December 3

Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened throughout history on December 3. From 1900 until now. December 3 is under the sign of Sagittarius. Famous birthdays on this day include Maria Callas (1923), Maria Callas (1923) and Julianne Moore (1960). Several movies were released around December 3 over the years, such as Blood Diamond in 2006 directed by Edward Zwick and Ocean's Eleven in 2001 directed by Steven Soderbergh.
But much more happened on December 3 over the years: find out below

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Events

2018 Qatar announces that it is withdrawing from OPEC in January 2019, after almost 60 years of membership, to focus on natural gas production. (The Guardian)
2017 Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen: Battle of Sana'a (2017): The Royal Saudi Air Force bombs Houthi positions in southern Sana'a in support of Ali Abdullah Saleh-headed General People's Congress. (Reuters)
2016 Somali Civil War (2009-present): Seven insurgents are killed in clashes northern Somalia. (Reuters)
2015 Military intervention against ISIL, Operation Tidal Wave II: The United Kingdom's Royal Air Force bombs Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant-controlled oil wells in eastern Syria. At least four Tornado GR4 fighter jets, operating out of RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus, were involved in raids. The Ministry of Defence said initial analysis "indicates that the strikes were successful". (Sky News)
2014 Somali Civil War: A suicide bomber attacks a United Nations convoy near Aden Adde International Airport killing six people. (AP) (BBC)
2013 Russian ballet dancer Pavel Dmitrichenko is convicted of organizing an acid attack on Sergei Filin, artistic director of the Bolshoi Theatre. (BBC)
2012 Syrian civil war:: The United Nations suspends operations in Syria and withdraws non-essential staff as the Syrian civil war worsens. (AAP via News Limited)The Syrian foreign ministry spokesman Jihad Makdissi is reportedly fired or defects. (Al Jazeera)
2011 At least 23 people are killed in Syria. (BBC)
2010 Two Lebanese labourers are injured after the Israeli army detonates two of its espionage devices by remote control in the southern Lebanese city of Tyre. (AFP via Google News) (Daily Star - Lebanon)
2009 The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, which insures deposits in United States commercial banks, is running a deficit of $US8.2 billion. (New York Times)
2008 The Convention on Cluster Munitions opens for signature in Oslo.ref name=cluster/
2007 Winter storms cause the Chehalis River to flood many cities in Lewis County, Washington, also closing a 20-mile portion of Interstate 5 for several days. At least eight deaths and billions of dollars in damages are blamed on the floods.
2006 The protests in Lebanon led by Hezbollah last for a third day. (Reuters via CNN)
2005 XCOR Aerospace makes first manned rocket aircraft delivery of US Mail in Mojave, California.
2004 Dragomir_Milošević, the general who besieged Sarajevo for three years during the Bosnian Civil War surrenders to the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. 12,000 people died during the siege. (AFP) (Link dead as of 04:01, 2007 (UTC))
2003 Deng Pufang, Sérgio Vieira de Mello, the Plaza de Mayo Grandmothers and others are announced as the winners of the UN human rights prizes, which are awarded every 5 years.
2002 Football (soccer): Real Madrid has defeated Olimpia Paraguay to win the Intercontinental Cup.
2001 Officials announce that one of the Taliban prisoners captured after the prison uprising at Mazari Sharif, Afghanistan is John Walker Lindh, an American citizen.
2000 The UK Snooker Championship is won by John Higgins.
1999 Six firefighters are killed in the Worcester Cold Storage Warehouse fire in Worcester, Massachusetts.
1997 1776, opens at Gershwin Theater, New York City
1995 Company closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 68 performances
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.
1991 White House Chief of Staff John Sununu resigns.
1990 At Detroit Metropolitan Airport, Northwest Airlines Flight 1482 (a McDonnell Douglas DC-9) collides with Northwest Airlines Flight 299 (a Boeing 727) on the runway, killing 8 passengers and 4 crewmembers on Flight 1482.
