Summary of the Day ✨ 3 December (03/12)
Martial law was declared in South Korea while Mount Marapi in Indonesia began deadly eruptions that killed 23 people. In other global events, Japan launched an asteroid explorer mission, a typhoon devastated the Philippines killing hundreds, and a substation attack left 45,000 Americans without power for five days.
Historical Events 📜
- 2024: Martial law is declared in South Korea.
- 2023: Mount Marapi located in West Sumatra, Indonesia begins a sporadic series of eruptions. 23 people were killed, and 12 were injured.
- 2022: Massive power outage after Moore County substation attack that leaves 45,000 people without power for five days, leading to an FBI probe.
- 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 asteroid to collect rock samples.
- 2012: At least 475 people are killed after Typhoon Bopha makes landfall in the Philippines.
- 2009: A suicide bombing at a hotel in Mogadishu, Somalia, kills 25 people, including three ministers of the Transitional Federal Government.
- 2007: Winter storms cause the Chehalis River to flood many cities in Lewis County, Washington, and close a 32-kilometre (20 mi) portion of Interstate 5 for several days. At least eight deaths and billions of dollars in damages are blamed on the floods.
- 2005: XCOR Aerospace makes the first crewed rocket aircraft delivery of U.S. Mail in Kern County, California.
- 1999: NASA loses radio contact with the Mars Polar Lander moments before the spacecraft enters the Martian atmosphere.
- 1999: In Worcester, Massachusetts, firefighters responded to a fire at the Worcester Cold Storage and Warehouse Co. facility, which takes the lives of 6 firefighters.
- 1997: 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.
- 1995: Cameroon Airlines Flight 3701 crashes on approach to Douala International Airport in Douala, Cameroon, killing 71 of the 76 people on board.
- 1994: Taiwan holds its first full local elections; James Soong elected as the first and only directly elected Governor of Taiwan, Chen Shui-bian became the first directly elected Mayor of Taipei, Wu Den-yih became the first directly elected Mayor of Kaohsiung.
- 1994: Sony releases the PlayStation game console in Japan.
- 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 spills much of its cargo.
Famous Births 👶
- 1995: Julius Honka, Finnish ice hockey player
- 1995: Angèle, Belgian singer
- 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
- 1992: Cristian Ceballos, Spanish footballer
- 1992: Joseph McManners, English singer-songwriter, musician and actor[citation needed]
- 1991: Ekaterine Gorgodze, Georgian tennis player
- 1990: Christian Benteke, Belgian footballer
- 1990: Sharon Fichman, Canadian-Israeli tennis player
- 1990: Matt Reynolds, American baseball player
- 1989: Selçuk Alibaz, Turkish footballer
- 1989: Alex McCarthy, English footballer
- 1989: Tomasz Narkun, Polish mixed martial artist
Notable Deaths 🕊️
- 2024: Mohamed Ali Yusuf, Somali politician (born 1944)
- 2019: Ragnar Ulstein, Norwegian journalist and war historian (born 1920)
- 2015: Gladstone Anderson, Jamaican singer and pianist (born 1934)
- 2015: Scott Weiland, American singer-songwriter (born 1967)
- 2014: Herman Badillo, Puerto Rican-American lawyer and politician (born 1929)
- 2012: Jules Mikhael Al-Jamil, Iraqi-Lebanese archbishop (born 1938)
- 2011: Dev Anand, Indian actor, director, and producer (born 1923)
- 2010: Abdumalik Bahori, Azerbaijani poet and author (born 1927)
- 2009: Leila Lopes, Brazilian actress and journalist (born 1959)
- 2009: Richard Todd, Irish-born British soldier and actor (born 1919)
- 2008: Robert Zajonc, Polish-American psychologist and author (born 1923)
- 2007: James Kemsley, Australian cartoonist and actor (born 1948)
- 2005: Frederick Ashworth, American admiral (born 1912)
- 2005: Herb Moford, American baseball player (born 1928)
- 2005: Kikka Sirén, Finnish pop/schlager singer (born 1964)
Holidays & Observances 🎉
- Christian feast day:
Abbo of Auxerre - Christian feast day:
Pope Abraham of Alexandria (Coptic, 6 Koiak)) - Christian feast day:
Adrian (Ethernan) - Christian feast day:
Birinus - Christian feast day:
Cassian of Tangier - Christian feast day:
Emma (of Lesum or of Bremen) - Christian feast day:
Francis Xavier - Christian feast day:
Blessed Johann Nepomuk von Tschiderer zu Gleifheim - Christian feast day:
Zephaniah - Christian feast day:
December 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) - Doctors’ Day (Cuba)
- International Day of Persons with Disabilities