TODAY IN MANITOBA HISTORY – DECEMBER 3
- 1874 – December 3 – Robert Davis sworn in as Premier of Manitoba, succeeding Marc Girard; will negotiate better financial terms with Ottawa, and abolishes the Legislative Council; serves until October 15, 1878; he then sells his hotel business in Winnipeg and moves to Chicago
- 1878 – December 3 – Rail – Canadian Pacific Railway’s Pembina branch connects Winnipeg with J.J. Hill’s St. Paul and Pacific Railroad, at Emerson, Minnesota; the Countess of Dufferin engine, sent by barge a year earlier, supplies Winnipeg’s first rail link with the outside world.
- 2005 – December 3 – Speed Skating – Clara Hughes wins gold for the Womens 5000 metres in speed skating at a World Cup meet, in a time of 6.56,45; Cindy Klassen takes the bronze.