User:Hawkeye7/War/Selected anniversaries/December 3

December 3:

 * 1912 - Bulgaria, Greece, Montenegro, and Serbia (the Balkan League) sign an armistice with Turkey, ending the two-month long First Balkan War.
 * 1944 - The Greek Civil War breaks out in a newly-liberated Greece, between communists and royalists.
 * 1953 - The Sino-American Mutual Defense Treaty, between the United States and the Republic of China, is signed in [Washington, D.C.
 * 1971 - Indo-Pakistani War of 1971: After Pakistan launches airstrikes on Indian airfields, India retaliates by invading East Pakistan.
 * 1997 - In Ottawa, Canada, representatives from 121 countries sign a treaty prohibiting manufacture and deployment of anti-personnel landmines. The United States, People's Republic of China, and Russia do not sign the treaty, however.