In This Day December 3rd
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December 3rd is the three hundred thirty-third day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 33 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
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.
1854 – Battle of the Eureka Stockade: More than 20 gold miners at Ballarat, Victoria, are killed by state troopers in an uprising over mining licenses.
1898 – The Duquesne Country and Athletic Club defeats an all-star collection of early football players 16–0 in the first all-star game for professional American football.
1904 – Charles Dillon Perrine discovers the Jovian moon Himalia at California's Lick Observatory.
1910 – Georges Claude first demonstrates modern neon lighting at the Paris Motor Show.
1960 – The musical Camelot debuts at the Majestic Theatre on Broadway. It will become associated with the Kennedy administration.
1979 – In Cincinnati, 11 fans are suffocated in a crush for seats on the concourse outside Riverfront Coliseum before a Who concert.
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.
1992 – A test engineer for Sema Group uses a personal computer to send the world's first text message via the Vodafone network to a colleague's phone
Birthdays
1483 – Nicolaus von Amsdorf, German theologian and Protestant reformer (d. 1565)
1616 – John Wallis, English mathematician and cryptographer (d. 1703)
1755 – Gilbert Stuart, American painter (d. 1828)
1833 – Carlos Finlay, Cuban epidemiologist and physician (d. 1915)
1900 – Richard Kuhn, Austrian-German biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1967)
1925 – Ferlin Husky, American country music singer (d. 2011)
1937 – Bobby Allison, American race car driver and businessman
1948 – Ozzy Osbourne, English singer-songwriter
1960 – Daryl Hannah, American actress and producer
1979 – Tiffany Haddish, American comedian and actress
Holiday Highlight
DAY OF NAVARRE
The present-day region was held by the Kingdom of Navarre, a former sovereign kingdom of Spain known until the final part of the 12th century as the Kingdom of Pamplona, after its capital and principal city, which ceased to exist in 1512. The province of Navarra covers around 4,000 square miles and includes Tierra de Allién Puertos, located on the northern approach to the Roncesvalles Pass.
The Aragonese ruled Navarre until 1134 when the Navarrese proclaimed Garcia V the Restorer king. In 1234, Sancho VII was replaced by his nephew Theobald I, Count of Champagne, and a succession of French monarchs governed the realm. Charles II the Bad rose to worldwide prominence due to his engagement in French politics and the Hundred Years’ War
Navarre was ruled by John II of Aragon from 1425 to 1479, when he ascended to the throne of Navarre. During that period, the nation was divided between those who supported a union with France or Castile and those who favored independence from France. Ferdinand the Catholic captured the Spanish half in 1512 and was formally annexed to the Castilian crown in 1515. French Navarre remained an independent kingdom until 1589, when it was re-annexed to France. Until the nineteenth century, Spanish Navarre maintained its identity, institutions, and law as an autonomous kingdom.
On April 7, 1506, Saint Francis Xavier was born in Javier, a small town in Spain’s Navarre area. He was ordained as a Jesuit priest and served as a missionary in China, India, Indonesia, and Japan. On December 3, 1552, he died in China and was canonized on March 12, 1622. The patron saint of Navarre's autonomous community is St. Francis Xavier. Navarre is an independent community in northern Spain near the mouth of the Bay of Biscay. It borders the autonomous communities of Aragon, La Rioja, and the Basque Country on the land.
Holidays And Observance
Giving Tuesday
International Day of Persons with Disabilities
International Spirit of the Game Day
Let's Hug Day
Make a Gift Day
National Apple Pie Day
National Green Bean Casserole Day
National Roof Over Your Head Day
World Trick Shot Day
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