, 1775, the Alfred, a merchant ship purchased by the Continental Congress was commissioned under Captain Dudley Saltonstall and became the first to fly what would become the American Flag. On December 3, 1800, the Electoral College tallied votes in the Presidential election and found the two main contenders, Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr, were tied. On December 3, 1910,…

A Brief History On December 3, 1800, the Electoral College tallied votes in the Presidential election and found the two main contenders, Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr, were tied.  Incredible though it seems today, Burr was actually the Vice Presidential running mate of Jefferson that year, but Electoral rules at the time allowed each elector to vote for two people, the second highest vote getter becoming Vice President. Digging Deeper Jefferson and Burr beat incumbent John Adams, and a special election in the House of Representatives was held to pick a winner between Jefferson and Burr.  Jefferson won that vote,…

A Brief History On December 3, 1775, the Alfred, a merchant ship purchased by the Continental Congress was commissioned under Captain Dudley Saltonstall and became the first to fly what would become the American Flag.  The US Navy marks October 13, 1775, as its birthday, the day when the Continental Congress passed the resolution that created the Continental Navy, the precursor to the United States Navy. Digging Deeper The Alfred was not the first ship purchased specifically for the Continental Navy, as that honor goes to the Cabot and the Andrew Doria (not to be confused with the doomed 20th…

A Brief History On December 3, 1994, Sony Interactive Entertainment launched the original PlayStation in Japan.  Today, Sony Corporation of America (SCA), based in New York City and a subsidiary of the Japanese conglomerate Sony Corporation, is the U.S. headquarters of Sony, under which all Sony companies operate in the United States was listed on New York Stock Exchange.  Every investor wants to know what upcoming pieces of news could mean for them. In terms of the stock market, this can be based on a huge variety of emerging information. For example, the Dow Jones index enjoyed a 669.40-point boost in March 2018 due to…

A Brief History On December 3, 1910, the Paris Motor Show was the stage for the public introduction of modern neon lighting, that ubiquitous and colorful signage we see everywhere from the local gas station to the local beverage store to the glittering streets of Las Vegas.  (First held in 1898, the Paris Motor Show is scheduled by the Organisation Internationale des Constructeurs d’Automobiles and is to this day one of the great motor vehicle shows in the world.  As of this year, 2018, it is now called Mondial Paris Motor Show.)  The man introducing neon lighting to the world…