December 3
is the 337th day of the year (338th in
leap years
) in the
Gregorian calendar
. There are 28 days remaining until the end of the year.
- 1967
? The first successful
heart transplant
operation is performed on
Louis Washkansky
by Dr.
Christiaan Barnard
in
South Africa
.
- 1970
? 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
? Full-scale war erupts between
India
and
Pakistan
.
- 1972
- A Spantax Charter flight crashes on
Tenerife
, killing all 155 people on board.
- 1973
? The
Pioneer 10
space probe sends back close-up images of
Jupiter
.
- 1974
- The
Pioneer 11
space probe flies within 43,000
kilometers
of
Jupiter
.
- 1976
? An assassination attempt is made on
Bob Marley
.
- 1979
-
Ayatollah Khomeini
becomes the first Supreme Leader of
Iran
.
- 1979
- In
Cincinnati
,
Ohio
, 11 fans are crushed to death in a race for seats before a
The Who
concert.
- 1984
? A deadly chemical leak occurs in
Bhopal
,
India
. 8,000 people die instantly, and thousands die in the years following the
accident
.
- 1989
?
George H. W. Bush
and
Mikhail Gorbachev
meet in
Malta
, signifying an end to the
Cold War
.
- 1992
? 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
-
UN
Security Resolution 794 is passed, approving
UN
peacekeepers' intervention in
Somalia
.
- 1999
?
NASA
loses radio contact with the
Mars
Polar Lander before it enters the Martian
atmosphere
.
- 1999
- Six firefighters are killed in the
Worcester Cold Storage and Warehouse fire
in
Massachusetts
.
- 2007
?
Kevin Rudd
becomes
Prime Minister of Australia
.
- 2007
-
Winter
storms
cause
flooding
of the Chehalis River in
Washington
, killing 8 people.
- 2009
? A suicide bombing in
Mogadishu
,
Somalia
, kills 25 people.
- 2012
-
Typhoon Bopha
strikes the
Philippines
, killing at least 475 people.
- 1368
? King
Charles VI of France
(d.
1422
)
- 1483
?
Nicolaus von Amsdorf
, German
theologian
and reformer (d.
1565
)
- 1596
-
Nicola Amati
, Italian
violin
maker (d.
1684
)
- 1684
?
Ludvig Holberg
, Danish
writer
(d.
1754
)
- 1722
-
Hrihorii Skovoroda
, Ukrainian
philosopher
,
poet
and
composer
(d.
1794
)
- 1729
?
Antonio Soler
, Spanish
composer
(d.
1783
)
- 1753
?
Samuel Crompton
, British inventor (d.
1827
)
- 1755
?
Gilbert Stuart
, American painter (d.
1828
)
- 1800
?
France Preseren
,
Slovenian
poet (d.
1849
)
- 1826
-
George B. McClellan
, American
general
and
politician
, 24th
Governor
of
New Jersey
(d.
1885
)
- 1833
-
Carlos Finlay
,
Cuban
physician
and
scientist
(d.
1915
)
- 1838
?
Octavia Hill
, British social reformer (d.
1912
)
- 1842
?
Phoebe Hearst
, American philanthropist (d.
1919
)
- 1842
-
Ellen Swallow Richards
, American
ecologist
and
chemist
(d.
1911
)
- 1857
?
Joseph Conrad
, Polish-born British
writer
(d.
1924
)
- 1864
-
Anna Boberg
, Swedish artist (d.
1935
)
- 1867
-
William John Bowser
, 17th
Premier
of
British Columbia
(d.
1933
)
- 1871
-
Newton D. Baker
, American politician (d.
1937
)
- 1875
?
Bernhard Lichtenberg
, German
priest
and
humanitarian
(d.
1943
)
- 1875
-
Emile Delchambre
, French rower (d.
1958
)
- 1878
-
Francis A. Nixon
, American businessman (d.
1956
)
- 1879
-
Albert Asher
, New Zealand
rugby
player (d.
1965
)
- 1879
-
Charles Hutchison
, American actor,
director
and
screenwriter
(d.
1949
)
- 1879
-
Donald Matheson Sutherland
, Canadian
physician
and politician (d.
1970
)
- 1880
-
Fedor von Bock
, German field marshal (d.
1945
)
- 1883
-
Anton Webern
, Austrian composer (d.
1945
)
- 1884
?