1989 Pat Bradley / Bill Glasson wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
1988 New York Lotto pays US$45 million to twelve winners (numbers are 1-8-13-18-28-48).
1986 Sri Lanka all out 55 versus West Indies in one-dayer Walsh 5-1 in four 3 overs.
1985 23rd Shuttle Mission (61-B) - Atlantis 2 lands at Edwards AFB
1984 2,000 die from Union Carbide poison gas emission in Bhopal, India
1983 Marilyn: An American Fable closes at Minskoff NYC after 16 performances
1982 New Jersey Devils 1st hat trick (Steve Tambellini)
1981 Beth Daniel / Tom Kite wins LPGA J C Penney Golf Classic
1980 New York Federal jury finds Reps Thompson D-New Jersey and Murphy, D-NY, guilty
1979 Iran accepts constitution.
1978 King of Hearts closes at Minskoff Theater NYC after 48 performances
1976 Dr Patrick J Hillery elected President of Iraq.
1975 The wreck of the ''HMHS Britannic'' is found in the Kea Channel by Jacques Cousteau.
1973 Pioneer 10 passes Jupiter (1st fly-by of an outer planet) [Dec 4-GMT]
1972 Convair 990A charter crashes in Tenerife, Canary Island, 155 die.
1971 Miss Teenage America Pageant
1970 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
1969 John Lennon is offered role of Jesus Christ in Jesus Christ Superstar
1968 The '68 Comeback Special marks the concert return of Elvis Presley.
1967 1st human heart transplant performed (Dr Christian Barnard, South Africa)
1966 Anti-Portuguese demonstrations occur in Macau a curfew is declared the next day.
1965 Beatles begin final UK concert tour in Glasgow
1964 Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer 1st airs on TV
1963 The Warren Commission begins its investigation.
1962 Edith Spurlock Sampson sworn-in as 1st US black female judge
1961 Beatles meet future manager Brian Epstein
1960 Camelot opens at Majestic Theater NYC for 873 performances
1959 State of emergency on Cyprus ends.
1958 Indonesian parliament accepts nationalisation of Dutch businesses.
1957 23rd Heisman Trophy Award: John Crow, Texas A&M (HB).
1956 KFSA (now KFSM) TV channel 5 in Ft Smith, AR (CBS) 1st broadcast
1955 KTVE TV channel 10 in Monroe-El Dorado, LA (NBC) begins broadcasting
1953 Kismet opens at Ziegfeld Theater NYC for 583 performances
1952 First TV broadcast in Hawaii.
1951 The Lebanese University is founded in Lebanon.
1950 Paul Harvey begins his national radio broadcast
1949 KRLD (now KDFW) TV channel 4 in Dallas-Fort Worth, TX (CBS) begins
1948 1st US woman army officer not in medical corps sworn-in
1947 Tennessee Williams' play A Streetcar Named Desire opens on Broadway, New York, at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre.
1946 12th Heisman Trophy Award: Glenn Davis, Army (HB).
1945 Communist demonstrations in Athens presage the Greek Civil War.
1944 Mussert puts Seyss-Inquart plan for small Nazi-Europe
1943 9th Heisman Trophy Award: Angelo Bertelli, Notre Dame (quarterback).
1934 KYW-AM in Chicago Ill moves to Philadelphia Penn
1933 Joe Lilliard QBs Chicago Cardinals; last NFL black until 1946
1931 Alka Seltzer goes on sale
1930 Air-borne chemicals combine with fog to kill 60 (Meuse Valley, Belgium).
1929 Boston Bruins begins then NHL record 14 game winning streak
1928 In Rio de Janeiro, a seaplane sent to greet Alberto Santos-Dumont crashes near Cap Arcona, killing all on board.
1926 Manchester Guardian (German Reichswehr / Red Army work together)
1923 First Congressional open session broadcast via radio (Washington DC).
1920 Turkey and Armenia agree to peace treaty.
1917 After nearly 20 years of planning and construction, including two collapses causing 89 deaths, the Quebec Bridge opens to traffic.
1912 Gerrit Brinkman becomes first Dutch traffic officer.
1910 Neon lights, first publically seen (Paris Auto Show).
1907 George Cohan's musical "Talk of the Town" premieres in New York City, New York.
1904 The Jovian moon Himalia is discovered by Charles Dillon Perrine at California's Lick Observatory.
1903 Panglima Polim surrenders to Captain Colijn at Atjeh.
1901 Milwaukee Brewers is dropped from the American League and replaced by Saint Louis Browns.
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