This is our day guide for Thursday December 3rd 2015 which shows you at a glance what's happening on this day around the world. Using the calendar on this page, you can look at a day guide for any day. Why not look up your birthday to see which holidays you share it with?
Holidays on December 3rd 2015
Regional
Spain (regional): Feast of St. Francis Xavier
Francis was a Roman Catholic missionary born in Xavier, Kingdom of Navarre, and a co-founder of the Society of JesusPublic sector only
United Arab Emirates: National Day Holiday
Commemorates formal nationalisation from the British Protectorate Treaties on 2 December 1971Go to Today | December 4th 2015
| Choose a Day |
|---|
| General Information for December 3rd 2015 | |
|---|---|
| There are 2 public holidays today. | |
| Day 337 of 2015 | |
| 28 days left in 2015 | |
| Week 49 of the year | |
| On this Day in History | |
| 1989 - Cold War: In a meeting off the coast of Malta, U.S. President George H. W. Bush and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev release statements indicating that the cold warbetween NATO and the Soviet Union may be coming to an end. | |
| 1979 - Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini becomes the first Supreme Leader of Iran. | |
| 1967 – At Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa, a transplant team headed by Christiaan Barnard carries out the first heart transplant on a human (53-year-old Louis Washkansky). | |
| 1919 – After nearly 20 years of planning and construction, including two collapses causing 89 deaths, the Quebec Bridge opens to traffic. |
Office Holidays provides calendars with dates and information on public holidays and bank holidays in key countries around the world.
Newsletter
Sign up to receive a weekly email update on forthcoming public holidays around the world in your inbox every Friday.