This is our day guide for Sunday December 3rd 2017 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 2017
Oman: National Day Holiday
National Day holidays will fall on December 3 and 4 for public and private sectorRegional
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 Jesus
Sri Lanka: Unduvap Full Moon Poya
Celebrates the arrival of the Bo tree sapling in Anuradhapura, brought by Ashoka's daughter, SangamittaPublic sector only
United Arab Emirates: National Day Holiday
Commemorates formal nationalisation from the British Protectorate Treaties on 2 December 1971Go to Today | December 4th 2017
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| General Information for December 3rd 2017 | |
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| There are 4 public holidays today. | |
| Day 337 of 2017 | |
| 28 days left in 2017 | |
| Week 48 of the year | |
| On this Day in History | |
| 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. | |
| 1854 - Battle of the Eureka Stockade: More than 20 gold miners at Ballarat, Victoria, are killed by state troopers in an uprising over mining licences. | |
| 1834 – The Zollverein (German Customs Union) begins the first regular census in Germany. |
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