November 3 in recent years
2009 (Tuesday)
2008 (Monday)
2007 (Saturday)
2006 (Friday)
2005 (Thursday)
2004 (Wednesday)
2003 (Monday)
2002 (Sunday)
2001 (Saturday)
2000 (Friday)
November 3 is the 308th day of the year (309th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 57 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events [ ]
644 - Umar ibn al-Khattab , the second Muslim caliph , is killed by a Persian slave in Medina .
1462 - Henry IV of Castile is proclaimed prince of Catalunya .
1468 - Liège is sacked by Charles I of Burgundy 's troops.
1481 - Francis I of Navarre is proclaimed king.
1483 - Giuliano della Rovere is appointed as Bishop of Bologna .
1493 - Christopher Columbus first sights the island of Dominica in the Caribbean Sea .
1783 - John Austin, a highwayman , is the last to be publicly hanged at London 's Tyburn gallows .
1783 - The American Continental Army is disbanded.
1792 - The University of Guadalajara , Mexico , is opened.
1793 - French playwright , journalist and feminist Olympe de Gouges is guillotined .
1810 - