This is our day guide for Tuesday December 3rd 2019 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 2019
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 Jesus
United Arab Emirates: National Day Holiday
Commemorates formal nationalisation from the British Protectorate Treaties on 2 December 1971December 2nd 2019 | Go to Today | December 4th 2019
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| General Information for December 3rd 2019 | |
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| There are 2 public holidays today. | |
| Day 337 of 2019 | |
| 28 days left in 2019 | |
| Week 49 of the year | |
| On this Day in History | |
| 1984 - Bhopal Disaster: A methyl isocyanate leak from a Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal, India, kills more than 3,800 people outright and injures 150,000–600,000 others (some 6,000 of whom would later die from their injuries) in one of the worst industrial disasters in history. | |
| 1971 - Pakistan launches a pre-emptive strike against India and a full scale war begins claiming hundreds of lives. | |
| 1959 – The current flag of Singapore is adopted, six months after Singapore became self-governing within the British Empire. | |
| 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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