On this day | December 3rd

On this day: December 3rd

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915 Pope John X crowns Berengar I of Italy as Holy Roman Emperor (probable date).

1775 American Revolutionary War: becomes the first vessel to fly the Grand Union Flag (the precursor to the Flag of the United States); the flag is hoisted by John Paul Jones.

1799 War of the Second Coalition: Battle of Wiesloch (1799): Austrian Empire Lieutenant Field Marshal Anton Sztáray defeats the First French Empire at Wiesloch.

1800 War of the Second Coalition: Battle of Hohenlinden: French General Jean Victor Marie Moreau decisively defeats the Archduke John of Austria near Munich. Coupled with First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte's earlier victory at Battle of Marengo, this will force the Austrians to sign Treaty of Lunéville and end the war.

1800 1800 United States presidential election: The Electoral College casts votes for president and vice president that result in a tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr.

1818 Illinois becomes the 21st U.S. state.

1834 The Zollverein (German Customs Union) begins the first regular census in Germany.

1854 Battle of the Eureka Stockade: More than 20 gold miners at Ballarat, Victoria, are killed by state troopers in an uprising over mining licences.

1859 Nigeria's first newspaper, missionary Henry Townsend (missionary) ''Iwe Irohin'', was published.

1881 The first issue of Tamperean daily newspaper ''Aamulehti'' ("Morning Paper") is published.

1898 The Duquesne Country and Athletic Club defeats 1898 Western Pennsylvania All-Star football team 16–0, in what is considered to be the first all-star game for professional American football.

1901 In a 1901 State of the Union Address, U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt delivers a 20,000-word report to the United States House of Representatives asking Congress to curb the power of trusts "within reasonable limits". The speech was not delivered in person.

1904 The Moons of Jupiter Himalia (moon) is discovered by Charles Dillon Perrine at California's Lick Observatory.

1910 Modern neon lighting is first demonstrated by Georges Claude at the Paris Motor Show.

1912 Kingdom of Bulgaria, Kingdom of Greece, Kingdom of Montenegro, and Kingdom of Serbia (the Balkan League) sign an armistice with the Ottoman Empire, temporarily halting the First Balkan War. (The armistice will expire on February 3, 1913, and hostilities will resume.)

1919 After nearly 20 years of planning and construction, including two collapses causing 89 deaths, the Quebec Bridge opens to traffic.

1920 Following more than a month of Turkish–Armenian War, the Turkish-dictated Treaty of Alexandropol is concluded.

1925 Final agreement is signed between the Irish Free State, Northern Ireland and the United Kingdom formalizing the Partition of Ireland.

1929 President Herbert Hoover delivers his first 1929 State of the Union Address to Congress. It is presented in the form of a written message rather than a speech.

1938 Nazi Germany issues the Decree on the Utilization of Jewish Property forcing Jews to sell real property, businesses, and stocks at below market value as part of Aryanization.

1944 Greek Civil War: Dekemvriana breaks out in Athens between the Greek People's Liberation Army 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 (musical)'' debuts at the Majestic Theatre (Broadway) on Broadway theatre. It will become associated with the John F. Kennedy.

1965 Soviet Union, Space probe of the Luna program, called Luna 8, is launched, but crashes on the Moon.

1967 At Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa, a transplant team headed by Christiaan Barnard carries out the first heart transplant on a human (53-year-old Louis Washkansky).

1971 Indo-Pakistani War of 1971: Pakistan launches Operation Chengiz Khan against India and a full-scale war begins.

1972 Spantax Flight 275 crashes during takeoff from Tenerife North–Ciudad de La Laguna Airport, killing all 155 people on board.

1973 Pioneer program: Pioneer 10 sends back the first close-up images of Jupiter.

1979 In Cincinnati, 11 fans are suffocated in The Who concert disaster on the concourse outside Riverfront Coliseum before a The Who concert.

1979 Iranian Revolution: Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini becomes the first Supreme Leader of Iran.

1982 A soil sample is taken from Times Beach, Missouri, that will be found to contain 300 times the safe level of Polychlorinated dibenzodioxins.

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 later died from their injuries) in one of the worst industrial disasters in history.

