Yasser Abu Shabab is assassinated near Rafah, Gaza Strip. Date: December 4, 2025 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 4 📅 Events on this day in 2025 📅 On This Day (Today)
In a State of the Union message, U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt delivers a 20,000-word report to the House of Representatives asking Congress to curb the power of trusts "within reasonable limits". The speech was not delivered in person. Date: December 3, 1901 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 3 📅 Events…
The Jovian moon Himalia is discovered by Charles Dillon Perrine at California's Lick Observatory. Date: December 3, 1904 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 3 📅 Events on this day in 1904 📅 On This Day (Today)
Modern neon lighting is first demonstrated by Georges Claude at the Paris Motor Show. Date: December 3, 1910 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 3 📅 Events on this day in 1910 📅 On This Day (Today)
Bulgaria, Greece, Montenegro, and Serbia (the Balkan League) sign an armistice with the Ottoman Empire, temporarily halting the First Balkan War. (The armistice will expire on February 3, 1913, and hostilities will resume.) Date: December 3, 1912 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 3 📅 Events on this day in 1912…
After nearly 20 years of planning and construction, including two collapses causing 89 deaths, the Quebec Bridge opens to traffic. Date: December 3, 1919 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 3 📅 Events on this day in 1919 📅 On This Day (Today)
Following more than a month of Turkish–Armenian War, the Turkish-dictated Treaty of Alexandropol is concluded. Date: December 3, 1920 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 3 📅 Events on this day in 1920 📅 On This Day (Today)
Final agreement is signed between the Irish Free State, Northern Ireland and the United Kingdom formalizing the Partition of Ireland. Date: December 3, 1925 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 3 📅 Events on this day in 1925 📅 On This Day (Today)
President Herbert Hoover delivers his first State of the Union message to Congress. It is presented in the form of a written message rather than a speech. Date: December 3, 1929 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 3 📅 Events on this day in 1929 📅 On This Day (Today)
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 part of Aryanization. Date: December 3, 1938 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 3 📅 Events on this day in 1938 📅 On This Day (Today)