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 | |
| 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). | |
| 1944 - Greek Civil War: Fighting breaks out in Athens between the ELAS and government forces supported by the British Army. |
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