December 3rd, 1942

Born on December 3rd, 1942

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 29,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 270 days, exactly on January 21st, 2025, people who were born on December 3rd, 1942 will be 30,000 days old!

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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

Born on December 3rd, 1942

70

Pedro Rocha

Uruguayan association football player and manager

*December 3rd, 1942, Salto †December 2nd, 2013, São Paulo

81

Alice Schwarzer

German journalist, publisher, and feminist

*December 3rd, 1942, Wuppertal

75

Göran Ax

Swedish aviator

*December 3rd, 1942, Linköping Cathedral Congregation †February 24th, 2018, Eslöv

81

Edmond Hervé

French politician

*December 3rd, 1942, La Bouillie

81

David K. Shipler

American author who won the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction in 1987

*December 3rd, 1942, Chatham Borough

81

Mike Gibson

Irish rugby union footballer

*December 3rd, 1942, Belfast

73

José Menese

Spanish singer (1942-2016)

*December 3rd, 1942, La Puebla de Cazalla †July 29th, 2016, La Puebla de Cazalla

44

Frank Sels

Belgian comics artist

*December 3rd, 1942, Antwerp †December 19th, 1986

81

Joseph Silk

British-American astronomer

*December 3rd, 1942, London

72

Ken Lewis

English singer, songwriter and record producer

*December 3rd, 1942, Birmingham †August 2nd, 2015, Cherry Hinton

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Who's birthday is on December 3rd?

67

Charles M. Huber

German actor and politician

*December 3rd, 1956, Munich

80

Mary Alice

American actress

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

91

Jean-Luc Godard

French-Swiss film director (1930–2022)

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

75

Ozzy Osbourne

British musician

*December 3rd, 1948, Marston Green

28

Angèle

Belgian singer and actress

*December 3rd, 1995, Uccle - Ukkel

77

Joop Zoetemelk

Dutch racing cyclist

*December 3rd, 1946, Rijpwetering

63

Julianne Moore

British-American actress and author

*December 3rd, 1960, Fort Liberty

88

Eddie Bernice Johnson

American politician

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

68

Heather Menzies

Canadian actress (1949-2017)

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

57

Barbara Blida

Polish politician (1949-2007)

*December 3rd, 1949, Siemianowice Śląskie †April 25th, 2007, Siemianowice Śląskie

84

Johanna Köhler

German politician

*December 3rd, 1939, Sonneberg

57

Bernd Althusmann

German politician, State Minister of Lower Saxony

*December 3rd, 1966, Oldenburg

86

Morgan Llywelyn

Irish writer

*December 3rd, 1937, New York City

80

Zdenko Kobeščak

Croatian footballer (born 1943)

*December 3rd, 1943, Zagreb

55

Brendan Fraser

Canadian-American actor (born 1968)

*December 3rd, 1968, Indianapolis

84

David Phillips

British Chemist

*December 3rd, 1939, South Shields

85

Patrick van Rensburg

Motswana writer (1931-2017)

*December 3rd, 1931, Durban †May 23rd, 2017, Serowe

79

Ralph McTell

English singer-songwriter and acoustic guitar player

*December 3rd, 1944, Farnborough

42

David Villa

Spanish association football player

*December 3rd, 1981, Tiuya / Tuilla

89

Richard Pankhurst

British-Ethiopian scholar (1927–2017)

*December 3rd, 1927, Woodford Green †February 16th, 2017, Addis Ababa

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Born in 1942

81

Joe Biden

President of the United States since 2021

*November 20th, 1942, Scranton

77

Terry Jones

Welsh actor, comedian, director, historian and writer (1942–2020)

*February 1st, 1942, Colwyn Bay †January 21st, 2020, North London

81

Dietrich Hollinderbäumer

German-Swedish actor

*August 16th, 1942, Essen

76

Stephen Hawking

British theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author (1942–2018)

*January 8th, 1942, Oxford †March 14th, 2018, Cambridge

81

Katherine Justice

American actress

*October 28th, 1942, Sacramento

81

Wolfgang Schäuble

German politician and statesman (1942–2023)

*September 18th, 1942, Freiburg im Breisgau †December 26th, 2023, Offenburg

81

Richard Stoltzman

American musician

*July 12th, 1942, Omaha

81

Amitabh Bachchan

Indian film actor (born 1942)

*October 11th, 1942, Prayagraj

82

John Cale

Welsh composer, singer-songwriter and record producer

*March 9th, 1942, Garnant

81

Paul McCartney

English musician and member of the Beatles (born 1942)

*June 18th, 1942, Liverpool

74

Daliah Lavi

Israeli actress, singer and model (1942-2017)

*October 12th, 1942, Shavei Tzion †May 3rd, 2017, Asheville

74

Muhammad Ali

American boxer, philanthropist, and activist (1942–2016)

*January 17th, 1942, Louisville †June 3rd, 2016, Scottsdale

82

Per A. Anonsen

Norwegian actor, film editor, screenwriter and film producer

*January 8th, 1942, Oslo

81

Søren Steen

Danish actor

*August 22nd, 1942, Denmark

69

Muammar Gaddafi

Libyan dictator, politician and political theorist (1942–2011)

*June 7th, 1942, Qasr Abu Hadi †October 20th, 2011, Sirte

82

Michel Mayor

Swiss astrophysicist & Nobel laureate of Physics

*January 12th, 1942, Lausanne

76

Aretha Franklin

American singer, songwriter, and pianist (1942–2018)

*March 25th, 1942, Memphis †August 16th, 2018, Detroit

82

Jun'ichirō Koizumi

Prime Minister of Japan from 2001 to 2006

*January 8th, 1942, Yokosuka

81

Raman Ghosh

Badminton player

*August 15th, 1942, Bareilly

81

Hu Jintao

General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party from 2002 to 2012

*December 21st, 1942, Jiangyan District

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No: With 365 days 1942 is a normal year and no leap year.

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