December 3
People born on this day are Sagittarius.
- 1994
Taiwan holds its first full local elections; James Soong elected as the first and only directly elected Governor of Taiwan, Chen Shui-bian became the first directly elected Mayor of Taipei, Wu Den-yih became the first directly elected Mayor of Kaohsiung.
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Cameroon Airlines Flight 3701 crashes on approach to Douala International Airport in Douala, Cameroon, killing 71 of the 76 people on board.
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In Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, representatives from 121 countries sign the Ottawa Treaty prohibiting manufacture and deployment of anti-personnel landmines. The United States, People's Republic of China, and Russia do not sign the treaty, however.
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NASA loses radio contact with the Mars Polar Lander moments before the spacecraft enters the Martian atmosphere.
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In Worcester, Massachusetts, firefighters responded to a fire at the Worcester Cold Storage and Warehouse Co. facility, which takes the lives of 6 firefighters.
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XCOR Aerospace makes the first crewed rocket aircraft delivery of U.S. Mail in Kern County, California.
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Winter storms cause the Chehalis River to flood many cities in Lewis County, Washington, and close a 32-kilometre (20 mi) portion of Interstate 5 for several days. At least eight deaths and billions of dollars in damages are blamed on the floods.
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A suicide bombing at a hotel in Mogadishu, Somalia, kills 25 people, including three ministers of the Transitional Federal Government.
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At least 475 people are killed after Typhoon Bopha makes landfall in the Philippines.
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The Japanese space agency, JAXA, launches the space explorer Hayabusa2 from the Tanegashima Space Center on a six-year round trip mission to an asteroid to collect rock samples.
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Mount Marapi located in West Sumatra, Indonesia begins a sporadic series of eruptions. 23 people were killed, and 12 were injured.
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Martial law is declared in South Korea.
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1995Julius Honka, Finnish ice hockey player
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1995Angèle, Belgian singer
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1994Jake T. Austin, American actor
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1994Lil Baby, American rapper
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1994Solomone Kata, New Zealand rugby league player
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1994Bernarda Pera, American tennis player
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1992Joseph McManners, English singer-songwriter, musician and actor
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1991Ekaterine Gorgodze, Georgian tennis player
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1990Christian Benteke, Belgian footballer
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1990Sharon Fichman, Canadian-Israeli tennis player
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1990Matt Reynolds, American baseball player
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1989Alex McCarthy, English footballer
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