This is our day guide for Monday December 3rd 2018 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 2018
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India (regional): World Disabled Day
Tripura only. A UN sanctioned day that aims to promote an understanding of people with disabilityNot a Public Holiday
Israel: Hanukkah
Observed for eight days in honour of the historic victory of the Maccabbees against religious oppression
Kazakhstan: First President's Day (in lieu)
The first national presidential election was held on 1 Dec 1991
Myanmar: National Day
Beginning of the Student led protests against British Rule in 1920Regional
New Zealand (regional): Anniversary Day
The Chatham Islands Anniversary Day is celebrated on the Monday nearest to 30 NovemberRegional
New Zealand (regional): Westland Anniversary Day
Westland District commemorates a provincial anniversary on the Monday nearest to 1 DecemberRegional
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
United Arab Emirates: National Day Holiday
Commemorates formal nationalisation from the British Protectorate Treaties on 2 December 1971Go to Today | December 4th 2018
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| General Information for December 3rd 2018 | |
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| There are 8 public holidays today. | |
| Day 337 of 2018 | |
| 28 days left in 2018 | |
| Week 49 of the year | |
| On this Day in History | |
| 1990 – At Detroit Metropolitan Airport, Northwest Airlines Flight 1482 collides with Northwest Airlines Flight 299 on the runway, killing seven passengers and one crew member aboard flight 1482. | |
| 1976 – An assassination attempt is made on Bob Marley. He is shot twice, but will play a concert only two days later. | |
| 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). | |
| 1901 – In a State of the Union message, U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt asks Congress to curb the power of trusts "within reasonable limits". |
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