1989 In a Malta Summit off the coast of Malta, U.S. President George H. W. Bush and Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev release statements indicating that the Cold War between NATO and the Warsaw Pact may be coming to an end.

1992 The Greek oil tanker ''Aegean Sea'', carrying 80,000 tonnes of crude oil, runs aground in a storm while approaching A Coruña, Spain, and Aegean Sea oil spill.

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.

1994 Taiwan holds its first full local elections; James Soong elected as the first and only directly elected Governor of Taiwan Province, Chen Shui-bian became the first directly elected Mayor of Taipei of Taipei, Wu Den-yih became the first directly elected Mayor of Kaohsiung of Kaohsiung.

1994 Sony releases PlayStation (console) in Japan.

1995 Cameroon Airlines Flight 3701 crashes on approach to Douala International Airport in Douala, Cameroon, killing 71 of the 76 people on board.

1997 In Ottawa, Canada, representatives from 121 countries sign the Ottawa Treaty prohibiting manufacture and deployment of anti-personnel landmines. The United States, People's Republic of China, and Russia do not sign the treaty, however.

1999 NASA loses radio contact with the Mars Polar Lander moments before the spacecraft enters the Atmosphere of Mars.

2005 XCOR Aerospace makes the Rocket mail # Reusable launch vehicles in Kern County, California.

2007 Great Coastal Gale of 2007 cause the Chehalis River (Washington) to flood many cities in Lewis County, Washington, and close a portion of Interstate 5 in Washington for several days. At least eight deaths and billions of dollars in damages are blamed on the floods.

2009 A 2009 Hotel Shamo bombing at a hotel in Mogadishu, Somalia, kills 25 people, including three ministers of the Transitional Federal Government.

2012 At least 475 people are killed after Typhoon Bopha makes landfall in the Philippines.

2014 The Japanese space agency, JAXA, launches the space explorer Hayabusa2 from the Tanegashima Space Center on a six-year round trip mission to an 162173 Ryugu to collect rock samples.

2022 Massive power outage after Moore County substation attack, that leaves 45,000 people, without power, for five days, leading to a Federal Bureau of Investigation probe.

2023 Mount Marapi located in West Sumatra, Indonesia begins a 2023 eruption of Mount Marapi. 23 people were killed, and 12 were injured.

