December 3 historical events
1626 — Battle of Wenden (1626)
Battle of Wenden (also known as Battle of Kieś) was a battle fought during the Polish–Swedish War (1626–1629), between Sweden and the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth on December 3, 1626 at Wenden (Cēsis, Kiesia) in present-day Latvia. Swedish forces were led by Gustav Horn and Hans Wrangel. Lithuanian forces were led by Aleksander Gosiewski. The Swedes won the battle.
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1644 — Swedish forces win the Battle of Jüterbog
The Battle of Jüterbog was fought on 3 December 1644 between Swedish and Imperial forces during the Thirty Years’ War. The Swedes caught and defeated Imperial cavalry near Jüterbog as it tried to escape the blockade at Magdeburg.
December 3 is the New Style date used in the retained article’s narrative. The same battle is dated November 23 in the Old Style calendar; these are not separate battles.
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1708 — Siege of Alicante
The siege of Alicante took place from December 1708 to April 1709 during the War of the Spanish Succession. The city of Alicante was besieged by a French and Spanish force loyal to Philip V. They were opposed by the garrison, an Allied force under the command of John Richards.
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1751 — Battle of Arnee
The Battle of Arnee (or Battle of Arni) took place at Arni, India on 3 December 1751 during the Second Carnatic War. A British-led force under the command of Robert Clive defeated and routed a much larger Franco-Indian force under the command of Raza Sahib. The French troops were guarding a convoy of treasure. Clive took up a position in swampy ground, crossed by a causeway in which the convoy was forced to pass. The French were thrown into disorder and forced to retreat, but night saved them from total destruction. The treasure, however, was captured.
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1788 — 1788 Virginia gubernatorial election
A gubernatorial election was held in Virginia on December 3, 1788. The president of the Council of State Beverley Randolph defeated the member of the Virginia House of Delegates Benjamin Harrison V. The incumbent governor of Virginia Edmund Randolph did not seek re-election. Speculation centered on Beverley Randolph, Richard Henry Lee, and William Grayson as potential successors as early as September 1788; by October, the race had narrowed to between Beverley Randolph and Harrison.
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1799 — Battle of Wiesloch (1799)
The Battle of Wiesloch (German: Schlacht bei Wiesloch) occurred on 3 December 1799, during the War of the Second Coalition, part of the French Revolutionary Wars. Lieutenant Field Marshal Anton Count Sztáray de Nagy-Mihaly commanded the far right wing protecting the main Austrian army in Swabia, under the command of Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen.
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1800 — United States presidential election, 1800
The United States presidential election of 1800 was the fourth quadrennial presidential election. It was held from Friday, October 31 to Wednesday, December 3, 1800. In what is sometimes referred to as the "Revolution of 1800," Vice President Thomas Jefferson defeated President John Adams. The election was a realigning election that ushered in a generation of Democratic-Republican Party rule and the eventual demise of the Federalist Party in the First Party System. It was a long, bitter re-match of the 1796 election between the pro-French and pro-decentralization Democratic-Republicans under Jefferson and Aaron Burr and the incumbent Adams and Charles Pinckney's pro-British and pro-centralization Federalists.
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1800 — 1800 United States presidential election in Vermont
A presidential election was held in Vermont between October 31 and December 3, 1800, as part of the 1800 United States presidential election. The state legislature chose four representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President. During this election, Vermont cast four electoral votes for incumbent Federalist President and New England native John Adams.
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1800 — 1800 United States presidential election in Virginia
A presidential election was held in Virginia between October 31 and December 3, 1800. Virginia voters chose 21 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. Democratic-Republican Vice President Thomas Jefferson carried the state by taking all 21 electoral votes and over 77.2% of the popular votes.
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1800 — 1800 United States presidential election in South Carolina
In the 1800 United States presidential election, electors to the United States Electoral College could be selected in each state at any time after October 31 and all electors were required to vote on December 3, 1800. Based on the constitutional provision in effect at that time, each elector cast two votes. The candidate receiving most votes would be President. The runner up would be elected Vice President.
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1800 — 1800 United States presidential election in Delaware
A presidential election was held in Delaware between October 31 and December 3, 1800, as part of the 1800 United States presidential election. Voters chose three representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President. Delaware cast three electoral votes for the Federalist candidate and incumbent President John Adams over the Democratic-Republican candidate and incumbent Vice President Thomas Jefferson.
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1800 — 1800 United States presidential election in Rhode Island
A presidential election was held in Rhode Island between October 31 and December 3, 1800, as part of the 1800 United States presidential election. Voters chose four representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College who voted for president and vice president. Rhode Island voted for the Federalist candidate, John Adams, over the Democratic-Republican candidate, Thomas Jefferson. Adams won Rhode Island by a margin of 4.3%.
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1800 — 1800 United States presidential election in Connecticut
A presidential election was held in Connecticut between October 31 and December 3, 1800, as part of the 1800 United States presidential election. The state legislature chose nine representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President. Connecticut cast nine electoral votes for incumbent Federalist President and New England native John Adams. However, Adams would lose to Democratic-Republican candidate Thomas Jefferson nationally.
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1800 — 1800 United States presidential election in New Jersey
A presidential election was held in New Jersey between October 31 and December 3, 1800, as part of the 1800 United States presidential election. The state legislature chose seven representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President. During this election, New Jersey cast seven electoral votes for incumbent Federalist President John Adams. However, Adams would lose to Democratic-Republican Party candidate Thomas Jefferson nationally.
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1800 — Battle of Hohenlinden
The Battle of Hohenlinden was fought on 3 December 1800 during the French Revolutionary Wars. A French army under Jean Victor Marie Moreau won a decisive victory over an Austrian and Bavarian force led by 18-year-old Archduke John of Austria. The allies were forced into a disastrous retreat that compelled them to request an armistice, effectively ending the War of the Second Coalition.
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1800 — 1800 United States presidential election in Georgia
A presidential election was held in Georgia between October 31 and December 3, 1800, as part of the 1800 United States presidential election. The state legislature chose four representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President. Georgia cast four electoral votes for the Democratic-Republican candidate and incumbent Vice President Thomas Jefferson over the Federalist candidate and incumbent President John Adams.
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1800 — 1800 United States presidential election in New Hampshire
A presidential election was held in New Hampshire between October 31 to December 3, 1800, as part of the 1800 United States presidential election to elect the President. Voters chose five representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for President and Vice President. New Hampshire voted for incumbent Federalist President John Adams over Democratic-Republican Vice President Thomas Jefferson, this is one of re–match presidential elections because both candidates were faced in the 1796 presidential election.
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1800 — 1800 United States presidential election in Massachusetts
A presidential election was held in the state of Massachusetts between October 31 to December 3, 1800, as part of the 1800 United States presidential election. Voters chose sixteen representatives, or electors to the Electoral College, who voted for president and vice president. During this election, Federalists John Adams and his running mate Charles Cotesworth Pinckney were the only two candidates on the ballot in Massachusetts.
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1810 — Invasion of Isle de France
The invasion of Isle de France was a complicated but successful British amphibious operation in the Indian Ocean, launched in November 1810 during the Napoleonic Wars. During the operation, a substantial military force was landed by the Royal Navy at Grand Baie, on the French colony of Isle de France (now Mauritius).
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1816 — 1816 United States presidential election in South Carolina
A presidential election was held in South Carolina on December 3, 1816, as part of the 1816 United States presidential election. The Democratic-Republican ticket of the U.S. secretary of state James Monroe and the governor of New York Daniel D. Tompkins received 11 votes from electors chosen by the South Carolina General Assembly. The Federalist Party failed to nominate a candidate.
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1817 — 1817 North Carolina gubernatorial election
The 1817 North Carolina gubernatorial election was held on December 3, 1817, in order to elect the Governor of North Carolina. Democratic-Republican candidate and former member of the North Carolina Senate John Branch was elected by the North Carolina General Assembly against Federalist candidate and former member of the North Carolina House of Representatives Duncan Cameron.
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1824 — 1824 South Carolina gubernatorial election
The 1824 South Carolina gubernatorial election was held on December 3, 1824, in order to elect the Governor of South Carolina. Democratic-Republican candidate and incumbent member of the South Carolina House of Representatives Richard Irvine Manning I was elected by the South Carolina General Assembly against candidate Jacob B. I'on.
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1824 — Battle of Corpahuaico
The Battle of Corpahuaico was fought in 1824 in the Andean highlands of Ayacucho, Peru between Patriot forces and one of the few remaining Royalists armies in South America.
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1854 — Battle of the Eureka Stockade
The Battle of the Eureka Stockade was fought in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, on 3 December 1854, between gold miners and the colonial forces of Australia. It was the culmination of the 1851–1854 Eureka Rebellion during the Victorian gold rush. The fighting resulted in at least 27 deaths and many injuries, the majority of casualties being rebels.
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1854 — Eureka Rebellion
The Eureka Rebellion involved gold miners who revolted against the British administration of the colony of Victoria, Australia, during the Victorian gold rush. It culminated in the Battle of the Eureka Stockade, which took place on 3 December 1854 at Ballarat between the rebels and the colonial forces of Australia. The fighting resulted in an official total of 27 deaths and many injuries, the majority of casualties being rebels.
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1855 — 1855–56 Speaker of the United States House of Representatives election
From December 3, 1855, to February 2, 1856, the incoming House of Representatives held an election for speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. After one hundred and thirty-two inconclusive ballots, Nathaniel Prentiss Banks of Massachusetts was elected over William Aiken Jr. of South Carolina pursuant to a temporary rule permitting a candidate to be elected with a plurality of the vote.
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1859 — The first issue of Iwe Irohin is published in Abeokuta
On December 3, 1859, Henry Townsend published the first issue of Iwe Irohin in Abeokuta, in present-day Nigeria. The newspaper began as a Yoruba-language fortnightly and later added English. It is widely regarded as Nigeria’s first newspaper.
Some histories give November 23 as the founding date. This entry follows the account dating the first issue to December 3.
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1861 — 1861 New York City mayoral election
An election for Mayor of New York City was held on December 3, 1861. Incumbent mayor Fernando Wood ran for re-election to a second consecutive term in office. In a close three-way race, Wood finished third behind Republican George Opdyke and Democratic nominee C. Godfrey Gunther. Opdyke was the first Republican elected mayor of New York City.
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1864 — Siege of Paysandú
The Siege of Paysandú began 3 December 1864, during the Uruguayan War, when Brazilian forces (under Marquis of Tamandaré) and Colorado forces (under Venancio Flores) attempted to capture the city of Paysandú in Uruguay from its Uruguayan Army defenders. The siege ended 2 January 1865, when the Brazilian and Colorado forces conquered the town.
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1869 — 1869–70 New South Wales colonial election
The 1869–70 New South Wales colonial election was held between 3 December 1869 and 10 January 1870. This election was for all of the 72 seats in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly and it was conducted in 52 single-member constituencies, six 2-member constituencies and two 4-member constituencies, all with a first past the post system.
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1870 — Battle of Chateauneuf
The Battle of Châteauneuf was a battle in the Franco-Prussian War that took place on 3 December 1870 at the Châteauneuf, Côte-d'Or, France. During this engagement, the 3rd Infantry Brigade of the Prussian army, which was a part of the Baden Division and was under the command of General Keller repelled an ambush of the French army under the command of General Camille Crémer.
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1870 — Battle of Villiers
The Battle of Villiers, also called the Battle of Champigny, was the largest of the French sorties from besieged Paris during the Franco-Prussian War.
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1874 — 1874 Japanese expedition to Taiwan
The Japanese expedition to Taiwan, referred to in Japan as the Taiwan Expedition (Japanese: 台湾出兵, Hepburn: Taiwan Shuppei) and in Taiwan and mainland China as the Mudan Incident (Chinese: 牡丹社事件), was a punitive expedition launched by the Japanese ostensibly in retaliation for the murder of 54 Ryukyuan sailors by Paiwan indigenous peoples near the southwestern tip of Taiwan in December 1871.
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1877 — Birth of Wang Guowei
On 3 December 1877, Wang Guowei, a writer, was born.
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1881 — The first issue of Aamulehti is published in Tampere
The first issue of the Finnish-language newspaper Aamulehti, or “Morning Paper”, was published in Tampere on 3 December 1881.
This records the first issue, not a separately dated company incorporation.
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1884 — 1884 Calgary municipal election
The 1884 Calgary municipal election was held on December 3, 1884 to elect a Mayor and four Councillors to sit on the first Calgary Town Council from December 4, 1884 to January 18, 1886 (Or possibly April 3, 1886, or possibly October 21, 1886).