Rajendra Prasad
, first
President of India
(d.
1963
)
- 1884
-
Walther Stampfli
, Swiss politician (d.
1965
)
- 1885
-
Edward Lasker
, German-American
chess
and
Go
player (d.
1981
)
- 1886
?
Manne Siegbahn
, Swedish
pacifist
(d.
1978
)
- 1887
?
Prince Higashikuni of Naruhiko
, Japanese royal and
Prime Minister of Japan
(d.
1990
)
- 1895
?
Anna Freud
, Austrian-British psychoanalyst (d.
1982
)
- 1895
-
Teller Ammons
, 27th
Governor
of
Colorado
(d.
1972
)
- 1899
?
Ikeda Hayato
,
Prime Minister of Japan
(d.
1965
)
- 1900
?
Ulrich Inderbinen
, Swiss
mountain
guide (d.
2004
)
- 1900
?
Richard Kuhn
, Austrian-German biochemist (d.
1967
)
- 1901
-
Mildred Wiley
, American high jumper (d.
2000
)
- 1902
-
Mitsuda Fuchida
, Japanese writer (d.
1976
)
- 1908
-
Edward Underdown
, English actor (d.
1989
)
- 1911
?
Nino Rota
, Italian
composer
(d.
1979
)
- 1914
-
Irving Fine
, American composer (d.
1962
)
- 1917
-
Wilhelm Brasse
, Polish
photographer
(d.
2012
)
- 1917
-
Manuel Solis Palma
,
President
of
Panama
(d.
2009
)
- 1920
-
Antonio Imbert Barrera
, former
President
of the
Dominican Republic
(d.
2016
)
- 1921
-
Phyllis Curtin
, American
soprano
(d.
2016
)
- 1921
-
John Doar
, American
lawyer
(d.
2014
)
- 1922
-
Len Lesser
, American actor (d.
2011
)
- 1922
?
Sven Nykvist
, Swedish
cinematographer
(d.
2006
)
- 1923
?
Stjepan Bobek
,
Yugoslav
-Croatian footballer (d.
2010
)
- 1924
?
John Backus
, American
computer
programmer (d.
2007
)
- 1925
?
Kim Dae Jung
,
President of South Korea
(d.
2009
)
- 1927
?
Andy Williams
, American singer (d.
2012
)
- 1928
-
Muhammad Habibur Rahman
,
Prime Minister of Bangladesh
(d.
2014
)
- 1930
?
Jean-Luc Godard
, French-Swiss
movie director
and
screenwriter
- 1930
-
Raul M. Gonzalez
, Filipino
politician
(d.
2014
)
- 1930
-
Yves Trudeau
, Canadian
sculptor
- 1931
-
Franz Josef Degenhardt
, German writer (d.
2011
)
- 1931
-
Jaye P. Morgan
, American singer and actress
- 1932
-
Corry Brokken
, Dutch singer (d.
2016
)
- 1933
?
Paul J. Crutzen
, Dutch
chemist
- 1934
-
Viktor Gorbatko
, Soviet-Russian
cosmonaut
- 1934
-
Abimael Guzman
,
Peruvian
revolutionary
and leader of the
Shining Path
- 1935
-
Eddie Bernice Johnson
, American politician
- 1936
-
Saburo Kawabuchi
, Japanese
footballer
- 1937
-
Bobby Allison
, American racing driver
- 1937
-
Morgan Llywelyn
, American-Irish
writer
- 1939
-
Lee Israel
, American writer and literary forger (d.
2014
)
- 1942
?
Alice Schwarzer
, German journalist, feminist and writer
- 1942
-
Mike England
, Welsh
rugby
player
- 1942
-
Pedro Rocha
,
Uruguayan
footballer
(d.
2013
)
- 1943
-
Kiyoshi Tomizawa
, Japanese
footballer
- 1944
-
Paul Nicholas
, British actor and singer
- 1945
-
Bozhidar Dimitrov
,
Bulgarian
politician (d.
2018
)
- 1948
?
Ozzy Osbourne
, English singer
- 1948
-
Maxwell Hutchinson
, English
architect
and broadcaster
- 1948
-
Ove Joensen
,
Faroese
rower and adventurer (d.
1987
)
- 1949
?
John Akii-Bua
,
Ugandan
athlete
(d.
1997
)
- 1949
-
Heather Menzies
, Canadian-American actress and model (d.