1368 Charles VI of France (d. 1422)

1447 Bayezid II, Ottoman sultan (d. 1512)

1483 Nicolaus von Amsdorf, German theologian and Protestant reformer (d. 1565)

1560 Jan Gruter, Dutch scholar and critic (d. 1627)

1590 Daniel Seghers, Flemish Jesuit brother and painter (d. 1661)

1616 John Wallis, English mathematician and cryptographer (d. 1703)

1684 Ludvig Holberg, Norwegian historian and writer (d. 1754)

1722 Hryhorii Skovoroda, Ukrainian poet, composer, and philosopher (d. 1794)

1729 Antonio Soler, Spanish composer and theorist (d. 1783)

1730 Mahadaji Shinde, Maratha Confederacy ruler of Gwalior (d. 1794)

1755 Gilbert Stuart, American painter (d. 1828)

1793 Clarkson Frederick Stanfield, English painter and academic (d. 1867)

1800 France Prešeren, Slovenian poet and lawyer (d. 1849)

1810 Louisa Susannah Cheves McCord, American author and political essayist (d. 1879)

1826 George B. McClellan, American general and politician, 24th Governor of New Jersey (d. 1885)

1827 Lombe Atthill, Northern Irish obstetrician and gynaecologist (d. 1910)

1833 Carlos Finlay, Cuban epidemiologist and physician (d. 1915)

1838 Cleveland Abbe, American meteorologist and academic (d. 1916)

1838 Octavia Hill, English activist and author (d. 1912)

1838 Princess Louise of Prussia (d. 1923)

1842 Phoebe Hearst, American philanthropist and activist (d. 1919)

1842 Charles Alfred Pillsbury, American businessman, founded the Pillsbury Company (d. 1899)

1842 Ellen Swallow Richards, American chemist, ecologist, and educator (d. 1911)

1848 William Shiels, Irish-Australian politician, 16th Premier of Victoria (d. 1904)

1850 Richard Butler (Australian politician), English-Australian politician, 23rd Premier of South Australia (d. 1925)

1856 George Leake, Australian politician, 3rd Premier of Western Australia (d. 1902)

1857 Joseph Conrad, Polish-born British novelist (d. 1924)

1857 Mathilde Kralik, Austrian pianist and composer (d. 1944)

1863 Gussie Davis, African-American songwriter (d. 1899)

1864 Herman Heijermans, Dutch author and playwright (d. 1924)

1867 William John Bowser, Canadian lawyer and politician, 17th List of premiers of British Columbia (d. 1933)

1872 Arthur Charles Hardy, Canadian lawyer and politician, Speaker of the Senate (Canada) (d. 1962)

1872 William Haselden, English cartoonist (d. 1953)

1875 Max Meldrum, Scottish-Australian painter and educator (d. 1955)

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 Kafū Nagai, Japanese author and playwright (d. 1959)

1879 Donald Matheson Sutherland, Canadian physician and politician, 5th Minister of National Defence (Canada) (d. 1970)

1880 Fedor von Bock, German field marshal (d. 1945)

1883 Anton Webern, Austrian composer and conductor (d. 1945)

1884 Rajendra Prasad, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st President of India (d. 1963)

1884 Walther Stampfli, Swiss lawyer and politician, 50th List of Presidents of the Swiss Confederation (d. 1965)

1886 Manne Siegbahn, Swedish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize in Physics laureate (d. 1978)

1887 Prince Naruhiko Higashikuni, Japanese general and politician, 43rd Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1990)

