Today is Tuesday, Dec. 5, the 339th day of 2017. There are 26 days left in the year.<strong>On Dec. 5, 1952,</strong> the Great Smog of London descended on the British capital; the unusually thick fog, which contained toxic pollutants, lasted five days and was blamed ...
Today is Monday, Dec. 4, the 338th day of 2017. There are 27 days left in the year.<strong>On Dec. 4, 1942,</strong> during World War II, U.S. bombers struck the Italian mainland for the first time with a raid on Naples. President Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered the ...
Today is Sunday, Dec. 3, the 337th day of 2017. There are 28 days left in the year.<strong>On Dec. 3, 1967,</strong> a surgical team in Cape Town, South Africa, led by Dr. Christiaan Barnard performed the first human heart transplant on Louis Washkansky, who lived 18 ...
