December 3rd, 1861

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Born on December 3rd, 1861 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on December 3rd?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on December 3rd
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (December 1861)

Born on December 3rd, 1861

Weekday

Tuesday

December 3rd, 1861 was a Tuesday.

Age

162

People born on December 3rd, 1861 will turn 163 this year (2024), in exactly 219 days .

Zodiac

♐

Sagittarius (The Centaur/Archer)

November 23rd, 1861 - December 21st, 1861

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 59,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 684 days, exactly on March 13th, 2026, people who were born on December 3rd, 1861 will be 60,000 days old!

59,316 Days

8,473 Weeks

1,948 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on December 3rd?

December 3rd, 2009

A suicide bombing in Mogadishu, Somalia, killed 25 people, including three ministers of the Transitional Federal Government.

December 3rd, 1999

NASA lost contact with the Mars Polar Lander moments before it reached the atmosphere of Mars and disappeared.

December 3rd, 1994

Sony released the PlayStation, the first computer entertainment platform to ship 100 million units.

December 3rd, 1990

Mary Robinson was inaugurated as the first female President of Ireland.

December 3rd, 1976

Jamaican reggae musician Bob Marley survived an assassination attempt by seven gunmen in Kingston.

December 3rd, 1968

American singer Elvis Presley's first television special and first live performance in seven years, Singer Presents ... Elvis, was broadcast by NBC.

December 3rd, 1967

Cardiac surgeon Christiaan Barnard (pictured) performed the first successful human heart transplant on Louis Washkansky at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa.

December 3rd, 1959

The current flag and coat of arms of Singapore was adopted, six months after the island became self-governing within the British Empire.

December 3rd, 1927

Putting Pants on Philip, the first official film featuring the comedy duo Laurel and Hardy, was released.

December 3rd, 1910

Freda Du Faur (pictured) became the first woman to climb Aoraki / Mount Cook, the highest peak in New Zealand.

December 3rd, 1904

Himalia, Jupiter's largest irregular moon, was discovered by Charles Dillon Perrine at the Lick Observatory in California.

December 3rd, 1800

War of the Second Coalition: French forces defeated Austrian and Bavarian troops at the Battle of Hohenlinden, eventually resulting in the Austrians signing the Treaty of Lunéville.

December 3rd, 1283

During the First Mongol invasion of Burma, the fort at Ngasaunggyan was overrun after a two-month siege.

December 3rd, 2023

Mount Marapi located in West Sumatra, Indonesia begins a sporadic series of eruptions. 23 people were killed, and 12 were injured.

December 3rd, 2022

Massive power outage after Moore County substation attack, that leaves 45,000 people, without power, for five days, leading to a FBI probe.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on December 3rd

Same Day
Who's birthday is on December 3rd?

Charles M. Huber

German actor and politician

*December 3rd, 1956, Munich

Herman Heijermans

Dutch playwright (1864-1924)

*December 3rd, 1864, Rotterdam †November 22nd, 1924, Zandvoort

Joseph Conrad

Polish-British writer (1857–1924)

*December 3rd, 1857, Terekhove †August 3rd, 1924, Bishopsbourne

Angèle

Belgian singer and actress

*December 3rd, 1995, Uccle - Ukkel

Jean-Luc Godard

French-Swiss film director (1930–2022)

*December 3rd, 1930, 7th arrondissement of Paris †September 13th, 2022, Rolle

Wilhelm Sievers

German geologist (1860-1921)

*December 3rd, 1860, Hamburg †June 11th, 1921, Giessen

Julianne Moore

British-American actress and author

*December 3rd, 1960, Fort Liberty

Manne Siegbahn

Swedish physicist (1886-1978)

*December 3rd, 1886, Örebro †September 26th, 1978, Engelbrekt church parish

Rajendra Prasad

President of India from 1950 to 1962

*December 3rd, 1884, Ziradei Block †February 28th, 1963, Patna

Kate O'Brien

Irish novelist, playwright and activist

*December 3rd, 1897, Limerick †August 13th, 1974, Canterbury

Anton Webern

Austrian composer and conductor

*December 3rd, 1883, Vienna †September 15th, 1945, Mittersill

Eddie Bernice Johnson

American politician

*December 3rd, 1935, Waco †December 31st, 2023

Ozzy Osbourne

British musician

*December 3rd, 1948, Marston Green

Bernd Althusmann

German politician, State Minister of Lower Saxony

*December 3rd, 1966, Oldenburg

Mathilde Kralik

Austrian pianist and composer (1857-1944)

*December 3rd, 1857, Linz †March 8th, 1944, Vienna

Mary Alice

American actress

*December 3rd, 1941, Indianola †July 27th, 2022, Manhattan

Heather Menzies

Canadian actress (1949-2017)

*December 3rd, 1949, Toronto †December 24th, 2017, Frankford

Javier Prado

Peruvian historian, philosopher, lawyer, politician and diplomat

*December 3rd, 1871, Lima †June 25th, 1921, Lima

Brendan Fraser

Canadian-American actor (born 1968)

*December 3rd, 1968, Indianapolis

David Villa

Spanish association football player

*December 3rd, 1981, Tiuya / Tuilla

Same year
Born in 1861

Rabindranath Tagore

Bengali poet, philosopher and polymath (1861–1941)

*May 7th, 1861, Kolkata †August 7th, 1941, Kolkata

Fridtjof Nansen

Norwegian polar explorer and diplomat; Nobel Peace Prize laureate (1861-1930)

