About the day » Friday December 3, 1976Calender converter

• Eugène Leopold Simmon
• Emilie BIZZARI, Lyon, 69123, 69000, Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
• Kyro Verstaeten († 2002)

• Barbara Huizinga (50), Hardenberg, NL-OV
• Albert Johannes Dreise (90)
• Antonín Horn (54), Branov
• Barry Yeomans (35)
• Andreas Henricus van Berkel (van Berckel) (81), Tilburg
• Adam de Boer (89), -
• Andreas Hendricus van Berkel (81), Tilburg
• Adrianus Hendrikus Nagel- (77), Laren, Nederland
• Bareld Giezen (75), Norg, Noordenveld, Drenthe, Nederland
• Bareld Giezen (75), Norg, Drenthe, Nederland

• 1974 » Lucette Rådström, Swedish journalist
• 1976 » Byron Kelleher, New Zealand rugby player
• 1976 » Cornelius Griffin, American football player
• 1976 » Gary Glover, American baseball player
• 1976 » Mark Boucher, South African cricketer
• 1976 » Tomotaka Okamoto, Japanese soprano
• 1977 » Adam Małysz, Polish ski jumper and race car driver
• 1977 » Chad Durbin, American baseball player
• 1977 » Troy Evans, American football player
• 1977 » Yelena Zadorozhnaya, Russian runner

• 1967 » Harry Wismer, American football player and sportscaster (b. 1913)
• 1972 » William Manuel Johnson, American bassist (b. 1872)
• 1973 » Adolfo Ruiz Cortines, President of Mexico, 1952-1958 (b. 1889)
• 1973 » Emile Christian, American trombonist, cornet player, and composer (b. 1895)
• 1979 » Dhyan Chand, Indian field hockey player and coach (b. 1905)
• 1980 » Oswald Mosley, English lieutenant, fascist, and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (b. 1896)
• 1981 » Walter Knott, American farmer, founded Knott's Berry Farm (b. 1889)
• 1984 » Vladimir Abramovich Rokhlin, Azerbaijani-Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1919)
• 1989 » Connie B. Gay, American businessman, founded the Country Music Association (b. 1914)
• 1989 » Fernando Martín Espina, Spanish basketball player (b. 1962)

1. Jan
2. Jeroen
3. Mark
4. Johannes
5. Martijn
6. Patrick
7. David
8. Peter
9. Robert
10. Michael
11. Dennis
12. Hendrik
13. Pieter
14. Richard
15. Ronald
16. Bart

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Sandra
4. Wendy
5. Esther
6. Monique
7. Elisabeth
8. Miranda
9. Linda
10. Saskia
11. Jennifer
12. Bianca
13. Cindy
14. Judith
15. Tamara
16. Patricia

• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Friday, May 11, 1973 to Monday, December 19, 1977 the cabinet Den Uyl, with Drs. J.M. den Uyl (PvdA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 13.7 million citizens.
• January 21 » Commercial service of Concorde begins with the London-Bahrain and Paris-Rio routes.
• February 19 » Executive Order 9066, which led to the relocation of Japanese Americans to internment camps, is rescinded by President Gerald Ford's Proclamation 4417.
• July 29 » In New York City, David Berkowitz (a.k.a. the "Son of Sam") kills one person and seriously wounds another in the first of a series of attacks.
• September 3 » Viking program: The American Viking 2 spacecraft lands at Utopia Planitia on Mars.
• November 15 » René Lévesque and the Parti Québécois take power to become the first Quebec government of the 20th century clearly in favor of independence.
• November 23 » Apneist Jacques Mayol is the first man to reach a depth of 100m undersea without breathing equipment.

The temperature on December 3, 1976 was between -0.2 °C and 4.1 °C and averaged 1.7 °C. There was 3.2 mm of rain during 2.1 hours. There was 2.8 hours of sunshine (35%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.