This is our day guide for Tuesday December 3rd 2024 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 2024
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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 1971Observances on December 3rd 2024
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
USA: National Day of Giving
Find out the dates, history and traditions of National Day of GivingDecember 2nd 2024 | Go to Today | December 4th 2024
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| General Information for December 3rd 2024 | |
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| There are 2 public holidays today. | |
| Day 338 of 2024 | |
| 28 days left in 2024 | |
| Week 49 of the year | |
| On this Day in History | |
| 1990 – At Detroit Metropolitan Airport, Northwest Airlines Flight 1482 collides with Northwest Airlines Flight 299 on the runway, killing seven passengers and one crew member aboard flight 1482. | |
| 1989 - Cold War: In a meeting off the coast of Malta, U.S. President George H. W. Bush and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev release statements indicating that the cold warbetween NATO and the Soviet Union may be coming to an end. | |
| 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.) | |
| 1834 – The Zollverein (German Customs Union) begins the first regular census in Germany. |
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