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1898 — Battle of Barrio Yating
The Battle of Yating (Filipino: Labanan sa Yating, Hiligaynon: Inaway sa Yating, Spanish: Batalla de Yating) occurred on 3 December 1898 in Mount Yating, Pilar, Capiz province, between the colonial forces of the Spanish Empire and that of Ejercito Libertador of Provisional Revolutionary Government of Visayas under the Visayan Teresa "Nay Isa" Magbanua. The Ejercito Libertador were victorious in this battle.
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1898 — 1898 Western Pennsylvania All-Star football team
The 1898 Western Pennsylvania All-Star football team was a collection of early football players, from several teams in the area, to form an all-star team. The team was formed by Dave Berry, the manager of the Latrobe Athletic Association, for the purpose of playing the Duquesne Country and Athletic Club, which fielded a team composed of many of the game's stars from the era.
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1900 — 1900 Los Angeles mayoral election
The 1900 Los Angeles mayoral election took place on December 3, 1900. Meredith P. Snyder was elected.
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1904 — Discovery of Himalia (moon)
Himalia (), also known as Jupiter VI, is the largest irregular satellite of Jupiter. With a diameter of around 140 km (90 mi), it is the sixth largest Jovian satellite, after the four Galilean moons and Amalthea. It was discovered by Charles Dillon Perrine at the Lick Observatory on 3 December 1904 and is named after the nymph Himalia, who bore three sons of Zeus (the Greek equivalent of Jupiter).
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1910 — Georges Claude demonstrates a neon lamp at the Paris Motor Show
Georges Claude presented his neon lamp to the public at the Paris Motor Show. The technology later became widely used in illuminated signs.
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1916 — Battle of the Argeș
The Battle of the Argeș took place during the Romanian Campaign of World War I on 1 December 1916. The battle was fought along the line of the Argeș River in Romania between Austro-German forces of the Central Powers and Romanian forces with the Russian imperial forces.
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1916 — Pitești–Târgoviște Retreat
The Pitești–Târgoviște Retreat was a fighting-withdrawal operation carried out by the Romanian 1st Army in the face of advancing Central Powers' (German and Austro-Hungarian) forces during World War I. The retreat lasted from 29 November to 3 December and culminated in a violent battle at Târgoviște, after which the entire Romanian Army started a general retreat towards Moldavia.
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1916 — 1916 Copa Aldao
The 1916 Copa Aldao was a football club competition between Racing and Nacional on December 3 of this very year. It was the second staging of this tournament contested between the league champions of Argentina and Uruguay. Nacional became champions for the first time after defeating Racing 2–1 in a single match.
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1917 — Action on the Polderhoek Spur
The Action on the Polderhoek Spur (3 December 1917), was a local operation in the Ypres Salient, by the British Fourth Army (renamed from the Second Army on 8 November) against the German 4th Army during the Third Battle of Ypres in Belgium during the First World War.
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1917 — The first regular train crosses the Québec Bridge
A regular train crossed the Québec Bridge over the St. Lawrence River, marking the start of regular rail traffic. A special train had crossed earlier, and the bridge’s ceremonial inauguration followed in 1919.
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1920 — Treaty of Alexandropol
The Treaty of Alexandropol (Armenian: Ալեքսանդրապոլի պայմանագիր; Turkish: Gümrü Anlaşması or "Gyumri Treaty") was a peace treaty between the First Republic of Armenia and the Grand National Assembly of Turkey. The treaty formally ended Turkey's invasion of Armenia that had begun on 12 September 1920.
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1922 — 1921 Copa Jockey Club final
The 1921 Copa de Competencia Jockey Club final was the football match that decided the champion of the 14th. edition of this National cup of Argentina. In the match, played at the C.A. Del Plata Stadium in Buenos Aires on 3 December 1922, Sportivo Barracas defeated Nueva Chicago 2–1 to win their first Copa de Competencia trophy.
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1929 — Herbert Hoover sends his first State of the Union message to Congress
Herbert Hoover sent his first State of the Union message to both houses of the United States Congress on 3 December 1929. It was a written message, rather than an address delivered in person.
This records the written annual message, not an inaugural address or a later annual message.
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1934 — 1934 Hamilton, Ontario, municipal election
The 1934 Hamilton municipal election was held on December 3, 1934, to select one mayor, four controllers, and sixteen members of the Hamilton, Ontario City Council, two from each of the city's eight wards. Voters also cast ballots for trustees for the public school board.
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1940 — Convoy HX 90
Convoy HX 90 (1–3 December 1940) was a North Atlantic convoy of the HX series in the Second World War which ran during the Battle of the Atlantic in both world wars.
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1943 — Operation Kugelblitz
Operation Kugelblitz (German: Unternehmen Kugelblitz) was a massive counter-insurgency operation by the German 2nd Panzer Army conjunction with collaborationist forces against the Yugoslav Partisans around the eastern Bosnian region of the Independent State of Croatia during World War II. Launched on 3 December 1943, the objective of Kugelblitz was to encircle and destroy Partisan positions around the eastern part of the NDH, who were planning to regroup in occupied Serbia.
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1943 — Battle of Monte la Difensa
The Battle of Monte La Difensa took place between 3 December and 9 December 1943 during Operation Raincoat, part of the Battle for the Bernhardt Line during the Italian campaign in World War II.
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1944 — Dekemvriana
The Dekemvriana (Greek: Δεκεμβριανά, "December events") was a series of clashes fought during World War II in Athens from 3 December 1944 to 11 January 1945. The conflict was the culmination of months of tension between the left-wing EAM, some parts of its military arm, the ELAS, stationed in Athens, the KKE and the OPLA from one side and from the other side, the Greek Government, some parts of the Hellenic Royal Army, the Hellenic Gendarmerie, the Cities Police, the Organization X, among others and also the British Army.
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1945 — Eric Brown lands a jet on an aircraft carrier for the first time
Royal Navy test pilot Eric Brown landed a de Havilland Vampire on HMS Ocean off the Isle of Wight and took off again from its flight deck.
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1947 — 1947 Westland by-election
The 1947 Westland by-election was a by-election held during the 28th New Zealand Parliament in the South Island electorate of Westland. The by-election occurred following the death of MP James O'Brien and was won by Jim Kent.
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1949 — December 1949 Singapore Municipal Commission election
The December 1949 Singapore Municipal Commission election took place on 3 December 1949 to elect 6 of the 18 seats in the Singapore Municipal Commission.
