December 3

## Events 
### Up to 1960 
* 915 &ndash; Pope John X crowns Berengar I of Italy as Holy Roman Emperor.
* 1799 &ndash; War of the Second Coalition: Battle of Wiesloch – Austrian Lieutenant Field Marshal Szatary de Nagy–Mihaly defeats the French at Wiesloch.
* 1800 &ndash; War of the Second Coalition: Battle of Hohenlinden – French General Moreau decisively defeats Austrian Archduke John.
* 1818 &ndash; Illinois becomes the 21st State of the United States.
* 1834 &ndash; The *Zollverein* (German customs union) begins the first regular census in Germany.
* 1854 &ndash; Eureka Stockade rebellion occurs in Ballarat, Australia.
* 1904 &ndash; Jupiter's Moon Himalia is discovered by Charles Dillon Perrine at the California Lick Observatory.
* 1910 &ndash; Modern Neon lighting is first demonstrated by Georges Claude at the Paris Motor Show.
* 1912 &ndash; Bulgaria, Greece, Montenegro and Serbia sign an armistice.
* 1919 &ndash; The Quebec Bridge opens to traffic.
* 1925 &ndash; The Locarno Treaty is signed in London, creating post–war territorial settlements.
* 1927 &ndash; Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy's first movie, *Putting Pants on Philip*, is released.
* 1944 &ndash; Greek Civil War: Fighting breaks out in Athens between the Greek People's Liberation Army and Government forces supported by the British Army.
* 1959 &ndash; The current flag of Singapore is adopted.
* 1960 &ndash; The musical Camelot is first shown on Broadway.

### From 1961 
* 1967 &ndash; The first successful heart transplant operation is performed on Louis Washkansky by Dr. Christiaan Barnard in South Africa.
* 1970 &ndash; 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 &ndash; Full–scale war erupts between India and Pakistan.
* 1972 &ndash; A Spantax Charter flight crashes on Tenerife, killing all 155 people on board. 
* 1973 &ndash; The Pioneer 10 space probe sends back close–up images of Jupiter.
* 1974 &ndash; The Pioneer 11 space probe flies within 43,000 kilometers of Jupiter.
* 1976 &ndash; An assassination attempt is made on Bob Marley.
* 1979 &ndash; Ayatollah Khomeini becomes the first Supreme Leader of Iran.
* 1979 &ndash; In Cincinnati, Ohio, 11 fans are crushed to death in a race for seats before a The Who concert.
* 1984 &ndash; A deadly chemical leak occurs in Bhopal, India. 8,000 people die instantly, and thousands die in the years following the accident.
* 1989 &ndash; George H. W. Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev meet in Malta, signifying an end to the Cold War.
* 1992 &ndash; 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.
* 1992 &ndash; UN Security Resolution 794 is passed, approving UN peacekeepers' intervention in Somalia.
* 1999 &ndash; NASA loses radio contact with the Mars Polar Lander before it enters the Martian atmosphere.
* 1999 &ndash; Six firefighters are killed in the Worcester Cold Storage and Warehouse fire in Massachusetts.
### From 2000 
* 2007 &ndash; Kevin Rudd becomes Prime Minister of Australia.
* 2007 &ndash; Winter storms cause flooding of the Chehalis River in Washington, killing 8 people.
* 2009 &ndash; A suicide bombing in Mogadishu, Somalia, kills 25 people.
* 2012 &ndash; Typhoon Bopha strikes the Philippines, killing at least 475 people.
* 2025 &ndash; Paul Salameh officialy creates an game app that is an sequel of **Pou**, that is **Pou 3D** and others call it **Pou 2**.