*October 10th, 1861, Vestre Aker †May 13th, 1930, Polhøgda

Nellie Melba

Australian opera singer

*May 19th, 1861, Melbourne †February 23rd, 1931, Sydney

Friedrich Simon Archenhold

German astronomer

*October 2nd, 1861, Lichtenau †October 14th, 1939, Berlin

Maximilian von Spee

German admiral

*June 22nd, 1861, Copenhagen †December 8th, 1914, South Atlantic Ocean

Georges Méliès

French film maker and illusionist (1861–1938)

*December 8th, 1861, Paris †January 21st, 1938, Paris

Armando Diaz

Italian general (1861-1928)

*December 5th, 1861, Naples †February 29th, 1928, Rome

Marie von Miller

German painter (1861–1933)

*February 22nd, 1861, Munich †August 18th, 1933, Starnberg

Mehmed VI

Last sultan of the Ottoman Empire

*January 14th, 1861, Istanbul †May 16th, 1926, Sanremo

Franz Xaver Engelhart

German composer, priest and choir director

*March 4th, 1861, Geiselhöring †July 14th, 1924, Regensburg

Johannes Angern

*June 13th, 1861, Germany †September 10th, 1938, Berlin

Frederick Jackson Turner

American historian (1861-1932)

*November 14th, 1861, Portage †March 14th, 1932, San Marino

Victor Horta

Belgian architect, designer, publicist, teacher and creator of Art Nouveau

*January 6th, 1861, Ghent †September 8th, 1947, City of Brussels

Rudolf Steiner

Austrian social reformer, occultist and esotericist (1861–1925)

*February 25th, 1861, Donji Kraljevec †March 30th, 1925, Dornach

Lou Andreas-Salomé

German-Russian Psychoanalyst and author

*February 12th, 1861, Saint Petersburg †February 5th, 1937, Göttingen

Charles Édouard Guillaume

Swiss physicist (1861-1938)

*February 15th, 1861, Fleurier †June 13th, 1938, Sèvres

Pauline Johnson

Canadian poet and performer

*March 10th, 1861, Six Nations of the Grand River First Nation †March 7th, 1913, Vancouver

Luigi Facta

Italian politician (1861-1930)

*September 13th, 1861, Pinerolo †November 5th, 1930, Pinerolo

José Rizal

Filipino nationalist, writer and polymath (1861–1896)

*June 19th, 1861, Calamba †December 30th, 1896, Manila

Ludwig Fulda

German writer

*November 30th, 1861, Frankfurt †March 30th, 1939, Berlin

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on December 3rd

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on December 3rd.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

III.XII.MDCCCLXI

3.12.1861

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

L = 50

X = 10

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1861 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
December 1861

December 1861

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December 3rd, 1861

Born on December 3rd, 1861

Weekday

Tuesday

Age

Zodiac

♐

Sagittarius (The Centaur/Archer)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 59,000 days old!

59,316 Days

8,473 Weeks

1,948 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on December 3rd?

A suicide bombing in Mogadishu, Somalia, killed 25 people, including three ministers of the Transitional Federal Government.

NASA lost contact with the Mars Polar Lander moments before it reached the atmosphere of Mars and disappeared.

Sony released the PlayStation, the first computer entertainment platform to ship 100 million units.

Mary Robinson was inaugurated as the first female President of Ireland.

Jamaican reggae musician Bob Marley survived an assassination attempt by seven gunmen in Kingston.

American singer Elvis Presley's first television special and first live performance in seven years, Singer Presents ... Elvis, was broadcast by NBC.

Cardiac surgeon Christiaan Barnard (pictured) performed the first successful human heart transplant on Louis Washkansky at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa.

The current flag and coat of arms of Singapore was adopted, six months after the island became self-governing within the British Empire.

Putting Pants on Philip, the first official film featuring the comedy duo Laurel and Hardy, was released.

Freda Du Faur (pictured) became the first woman to climb Aoraki / Mount Cook, the highest peak in New Zealand.

Himalia, Jupiter's largest irregular moon, was discovered by Charles Dillon Perrine at the Lick Observatory in California.

War of the Second Coalition: French forces defeated Austrian and Bavarian troops at the Battle of Hohenlinden, eventually resulting in the Austrians signing the Treaty of Lunéville.

During the First Mongol invasion of Burma, the fort at Ngasaunggyan was overrun after a two-month siege.

Mount Marapi located in West Sumatra, Indonesia begins a sporadic series of eruptions. 23 people were killed, and 12 were injured.

Massive power outage after Moore County substation attack, that leaves 45,000 people, without power, for five days, leading to a FBI probe.

Birthdays ... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on December 3rd

Same Day Who's birthday is on December 3rd?

Same year Born in 1861

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on December 3rd

Abbo of Auxerre

Pope Abraham of Alexandria (Coptic, 6 Koiak))

Adrian (Ethernan)

Birinus

Cassian of Tangier

Emma (of Lesum or of Bremen)

Francis Xavier

Blessed Johann Nepomuk von Tschiderer zu Gleifheim

Zephaniah

December 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Doctors' Day (Cuba)

International Day of Persons with Disabilities

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

3.12.1861

Legend

Leap year

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December 1861

Date of birth

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Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 59,000 days old!

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on December 3rd

Same Day
Who's birthday is on December 3rd?

Same year
Born in 1861

Calendar
December 1861

w#	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa	Su
48							1
49	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
50	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
51	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
52	23	24	25	26	27	28	29
53	30	31