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Historical events & facts — December 3
What happened on December 3?
On December 3, 1967, South African surgeon Christiaan Barnard performed the first human heart transplant in history at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town. The recipient, Louis Washkansky, survived 18 days. The operation inaugurated a new era of medicine, and today heart transplants are a routine procedure with survival rates exceeding ten years.
On December 3, 1984, a gas leak at the Union Carbide chemical plant in Bhopal, India, released clouds of methyl isocyanate over the sleeping city. Between 3,800 and 8,000 people died instantly and more than 500,000 were exposed. The Bhopal disaster was the worst industrial accident in history and its health effects persist to this day.
On December 3, 1992, British engineer Neil Papworth sent the first SMS in history from a computer to the mobile phone of Richard Jarvis, a Vodafone UK executive. The message simply read "Merry Christmas". Papworth was 22 years old. SMS took several years to become popular, but went on to become the most widely used form of communication in history before WhatsApp.
Notable birthdays — December 3
Famous people born on December 3
Octavia Hill
Octavia Hill was an English social reformer and founder of the National Trust
Donald Matheson Sutherland
Donald Matheson Sutherland, was a Canadian physician and politician.
John Doar
John Michael Doar was an American lawyer and senior counsel with the law firm Doar Rieck Kaley & Mack in New York City.
Muhammad Habibur Rahman
Muhammad Habibur Rahman was a Bangladeshi jurist and statesman who served as Chief Justice of Bangladesh in 1995
Mel Smith
Melvyn Kenneth Smith was an English actor, comedian, and filmmaker
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