3 December 1938

Nazi Germany issues the Decree on the Utilization of Jewish Property forcing Jews to sell real property, businesses, and stocks at below market value as…

3 December 1854

Battle of the Eureka Stockade: More than 20 gold miners at Ballarat, Victoria, are killed by state troopers in an uprising over mining licences. The…

3 December 1979

Iranian Revolution: Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini becomes the first Supreme Leader of Iran. The Iranian Revolution, also known as the Islamic Revolution, was a series of…

3 December 1992

A test engineer for Sema Group uses a personal computer to send the world’s first text message via the Vodafone network to the phone of…

3 December 1984

Bhopal disaster: A methyl isocyanate leak from a Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal, India, kills more than 3,800 people outright and injures 150,000–600,000 others…

3 December 2009

A suicide bombing at a hotel in Mogadishu, Somalia, kills 25 people, including three ministers of the Transitional Federal Government. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Hotel_Shamo_bombing’]

3 December 1979

Ruhollah Khomeini becomes the first Supreme Leader of Iran. Sayyid Ruhollah M?savi Khomeini 24 September 1902 – 3 June 1989, known in the Western world…

3 December 1994

The PlayStation was first released in Japan. On December 3, 1994, the PlayStation was finally released in Japan, one week after the Sega Saturn. The…

3 December 1368

Charles VI of France is born Charles VI, by name Charles the Well-beloved or the Mad, French Charles le Bien-aimé or L’insensé was born on…