## Births 
### Up to 1900 
* 1368 &ndash; King Charles VI of France (d. 1422)
* 1483 &ndash; Nicolaus von Amsdorf, German theologian and reformer (d. 1565)
* 1596 &ndash; Nicola Amati, Italian violin maker (d. 1684)
* 1684 &ndash; Ludvig Holberg, Danish writer (d. 1754)
* 1722 &ndash; Hrihorii Skovoroda, Ukrainian philosopher, poet and composer (d. 1794)
* 1729 &ndash; Antonio Soler, Spanish composer (d. 1783)
* 1753 &ndash; Samuel Crompton, British inventor (d. 1827)
* 1755 &ndash; Gilbert Stuart, American painter (d. 1828)
* 1800 &ndash; France Preseren, Slovenian poet (d. 1849)
* 1826 &ndash; George B. McClellan, American general and politician, 24th Governor of New Jersey (d. 1885)
* 1833 &ndash; Carlos Finlay, Cuban physician and scientist (d. 1915) 
* 1838 &ndash; Octavia Hill, British social reformer (d. 1912)
* 1842 &ndash; Phoebe Hearst, American philanthropist (d. 1919)
* 1842 &ndash; Ellen Swallow Richards, American ecologist and chemist (d. 1911)
* 1857 &ndash; Joseph Conrad, Polish–born British writer (d. 1924)
* 1864 &ndash; Anna Boberg, Swedish artist (d. 1935)
* 1867 &ndash; William John Bowser, 17th Premier of British Columbia (d. 1933)
* 1871 &ndash; Newton D. Baker, American politician (d. 1937)
* 1875 &ndash; Bernhard Lichtenberg, German priest and humanitarian (d. 1943)
* 1875 &ndash; Emile Delchambre, French rower (d. 1958)
* 1878 &ndash; Francis A. Nixon, American businessman (d. 1956)
* 1879 &ndash; Albert Asher, New Zealand rugby player (d. 1965)
* 1879 &ndash; Charles Hutchison, American actor, director and screenwriter (d. 1949)
* 1879 &ndash; Donald Matheson Sutherland, Canadian physician and politician (d. 1970)
* 1880 &ndash; Fedor von Bock, German field marshal (d. 1945)
* 1883 &ndash; Anton Webern, Austrian composer (d. 1945)
* 1884 &ndash; Rajendra Prasad, first President of India (d. 1963)
* 1884 &ndash; Walther Stampfli, Swiss politician (d. 1965)
* 1885 &ndash; Edward Lasker, German–American chess and Go player (d. 1981)
* 1886 &ndash; Manne Siegbahn, Swedish pacifist (d. 1978)
* 1887 &ndash; Prince Higashikuni of Naruhiko, Japanese royal and Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1990)
* 1895 &ndash; Anna Freud, Austrian–British psychoanalyst (d. 1982)
* 1895 &ndash; Teller Ammons, 27th Governor of Colorado (d. 1972)
* 1899 &ndash; Ikeda Hayato, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1965)
* 1900 &ndash; Ulrich Inderbinen, Swiss mountain guide (d. 2004)
* 1900 &ndash; Richard Kuhn, Austrian–German biochemist (d. 1967)

