December 3
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Events
- 1912: The Greek Navy led by Rear Admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis on board the flagship Averoff, forces the Ottoman navy to retreat to the Dardanelles
- 1922: War rallies are held in many Cypriot cities with the demand being the union of Greece and Cyprus.
- 1963: Prime Minister Georgios Papandreou announces the government's plan to distribute free books to all elementary and highschool students.
Births
- 1923: Maria Callas, opera singer, known as the diva of the century