December 3 holidays, events, history
👉 HOLIDAYS:
🇺🇳 International Day of Persons with Disabilities.
🌏 International Day of the Basque Language.
🌏 Global Day of Pesticides Free.
🌏 Birthday of SMS.
🔹 NATIONAL HOLIDAYS:
Uzbekistan – Day of Protection of the Rights and Freedoms of Persons with Disabilities.
Russia – Day of the Unknown Soldier.
Pakistan – Sindh Culture Day.
Cuba – Doctors’ Day.
Russia, Belarus, India – Lawyers’ Day.
👉 EVENTS:
– 1557 – The document “The Community of God” was signed in Edinburgh, which initiated the reforms and the creation of the Presbyterian Church in Scotland.
– 1586 – The first potatoes were brought to England from Colombia.
– 1609 – Galeo Galileo presented the first new-style telescope.
– 1751 – The United States flag is adopted.
– 1818 – Illinois becomes the 21st state of the United States.
– 1872 – The Russian Empire decides to annex the Khanate of Khiva.
– 1912 – Bulgaria, Greece, Serbia, and Montenegro sign the Treaty of Chataljans with Turkey.
– 1925 – Coup d’état in Iran: The Constituent Assembly overthrows the Qajar dynasty and proclaims Reza Shah Pahlavi as the Shah.
– 1937 – English shoemaker Stephen Rubin invents Reebok and Adidas shoes.
– 1959 – Singapore adopts its national flag.
– 1966 – The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is buried under the Kremlin walls.
– 1967 – Christian Barnard performs the first heart transplant.
– 1971 – The 3rd Indo-Pakistani War begins.
– 1979 – Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini becomes the first Supreme Leader of Iran.
– 1984 – 18,000 people die in a chemical plant disaster in India.
– 1989 – The end of the Cold War was announced at a meeting in Malta between US President George W. Bush and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.
– 1991 – The KGB is disbanded in the USSR.
– 1992 – The first SMS message is sent.
– 1994 – The PlayStation video game is launched.
– 1999 – The Second Chechen War: Russian troops capture the city of Argun in Chechnya.
– 2003 – The Movement of Entrepreneurs and Businessmen – the Liberal Democratic Party of Uzbekistan is registered by the Ministry of Justice.
– 2003 – Andijan region was awarded the Order of Amir Temur.
– 2004 – The Supreme Court of Ukraine declared the presidential election held on November 21 illegal.
– 2009 – A terrorist act was committed in Mogadishu.
-2012 – Typhoon Bopha hit the coast of the Philippines, killing 475 people.