### 1901 &ndash; 1950 
* 1901 &ndash; Mildred Wiley, American high jumper (d. 2000)
* 1902 &ndash; Mitsuda Fuchida, Japanese writer (d. 1976)
* 1908 &ndash; Edward Underdown, English actor (d. 1989)
* 1911 &ndash; Nino Rota, Italian composer (d. 1979)
* 1914 &ndash; Irving Fine, American composer (d. 1962)
* 1917 &ndash; Wilhelm Brasse, Polish photographer (d. 2012)
* 1917 &ndash; Manuel Solis Palma, President of Panama (d. 2009)
* 1920 &ndash; Antonio Imbert Barrera, former President of the Dominican Republic (d. 2016)
* 1921 &ndash; Phyllis Curtin, American soprano (d. 2016)
* 1921 &ndash; John Doar, American lawyer (d. 2014)
* 1922 &ndash; Len Lesser, American actor (d. 2011)
* 1922 &ndash; Sven Nykvist, Swedish cinematographer (d. 2006)
* 1923 &ndash; Stjepan Bobek, Yugoslav–Croatian footballer (d. 2010)
* 1924 &ndash; John Backus, American computer programmer (d. 2007)
* 1925 &ndash; Kim Dae Jung, President of South Korea (d. 2009)
* 1927 &ndash; Andy Williams, American singer (d. 2012)
* 1928 &ndash; Muhammad Habibur Rahman, Prime Minister of Bangladesh (d. 2014)
* 1930 &ndash; Jean-Luc Godard, French–Swiss movie director and screenwriter
* 1930 &ndash; Raul M. Gonzalez, Filipino politician (d. 2014)
* 1930 &ndash; Yves Trudeau, Canadian sculptor
* 1931 &ndash; Franz Josef Degenhardt, German writer (d. 2011)
* 1931 &ndash; Jaye P. Morgan, American singer and actress
* 1932 &ndash; Corry Brokken, Dutch singer (d. 2016)
* 1933 &ndash; Paul J. Crutzen, Dutch chemist
* 1934 &ndash; Viktor Gorbatko, Soviet–Russian cosmonaut
* 1934 &ndash; Abimael Guzman, Peruvian revolutionary and leader of the Shining Path
* 1935 &ndash; Eddie Bernice Johnson, American politician
* 1936 &ndash; Saburo Kawabuchi, Japanese footballer
* 1937 &ndash; Bobby Allison, American racing driver
* 1937 &ndash; Morgan Llywelyn, American–Irish writer
* 1939 &ndash; Lee Israel, American writer and literary forger (d. 2014)
* 1942 &ndash; Alice Schwarzer, German journalist, feminist and writer
* 1942 &ndash; Mike England, Welsh rugby player
* 1942 &ndash; Pedro Rocha, Uruguayan footballer (d. 2013)
* 1943 &ndash; Kiyoshi Tomizawa, Japanese footballer
* 1944 &ndash; Paul Nicholas, British actor and singer
* 1945 &ndash; Bozhidar Dimitrov, Bulgarian politician (d. 2018)
* 1948 &ndash; Ozzy Osbourne, English singer
* 1948 &ndash; Maxwell Hutchinson, English architect and broadcaster
* 1948 &ndash; Ove Joensen, Faroese rower and adventurer (d. 1987)
* 1949 &ndash; John Akii-Bua, Ugandan athlete (d. 1997)
* 1949 &ndash; Heather Menzies, Canadian–American actress and model (d. 2017)
* 1950 &ndash; Alberto Juantorena, Cuban athlete

### 1951 &ndash; 1975 
* 1951 &ndash; Nicky Stevens, British singer (Brotherhood of Man)
* 1952 &ndash; Mel Smith, English comedian (d. 2013)
* 1953 &ndash; Franz Klammer, Austrian skier
* 1955 &ndash; Warren Jeffs, American polygamist
* 1955 &ndash; Alberto Tarantini, Argentine footballer
* 1956 &ndash; Ewa Kopacz, former Prime Minister of Poland
* 1959 &ndash; Eamonn Holmes, Northern Irish journalist
* 1960 &ndash; Daryl Hannah, American actress
* 1960 &ndash; Julianne Moore, American actress
* 1960 &ndash; Igor Larionov, Russian ice hockey player
* 1960 &ndash; Mike Ramsey, American ice hockey player
* 1961 &ndash; Adal Ramones, Mexican comedian and actor
* 1963 &ndash; Terri Schiavo, American patient in right-to-die case (d. 2005)
* 1964 &ndash; Tosh McKinlay, Scottish footballer
* 1965 &ndash; Andrew Stanton, American director, screenwriter, producer and voice actor
* 1965 &ndash; Katarina Witt, German figure skater
* 1966 &ndash; Flemming Povlsen, Danish footballer
* 1968 &ndash; Brendan Fraser, American–Canadian actor
* 1970 &ndash; Christian Karembeu, French footballer
* 1970 &ndash; Lindsey Hunter, American basketball player
* 1971 &ndash; Ola Rapace, Swedish actor
* 1971 &ndash; Frank Sinclair, Jamaican footballer
* 1971 &ndash; Henk Timmer, Dutch footballer
* 1971 &ndash; Keegan Connor Tracy, Canadian actress
* 1973 &ndash; Holly Marie Combs, American actress
* 1975 &ndash; Mickey Avalon, American rapper

