Born on December 3
December 3 birthdays & history
If you were born on December 3, you share a birthday with Joseph Conrad, Julianne Moore and Ozzy Osbourne. December 3 babies are Sagittarius, with turquoise as their birthstone and the narcissus as their birth flower. December 3 is the 338th day of the year in leap years (337th in other years).
Famous people born on December 3
- 1857Joseph Conrad, Polish-born British novelist
- 1960Julianne Moore, American actress and author
- 1948Ozzy Osbourne, English singer-songwriter
- 1930Jean-Luc Godard, French-Swiss director and screenwriter
- 1985Amanda Seyfried, American actress
- 1981David Villa, Spanish footballer
- 1800France Prešeren, Slovenian poet and lawyer
- 1968Brendan Fraser, American actor and producer
- 1884Rajendra Prasad, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st President of India
- 1886Manne Siegbahn, Swedish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
What happened on December 3
- 1800United States presidential election: The Electoral College casts votes for president and vice president that result in a tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr.
- 1818Illinois becomes the 21st U.S. state.
- 1834The Zollverein (German Customs Union) begins the first regular census in Germany.
- 1910Freda Du Faur became the first woman to climb Aoraki / Mount Cook, the highest peak in New Zealand.
- 1927Putting Pants on Philip, the first official film featuring the British-American comedy duo Laurel and Hardy, was released.
- 1959The current flag and coat of arms of Singapore were adopted, six months after the island became self-governing within the British Empire.
- 1967Cardiac surgeon Christiaan Barnard performed the first successful human heart transplant on Louis Washkansky at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa.
- 1968American singer Elvis Presley's first television special and first live performance in seven years, Singer Presents ... Elvis, was broadcast by NBC.
- 1979Following the result of a two-day referendum, the current Constitution of Iran was adopted.
- 1990Mary Robinson took office as the first female president of Ireland.
- 1994Sony released the PlayStation, the first computer entertainment platform to ship 100 million units.
- 1999NASA lost contact with the Mars Polar Lander moments before it reached the atmosphere of Mars and disappeared.
Also observed on December 3
- Doctors' Day (Cuba)
- International Day of Persons with Disabilities
Questions, answered
What star sign is December 3?
People born on December 3 are Sagittarius. Their birthstone is turquoise and their birth flower is the narcissus.
Which famous people were born on December 3?
Joseph Conrad (1857), Julianne Moore (1960), Ozzy Osbourne (1948), Jean-Luc Godard (1930), Amanda Seyfried (1985), David Villa (1981) were all born on December 3.
What happened on December 3 in history?
Among other things: in 1990, Mary Robinson took office as the first female president of Ireland; in 1994, Sony released the PlayStation, the first computer entertainment platform to ship 100 million units; in 1999, NASA lost contact with the Mars Polar Lander moments before it reached the atmosphere of Mars and disappeared.
Can I get a newspaper front page from December 3?
Yes. The Birthday Gazette makes a personalised vintage-style front page for any December 3 birth year, with their name in the headline, events, famous birthdays and typical US prices. The preview is free and the print files cost $9.
Events, birthdays and observances are adapted from Wikipedia contributors, “December 3”, English Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0 (shortened and filtered). Ranking uses Wikidata (CC0). Sources.