1891 Thomas Farrell (general), American general (d. 1967)

1894 Deiva Zivarattinam, Indian lawyer and politician (d. 1975)

1895 Anna Freud, Austrian-English psychologist and psychoanalyst (d. 1982)

1895 Sheng Shicai, Chinese warlord (d. 1970)

1897 William Gropper, American cartoonist and painter (d. 1977)

1899 Hayato Ikeda, Japanese politician, 58th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1965)

1899 Howard Kinsey, American tennis player (d. 1966)

1900 Bert Hawke, Australian politician, 18th Premier of Western Australia (d. 1986)

1900 Ulrich Inderbinen, Swiss mountaineer (d. 2004)

1900 Richard Kuhn, Austrian-German biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate (d. 1967)

1901 Glenn Hartranft, American shot putter and discus thrower (d. 1970)

1901 Mildred Wiley, American high jumper (d. 2000)

1902 Mitsuo Fuchida, Japanese captain and pilot (d. 1976)

1902 Feliks Kibbermann, Estonian chess player and philologist (d. 1993)

1904 Edgar Moon, Australian tennis player (d. 1976)

1905 Les Ames, English cricketer (d. 1990)

1907 Connee Boswell, American jazz singer (d. 1976)

1911 Nino Rota, Italian pianist, composer, conductor, and academic (d. 1979)

1914 Irving Fine, American composer and academic (d. 1962)

1918 Abdul Haris Nasution, Indonesian general and politician, 12th Ministry of Defence (Indonesia) (d. 2000)

1919 Charles Lynch (journalist), Canadian journalist and author (d. 1994)

1921 Phyllis Curtin, American soprano and academic (d. 2016)

1921 John Doar, American lawyer and activist (d. 2014)

1922 Len Lesser, American actor (d. 2011)

1922 Eli Mandel, Canadian poet, critic, and academic (d. 1992)

1922 Sven Nykvist, Swedish director and cinematographer (d. 2006)

1923 Trevor Bailey, English cricketer and sportscaster (d. 2011)

1923 Stjepan Bobek, Croatian-Serbian footballer and manager (d. 2010)

1923 Moyra Fraser, Australian-English actress, singer, and dancer (d. 2009)

1924 Wiel Coerver, Dutch footballer and manager (d. 2011)

1924 F. Sionil José, Filipino journalist, writer and author (d. 2022)

1924 Roberto Mieres, Argentinian race car driver and sailor (d. 2012)

1925 Ferlin Husky, American country music singer (d. 2011)

1926 Bob Rogers (DJ), Australian radio and television host (d. 2024)

1927 Andy Williams, American singer (d. 2012)

1928 Thomas M. Foglietta, American politician and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Italy (d. 2004)

1928 Muhammad Habibur Rahman, Indian-Bangladeshi jurist and politician, List of Prime Ministers of Bangladesh (d. 2014)

1929 John S. Dunne, American priest and theologian (d. 2013)

1930 Jean-Luc Godard, French-Swiss director and screenwriter (d. 2022)

1930 Raul M. Gonzalez, Filipino lawyer and politician, 42nd Secretary of Justice (Philippines) (d. 2014)

1930 Yves Trudeau (artist), Canadian sculptor (d. 2017)

1931 Franz Josef Degenhardt, German author and poet (d. 2011)

1931 Jaye P. Morgan, American singer and actress

1932 Takao Fujinami, Japanese lawyer and politician (d. 2007)

1933 Nicolas Coster, British-American actor (d. 2023)

1933 Paul J. Crutzen, Dutch chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate (d. 2021)

1934 Viktor Gorbatko, Russian general, pilot and cosmonaut (d. 2017)

1934 Abimael Guzmán, Peruvian philosopher and academic (d. 2021)

1935 Eddie Bernice Johnson, American nurse and politician (d. 2023)

1937 Bobby Allison, American race car driver and businessman (d. 2024)

1937 Morgan Llywelyn, American-Irish model and author

1938 Jean-Claude Malépart, Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 1989)

1938 Sally Shlaer, American mathematician and engineer (d. 1998)

1939 John Paul Sr. (racing driver), Dutch-American race car driver

1939 David Phillips (chemist), English chemist and academic

1940 Jeffrey R. Holland, American academic and religious leader

1942 Mike Gibson (rugby union), Northern Irish-Irish rugby player

1942 Pedro Rocha (Uruguayan footballer), Uruguayan footballer and manager (d. 2013)

1942 Alice Schwarzer, German journalist and publisher, founded ''EMMA (magazine)''

1942 David K. Shipler, American journalist and author

1943 Joseph Franklin Ada, American lawyer and politician, 5th Governor of Guam

1943 J. Philippe Rushton, English-Canadian psychologist and academic (d. 2012)

1944 Ralph McTell, English singer-songwriter and guitarist

1944 Craig Raine, English poet, author, and playwright

1944 António Variações, Portuguese musician (d. 1984)

1948 Jan Hrubý, Czech violinist and songwriter

1948 Maxwell Hutchinson, English architect and television host

1948 Ozzy Osbourne, English singer-songwriter

1949 Heather Menzies, Canadian-American actress (d. 2017)

1949 Mickey Thomas (singer), American singer-songwriter

1950 Alberto Juantorena, Cuban runner

1951 Mike Bantom, American basketball player and coach

1951 Jim Brewer (basketball), American basketball player

1951 Ray Candy, American wrestler and trainer (d. 1994)

1951 Rick Mears, American race car driver

1951 Mike Stock (musician), English songwriter, record producer, and musician

1952 Don Barnes, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1952 Benny Hinn, Israeli-American evangelist and author