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1950 — 1950 Bulgarian Cup final
The 1950 Bulgarian Cup final was the 10th final of the Bulgarian Cup (in this period the tournament was named Cup of the Soviet Army). It was contested by Levski Sofia and CSKA Sofia. It took three matches at People's Army Stadium to determine a winner. The first took place on 26 November, the second on 27 November and the third on 3 December 1950.
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1951 — Toronto municipal election, 1951
Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Canada, on December 3, 1951. Allan Lamport defeated incumbent Hiram E. McCallum in the mayoral election.
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1952 — The UN General Assembly adopts a Korean War prisoner proposal
The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution based on an Indian proposal for returning prisoners of war. The resolution called for voluntary repatriation and was intended to help clear a remaining obstacle to an armistice.
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1954 — Väinö Linna's war novel The Unknown Soldier (Tuntematon sotilas) is published
Väinö Valtteri Linna (pronounced [ˈʋæi̯nø ˈlinːɑ] ; 20 December 1920 – 21 April 1992) was a Finnish author and a former soldier who fought in the Continuation War (1941–44). Linna gained literary fame with his third novel, Tuntematon sotilas (The Unknown Soldier, published in 1954), and consolidated his position with the trilogy Täällä Pohjantähden alla (Under the North Star, published in 1959–1963 and translated into English by Richard Impola).
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1956 — Toronto municipal election, 1956
Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Canada, on December 3, 1956. Incumbent mayor Nathan Phillips was easily reelected. Jean Newman became the first woman elected to the Board of Control, and topped the poll to become budget chief.
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1959 — Singapore unveils its new state flag at City Hall
Singapore unveiled its red-and-white state flag at City Hall during the inauguration of Yusof Ishak as head of state. The flag features a crescent and five stars.
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1960 — Camelot opens on Broadway
Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe’s musical Camelot opened at Broadway’s Majestic Theatre. The original cast included Richard Burton and Julie Andrews.
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1962 — Toronto municipal election, 1962
Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Canada, on December 3, 1962. Incumbent mayor Nathan Phillips, then the longest serving mayor in Toronto history, lost to Controller Donald Summerville by a significant margin. Two major referendums were also held in Metro Toronto. The most controversial was over water fluoridation, which passed by a slim margin of 166,960 to 163,240. The areas outside Toronto also voted to remove some of the last of the Blue Laws by allowing movies to be shown on Sundays, something that was already allowed in the city itself.
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1963 — December 1963 Greater Anchorage Borough election
The 1963 Greater Anchorage Borough election was an incorporation election for the borough government in Anchorage, Alaska. It was held on December 3, 1963. 6,597 ballots were cast.
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1965 — Juicio Final (1965)
Juicio Final (1965) (Spanish for "Final Judgement" 1965) was a professional wrestling supercard show, scripted and produced by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), which took place on December 3, 1965, in Arena México, Mexico City, Mexico. The show served as the year-end finale for CMLL before Arena México, CMLL's main venue, closed down for the winter for renovations and to host Circo Atayde .
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1965 — Luna 8 launches on a lunar soft-landing mission
Luna 8 launched from Baikonur on 3 December 1965 to attempt a soft landing on the Moon. It struck the lunar surface in Oceanus Procellarum on 6 December.
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1967 — Barnard’s team completes the first human-to-human heart transplant
On December 3, 1967, Christiaan Barnard’s team completed the first human-to-human heart transplant after operating overnight at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town.
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1968 — Battle of Hat Dich
The Battle of Hat Dich (3 December 1968 − 19 February 1969) was a series of military actions fought between Australian and New Zealand forces of the 1st Australian Task Force (1 ATF) and the North Vietnamese Army and Viet Cong during the Vietnam War. Under the codename Operation Goodwood, two battalions from 1 ATF deployed away from their base in Phuoc Tuy Province, operating against suspected communist bases in the Hat Dich area, in western Phuoc Tuy, south-eastern Bien Hoa and south-western Long Khan provinces as part of a large allied sweep known as Operation Toan Thang II.
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1970 — 1970 St. Joseph by-election
A by-election was held in the Barbadian constituency of the St Joseph on 3 December 1970 after the resignation of Barbados Labour Party member Grantley Adams who was the representative of the constituency in the House of Assembly of Barbados.
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1971 — India–Pakistan war of 1971
The India–Pakistan war of 1971, also known as the third Indo-Pakistani war, was a military confrontation between India and Pakistan that occurred during the Bangladesh Liberation War in East Pakistan from 3 December 1971 until the Pakistani capitulation in Dhaka on 16 December 1971. The war began with Pakistan's Operation Chengiz Khan, consisting of preemptive aerial strikes on eight Indian air stations.
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1971 — Operation Chengiz Khan
Operation Chengiz Khan was the code name assigned to the preemptive strikes carried out by the Pakistan Air Force on the forward airbases and radar installations of the Indian Air Force (IAF) on the evening of 3 December 1971, and marked the formal initiation of hostilities of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. It was named after the Mongol conqueror Genghis Khan.
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1971 — Operation Chenla II ends in Cambodia
Operation Chenla II, a Cambodian government military offensive along Route 6, ended on December 3, 1971. Cambodian forces had abandoned positions two days earlier after their corridor along the road collapsed.
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1971 — Battle of Chumb
The Battle of Chumb (3 December – 11 December 1971) was a major battle between the forces of Pakistan and India during the 1971 Indo-Pakistani war. It was one of the first major engagements in the western front of the war in which the Pakistani 23rd Division captured the strategically important city of Chumb from the Indian 10th Infantry Division.
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1971 — Elgen Long completes a solo flight around the world over both poles
Flying a Piper Navajo, Elgen Long returned to San Francisco after a 28-day journey that crossed both the North and South Poles.
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1972 — 1972 Tenerife Spantax Convair CV-990 crash
On December 3, 1972, a Convair CV-990 Coronado charter flight operated by Spantax from Tenerife to Munich with 148 passengers and 7 crew crashed while taking off from Tenerife-Norte Los Rodeos Airport in Tenerife, killing all 155 passengers and crew on board. Many of the passengers were French tourists heading on a tour of Germany.
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1973 — 1973 New South Wales Labor Party leadership spill
The 1973 New South Wales Labor Party leadership spill was held on 3 December 1973 to elect the leader of the New South Wales Labor Party and, ex officio, Leader of the Opposition. Incumbent leader Pat Hills, who had led Labor to a defeat at the state election on 17 November 1973, was defeated by Neville Wran.
