eso ha pasado un 03 Diciembre

1912 : End of the first Balkan War


On December 3, 1912, the first Balkan War ended with the signing of an armistice between Turkey, Bulgaria, Servia, Greece and Montenegro. Turkey lost all the territories of the Ottoman Empire located in Europe with the exception of Constantinople (Istanbul). The war resumed in early 1913 and ended with a second victory against Turkey. Also in 1913, the Second Balkan War began between Serbia and Greece on the one hand and Bulgaria on the other, which ended with the partition of Macedonia. Then the conflict between Serbia and the Austro-Hungarian Empire for the possession of Bosnia and Herzegovina was exacerbated until the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, by a Serbian nationalist in Sarajevo, which led to the beginning of the First World War.

1967 : First heart transplant


On December 3, 1967, the surgeon Christiaan Barnard performed the first heart transplant in history on a 53-year old patient, Lewis Washkansky, in Cape Town. The patient survived 18 days before dying of double pneumonia. Professor Barnard continued to improve his technique as well as anti-rejection drugs and 10 years later, his patients could survive several years with their new heart.

1984 : Explosion at a pesticide plant in Bhopal, India


On December 3, 1984, at 0:15, following a series of egregious errors, a violent explosion occurred in a Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal, India. A highly toxic gas, the methyl isocyanate escaped from the factory and spread throughout the city. No alarm was given, no local authority was notified and no useful advice was given to the public. Nearly 4000 people were killed and more than 500,000 others poisoned, many with irreparable injuries.

1989 : End of the Cold War


On December 3, 1989, during a meeting between U.S. President George Bush and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, off the coast of Malta, the two leaders made comments suggesting that the enmity between the two powers was to end which made say to all observers that the Cold War was over.

Actualidad del día : 03 Diciembre

International Day of People with Disability
December 3 is International Day of People with Disability, proclaimed by the United Nations in 1992. This day reminds that people with disabilities have the right to dignity, education and work.

Cita del día : 03 Diciembre

Robert Louis Stevenson
Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.

Cumpleaños : 03 Diciembre

Joseph Conrad, Escritor inglés (1857)
Rajendra Prasad, Primero presidente de India (1884)
Manne Siegbahn, Físico sueco, Premio Nobel de Física (1886)
Khudiram Bose, Revolucionario indio (1889)
Nino Rota, Compositor italiano (1911)
Andy Williams, Cantante estadounidense (1927)
Jean-Luc Godard, Director de cine francés suizo (1930)
Paul J. Crutzen, Químico holandés, premio Nobel (1933)
Joop Zoetemelk, Ciclista holandés (1946)
Ozzy Osbourne, Cantante inglés (1948)
Diane Kurys, Directora de cine francesa (1948)
Franz Klammer, Esquiador austriaco (1953)
Daryl Hannah, Actriz americana (1960)
Julianne Moore, Actriz americana (1960)
Katarina Witt, Patinadora alemana (1965)
Brendan Fraser, Actor canadiense estadounidense (1968)
Christian Karembeu, Futbolista francés (1970)
Holly Marie Combs, Actriz americana (1973)
Marie Drucker, Periodista francesa (1974)
Adam Małysz, Ski jumper polaco (1977)
Anna Chlumsky, Actriz americana (1980)
David Villa, Futbolista español (1981)
Stephen Donald, Jugador de rugby de Nueva Zelanda (1983)
Amanda Seyfried, Actriz americana (1985)
Alicia Sacramone, Gimnasta artística estadounidense (1987)
Jake T. Austin, Actor americano (1994)

Nos han dejado un 03 Diciembre

Claude Vernet, Pintor francés (1789)
Robert Louis Stevenson, Escritor escocés (1894)
Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Pintor francés (1919)
Madeline Kahn, Actriz americana (1999)
Glenn Quinn, Actor irlandés (2002)
Richard Todd, Actor irlandés (2009)
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