What are the important events that happened on December 3? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
December 3: Facts & Myths About This Day
December 3 is the 338th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 28 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is November 20, 2024 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,733,184,000 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘trihectatriacontaoctagon’ day.
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Sagittarius is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Turquoise is the modern birthstone for this month. Onyx is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 57 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,365 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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December 3 Historical Events
- 1834 –The Zollverein (German Customs Union) begins the first regular census in Germany.
- 1917 –After nearly 20 years of planning and construction, including two collapses causing 89 deaths, the Quebec Bridge opens to traffic.
- 1927 –Putting Pants on Philip, the first Laurel and Hardy film, is released.
- 1959 –The current flag of Singapore is adopted, six months after Singapore became self-governing within the British Empire.
- 1960 –The musical Camelot debuted at the Majestic Theatre on Broadway, and would become associated with the Kennedy administration.
- 1970 –October Crisis: In Montreal, Quebec, kidnapped British Trade Commissioner James Cross is released by the Front de libération du Québec terrorist group after being held hostage for 60 days. Police negotiate his release and in return the Canadian government grants five terrorists from the FLQ’s Chenier Cell their request for safe passage to Cuba.
- 1976 –An assassination attempt is made on Bob Marley. He is shot twice, but plays a concert two days later.
- 1979 –In Cincinnati, Ohio, 11 fans are suffocated in a crush for seats on the concourse outside Riverfront Coliseum before a Who concert.
- 1984 –Bhopal Disaster: A methyl isocyanate leak from a Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal, India, kills more than 3,800 people outright and injures 150,000–600,000 others (some 6,000 of whom would later die from their injuries) in one of the worst industrial disasters in history.
- 1989 –Cold War: In a meeting off the coast of Malta, US President George H. W. Bush and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev release statements indicating that the cold war between Nato and The Soviet Union may be coming to an end.
Who were born on December 3?
- 1864 –Herman Heijermans, Dutch writer (d. 1924)
- 1884 –Walther Stampfli, member of the Swiss Federal Council (d. 1965)
- 1921 –Phyllis Curtin, American soprano
- 1922 –Sven Nykvist, Swedish cinematographer (d. 2006)
- 1946 –Joop Zoetemelk, Dutch cyclist
- 1963 –Joe Lally, American musician (Fugazi)
- 1970 –Lu Parker, American broadcast journalist and former beauty queen
- 1981 –Brian Bonsall, American actor
- 1982 –Jaycee Chan, Hong Kong singer and actor
- 1983 –Sherri DuPree, American vocalist
Who died on December 3?
- 1610 –Honda Tadakatsu, Japanese general (b. 1548)
- 1888 –Carl Zeiss, German lens maker (b. 1816)
- 1919 –Pierre-Auguste Renoir, French impressionist painter (b. 1841)
- 1934 –Charles James O'Donnell, Irish politician (b. 1849)
- 1955 –Cow Cow Davenport, American pianist (b. 1894)
- 1973 –Bea Miles, Australian eccentric and writer (b. 1902)
- 1973 –Emile Christian, American musician (b. 1895)
- 1996 –Georges Duby, French historian (b. 1919)
- 2007 –James Kemsley, Australian cartoonist and actor (b. 1948)
- 2008 –Robert Zajonc, Polish-American social psychologist (b. 1923)
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