Tuesday December 3, 2024
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

December 3: Day of the Week

December 3, 2024 is the 338th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 28 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Tuesday.

If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is mardi.

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Here’s the December calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

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Zodiac & Birthstone

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.

December 3 Historical Event(s)

1834
The Zollverein (German Customs Union) begins the first regular census in Germany.
1901
US President Theodore Roosevelt delivers a 20,000-word speech to the House of Representatives asking the Congress to curb the power of trusts “within reasonable limits”.
1944
Greek Civil War: Fighting breaks out in Athens between the ELAS and government forces supported by the British Army.
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.
1976
An assassination attempt is made on Bob Marley. He is shot twice, but plays a concert two days later.
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.
1992
A test engineer for Sema Group uses a personal computer to send the world’s first text message via the Vodafone network to the phone of a colleague.
2009
A suicide bombing in Mogadishu, Somalia, claims the lives of 25 people, including three ministers of the Transitional Federal Government.

Who were born on December 3?

1886
Manne Siegbahn, Nobel laureate (d. 1978)
1946
Joop Zoetemelk, Dutch cyclist
1953
Lothar Schneider, German footballer
1955
Warren Jeffs, American convicted polygamist
1960
Mike Ramsey, American ice hockey player
1975
Csaba Czébely, Hungarian drummer (Pokolgép)
1976
Mark Boucher, South African cricketer
1978
Daniel Alexandersson, Swedish footballer
1980
Jenna Dewan, American actress
1983
Stephen Donald, New Zealand rugby player

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