Holidays on this day
- International Day of Persons with Disabilities
- Day of the Unknown Soldier in Russia
- Lawyer's Day in Russia
- World Computer Graphics Day
- International Pesticide Day
- Positive Answers Day
- Memorial Day of the hero Svyatogor
- Roof Over Your Head Day
- Apple Pie Day
Significant events in history
1865 The Petrovsk Agricultural and Forestry Academy was founded (today the Moscow Agricultural Academy named after K.A. Timiryazev).
1872 On the fragment of one of the tablets with an excerpt from the Sumerian epic, the beginning of the legend of the Great Flood was discovered.
1875 The Moscow premiere of Pyotr Tchaikovsky's First Piano Concerto took place.
1966 A ceremonial burial of the remains of the Unknown Soldier took place at the Kremlin wall.
1967 Surgeon Christian Barnard performed the first successful heart transplant.
1992 Birthday of SMS – the world's first SMS transmission took place.
Persons
On December 3, 1188, Grand Duke of Vladimir (1218-1238) Yuri Vsevolodovich was born.
On December 3, 1368, Charles VI the Mad, King of France (1380-1422) from the Valois dynasty, was born.
On December 3, 1690, Ernst Johann Biron, a Courland nobleman, count, regent of the Russian Empire, was born.
On December 3, 1795, the English inventor and reformer, creator of the modern post office Rowland Hill, was born.
On December 3, 1898, Soviet tank designer Mikhail Koshkin was born.
Italian composer Nino Rota was born on December 3, 1911.
Soviet and Russian theater and film actress, People's Artist of the RSFSR Nina Doroshina was born on December 3, 1934.
Folk calendar
Day of Proclus
The holiday was named in honor of Saint Proclus, who served as archbishop of Constantinople in the 5th century.
“Curse evil spirits on Proclus,” people in Rus' taught. This had to be done so that evil forces would not come out from under the ground, where they were hiding from the frost, and cause harm.
By this time, the winter sled road was finally installed. “Until Proclus, don’t expect any use from the road,” they said in Rus'.
On this day we watched the weather. It was believed that if snow falls on December 3, then June 3 will also be rainy. Sometimes the weather on that day was used to judge the entire month of June. If a bullfinch sang on Proclus, and a magpie hid under the eaves (under the roof), this foreshadowed an imminent blizzard.
Name day on this day
Alexander, Alexey, Anatoly, Anna, Arseny, Vasily, Vladimir, Grigory, Emelyan, Ivan, Hilarion, Joseph, Isaac, Makar, Nikolai, Proclus, Tatyana, Thekla.
Source: Calend.ru.
