1. 1818: Illinois became the 21st U.S. state.
2. 1833: Oberlin College in Ohio became the first coeducational institution of higher learning in the United States.
3. 1967: The first successful human heart transplant was performed by Dr. Christiaan Barnard in Cape Town, South Africa.
4. 1984: A deadly gas leak occurred at the Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal, India, resulting in thousands of deaths and injuries.
5. 1992: The first text message, "Merry Christmas," was sent by Neil Papworth, a 22-year-old engineer, from his computer to a mobile phone.
6. 1999: NASA's Mars Polar Lander touched down on Mars. Unfortunately, communication with the lander was lost soon after, and its mission was declared a failure.
7. 2012: A 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck eastern Turkey, killing over 600 people.
These are just a few examples, and there may be other significant events that occurred on December 3 throughout history.
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