On this day: December 3

POSTED: 08:34 PM PST Dec 02, 2012    UPDATED: 11:00 PM PST Dec 02, 2012 

Laurel and Hardy team up, a human heart is transplanted for the first time, an assassin targets Bob Marley, and the first text message is sent via phone, all on this day.

OTD December 3 - all-star football game
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1898: The Duquesne Country and Athletic Club defeats a collection of early football players from several teams based in southwestern Pennsylvania in a game at Pittsburgh's Exposition Park, in what is considered to be the very first all-star game for professional American football. The Duquesnes win the game 16-0.

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