### From 1976 
* 1976 &ndash; Byron Kelleher, New Zealand rugby player
* 1977 &ndash; Adam Małysz, Polish ski jumper
* 1978 &ndash; Dan Snow, British television presenter
* 1979 &ndash; Daniel Bedingfield, British singer
* 1980 &ndash; Anna Chlumsky, American actress
* 1980 &ndash; Jenna Dewan, American actress
* 1981 &ndash; Martin Canning, Scottish footballer
* 1981 &ndash; Liza Lapira, American actress
* 1981 &ndash; David Villa, Spanish footballer
* 1982 &ndash; Michael Essien, Ghanaian footballer
* 1983 &ndash; Stephen Donald, New Zealand rugby player
* 1985 &ndash; Laszlo Cseh, Hungarian swimmer
* 1985 &ndash; Amanda Seyfried, American actress
* 1986 &ndash; Radek Smolenak, Czech ice hockey player
* 1987 &ndash; Michael Angarone, American actor
* 1987 &ndash; Alicia Sacramone, American gymnast
* 1990 &ndash; Christian Benteke, Belgian footballer
* 1990 &ndash; Takuji Yonemoto, Japanese footballer
* 1992 &ndash; Joseph McManners, English actor
* 1994 &ndash; Jake T. Austin, American actor
* 2005 &ndash; Prince Sverre Magnus of Norway

## Deaths 
### Up to 1900 
* 312 &ndash; Diocletian, Roman Emperor (b. 244)
* 1048 &ndash; Al-Biruni, Iranian mathematician
* 1154 &ndash; Pope Anastasius IV
* 1265 &ndash; Odofredus, Italian jurist
* 1533 &ndash; Vasili III, Grand Prince of Moscow (b. 1479)
* 1552 &ndash; Saint Francis Xavier, Spanish missionary (b. 1506)
* 1610 &ndash; Honda Tadakatsu, Japanese general (b. 1548)
* 1765 &ndash; Lord John Philip Sackville, British cricketer (b. 1713)
* 1789 &ndash; Claude Joseph Vernet, French painter (b. 1714)
* 1815 &ndash; John Carroll, first Roman Catholic archbishop in the U.S. (b. 1735)
* 1839 &ndash; King Frederick VI of Denmark (b. 1768)
* 1845 &ndash; Gregor McGregor, Scottish adventurer (b. 1786)
* 1882 &ndash; Archibald Campbell Tait, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1811)
* 1888 &ndash; Carl Zeiss, German lens maker (b. 1816)
* 1892 &ndash; Afanasy Fet, Russian poet (b. 1820)
* 1894 &ndash; Robert Louis Stevenson, British writer (b. 1850)

