On This Day: December 03rd
This is 338th day of the year and 28 days remain in the year.
- Hebrew calendar—17 Kislev 5781
- Chinese calendar—the 19th day of the 10th month of 4718 (Geng Zi)
- Islamic calendar—(note)
in history
1818
Illinois became the 21st state in the United States.
1833
Oberlin College in Ohio became the first coed institution of higher learning in the U.S.
1910
Mary Baker Eddy, founder of the Christian Science movement, died.
1919
French painter and sculptor Pierre A. Renoir died at age 78.
1967
Dr. Christiaan N. Barnard performed the world's first successful human heart transplant.
1984
A cloud of deadly poison gas leaked from the Union Carbide plant in Bhopal, India, killing over 4,000 people.
December 03 Birthdays
Joseph Conrad1857–1924, English NovelistBrendan Fraseractor
Daryl Hannahactress
Katarina Wittskater
Ozzy Osbournerock musician
Gilbert Stuartpainter
Jean-Luc Godardfilm director
Anna Freudpsychoanalyst
Julianne Mooreactress
Ellen Swallow Richardschemist and educator
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Note: Dates in the Islamic calendar are provided for planning purposes only, and calculated with the hdate Islamic calendar program for moonrise in Boston, Masschusetts. Depending on your location and other factors, this result may differ from actual religious observances by one day. Please consult your local religious authority for any religious determinations of hejiric date.
