FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS

Dhyan Chand

Dhyan Chand, Indian field hockey player and coach (born 1905)

Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma

Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma (born 1545)

Carl Zeiss

Carl Zeiss, German physicist and lens maker, created the optical instrument (born 1816)

Alexander Rodchenko

Alexander Rodchenko, Russian sculptor, photographer, and graphic designer (born 1891)

Adolfo Ruiz Cortines

Adolfo Ruiz Cortines, President of Mexico, 1952–1958 (born 1889)

Archibald Campbell Tait

Archibald Tait, Scottish-English archbishop (born 1811)

Adrian of May

Christian feast day: Adrian (Ethernan)

December 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christian feast day: December 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Abbo of Auxerre

Christian feast day: Abbo of Auxerre

Pope Abraham of Alexandria

Christian feast day: Pope Abraham of Alexandria (Coptic, 6 Koiak))

Emma of Lesum

Christian feast day: Emma (of Lesum or of Bremen)

Francis Xavier

Christian feast day: Francis Xavier

Johann Nepomuk von Tschiderer zu Gleifheim

Christian feast day: Blessed Johann Nepomuk von Tschiderer zu Gleifheim

Zephaniah

Christian feast day: Zephaniah

National Doctors' Day

Doctors' Day (Cuba)

United Nations' International Day of Persons with Disabilities

International Day of Persons with Disabilities

Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma

Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma (born 1545)