December 3
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Events
- 1912: Naval Battle of Elli -- the Greek Navy led by Rear Admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis on board the flagship Averoff, defeated the Ottoman navy, just outside the Aegean entrance to the Dardanelles
- 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