2017
)
- 1950
?
Alberto Juantorena
, Cuban
athlete
- 1951
?
Nicky Stevens
, British singer (
Brotherhood of Man
)
- 1952
?
Mel Smith
, English
comedian
(d.
2013
)
- 1953
-
Franz Klammer
,
Austrian
skier
- 1955
?
Warren Jeffs
, American
polygamist
- 1955
-
Alberto Tarantini
, Argentine footballer
- 1956
-
Ewa Kopacz
, former
Prime Minister
of
Poland
- 1959
-
Eamonn Holmes
, Northern Irish
journalist
- 1960
?
Daryl Hannah
, American
actress
- 1960
?
Julianne Moore
, American actress
- 1960
-
Igor Larionov
, Russian
ice hockey
player
- 1960
-
Mike Ramsey
, American
ice hockey
player
- 1961
-
Adal Ramones
, Mexican
comedian
and
actor
- 1963
?
Terri Schiavo
, American patient in
right-to-die
case (d.
2005
)
- 1964
-
Tosh McKinlay
, Scottish
footballer
- 1965
-
Andrew Stanton
, American
director
,
screenwriter
,
producer
and voice
actor
- 1965
-
Katarina Witt
, German figure skater
- 1966
-
Flemming Povlsen
, Danish
footballer
- 1968
?
Brendan Fraser
, American-Canadian actor
- 1970
?
Christian Karembeu
, French
footballer
- 1970
-
Lindsey Hunter
, American
basketball
player
- 1971
?
Ola Rapace
, Swedish actor
- 1971
?
Frank Sinclair
,
Jamaican
footballer
- 1971
?
Henk Timmer
, Dutch
footballer
- 1971
-
Keegan Connor Tracy
, Canadian
actress
- 1973
?
Holly Marie Combs
, American actress
- 1975
-
Mickey Avalon
, American rapper
- 1976
-
Byron Kelleher
, New Zealand
rugby
player
- 1977
?
Adam Małysz
, Polish ski jumper
- 1978
-
Dan Snow
, British
television
presenter
- 1979
?
Daniel Bedingfield
, British singer
- 1980
-
Anna Chlumsky
, American actress
- 1980
-
Jenna Dewan
, American actress
- 1981
-
Martin Canning
, Scottish footballer
- 1981
-
Liza Lapira
, American actress
- 1981
?
David Villa
, Spanish
footballer
- 1982
?
Michael Essien
, Ghanaian
footballer
- 1983
-
Stephen Donald
, New Zealand
rugby
player
- 1985
?
Laszlo Cseh
, Hungarian swimmer
- 1985
-
Amanda Seyfried
, American actress
- 1986
-
Radek Smolenak
, Czech
ice hockey
player
- 1987
-
Michael Angarone
, American actor
- 1987
?
Alicia Sacramone
, American
gymnast
- 1990
-
Christian Benteke
, Belgian
footballer
- 1990
-
Takuji Yonemoto
, Japanese
footballer
- 1992
?
Joseph McManners
, English actor
- 1994
?
Jake T. Austin
, American actor
- 2005
?
Prince Sverre Magnus of Norway
- 312
?
Diocletian
, Roman Emperor (b.
244
)
- 1048
?
Al-Biruni
, Iranian mathematician
- 1154
?
Pope Anastasius IV
- 1265
?
Odofredus
, Italian jurist
- 1533
?
Vasili III
, Grand Prince of Moscow (b.
1479
)
- 1552
- Saint
Francis Xavier
, Spanish missionary (b.
1506
)
- 1610
?
Honda Tadakatsu
, Japanese general (b.
1548
)
- 1765
?
Lord John Philip Sackville
, British cricketer (b.
1713
)
- 1789
?
Claude Joseph Vernet
, French painter (b.
1714
)
- 1815
?
John Carroll
, first Roman Catholic archbishop in the U.S. (b.
1735
)
- 1839
? King
Frederick VI of Denmark
(b.
1768
)
- 1845
-
Gregor McGregor
, Scottish adventurer (b.
1786
)
- 1882
?
Archibald Campbell Tait
,
Archbishop of Canterbury
(b.
1811
)
- 1888
?
Carl Zeiss
, German lens maker (b.
1816
)
- 1892
?
Afanasy Fet
, Russian poet (b.
1820
)
- 1894
?
Robert Louis Stevenson
, British writer (b.
