Today is Tuesday, Dec. 3, the 338th day of 2024. There are 28 days left in the year.

On Dec. 3, 1984, a cloud of methyl isocyanate gas escaped from a pesticide plant operated by a Union Carbide subsidiary in Bhopal, India, causing an estimated 15,000 to 20,000 deaths and more than 500,000 injuries.

In 1947, the Tennessee Williams play “A Streetcar Named Desire” opened on Broadway.

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.

In 1989, 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 2015, Defense Secretary Ash Carter ordered the armed services to open all military jobs to women, removing the final barriers that had kept women from serving in combat.

A cloud of methyl isocyanate gas escaped from a pesticide plant operated by a Union Carbide subsidiary in Bhopal, India, causing an estimated 15,000 to 20,000 deaths and more than 500,000 injuries.{ai:summary}<p>On December 3, 1984, a catastrophic gas leak at a Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal, India, resulted in an estimated 15,000 to 20,000 deaths and over 500,000 injuries. This incident remains one of the world's worst industrial disasters.</p><p>Other notable events on this date include the opening of Tennessee Williams' "A Streetcar Named Desire" on Broadway in 1947, the first human heart transplant in 1967, and the conclusion of U.S.-Soviet discussions in Malta in 1989, signaling the end of the Cold War. #history</p>

Today in History: December 3, toxic gas leak kills thousands in Bhopal

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