December 3

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1974: Conjurist and psychic-debunker The Amazing Randi performs "From Beyond Understanding" in Tillman Auditorium.
1978: Southern Railway's train no. 2, the northbound Southern Crescent, derails at dawn at Shipman, Virginia, killing six and injuring sixty.
2005 - Clemson accepts bid to the Champs Sports Bowl (originally the Blockbuster Bowl) to face the University of Colorado in the Tigers first meeting with the Buffaloes since a loss in the 1957 Orange Bowl.
2006: Clemson accepts bid to the Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl presented by Bridgestone Tires, to be played in Nashville on December 29 versus Kentucky at 1 p.m. This is only the second time the two teams have met, the Tigers defeating the Wildcats, 14-13, in the 1993 Chik-Fil-a Peach Bowl in Atlanta. Women's Basketball plays at No. 12-ranked Vanderbilt, 5 p.m., but the Lady Tigers fall, 63-82. Televised on ESPN-2.