What happened this day in history December 3

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 337th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 28 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is November 20, 2025 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 29,412,000 minutes 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 ‘trihectatriacontaheptagon’ 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 76 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 4,730 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

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December 3 Historical Events

  • 1818
    Illinois becomes the 21st U.S. state.
  • 1834
    The Zollverein (German Customs Union) begins the first regular census in Germany.
  • 1912
    First Balkan War: The Naval Battle of Elli takes place.
  • 1960
    The musical Camelot debuted at the Majestic Theatre on Broadway, and would become associated with the Kennedy administration.
  • 1971
    Indo-Pakistani War of 1971: Pakistan launches pre-emptive strike against India and a full scale war begins claiming hundreds of lives.
  • 1982
    A soil sample is taken from Times Beach, Missouri that will be found to contain 300 times the safe level of dioxin.
  • 1990
    At Detroit Metropolitan Airport, Northwest Airlines Flight 1482 collides with Northwest Airlines Flight 299 on the runway, killing 7 passengers and 1 crew member aboard flight 1482.
  • 1992
    UN Security Council Resolution 794 is unanimously passed, approving a coalition of United Nations peacekeepers led by the United States to form UNITAF, with the task of establishing peace and ensuring that humanitarian aid is distributed in Somalia.
  • 1997
    In Ottawa, Canada, representatives from 121 countries sign The Ottawa treaty prohibiting manufacture and deployment of anti-personnel landmines. The United States, People’s Republic of China, and Russia do not sign the treaty, however.
  • 2005
    XCOR Aerospace makes first manned rocket aircraft delivery of US Mail in Mojave, California.

Who were born on December 3?

  • 1368
    King Charles VI of France (d. 1422)
  • 1842
    Ellen Swallow Richards, American scientist (d. 1911)
  • 1880
    Fedor von Bock, German field marshal (d. 1945)
  • 1924
    Wiel Coerver, Dutch football manager (d. 2011)
  • 1934
    Viktor Gorbatko, Soviet cosmonaut
  • 1965
    Katarina Witt, German figure skater
  • 1971
    Vernon White, American mixed martial artist
  • 1979
    Rainbow Sun Francks, Canadian actor
  • 1979
    Sean Parker, American Internet technology businessman and entrepreneur
  • 1985
    Sıla Şahin, German actress

Who died on December 3?

  • 311
    Diocletian, Roman emperor (b. 244)
  • 1765
    Lord John Sackville, British cricketer (b. 1713)
  • 1902
    Robert Lawson, New Zealand architect (b. 1833)
  • 1912
    Prudente José de Morais Barros, President of Brazil (b. 1841)
  • 1955
    Cow Cow Davenport, American pianist (b. 1894)
  • 1981
    Walter Knott, American farmer (b. 1889)
  • 1989
    Fernando Martin Espina, Spanish basketball player (b. 1962)
  • 2000
    Gwendolyn Brooks, American poet (b. 1917)
  • 2003
    David Hemmings, English actor (b. 1941)
  • 2004
    Shiing-Shen Chern, Chinese mathematician (b. 1911)

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