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1973 — Pioneer 10 makes its closest pass by Jupiter
NASA’s Pioneer 10 made the first spacecraft flyby of Jupiter. It returned close-range images and gathered data on the planet and its surroundings.
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1976 — Irish presidential election, 1976
The Irish presidential election of 1976 was precipitated by the sudden resignation of President Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh in October 1976, following an attack on him by Paddy Donegan, the Minister for Defence in which the Minister called the President a "thundering disgrace" and implied he was disloyal to the state. Ó Dálaigh's resignation followed Dáil Éireann's decision to vote confidence in the minister in the ensuring row. Fianna Fáil leader Jack Lynch proposed as the party's presidential election candidate Patrick Hillery, retiring European Commissioner for Social Affairs and former Minister for External Affairs.
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1976 — Bob Marley survives an assassination attempt in Kingston
On December 3, 1976, gunmen attacked Bob Marley at his Kingston home, two days before the Smile Jamaica concert. Marley was wounded but survived. He appeared at the concert and later left Jamaica for London, where he recorded Exodus. The available primary source does not establish the original title’s exact number of attackers.
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1977 — 1977 Zairean presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Zaire on 3 December 1977. They were the first held after a new constitution was promulgated in 1974. At the time, the country was a one-party state with the Popular Movement of the Revolution as the only legal party. Its leader, incumbent president Mobutu Sese Seko, was the only candidate, with voters asked to vote "yes" or "no" to his candidacy.
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1978 — Venezuelan general election, 1978
General elections were held in Venezuela on 3 December 1978. The presidential elections were won by Luis Herrera Campins of Copei, who received 46.6% of the vote. Although Copei received more votes, Democratic Action won the most seats in the Venezuelan Chamber of Deputies, whilst the two parties won 21 seats each in the Venezuelan Senate. Voter turnout was 87.6%.
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1979 — The Who concert disaster
The Who concert disaster occurred on 3 December 1979 when British rock band the Who performed at Riverfront Coliseum in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, and resulted in the deaths of eleven people. The Who were in the midst of the United States portion of their 1979 world tour and had already played Passaic, New Jersey, New York City, Detroit, and Pittsburgh before arriving in Cincinnati. The concert was a sellout, with 18,348 tickets sold. The majority of these, 14,770, were unassigned general admission tickets that were first-come, first-served. A few hours before the show, a sizeable crowd had already gathered at the front of the arena.
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1979 — 1979 Sabana Seca ambush
The 1979 Sabana Seca ambush was an attack by Puerto Rican nationalist paramilitary groups on a United States Navy bus near a listening post in Sabana Seca, Puerto Rico on 3 December 1979. The bus was carrying 18 unarmed sailors, most of whom were communications technicians. Three groups claimed responsibility for the ambush: the Boricua Popular Army (EPB, also known as 'Los Macheteros'), the Armed Forces of Popular Resistance (FARP), and the Organization of Volunteers for the Puerto Rican Revolution (OVRP).
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1983 — Northern Territory general election, 1983
A general election was held in the Northern Territory, Australia on Saturday 3 December 1983. The result was a landslide victory for the incumbent Country Liberal Party (CLP) under Chief Minister Paul Everingham over the Australian Labor Party (ALP) opposition under Opposition leader Bob Collins. For this election, the size of the assembly was increased from 19 to 25.
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1984 — Bhopal disaster
On 3 December 1984, over 500,000 people in the vicinity of the Union Carbide India Limited pesticide plant in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, were exposed to the highly toxic gas methyl isocyanate, in what is considered the world's worst industrial disaster. A government affidavit in 2006 stated that the leak caused approximately 558,125 injuries, including 38,478 temporary partial injuries and 3,900 severely and permanently disabling injuries. Estimates vary on the death toll, with the official number of immediate deaths being 2,259. Others estimate that 8,000 died within two weeks of the incident occurring, and another 8,000 or more died from gas-related diseases.
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1984 — Grenadian general election, 1984
General elections were held in Grenada on 3 December 1984, the first after the invasion that followed two coups. The result was a victory for the New National Party, which won 14 of the 15 seats. Voter turnout was 86.2%.
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1989 — 1989 New Democratic Party leadership election
In 1989, the New Democratic Party held a leadership election to choose a successor to Ed Broadbent. The contest, held from November 30 to December 3 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, was won by Audrey McLaughlin. McLaughlin's victory was the first time a woman won the leadership of a major federal Canadian political party.
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1989 — Malta Summit
The Malta Summit was a meeting between United States president George H. W. Bush and Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev on December 2–3, 1989, just a few weeks after the fall of the Berlin Wall. It followed a meeting that included Ronald Reagan in New York in December 1988. During the summit, Bush and Gorbachev declared an end to the Cold War, although whether it was truly such is a matter of debate.
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1991 — This Tuesday in Texas
This Tuesday in Texas was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), which took place on December 3, 1991, at the Freeman Coliseum in San Antonio, Texas. Five professional wrestling matches were scheduled on the card. The main event was a rematch for the WWF World Heavyweight Championship, which saw Hulk Hogan defeat the champion, The Undertaker, to regain the title. Hogan had lost the championship six days earlier at Survivor Series in a controversial finish. The featured bout on the undercard saw Randy Savage, in his first match since WrestleMania VII, defeat Jake Roberts.
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1992 — The Aegean Sea oil tanker runs aground near A Coruña
The Greek tanker ran aground in heavy weather while approaching the port. It broke in two, caught fire and spilled oil along the Galician coast.
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1993 — Juicio Final (1993)
Juicio Final (1993) (Spanish for "Final Judgement" 1993) were a pair of professional wrestling supercard shows, scripted and produced by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). The two shows took place on December 3 and December 10, 1993, in Arena México, Mexico City, Mexico. The shows served as the year-end finale for CMLL before Arena México, CMLL's main venue, closed down for the winter for renovations and to host Circo Atayde .
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1994 — 1994 Taiwanese local elections
Provincial and municipal elections were held in Taiwan on 3 December 1994, electing the Governor of Taiwan Province, and mayor of two special municipalities (Taipei and Kaohsiung). This is the first election for all three posts, and the only one for the governorship of the later-streamlined Taiwan Province. Kuomintang (KMT) was elected in Taiwan Province and Kaohsiung, while the opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) captured the capital city.
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1994 — Sony launches the original PlayStation in Japan
Sony put its original PlayStation console on sale in Japan. It used CD-ROMs and supported three-dimensional graphics, with overseas launches following in 1995.
