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- 1748
- Shove’s-town is established in the Province of New Hampshire.
- 1810
- The British defeat the French on the Isle de France, establishing the Crown Colony of Mauritius as part of the British Empire.
- 1814
- The Merry Oaks Turnpike opens in Virginia.
- 1867
- The population of Lübeck, Germany, increases to 34,346 from 27,249 in 1862.
- 1929
- Kontum province is established in South Vietnam.
- 1998
- Pillar of Shame by Jens Galschiøt is installed on a permanent basis at the University of Hong Kong.
- 1999
- The Southern Tier Expressway is designated as Interstate 86 across southern New York State and northwestern Pennsylvania.
- 2021
- The Edison School is demolished in Eugene, Oregon, 95 years after it opened.
This is a selection of establishments and disestablishments on December 3, based on OpenHistoricalMap data, that automatically appears on the OpenHistoricalMap page on December 3 of each year. This list highlights important changes in the world, as well as more mundane events that demonstrate the project's ambitious tendency toward micromapping history.
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