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Events on 3 December

Events

• Playstation released in Japan [1994]
• World’s first text message sent [1992]
• World’s first heart transplant surgery performed [1967]
• First Laurel and Hardy film released [1927]
• Neon lighting demonstrated for the first time [1910]
• Jupiter moon Himalia discovered [1904]

Important Celebrations and Functions

• Happy birthday SMS

Birthdays

• Sean Parker [1979]
  Internet entrepreneur, co-founder of Napster and several other companies
• Patrick Cousot [1948]
  Computer scientist who co-invented abstract interpretation
• Patrick C. Fischer [1935]
  American computer scientist
• John Backus [1924]
  Computer scientist who developed FORTRAN and the BNF notation
• Manne Siegbahn [1886]
  Nobel laureate known for his research in X-ray spectroscopy

Death Anniversaries

• James Stewart [2014]
  Canadian mathematician, author and educator
• Carl Zeiss [1888]
  German lens maker