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1995 — Cameroon Airlines Flight 3701
On 3 December 1995, Cameroon Airlines Flight 3701, a Boeing 737-200 operating a scheduled international passenger flight from Cadjehoun Airport, Benin, to Douala International Airport, Cameroon, crashed on its second approach to Douala after it lost control following a loss of power in its left engine. Of the 76 occupants, 68 passengers and 3 crew members were killed. Three passengers and two crew members survived injured.
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1997 — Ottawa Treaty
The Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction of 1997, known informally as the Ottawa Treaty, the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention, or often simply the Mine Ban Treaty, aims at eliminating anti-personnel landmines (APLs) around the world. By August 2025, 162 states had ratified or acceded to the treaty.
In Ottawa, Ontario, 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.
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1998 — December 3, 1998, Albanian–Yugoslav border clash
On 3 December 1998, a Yugoslav border patrol was attacked by a group of nine Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) attempting to illegally cross the border between Albania and Yugoslavia. Eight militants were killed in the ensuing exchange, while the border patrol suffered no casualties. This was the most serious armed incident in Kosovo since a truce between the KLA and the Yugoslav security forces that had taken effect that October.
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1998 — A Chinese expedition completes a trek through the Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon
A Chinese scientific expedition completed its trek through the Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon in Tibet. Its four teams included scientists, explorers and journalists.
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1999 — Worcester Cold Storage and Warehouse Co. fire
The Worcester Cold Storage and Warehouse Co. fire began on December 3, 1999, in an abandoned building at 266 Franklin Street, Worcester, Massachusetts. The fire was started accidentally some time between 4:30–5:45 pm by two homeless people (Levesque and Barnes) who were squatting in the building and had knocked over a candle. They left the scene without reporting the fire. The 6-story building, previously used as a meat cold storage facility, had no windows above the ground floor and no fire detection or suppression systems. The fire, which started on the second story, burned undetected for 30–90 minutes.
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1999 — Juicio Final (1999)
Juicio Final (1999) (Spanish for "Final Judgement" 1999) was a professional wrestling supercard show, scripted and produced by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), which took place on December 3, 1999, in Arena México, Mexico City, Mexico. The show served as the year-end finale for CMLL before Arena México, CMLL's main venue, closed down for the winter for renovations and to host Circo Atayde .
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1999 — NASA loses contact with Mars Polar Lander on arrival at Mars
NASA’s lander was expected to touch down near the Martian south pole. It never reestablished communication after descent, and controllers also lost the two small probes it had carried to Mars.
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2000 — Burgenland state election, 2000
The Burgenland state election of 2000 was held in the Austrian state of Burgenland on 3 December 2000. The Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ) won the election, with Hans Niessl returning as state governor (Landeshauptmann). He had previously taken over the office in late 2000 from Karl Stix.
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2001 — Saint Lucian general election, 2001
General elections were held in Saint Lucia on 3 December 2001. The result was a victory for the Saint Lucia Labour Party, which won fourteen of the seventeen seats. Voter turnout was 52.3%.
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2001 — U.S.–Afghan force clashes with Taliban near Shah Wali Kot
On December 3, 2001, a force led by Hamid Karzai and accompanied by U.S. special operations troops advanced toward Shah Wali Kot in Afghanistan. Taliban fighters fired on its scouts near the town. By nightfall, Karzai’s reconnaissance group had secured high ground overlooking the town and a bridge over the Arghandab River, while Taliban forces still held the town itself.
December 3 fighting and seizure of overlooking high ground; the town was not yet captured that night.
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2002 — 2002 National People's Congress election in Hong Kong
The election for the Hong Kong deputies to the 10th National People's Congress (NPC) was held on 3 December 2002. 36 Hong Kong deputies were elected by an electoral college.
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2002 — 2002 Intercontinental Cup
The 2002 Intercontinental Cup was an association football match played on 3 December 2002, between Real Madrid of Spain, winners of the 2001–02 UEFA Champions League, and Olimpia of Paraguay, winners of the 2002 Copa Libertadores. The match was played for the first time in the tournament's history at the International Stadium Yokohama in Yokohama. This encounter marked a special occasion for Olimpia and Real Madrid, as both teams celebrated their centenary in 2002.
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2002 — Shanghai wins the bid to host Expo 2010
The Bureau International des Expositions selected Shanghai to host the 2010 World Expo in a vote in Monaco.
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2004 — Death of Shiing-Shen Chern
On 3 December 2004, Shiing-Shen Chern, a mathematician, died.
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2006 — Costa Rican municipal elections, 2006
The 2006 Costa Rican local elections were held on December 3, 2006, same year that the previous general elections in February when Costa Rican elected president, vice-presidents, deputies of the Legislative Assembly and municipal councilors. These elections were held to elect cantonal mayors, members of the District Councils of each of the nation’s districts and Intendants of 8 especial autonomous districts and islands. Then ruling National Liberation Party won most of the seats and mayors with 59 as the seven provincial capitals. Main opposition force Citizens' Action Party was unable to repeit it success a few months before when almost tied to PLN, while Social Christian Unity Party become the second largest force at municipal level.
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2006 — Venezuelan presidential election, 2006
The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela held presidential elections on 3 December 2006, to choose a president for the six-year term to begin on 10 January 2007. The contest was between incumbent President Hugo Chávez, and Zulia Governor Manuel Rosales of the opposition party UNT. After handily winning a recall referendum in 2004, President Chávez positioned himself for re-election in 2006 for a second full term. The opposition did not hold a primary, instead, the candidates reached a consensus into backing the governor of the largest state (Zulia), Manuel Rosales. Chávez benefited from a high popularity, and led most opinion polls throughout the campaign.
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2006 — December to Dismember (2006)
December to Dismember (2006) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), which took place on December 3, 2006, at the James Brown Arena in Augusta, Georgia. Professional wrestling is a type of sports entertainment in which theatrical events are combined with a competitive sport. The buildup to the matches and the scenarios that took place before, during, and after the event, were planned by WWE's script writers. The event starred wrestlers from the ECW brand: storyline expansions of the promotion where employees are assigned to wrestling brands under the WWE banner.
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2006 — Malagasy presidential election, 2006
Presidential elections were held in Madagascar on 3 December 2006. President Marc Ravalomanana, in office since he prevailed in a dispute over election results in 2002, ran for re-election. On 9 December, Ravalomanana was declared to have won in the first round with about 55 percent of the vote.
