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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_3" title="December 3">December 3</a></b>
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1800" title="1800">1800</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_the_Second_Coalition" title="War of the Second Coalition">War of the Second Coalition</a>: French forces defeated Austrian and Bavarian troops at the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Hohenlinden" title="Battle of Hohenlinden">Battle of Hohenlinden</a></b>, eventually resulting in the Austrians signing the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Lun%C3%A9ville" title="Treaty of Lunéville">Treaty of Lunéville</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1910" title="1910">1910</a><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freda_Du_Faur" title="Freda Du Faur">Freda Du Faur</a></b> became the first woman to climb <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aoraki_/_Mount_Cook" title="Aoraki / Mount Cook">Aoraki / Mount Cook</a>, the highest peak in New Zealand.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968" title="1968">1968</a> – American singer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis_Presley" title="Elvis Presley">Elvis Presley</a>'s first television special and first live performance in seven years, <i><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis_(1968_TV_program)" title="Elvis (1968 TV program)">Singer Presents ... Elvis</a></b></i>, was broadcast by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976" title="1976">1976</a> – Jamaican <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reggae" title="Reggae">reggae</a> musician <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Marley" title="Bob Marley">Bob Marley</a></b> survived <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attempted_assassination_of_Bob_Marley" title="Attempted assassination of Bob Marley">an assassination attempt by seven gunmen</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingston,_Jamaica" title="Kingston, Jamaica">Kingston</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994" title="1994">1994</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_Interactive_Entertainment" title="Sony Interactive Entertainment">Sony</a> released the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation_(console)" title="PlayStation (console)">PlayStation</a></b>, the first computer entertainment platform to ship 100 million units.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birinus" title="Birinus">Birinus</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 649 or 650); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisa_Susannah_Cheves_McCord" title="Louisa Susannah Cheves McCord">Louisa Susannah Cheves McCord</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1810); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_J._Crutzen" title="Paul J. Crutzen">Paul J. Crutzen</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1933)</p>