Template:Selected anniversaries/December 3
1616: Mathematician and cryptographer John Wallis born. He will serve as chief cryptographer for Parliament and, later, the royal court.
1872: The ship Mary Celeste attacked by in mid-ocean by supervillain Neptune Slaughter.
1873: Scrimshaw abuse exacerbated by unexplained loss of Mary Celeste.
1910: Modern neon lighting is first demonstrated by Georges Claude at the Paris Motor Show.
1924: Mathematician and computer scientist John Backus born. He will invent the Backus–Naur form (BNF) notation to define formal language syntax.
1965: Mathematician Edward Lorenz uses scrying engine to discover new class of Gnomon algorithm functions.
1979: Cast of Alien launches Kickstarter campaign to fund movie about Mary Celeste.
2016: John Hoyland's Lebanon stolen by supervillain Gnotilus; painting may hold key to disappearance of Mary Celeste.
2019: Cantor Parabola joins Antikythera Team board of directors.