Day Guide for Thursday December 3rd 2020 What are the holidays on December 3rd 2020?

This is our day guide for Thursday December 3rd 2020 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 2020

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India (regional): Kanakadasa Jayanthi

This public holiday in Karnataka marks the birthday of the great poet and saint shri Kanaka Dasa

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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

Observances on December 3rd 2020

United Nations: International Day of Persons with Disabilities 

A UN sanctioned day that aims to promote an understanding of people with disability

USA: National Roof Over Your Head Day

Find out the dates, history and traditions of National Roof Over Your Head Day

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General Information for December 3rd 2020
There are 3 public holidays today.
Day 338 of 2020
28 days left in 2020
Week 49 of the year
On this Day in History
1992 - A test engineer for Sema Group uses a personal computer to send the world's first text message via the Vodafone network to the phone of a colleague.
1979 - Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini becomes the first Supreme Leader of Iran.
1971 - Pakistan launches a pre-emptive strike against India and a full scale war begins claiming hundreds of lives.
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.)