1952 Duane Roland, American guitarist and songwriter (d. 2006)

1952 Mel Smith, English comedian, actor, director, and producer (d. 2013)

1953 Franz Klammer, Austrian skier and race car driver

1953 Rob Waring, American-Norwegian vibraphonist and contemporary composer

1954 Grace Andreacchi, American-English author, poet, and playwright

1955 Steven Culp, American actor

1956 Émile Gros Raymond Nakombo, Central African politician, Mayor of Bangui

1956 Ewa Kopacz, Polish physician and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Poland

1957 Maxim Korobov, Russian businessman and politician

1959 Eamonn Holmes, Irish journalist and game show host

1960 Daryl Hannah, American actress and producer

1960 Igor Larionov, Russian ice hockey player

1960 Julianne Moore, American actress and author

1960 Mike Ramsey (ice hockey), American ice hockey player and coach

1961 Ben Baldanza, American economist and business executive (d. 2024)

1962 Richard Bacon (politician), English banker, journalist, and politician

1962 Nataliya Grygoryeva (hurdler), Ukrainian hurdler

1962 Tammy Jackson, American basketball player

1963 Joe Lally, American singer-songwriter and bass player

1963 Terri Schiavo, American medical patient (d. 2005)

1964 Darryl Hamilton, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2015)

1965 Andrew Stanton, American voice actor, director, producer, screenwriter

1965 Katarina Witt, German figure skater and actress

1966 Flemming Povlsen, Danish footballer and manager

1966 Irina Zhuk, Russian figure skater and coach

1967 Marie Françoise Ouedraogo, Burkinabé mathematician

1968 Brendan Fraser, American actor and producer

1968 Montell Jordan, American singer-songwriter and producer

1969 Bill Steer, English guitarist and songwriter

1969 Hal Steinbrenner, American businessman

1970 Paul Byrd, American baseball player

1970 Lindsey Hunter, American basketball player and coach

1970 Christian Karembeu, French footballer

1970 Laura Schuler, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

1971 Heiko Herrlich, German footballer and manager

1971 Frank Sinclair, English-Jamaican footballer and manager

1971 Henk Timmer (footballer), Dutch footballer and manager

1971 Vernon White (fighter), American mixed martial artist and wrestler

1972 Danilo Goffi, Italian runner

1973 Bruno Campos, Brazilian-American actor and lawyer

1973 Holly Marie Combs, American actress and producer

1973 MC Frontalot, American rapper

1973 Charl Willoughby, South African cricketer

1974 Lucette Rådström, Swedish journalist

1976 Mark Boucher, South African cricketer

1976 Gary Glover, American baseball player

1976 Cornelius Griffin, American football player

1976 Byron Kelleher, New Zealand rugby player

1976 Tomotaka Okamoto (singer), Japanese soprano

1977 Chad Durbin, American baseball player

1977 Troy Evans (American football), American football player

1977 Adam Małysz, Polish ski jumper and race car driver

1977 Yelena Zadorozhnaya, Russian runner

1978 Daniel Alexandersson, Swedish footballer

1978 Jiří Bicek, Slovak ice hockey player

1978 Bram Tankink, Dutch cyclist

1978 Trina, American rapper and producer

1979 Daniel Bedingfield, New Zealand-English singer-songwriter

1979 Rock Cartwright, American football player

1979 Tiffany Haddish, American comedian and actress

1979 Sean Parker, American entrepreneur and philanthropist

1980 Anna Chlumsky, American actress

1980 Jenna Dewan, American actress and dancer

1980 Zlata Filipović, Bosnian-Irish diarist

1981 Ioannis Amanatidis, Greek footballer

1981 Brian Bonsall, American actor and musician

1981 Tyjuan Hagler, American football player

1981 Edwin Valero, Venezuelan boxer (d. 2010)

1981 David Villa, Spanish footballer

1982 Manny Corpas, Panamanian baseball player

1982 Michael Essien, Ghanaian footballer

1982 Dascha Polanco, Dominican-American actress

1982 Franco Sbaraglini, Argentinian-Italian rugby player

1983 Stephen Donald, New Zealand rugby player

1983 Aleksey Drozdov, Russian decathlete

1983 Sherri DuPree, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1983 Andy Grammer, American singer, songwriter, and record producer

1983 James Ihedigbo, American football player

1984 Manuel Arana, Spanish footballer

1984 Avraam Papadopoulos, Greek footballer

1985 Nina Ansaroff, American martial artist

1985 László Cseh, Hungarian swimmer

1985 Mike Randolph, American soccer player

1985 Brian Roberts (basketball), American basketball player

1985 Amanda Seyfried, American actress

1985 Robert Swift, American basketball player

1985 Marcus Williams (basketball, born 1985), American basketball player

1986 James Laurinaitis, American football player

1987 Michael Angarano, American actor, director, and screenwriter

1987 Erik Grönwall, Swedish singer-songwriter

1987 Brian Robiskie, American football player

1987 Alicia Sacramone, American gymnast

1988 Melissa Aldana, Chilean saxophonist

1989 Selçuk Alibaz, Turkish footballer

1989 Alex McCarthy, English footballer

1989 Tomasz Narkun, Polish mixed martial artist

1990 Christian Benteke, Belgian footballer

1990 Sharon Fichman, Canadian-Israeli tennis player

1990 Matt Reynolds (infielder), American baseball player

1991 Ekaterine Gorgodze, Georgian tennis player

1992 Cristian Ceballos, Spanish footballer

1992 Joseph McManners, English singer-songwriter, musician and actor

1994 Jake T. Austin, American actor

1994 Lil Baby, American rapper

1994 Solomone Kata, New Zealand rugby league player

1994 Bernarda Pera, American tennis player

1995 Julius Honka, Finnish ice hockey player

AD 311 Diocletian, Roman emperor (b. 244)