### 1901 &ndash; 2000 
* 1902 &ndash; Robert Lawson, New Zealand architect (b. 1833)
* 1910 &ndash; Mary Baker Eddy, American religious leader (b. 1821)
* 1912 &ndash; Prudente José de Morais Barros, President of Brazil (b. 1841)
* 1919 &ndash; Pierre-Auguste Renoir, French impressionist painter (b. 1841)
* 1935 &ndash; Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom (b. 1868)
* 1939 &ndash; Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll (b. 1848)
* 1941 &ndash; Christian Sinding, Norwegian composer (b. 1856)
* 1949 &ndash; Maria Ouspenskaya, Russian–born American actress (b. 1876)
* 1956 &ndash; Mike Bandopadhyay, Indian–Bengali writer (b. 1908)
* 1956 &ndash; Alexander Rodchenko, Russian painter and photographer (b. 1881)
* 1972 &ndash; Bill Johnson, American musician (b. 1872)
* 1973 &ndash; Emile Christian, American musician (b. 1895)
* 1979 &ndash; Dhyan Chand, Indian hockey player and Olympic gold medalist (b. 1905)
* 1980 &ndash; Oswald Mosley, British politician (b. 1896)
* 1981 &ndash; Walter Knott, farmer and creator of Knott's Berry Farm (b. 1889)
* 1984 &ndash; Vladimir Rokhlin, Soviet mathematician (b. 1919)
* 1987 &ndash; Luis Federico Leloir, Argentine chemist (b. 1906)
* 1989 &ndash; Fernando Martín Espina, Spanish basketball player (b. 1962)
* 1996 &ndash; Georges Duby, French historian specializing in the Middle Ages (b. 1919)
* 1999 &ndash; Jarl Wahlström, the 12th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1918)
* 1999 &ndash; Madeline Kahn, American actress and comedian (b. 1942)
* 1999 &ndash; Scatman John, American singer (lung cancer) (b. 1942)
* 2000 &ndash; Gwendolyn Brooks, American poet (b. 1917)

### From 2001 
* 2002 &ndash; Glenn Quinn, Irish actor (b. 1970)
* 2003 &ndash; David Hemmings, British actor (b. 1941)
* 2004 &ndash; Shiing-Shen Chern, Chinese mathematician (b. 1911)
* 2004 &ndash; Maria Perschy, Austrian actress (b. 1938)
* 2009 &ndash; Richard Todd, Irish–born actor (b. 1919)
* 2013 &ndash; Ida Pollock, English writer and academic (b. 1908)
* 2013 &ndash; Ahmed Fouad Negm, Egyptian poet (b. 1929)
* 2013 &ndash; Ronald Hunter, American actor (b. 1943)
* 2014 &ndash; Herman Badillo, American politician (b. 1929)
* 2014 &ndash; Jacques Barrot, French politician (b. 1937)
* 2014 &ndash; Sjefke Janssen, Dutch cyclist (b. 1919)
* 2014 &ndash; Ian McLagan, English musician (b. 1945)
* 2014 &ndash; Luc Oursel, French businessman (b. 1959)
* 2014 &ndash; Giulio Questi, Italian director and screenwriter (b. 1924)
* 2014 &ndash; Walter Reyno, Uruguayan actor and director (b. 1935)
* 2014 &ndash; Nathaniel Branden, Canadian–American psychotherapist (b. 1930)
* 2015 &ndash; Scott Weiland, American musician (b. 1967)
* 2017 &ndash; John B. Anderson, American lawyer and politician (b. 1922)
* 2017 &ndash; Adam Darius, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1930)
* 2017 &ndash; Elmar Faber, German publisher (b. 1934)
* 2017 &ndash; Thomas Finlay, Irish judge and politician (b. 1922)
* 2017 &ndash; Kjell Opseth, Norwegian politician (b. 1936)
* 2017 &ndash; Ian Twitchin, English footballer (b. 1952)
* 2018 &ndash; Markus Beyer, German boxer (b. 1971)
* 2018 &ndash; Andrei Bitov, Russian writer (b. 1937)
* 2018 &ndash; Philip Bosco, American actor (b. 1930)
* 2018 &ndash; Geoff Murphy, New Zealand film director (b. 1938)
* 2018 &ndash; Josep Lluís Núñez, Spanish businessman (b. 1931)
* 2019 &ndash; Rawshan Ara Bachchu, Bangladeshi activist (b. 1932)

## Obeservance 
*International Day for persons with Disabilities
*International Day of the Basque language
*Doctors' Day (Cuba)