Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/December 3
This is a list of selected December 3 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.
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December 3: International Day of Persons with Disabilities
- 1800 – War of the Second Coalition: French forces under General Jean Moreau defeated the Austrians and Bavarians under Archduke John in Hohenlinden, near Munich, forcing the Austrians to sign an armistice.
- 1910 - Modern neon lighting was first seen publicly after installation by Georges Claude at the Paris Motor Show.
- 1959 – The current flag of Singapore (pictured) was adopted, six months after Singapore began self-governing within the British Empire.
- 1967 – Cardiac surgeon Christiaan Barnard performed the first successful human heart transplant on Louis Washkansky at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa.
- 1973 – The Pioneer 10 spacecraft sent back the first close-up images of the planet Jupiter.
- 1984 – Methyl isocyanate and other toxic chemicals were accidentally released from the Union Carbide India Limited pesticide plant in Bhopal, India, resulting in the world's largest industrial disaster.