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| December 3rd, 2007 (December 03 2007) | Event | Devastating winter storms caused the Chehalis River to flood many cities in Lewis County, Washington, also closing a 20-mile portion of Interstate 5 for several days. At least eight deaths and billions of dollars of damaged are blamed on the floods. | |
| December 3rd, 2007 (December 03 2007) | Death | James Kemsley, Australian cartoonist and actor (born in 1948) | |
| December 3rd, 1997 (December 03 1997) | Event | In Ottawa, Canada, representatives from 121 countries sign a 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. | |
| December 3rd, 1987 (December 03 1987) | Birth | Michael Angarano, American actor | |
| December 3rd, 1977 (December 03 1977) | Birth | Chad Durbin, American baseball player | |
| December 3rd, 1977 (December 03 1977) | Birth | Adam Malysz, Polish ski-jumper | |
| December 3rd, 1977 (December 03 1977) | Birth | Troy Evans, American football player | Evans Quotes |
| December 3rd, 1967 (December 03 1967) | Event | At Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa, a transplant team headed by Christiaan Barnard carries out the first heart transplant on a human (53-year-old Louis Washkansky). | |
| December 3rd, 1967 (December 03 1967) | Event | The luxury train 20th Century Limited completes its last run from New York City to Chicago (the train was inaugurated on June 15, 1902). | |
| December 3rd, 1967 (December 03 1967) | Death | Harry Wismer, American original owner of the New York Jets (born in 1913) | |
| December 3rd, 1937 (December 03 1937) | Birth | Bobby Allison, American race car driver | |
| December 3rd, 1937 (December 03 1937) | Birth | Binod Bihari Verma, Indian linguist | |
| December 3rd, 1927 (December 03 1927) | Birth | Andy Williams, American singer | |
| December 3rd, 1917 (December 03 1917) | Event | After nearly 20 years of planning and construction, the Quebec Bridge opens to traffic. | |
| December 3rd, 1887 (December 03 1887) | Birth | Naruhiko, Prince Higashikuni of Japan (died in 1990) | |
| December 3rd, 1857 (December 03 1857) | Birth | Joseph Conrad, Polish-born British writer (died in 1924) | Joseph Conrad Quotes |
