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3 December 2006 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 3 December 2006 was a Sunday.
- Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
- The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “I Wanna Love You” by Akon featuring Snoop Dogg.
- Top Film of 2006
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2006 was Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest.
- Bestselling Novel of 2006
- “For One More Day” by Mitch Albom was No. 1 on Publishers Weekly's US fiction list for 2006.
- Top-Rated TV Show
- “American Idol” (FOX) was No. 1 in the Nielsen ratings for the 2006–07 season.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 3 December is Sagittarius.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 3 December 2006 fell in the Year of the Dog.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for December is Turquoise.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 3 December 2006 was Waxing Gibbous.
On this day: 3 December
- 1994 Taiwan holds its first full local elections; James Soong elected as the first and only directly elected Governor of Taiwan, Chen Shui-bian became the first directly elected Mayor of Taipei, Wu Den-yih became the first directly elected Mayor of Kaohsiung.
- 1997 In Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, representatives from 121 countries sign the Ottawa Treaty prohibiting manufacture and deployment of anti-personnel landmines. The United States, People's Republic of China, and Russia do not sign the treaty, however.
- 1999 NASA loses radio contact with the Mars Polar Lander moments before the spacecraft enters the Martian atmosphere.
- 2005 XCOR Aerospace makes the first crewed rocket aircraft delivery of U.S. Mail in Kern County, California.
- 2014 The Japanese space agency, JAXA, launches the space explorer Hayabusa2 from the Tanegashima Space Center on a six-year round trip mission to an asteroid to collect rock samples.
Famous people born on December 3
- Jenna Dewan, American actress and dancer (born 1980)
- Amanda Seyfried, American actress (born 1985)
- Ozzy Osbourne, English singer-songwriter (1948–2025)
- Brendan Fraser, American actor and producer (born 1968)
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Events of 2006 in the United States
A selection from Wikipedia's '2006 in the United States'. Not a complete list.
- January 19 – NASA launches the New Horizons spacecraft in a 9-year, 3 billion mile space mission, to flyby and observe the dwarf planetary system of Pluto/Charon and possibly other Kuiper belt objects.
- March 6–20 – The first World Baseball Classic is held in San Diego, California.
- March 16 – The Blu-ray disc format is released in the United States.
Life in the US in 2006
President
George W. Bush
Gas (per gallon)
$2.59
Loaf of Bread
$1.25
Average House
$305,900
Weekly Wage
$656
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