1850
)
- 1902
?
Robert Lawson
, New Zealand architect (b.
1833
)
- 1910
?
Mary Baker Eddy
, American religious leader (b.
1821
)
- 1912
?
Prudente Jose de Morais Barros
,
President of Brazil
(b.
1841
)
- 1919
?
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
, French impressionist painter (b.
1841
)
- 1935
?
Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom
(b.
1868
)
- 1939
?
Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll
(b.
1848
)
- 1941
?
Christian Sinding
, Norwegian composer (b.
1856
)
- 1949
?
Maria Ouspenskaya
, Russian-born American actress (b.
1876
)
- 1956
-
Mike Bandopadhyay
, Indian-Bengali writer (b.
1908
)
- 1956
-
Alexander Rodchenko
, Russian painter and photographer (b.
1881
)
- 1972
?
Bill Johnson
, American musician (b.
1872
)
- 1973
?
Emile Christian
, American musician (b.
1895
)
- 1979
?
Dhyan Chand
, Indian hockey player and Olympic gold medalist (b.
1905
)
- 1980
?
Oswald Mosley
, British politician (b.
1896
)
- 1981
?
Walter Knott
, farmer and creator of
Knott's Berry Farm
(b.
1889
)
- 1984
-
Vladimir Rokhlin
,
Soviet
mathematician
(b.
1919
)
- 1987
?
Luis Federico Leloir
, Argentine
chemist
(b.
1906
)
- 1989
-
Fernando Martin Espina
, Spanish
basketball
player (b.
1962
)
- 1996
?
Georges Duby
, French historian specializing in the Middle Ages (b.
1919
)
- 1999
?
Jarl Wahlstrom
, the 12th General of The
Salvation Army
(b.
1918
)
- 1999
?
Madeline Kahn
, American actress and comedian (b.
1942
)
- 1999
?
Scatman John
, American singer (lung cancer) (b.
1942
)
- 2000
?
Gwendolyn Brooks
, American poet (b.
1917
)
- 2002
?
Glenn Quinn
, Irish actor (b.
1970
)
- 2003
?
David Hemmings
, British actor (b.
1941
)
- 2004
?
Shiing-Shen Chern
, Chinese mathematician (b.
1911
)
- 2004
-
Maria Perschy
, Austrian actress (b.
1938
)
- 2009
?
Richard Todd
, Irish-born actor (b.
1919
)
- 2013
-
Ida Pollock
, English writer and academic (b.
1908
)
- 2013
-
Ahmed Fouad Negm
, Egyptian poet (b.
1929
)
- 2013
-
Ronald Hunter
, American actor (b.
1943
)
- 2014
-
Herman Badillo
, American politician (b.
1929
)
- 2014
-
Jacques Barrot
, French politician (b.
1937
)
- 2014
-
Sjefke Janssen
, Dutch cyclist (b.
1919
)
- 2014
-
Ian McLagan
, English musician (b.
1945
)
- 2014
-
Luc Oursel
, French
businessman
(b.
1959
)
- 2014
-
Giulio Questi
, Italian
director
and
screenwriter
(b.
1924
)
- 2014
-
Walter Reyno
,
Uruguayan
actor
and
director
(b.
1935
)
- 2014
-
Nathaniel Branden
, Canadian-American psychotherapist (b.
1930
)
- 2015
-
Scott Weiland
, American musician (b.
1967
)
- 2017
-
John B. Anderson
, American lawyer and politician (b.
1922
)
- 2017
-
Adam Darius
, American dancer and choreographer (b.
1930
)
- 2017
-
Elmar Faber
, German publisher (b.
1934
)
- 2017
-
Thomas Finlay
, Irish judge and politician (b.
1922
)
- 2017
-
Kjell Opseth
, Norwegian politician (b.
1936
)
- 2017
-
Ian Twitchin
, English footballer (b.
1952
)
- 2018
-
Markus Beyer
, German boxer (b.
1971
)
- 2018
-
Andrei Bitov
, Russian writer (b.
1937
)
- 2018
-
Philip Bosco
, American actor (b.
1930
)
- 2018
-
Geoff Murphy
, New Zealand film director (b.
1938
)
- 2018
-
Josep Lluis Nunez
, Spanish businessman (b.
1931
)
- 2019
-
Rawshan Ara Bachchu
, Bangladeshi activist (b.
1932
)