December 3
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December 3 is the 337th day of the year (338th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 28 days remaining until the end of the year.
Births [change]
- 1368 – King Charles VI of France (d. 1422)
- 1483 – Nicolaus von Amsdorf, German theologian and reformer (d. 1565)
- 1684 – Ludvig Holberg, Danish writer (d. 1754)
- 1729 – Antonio Soler, Spanish composer (d. 1783)
- 1753 – Samuel Crompton, British inventor (d. 1827)
- 1755 – Gilbert Stuart, American painter (d. 1828)
- 1800 – France Preseren, Slovenian poet (d. 1849)
- 1838 – Octavia Hill, British social reformer (d. 1912)
- 1842 – Phoebe Hearst, American philanthropist (d. 1919)
- 1857 – Joseph Conrad, Polish-born British writer (d. 1924)
- 1875 – Bernhard Lichtenberg, German priest and humanitarian (d. 1943)
- 1884 – Rajendra Prasad, first President of India (d. 1963)
- 1886 – Manne Siegbahn, Swedish physicist (d. 1978)
- 1887 – Prince Higashikuni of Naruhiko, Japanese royal and Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1990)
- 1895 – Anna Freud, Austrian-British psychoanalyst (d. 1982)
- 1899 – Ikeda Hayato, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1965)
- 1900 – Ulrich Inderbinen, Swiss mountain guide (d. 2004)
- 1900 – Richard Kuhn, Austrian-German biochemist (d. 1967)
- 1911 – Nino Rota, Italian composer (d. 1979)
- 1922 – Sven Nyqvist, Swedish cinematographer (d. 2006)
- 1923 – Stjepan Bobek, Yugoslav-Croatian footballer (d. 2010)
- 1924 – John Backus, American computer programmer (d. 2007)
- 1925 – Kim Dae Jung, President of South Korea (d. 2009)
- 1927 – Andy Williams, American singer
- 1930 – Jean-Luc Godard, French film director
- 1933 – Paul J. Crutzen, Dutch chemist
- 1942 – Alice Schwarzer, German journalist, feminist and author
- 1948 – Ozzy Osbourne, English singer
- 1949 – John Akii-Bua, Ugandan athlete (d. 1997)
- 1950 – Alberto Juantorena, Cuban athlete
- 1951 – Nicky Stevens, British singer (Brotherhood of Man)
- 1952 – Mel Smith, English comedian
- 1955 – Warren Jeffs, American polygamist
- 1960 – Daryl Hannah, American actress
- 1960 – Julianne Moore, American actress
- 1963 – Terri Schiavo, American patient in right-to-die case (d. 2005)
- 1968 – Brendan Fraser, American-Canadian actor
- 1970 – Christian Karembeu, French footballer
- 1971 – Ola Rapace, Swedish actor
- 1971 – Frank Sinclair, Jamaican footballer
- 1971 – Henk Timmer, Dutch footballer
- 1973 – Holly Marie Combs, American actress
- 1977 – Adam Małysz, Polish ski jumper
- 1979 – Daniel Bedingfield, British singer
- 1981 – David Villa, Spanish footballer
- 1982 – Michael Essien, Ghanaian footballer
- 1985 – Laszlo Cseh, Hungarian swimmer
- 1987 – Alicia Sacramone, American gymnast
- 1992 – Joseph McManners, English actor
- 1994 – Jake T. Austin, American actor
- 2005 – Prince Sverre Magnus of Norway
Deaths [change]
- 312 – Diocletian, Roman Emperor (b. 244)
- 1048 – Al-Biruni, Iranian mathematician
- 1154 – Pope Anastasius IV
- 1265 – Odofredus, Italian jurist
- 1533 – Vasili III, Grand Prince of Moscow (b. 1479)
- 1610 – Honda Tadakatsu, Japanese general (b. 1548)
- 1765 – Lord John Philip Sackville, British cricketer (b. 1713)
- 1789 – Claude Joseph Vernet, French painter (b. 1714)
- 1815 – John Carroll (priest), first Roman Catholic archbishop in the U.S. (b. 1735)
- 1839 – King Frederick VI of Denmark (b. 1768)
- 1882 – Archibald Campbell Tait, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1811)
- 1888 – Carl Zeiss, German lens maker (b. 1816)
- 1892 – Afanasy Fet, Russian poet (b. 1820)
- 1894 – Robert Louis Stevenson, British writer (b. 1850)
- 1902 – Robert Lawson, New Zealand architect (b. 1833)
- 1910 – Mary Baker Eddy, American religious leader (b. 1821)
- 1912 – Prudente José de Morais Barros, President of Brazil (b. 1841)
- 1919 – Pierre-Auguste Renoir, French impressionist painter (b. 1841)
- 1935 – Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom (b. 1868)
- 1939 – Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll (b. 1848)
- 1941 – Christian Sinding, Norwegian composer (b. 1856)
- 1949 – Maria Ouspenskaya, Russian-born American actress (b. 1876)
- 1972 – Bill Johnson, American musician (b. 1872)
- 1973 – Emile Christian, American musician (b. 1895)
- 1979 – Dhyan Chand, Indian hockey player and Olympic gold medalist (b. 1905)
- 1980 – Oswald Mosley, British politician (b. 1896)
- 1981 – Walter Knott, farmer and creator of Knott's Berry Farm (b. 1889)
- 1987 – Luis Federico Leloir, Argentine chemist (b. 1906)
- 1996 – Georges Duby, French historian specializing in the Middle Ages (b. 1919)
- 1999 – Jarl Wahlström, the 12th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1918)
- 1999 – Madeline Kahn, American actress and comedian (b. 1942)
- 1999 – Scatman John, American singer (lung cancer) (b. 1942)
- 2000 – Gwendolyn Brooks, American poet (b. 1917)
- 2002 – Glenn Quinn, Irish actor (b. 1970)
- 2003 – David Hemmings, British actor (b. 1941)
- 2004 – Shiing-Shen Chern, Chinese mathematician (b. 1911)
- 2009 – Richard Todd, Irish-born actor (b. 1919)
Events [change]
- 1818 – Illinois becomes the 21st State of the United States.
- 1834 – The Zollverein (German customs union) begins the first regular census in Germany.
- 1854 – Eureka Stockade rebellion occurs in Ballarat, Australia.
- 1910 – Modern Neon lighting is first demonstrated by Georges Claude at the Paris Motor Show.
- 1959 – The current flag of Singapore is adopted.
- 1967 – The first successful Heart transplant operation is performed on Louis Washkansky by Dr. Christiaan Barnard in South Africa.
- 1970 – October Crisis: In Montreal, Quebec, British Trade Commissioner James Cross is released by the Front de la Liberation de Quebec, after 60 days in captivity.
- 1971 – Full-scale war erupts between India and Pakistan.
- 1973 – The Pioneer 10 space probe sends back close-up images of Jupiter.
- 1976 – An assassination attempt is made on Bob Marley.
- 1984 – A deadly chemical leak occurs in Bhopal, India. 8,000 people die instantly, and thousands die in the years following the accident.
- 1989 – George H. W. Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev meet in Malta, signifying an end to the Cold War.
- 1992 – The Greek oil tanker Aegean Sea, with 80,000 tonnes of crude oil, runs aground off Galicia, causing an oil spill, affecting around 300 kilometres of coastline.
- 1999 – NASA loses radio contact with the Mars Polar Lander before it enters the Martian atmosphere.
- 2007 – Kevin Rudd becomes Prime Minister of Australia.
- 2009 – A suicide bombing in Mogadishu, Somalia, kills 25 people.