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2006 — 2006 FAI Cup final
The 2006 FAI Cup final was a soccer match held at Lansdowne Road, Dublin on 3 December 2006 and was the final match of the 2006 FAI Cup competition. The match was the 83rd FAI Cup Final, and the last to be held at the old Lansdowne Road before it shut for redevelopment. It was also the last soccer match to be held at the old Lansdowne Road venue.
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2006 — 2006 Korean FA Cup final
The 2006 Korean FA Cup final was a football match played on 3 December 2006 at Seoul World Cup Stadium in Seoul that decided the champions of the 2006 Korean FA Cup. It was contested between Suwon Samsung Bluewings and Jeonnam Dragons, and kicked off at 15:00 (KST).
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2006 — 2006 Liberal Party of Canada leadership election
In 2006, the Liberal Party of Canada held a leadership election to choose a successor to outgoing leader Paul Martin. Martin had announced that he would not lead the Liberals into another election, following his party's defeat in the 2006 federal election in Canada. The party's biennial convention, already scheduled to occur from November 29 to December 1, 2006, in Montreal's Palais des congrès, was followed by the party's leadership convention at the same venue occurring December 2 to December 3, 2006.
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2006 — 2006 San José, Costa Rica, mayoral election
The municipal elections of the canton of San José, capital of Costa Rica, of 2006 were held on December 3 of that year. This process was the second occasion in the modern history of the country where elections were held for the election of the capital's mayor. San José, besides being the capital of the country, is the most populated canton.
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2006 — Meiling tour bus crash
A tour bus crashed in the Meiling scenic area of Tainan County, Taiwan. The crash killed 22 people and injured 24.
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2007 — Warren Truss is elected leader of Australia’s National Party
National Party members elected Warren Truss unopposed to succeed Mark Vaile after the 2007 federal election. Truss had been the party’s deputy leader.
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2008 — WEC 37
WEC 37: Torres vs. Tapia was a mixed martial arts event held by World Extreme Cagefighting on December 3, 2008 at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. The event aired live on the Versus Network.
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2009 — 2009 Hotel Shamo bombing
The 2009 Hotel Shamo bombing was a suicide bombing at the Hotel Shamo in Mogadishu, Somalia, on 3 December 2009. The bombing killed 25 people, including three ministers of the Transitional Federal Government, and injured 60 more, making it the deadliest attack in Somalia since the Beledweyne bombing on 18 June 2009 that claimed more than 30 lives.
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2009 — 2009 New South Wales Labor Party leadership spill
The 2009 New South Wales Labor Party leadership spill was held on 3 December 2009 to elect the leader of the New South Wales Labor Party and, ex officio, Premier of New South Wales. Incumbent premier Nathan Rees lost a spill motion after several months of speculation about a possible challenge. He contested the subsequent leadership election, but was defeated by planning minister Kristina Keneally.
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2011 — Kogi State holds its 2011 governorship election
Kogi State, Nigeria, held its governorship election on 3 December 2011. Idris Wada of the People’s Democratic Party won, defeating Abubakar Audu of the Action Congress of Nigeria.
Voting took place on 3 December; the electoral commission announced the results on 4 December 2011.
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2011 — Sarah Hendrickson wins the first women’s Ski Jumping World Cup event
American Sarah Hendrickson won the inaugural women’s individual World Cup contest in Lillehammer, ahead of France’s Coline Mattel and Germany’s Melanie Faisst.
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2013 — Final Resolution (2013)
The 2013 Final Resolution was the tenth Final Resolution professional wrestling event produced by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), which took take place on December 3, 2013 and was aired on tape delay on December 19, 2013 at the Impact Zone in Orlando, Florida. Unlike the previous events, this event was not held on pay-per-view (PPV) and instead, like Destination X, Hardcore Justice, No Surrender and Turning Point was featured as a special edition of TNA's weekly broadcast of Impact Wrestling.
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2014 — Japan launches the Hayabusa2 asteroid probe
An H-IIA rocket launched Hayabusa2 from the Tanegashima Space Center on a mission to collect samples from the asteroid Ryugu.
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2015 — Oldham West and Royton by-election, 2015
The Oldham West and Royton by-election was a UK parliamentary by-election held on 3 December 2015 in the constituency of Oldham West and Royton in Greater Manchester. This was the first by-election of the 56th UK Parliament. The by-election was caused by the death of the sitting Member of Parliament (MP) Michael Meacher on 21 October 2015; Meacher had been the Labour Party MP for the seat since its creation in 1997 and had represented its predecessor seat of Oldham West since 1970. A writ for the by-election was moved in Parliament on 2 November 2015, setting polling day as 3 December 2015.
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2015 — Fall of Zinjibar and Jaar (2015)
In early December 2015, two Yemeni towns, Zinjibar (the provincial capital of Abyan Governorate) and Jaʽār (a town a few km inland to the north), were captured by the jihadist group Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP). This was the second capture and occupation of Zinjibar during unrest in Yemen. The town was earlier taken by AQAP's in May 2011 and held until the summer of 2012.
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2016 — 2016 Mount Roskill by-election
A by-election was held in the Mount Roskill electorate on 3 December 2016. The seat was vacated following the resignation of Phil Goff after he was elected Mayor of Auckland.
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2017 — 55th Anniversary of Lucha Libre in Estado de México
The 55th Anniversary of Lucha Libre in Estadio de Mexico was celebrated by a professional wrestling supercard show produced and scripted by the Mexican lucha libre promotion International Wrestling Revolution Group (IWRG; sometimes referred to as Grupo Internacional Revolución in Mexico) which took place on December 3, 2017, in Arena Naucalpan, Naucalpan, State of Mexico (Estadio de Mexico).
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2017 — 2017 Norwegian Football Cup final
The 2017 Norwegian Football Cup final was the final match of the 2017 Norwegian Football Cup, the 112th season of the Norwegian Football Cup, the premier Norwegian football cup competition organized by the Football Association of Norway (NFF). The match was played on 3 December 2017 at the Ullevaal Stadion in Oslo, and opposed two Eliteserien sides Lillestrøm and Sarpsborg 08.
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2017 — 2017 Corsican territorial election
The 2017 Corsican territorial elections were held on 3 and 10 December 2017 to elect 63 members of the Corsican Assembly, who in turn determined the composition of the Executive Council of Corsica. The election was held only two years after the 2015 territorial elections, and were called as a result of the planned creation of a single collectivity within Corsica resulting from the mergers of two departments (Haute-Corse and Corse-du-Sud), and the existing territorial collectivity of Corsica.
