Dec 3 in history: War in Athens, Pak launches missile against India, and more

 | Updated: Dec 03, 2021, 08:11 AM IST

Here is what happened in the history today 

1910

Neon lighting is first demonstrated at the Paris Motor Show

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1944

In Athens, war breaks out between Liberation Army and government forces

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1971

 Pakistan launches a pre-emptive strike against India, starting a war

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1979

 Ruhollah Khomeini becomes first supreme leader of Iran

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1984

A gas leak from a pesticide plant in Bhopal, India, kills at least 2000

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