649 Birinus, French-English bishop and saint (b. 600)

860 Abbo of Auxerre, bishop of Ancient Diocese of Auxerre

937 Siegfried, Count of Merseburg, Frankish Nobility

978 Pope Abraham of Alexandria, Coptic pope of Alexandria

1038 Emma of Lesum, Saxon countess and Saint

1099 Osmund (bishop of Salisbury) (b. 1065)

1154 Pope Anastasius IV (b. 1073)

1265 Odofredus, Italian lawyer and jurist

1266 Henry III the White, Duke of Wroclaw

1309 Henry III, Duke of Głogów (b. 1251/60)

1322 Maud Chaworth, Countess of Leicester (b. 1282)

1532 Louis II, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (b. 1502)

1533 Vasili III of Russia (b. 1479)

1542 Jean Tixier de Ravisi, French scholar and academic (b. 1470)

1552 Francis Xavier, Spanish missionary and saint (b. 1506)

1592 Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma (b. 1545)

1610 Honda Tadakatsu, Japanese general and daimyō (b. 1548)

1668 William Cecil, 2nd Earl of Salisbury (b. 1591)

1691 Katherine Jones, Viscountess Ranelagh, British scientist (b. 1615)

1706 Countess Emilie Juliane of Barby-Mühlingen (b. 1637)

1752 Henri-Guillaume Hamal, Walloon musician and composer (b. 1685)

1765 Lord John Sackville, English cricketer and politician (b. 1713)

1789 Claude Joseph Vernet, French painter (b. 1714)

1815 John Carroll (bishop), American archbishop (b. 1735)

1854 Edward Thonen, German emigrant to Australia (b. 1827)

1876 Samuel Cooper (general), American general (b. 1798)

1882 Archibald Tait, Scottish-English archbishop (b. 1811)

1888 Carl Zeiss, German physicist and lens maker, created the optical instrument (b. 1816)

1890 Billy Midwinter, English-Australian cricketer (b. 1851)

1892 Afanasy Fet, Russian author and poet (b. 1820)

1894 Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish novelist, poet, and essayist (b. 1850)

1902 Robert Lawson (architect), New Zealand architect, designed the Otago Boys' High School and Knox Church, Dunedin (b. 1833)

1904 David Bratton, American water polo player (b. 1869)

1910 Mary Baker Eddy, American religious leader and author, founded Christian Science (b. 1821)

1912 Prudente de Morais, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Brazil (b. 1841)

1917 Harold Garnett, English-French cricketer (b. 1879)

1919 Pierre-Auguste Renoir, French painter and sculptor (b. 1841)

1928 Ezra Meeker, American farmer and politician (b. 1830)

1934 Charles James O'Donnell, Irish lawyer and politician (b. 1849)

1935 Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom (b. 1868)

