Day Guide for Monday December 3rd 2018 What are the holidays on December 3rd 2018?

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 disability

Not 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 1920

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New Zealand (regional): Anniversary Day

The Chatham Islands Anniversary Day is celebrated on the Monday nearest to 30 November

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New Zealand (regional): Westland Anniversary Day

Westland District commemorates a provincial anniversary on the Monday nearest to 1 December

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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 1971

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General Information for December 3rd 2018
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.
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.
1959 – The current flag of Singapore is adopted, six months after Singapore became self-governing within the British Empire.
1912 - Bulgaria, Greece, Montenegro, and Serbia (the Balkan League) sign an armistice with the Ottoman Empire, temporarily halting the First Balkan War. (The armistice will expire on February 3, 1913, and hostilities will resume.)