December 3, 1972 (Sunday)
- A Spantax Airlines jet crashed shortly after takeoff from Tenerife, killing all 155 persons on board. Of the 148 passengers, 143 were West German travelers returning to Munich following the end of a South Atlantic ocean liner cruise.
- Died: Bill Johnson, 100, American jazz musician
Read more about this topic: December 1972
Famous quotes containing the word december:
“Work—work—work,
In the dull December light,
And work—work—work,
When the weather is warm and bright—
While underneath the eaves
The brooding swallows cling
As if to show me their sunny backs
And twit me with the spring.”
—Thomas Hood (1799–1845)