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2017 — 2017 in Wu Lin Feng
The year 2017 is the 14th year in the history of the Wu Lin Feng, a Chinese kickboxing promotion. Events are broadcast on Henan Television every Saturday 21:15.
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2018 — 2018 Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes federal by-election
A by-election was held in the federal riding of Leeds—Grenville—Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes in Ontario on December 3, 2018, following the sudden death of incumbent Conservative MP Gord Brown on May 2, 2018. The seat was retained for the Conservatives by riding association president Michael Barrett.
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2018 — The first Egypt Defence Expo opens in Cairo
Egypt opened its first international defense and security industry exhibition at the Egypt International Exhibition Centre in Cairo. Exhibitors showcased equipment and technology for land, air and maritime use.
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2019 — 2019 Savannah mayoral election
The 2019 Savannah mayoral election held an initial round on November 5, 2019, with a runoff held on December 3, 2019. Incumbent mayor Eddie DeLoach was defeated by longtime alderman Van R. Johnson.
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2019 — La Copa Junior (2019)
The La Copa Junior (2019) (Spanish for "The Junior Cup") was a professional wrestling tournament produced and scripted by the Mexican wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLLl; Spanish "World Wrestling Council"). The tournament ran from December 3 to December 17, 2019 as part of CMLL's weekly Tuesday night shows in Arena México. The La Copa Junior tournament exclusively feature second, third or fourth generation wrestlers as they compete for the cup.
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2019 — 2019 Boise mayoral election
The 2019 Boise mayoral election was held on November 5, 2019, to determine the mayor of Boise, Idaho. The election was officially nonpartisan. The election was won by Boise City Council the president Lauren McLean, who defeated the incumbent mayor Dave Bieter in a runoff election held on December 3, 2019.
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2019 — 2019 Des Moines mayoral election
The 2019 Des Moines mayoral election had an initial round held on November 5, 2019, with a runoff scheduled for December 3 to elect the mayor of Des Moines, Iowa. It saw the reelection of incumbent mayor Frank Cownie. Cownie's margin of victory in the runoff was narrower than the margin of victory in any of his previous mayoral elections.
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2021 — MLW Azteca/The Crash show
The MLW Azteca/The Crash Show, also known as the MLW Azteca • The Crash Super Card, was a professional wrestling supercard event co-produced by the U.S-based Major League Wrestling (MLW) and Mexico-based The Crash Lucha Libre (The Crash), which was held in The Crash's home arena, Auditorio Fausto Gutierrez Moreno in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico on December 3, 2021.
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2021 — Bellator 272
Bellator 272: Pettis vs. Horiguchi was a mixed martial arts event produced by Bellator MMA that took place on December 3, 2021 at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut.
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2021 — ONE: Winter Warriors
ONE: Winter Warriors (also known as ONE 148: Eersel vs. Murtazaev) was a Combat sport event produced by ONE Championship that took place on December 3, 2021, at the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore.
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2021 — ONE: Winter Warriors II
ONE: Winter Warriors II (also known as ONE 149: Philippines vs. the World) was a Combat sport event produced by ONE Championship that took place on December 3, 2021 and aired on December 17, 2021, at the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore.
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2022 — Moore County substation attack
On December 3, 2022, a shooting attack was carried out on two electrical distribution substations located in Moore County, North Carolina, United States. Damage from the attack left up to 40,000 residential and business customers without electrical power, causing the death of one woman. Initial estimates were that up to four days could be required to fully restore power in the area.
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2022 — UFC on ESPN: Thompson vs. Holland
UFC on ESPN: Thompson vs. Holland (also known as UFC on ESPN 42) was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on December 3, 2022, at the Amway Center in Orlando, Florida, United States.
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2022 — 17th Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival
The 17th annual Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival was held from 26 November to 3 December 2022. Indonesian anthology film Piknik Pesona was selected to open the festival. Japanese drama film Plan 75 was the closing film of the festival. The most prestigious award of the festival, Golden Hanoman Award, was presented to Indonesian thriller film Autobiography, directed by Makbul Mubarak.
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2022 — ONE on Prime Video 5
ONE on Prime Video 5: de Ridder vs. Malykhin (also known as ONE Fight Night 5) was a Combat sport event produced by ONE Championship. It that took place on December 3, 2022, at the SM Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay, Philippines.
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2022 — ONE 164
ONE 164: Pacio vs. Brooks was a Combat sport event produced by ONE Championship that took place on December 3, 2022, at the SM Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay, Philippines.
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2023 — Labbezanga attack
On December 3, 2023, jihadists from the Islamic State – Sahil Province (ISSP) launched simultaneous attacks against Malian forces and allied Wagner Group mercenaries in Labbézanga, Gao Region, and against Tuareg militia groups in Ménaka Region.
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2023 — 2023 eruption of Mount Marapi
On 3 December 2023, Mount Marapi, a complex volcano on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, erupted, sending ash as high as 3,000 metres (10,000 ft) into the air, and depositing large amounts of volcanic ash in nearby districts. Twenty-four hikers were found dead near the crater of the volcano.
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2024 — 2024 North Miami mayoral election
The 2024 North Miami mayoral election took place on December 3, 2024, following a primary election on November 5, 2024. Following Mayor Philippe Bien-Aime's re-election in 2021, he resigned from office in 2022 to unsuccessfully run for County Commission. The City Council subsequently elected Vice Mayor Alix Desulme to serve out the remainder of Bien-Aime's term.
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2024 — 2024 Fayetteville mayoral election
The 2024 Fayetteville mayoral election was held on November 5, 2024, to elect the mayor of Fayetteville, Arkansas. The Fayetteville mayor serves a 4-year term and there are no term limits on this position. Incumbent mayor Lioneld Jordan ran for re-election to serve a fifth term in office. Jordan, along with Experience Fayetteville CEO Molly Rawn, advanced to a runoff election to be held on December 3, 2024.
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2024 — Martial law is declared in South Korea
On 3 December 2024, at 22:27 Korea Standard Time (KST), Yoon Suk Yeol, the then-president of South Korea, attempted a self-coup by declaring martial law during a televised address. In the address, he accused the Democratic Party (DPK), which held a majority in the National Assembly, of engaging in "anti-state activities" and collaborating with "North Korean communists" to undermine the country, describing their dominance as a "legislative dictatorship".
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