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3 December 2024 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 3 December 2024 was a Tuesday.
- Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
- The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” by Shaboozey.
- Top Film of 2024
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2024 was Inside Out 2.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 3 December is Sagittarius.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 3 December 2024 fell in the Year of the Dragon.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for December is Turquoise.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 3 December 2024 was Waxing Crescent.
On this day: 3 December
- 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.
- 2022 Massive power outage after Moore County substation attack that leaves 45,000 people without power for five days, leading to an FBI probe.
- 2024 Martial law is declared in South Korea.
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)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Events of 2024 in the United States
A selection from Wikipedia's '2024 in the United States'. Not a complete list.
- March 10 – The 96th Academy Awards are held at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer is nominated for 13 awards and wins seven, including Best Picture.
- April 8 – A total solar eclipse is viewable in the central and northeastern US, with the path of total eclipse over parts of Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine.
- April 19 – Taylor Swift releases her new double album The Tortured Poets Department. It breaks the record for most-streamed album in a single day and she becomes the most-streamed artist in a single day.
Life in the US in 2024
President
Joe Biden
Gas (per gallon)
$3.31
Loaf of Bread
$3.04
Average House
$420,000
Weekly Wage
$1,145
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