📜 This Day in History
December 3
1283During the First Mongol invasion of Burma, the fort at Ngasaunggyan was overrun after a two-month siege.- 1910Freda Du Faur became the first woman to climb Aoraki / Mount Cook, the highest peak in New Zealand.
- 1967Cardiac surgeon Christiaan Barnard performed the first successful human heart transplant on Louis Washkansky at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa.
- 1976Jamaican reggae musician Bob Marley survived an assassination attempt by seven gunmen in Kingston.
- 1994Sony released the PlayStation, the first computer entertainment platform to ship 100 million units.
- 2024South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declares martial law.
