Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/December 3

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This is a list of selected December 3 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.

Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article or picture of the day.

To report an error when this appears on the Main Page, see Main Page errors. Please remember that this list defers to the supporting articles, so it is best to achieve consensus and make any necessary changes there first.

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Richard Burton and Julie Andrews in Camelot
Neon sign
Flag of Singapore (use border with this image)
Laurel and Hardy in The Flying Deuces
Mars Polar Lander
French General Jean Moreau
Bob Marley
Christiaan Barnard

Ineligible

Blurb	Reason
International Day of Persons with Disabilities	refimprove section
1834 – The German Customs Union instituted the first regular census in Germany.	refimprove
1854 – At least 22 people were killed and 35 others were injured when rebelling miners at the Eureka Stockade in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, clashed violently with the police and the military.	lots of {{cn}} tags
1910 – Modern neon lighting was first seen publicly after installation by Georges Claude at the Paris Motor Show.	refimprove section
1919 – The Quebec Bridge, linking Quebec City and Lévis, Quebec, Canada, opened to traffic, becoming the longest cantilever bridge span in the world to date.	unreferenced sections
1944 – The Greek Civil War broke out between communists and royalists in a newly liberated Greece.	lots of {{cn}} tags
1971 – The formal initiation of hostilities of the Indo-Pakistani War began with the Pakistani Air Force launching pre-emptive airstrikes on several forward airbases and radar installations of the Indian Air Force.	refimprove section
1973 – The Pioneer 10 spacecraft sent back the first close-up images of the planet Jupiter.	appears on June 13

Eligible

1800 – War of the Second Coalition: French forces defeated the Austrians and Bavarians in Hohenlinden, near Munich, forcing the Austrians to sign an armistice.
1927 – Putting Pants on Philip, the first official film featuring the comedy duo Laurel and Hardy, was released.
1960 – The musical Camelot, which would become associated with John F. Kennedy's presidency, opened on Broadway.
1967 – Cardiac surgeon Christiaan Barnard performed the first successful human heart transplant on Louis Washkansky at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa.
1968 – Elvis Presley's first television special and first live performance in seven years, Singer Presents...Elvis, was broadcast by NBC.
1976 – Jamaican reggae musician Bob Marley survived an assassination attempt by unknown assailants.
1979 – Eleven people were crushed in a human stampede at a concert by British rock band The Who in Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
1982 – The United States Environmental Protection Agency tested the soil in Times Beach, Missouri, which revealed high concentrations of dioxin and led to the abandonment of the town.
1984 – Methyl isocyanate and other toxic chemicals were accidentally released from the Union Carbide India Limited pesticide plant in Bhopal, India, causing the world's worst industrial disaster.
1992 – During extreme weather conditions, the oil tanker Aegean Sea ran aground off the coast of Galicia, Spain, spilling 67,000 tonnes of light crude oil.
1994 – Sony released the PlayStation, the first "computer entertainment platform" to ship 100 million units.
1999 – NASA lost contact with the Mars Polar Lander moments before it reached the atmosphere of Mars and disappeared.
Born/died: Daniel Seghers (b. 1590) · Octavia Hill (b. 1838) · Sheng Shicai (b. 1895) · Mary Baker Eddy (d. 1910) · Julianne Moore (b. 1960)

Notes

Mars Science Laboratory appears on November 26, so Mars Polar Lander should not be used in the same year
Eureka Flag appears on November 29, so Eureka Rebellion should not be used in the same year

December 3

Freda Du Faur

1904 – Himalia, the largest irregular satellite of Jupiter, was discovered by Charles Dillon Perrine at the Lick Observatory near San Jose, California.
1910 – Freda Du Faur (pictured) became the first woman to climb Mount Cook, the highest peak in New Zealand.
1959 – The current flag of Singapore was adopted, six months after the island became self-governing within the British Empire.
1979 – As per the results of a two-day referendum, the current Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran was adopted.
2009 – A suicide bombing in Mogadishu, Somalia, killed 25 people, including three ministers of the Transitional Federal Government.

Gilbert Stuart (b. 1755) · Afanasy Fet (d. 1892) · Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll (d. 1939)

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