Vero - Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/December 3

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  Richard Burton and Julie Andrews in Camelot
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  Neon sign
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  Flag of Singapore (use border with this image)
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  Laurel and Hardy in The Flying Deuces
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  Mars Polar Lander
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  French General Jean Moreau
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  Bob Marley
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  Freda Du Faur
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  Yoon Suk Yeol

Ineligible

Blurb	Reason
International Day of Persons with Disabilities	refimprove section
1834 – The German Customs Union instituted the first regular census in Germany.	refimprove
1854 – At least 22 people were killed and 35 others were injured when rebelling miners at the Eureka Stockade in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, clashed violently with the police and the military.	lots of Template:Tl tags (14)
1910 – Modern neon lighting was first seen publicly after installation by Georges Claude at the Paris Motor Show.	refimprove section
1919 – The Quebec Bridge, linking Quebec City and Lévis, Quebec, Canada, opened to traffic, becoming the longest cantilever bridge span in the world to date.	unreferenced sections
1944 – The Greek Civil War broke out between communists and royalists in a newly liberated Greece.	lots of Template:Tl tags (27)
1960 – The musical Camelot, which would become associated with John F. Kennedy's presidency, opened on Broadway.	lead too short
1971 – The formal initiation of hostilities of the Indo-Pakistani War began with the Pakistani Air Force launching pre-emptive airstrikes on several forward airbases and radar installations of the Indian Air Force.	refimprove section
1973 – The Pioneer 10 spacecraft sent back the first close-up images of the planet Jupiter.	appears on June 13
1982 – The United States Environmental Protection Agency tested soil from Times Beach, Missouri, which revealed high concentrations of dioxin and led to the abandonment of the town.	Too much uncited, too many tags
1984 – Methyl isocyanate and other toxic chemicals were accidentally released from the Union Carbide India Limited pesticide plant in Bhopal, India, causing the world's worst industrial disaster.	page numbers needed
1992 – During extreme weather conditions, the oil tanker Aegean Sea ran aground off the coast of Galicia, Spain, spilling 67,000 tonnes of light crude oil.	Too much uncited
Sheng Shicai |b|1895|	Yellow "too long lede" banner
Carlos Finlay |b|1833	only one Template:Tl tag, but principal source is a dead link

Eligible

• 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.
• 1904 – Himalia, Jupiter's largest irregular moon, was discovered by Charles Dillon Perrine at the Lick Observatory in California.
• 1910 – Freda Du Faur (pictured) became the first woman to climb Aoraki / Mount Cook, the highest peak in New Zealand.
• 1959 – The current flag and coat of arms of Singapore was adopted, six months after the island became self-governing within the British Empire.
• 1968 – American singer Elvis Presley's first television special and first live performance in seven years, Singer Presents ... Elvis, was broadcast by NBC.
• 1976 – Jamaican reggae musician Bob Marley survived an assassination attempt by seven gunmen in Kingston.
• 1979 – Eleven people were crushed in a human stampede at a concert by British rock band The Who in Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
• 1994 – Sony released the PlayStation, the first computer entertainment platform to ship 100 million units.
• 1999 – NASA lost contact with the Mars Polar Lander moments before it reached the atmosphere of Mars and disappeared.
• 2009 – A suicide bombing in Mogadishu, Somalia, killed 25 people, including three ministers of the Transitional Federal Government.
• 2024 – South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol (pictured) declares martial law.
• Born/died: | Birinus |d.or|649; 650| Gilbert Stuart |b|1755| Louisa Susannah Cheves McCord |b|1810| Thomas Farrell |b|1891| Mary Baker Eddy |d|1910| Paul J. Crutzen |b|1933 Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll |d|1939| Ozzy Osbourne |b|1948| Julianne Moore |b|1960| Prince Sverre Magnus of Norway |b|2005

Notes

• Mars Science Laboratory appears on November 26, so Mars Polar Lander should not be used in the same year
• Eureka Flag appears on November 29, so Eureka Rebellion should not be used in the same year

December 3

• 1283 – During the First Mongol invasion of Burma, the fort at Ngasaunggyan was overrun after a two-month siege.
• 1927 – Putting Pants on Philip, the first official film featuring the British-American comedy duo Laurel and Hardy, was released.
• 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.
• 1979 – Following the result of a two-day referendum, the current Constitution of Iran was adopted.
• 1990 – Mary Robinson took office as the first female president of Ireland.