1937 William Propsting, Australian politician, 20th Premier of Tasmania (b. 1861)

1941 Pavel Filonov, Russian painter and poet (b. 1883)

1949 Maria Ouspenskaya, Russian-American actress and educator (b. 1876)

1952 Rudolf Margolius, Czech lawyer and politician (b. 1913)

1956 Manik Bandopadhyay, Indian author, poet, and playwright (b. 1908)

1956 Alexander Rodchenko, Russian sculptor, photographer, and graphic designer (b. 1891)

1967 Harry Wismer, American football player and sportscaster (b. 1913)

1972 William Manuel Johnson, American bassist (b. 1872)

1973 Emile Christian, American trombonist, cornet player, and composer (b. 1895)

1973 Adolfo Ruiz Cortines, President of Mexico, 1952-1958 (b. 1889)

1979 Dhyan Chand, Indian field hockey player and coach (b. 1905)

1980 Oswald Mosley, English lieutenant, fascist, and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (b. 1896)

1981 Walter Knott, American farmer, founded Knott's Berry Farm (b. 1889)

1981 Joel Rinne, Finnish actor (b. 1897)

1984 Vladimir Abramovich Rokhlin, Azerbaijani-Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1919)

1989 Fernando Martín Espina, Spanish basketball player (b. 1962)

1989 Connie B. Gay, American businessman, founded the Country Music Association (b. 1914)

1993 Lewis Thomas, American physician, etymologist, and academic (b. 1913)

1996 Georges Duby, French historian and author (b. 1919)

1998 Pierre Hétu, Canadian pianist and conductor (b. 1936)

1999 John Archer (actor), American actor (b. 1915)

1999 Scatman John, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1942)

1999 Madeline Kahn, American actress, comedian, and singer (b. 1942)

1999 Horst Mahseli, Polish footballer (b. 1934)

1999 Jarl Wahlström, Finnish 12th General of The Salvation Army (b. 1918)

2000 Gwendolyn Brooks, American poet and educator (b. 1917)

2000 Hoyt Curtin, American composer and producer (b. 1922)

2002 Adrienne Adams (illustrator), American illustrator (b. 1906)

2002 Glenn Quinn, Irish-American actor (b. 1970)

2003 David Hemmings, English actor (b. 1941)

2003 Sita Ram Goel, Indian historian, publisher and writer (b. 1921)

2004 Shiing-Shen Chern, Chinese-American mathematician and academic (b. 1911)

2005 Frederick Ashworth, American admiral (b. 1912)

2005 Herb Moford, American baseball player (b. 1928)

2005 Kikka Sirén, Finnish pop/schlager singer (b. 1964)

2007 James Kemsley, Australian cartoonist and actor (b. 1948)

2008 Robert Zajonc, Polish-American psychologist and author (b. 1923)

2009 Leila Lopes (Brazilian actress), Brazilian actress and journalist (b. 1959)

2009 Richard Todd, Irish-born British soldier and actor (b. 1919)

2010 Abdumalik Bahori, Azerbaijani poet and author (b. 1927)

2011 Dev Anand, Indian actor, director, and producer (b. 1923)

2012 Jules Mikhael Al-Jamil, Iraqi-Lebanese archbishop (b. 1938)

2012 Kuntal Chandra, Bangladeshi cricketer (b. 1984)

2012 Fyodor Khitruk, Russian animator, director, and screenwriter (b. 1917)

2012 Diego Mendieta, Paraguayan footballer (b. 1980)

2012 Janet Shaw (cyclist), Australian cyclist and author (b. 1966)

2013 Paul Aussaresses, French general (b. 1918)

2013 Reda Mahmoud Hafez Mohamed, Egyptian air marshal (b. 1952)

2013 Ahmed Fouad Negm, Egyptian poet and educator (b. 1929)

2014 Herman Badillo, Puerto Rican-American lawyer and politician (b. 1929)

2014 Jacques Barrot, French politician, List of European Commissioners by nationality # France (b. 1937)

2014 Nathaniel Branden, Canadian–American psychotherapist and author (b. 1930)

2014 Ian McLagan, English-American singer-songwriter and keyboard player (b. 1945)

2014 James Stewart (mathematician), Canadian mathematician and academic (b. 1941)

2015 Gladstone Anderson, Jamaican singer and pianist (b. 1934)

2015 Eevi Huttunen, Finnish speed skater (b. 1922)

2015 Scott Weiland, American singer-songwriter (b. 1967)

2019 Ragnar Ulstein, Norwegian journalist and war historian (b. 1920)

Christian feast day:

- Abbo of Auxerre

- Pope Abraham of Alexandria (Coptic Orthodox Christian, 6 Koiak))

- Adrian of May

- Birinus

- Cassian of Tangier

- Emma of Lesum

- Francis Xavier

- Blessed Johann Nepomuk von Tschiderer zu Gleifheim

- Zephaniah

- December 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

National Doctors' Day (Cuba)

United Nations' International Day of Persons with Disabilities

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