Are you asking the question “What day of the week was I born?” Continue reading to find out what day of the week you were born.
Day Of The Week: December 3
December 3, 2024 is the 338th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 28 days remaining until the end of 2024. The day of the week is Tuesday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Sagittarius is your zodiac sign. Turquoise is your modern birthstone. Onyx is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: December 3
- 1800 –War of the Second Coalition: Battle of Hohenlinden, French General Moreau defeats the Austrian Archduke John near Munich decisively, coupled with First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte’s victory at Marengo effectively forcing the Austrians to sign an armistice and ending the war.
- 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”.
- 1912 –Bulgaria, Greece, Montenegro, and Serbia (the Balkan League) sign an armistice with Turkey, ending the two-month long First Balkan War.
- 1959 –The current flag of Singapore is adopted, six months after Singapore became self-governing within the British Empire.
- 1976 –An assassination attempt is made on Bob Marley. He is shot twice, but plays a concert two days later.
- 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 –Six firefighters are killed in the Worcester Cold Storage Warehouse fire in Worcester, Massachusetts.
- 2005 –XCOR Aerospace makes first manned rocket aircraft delivery of US Mail in Mojave, California.
- 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.
- 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?
- 1889 –Khudiram Bose, Indian Revolutionary (d. 1908)
- 1931 –Jaye P. Morgan, American singer
- 1935 –Eddie Bernice Johnson, American politician
- 1940 –Jeffrey R. Holland, American religious leader
- 1942 –Alice Schwarzer, German journalist
- 1971 –Henk Timmer, Dutch football goalkeeper
- 1973 –MC Frontalot, Damian Hess, American rapper
- 1976 –Silvia Fontana, Italian figure skater
- 1978 –Daniel Alexandersson, Swedish footballer
- 1987 –Michael Angarano, American actor
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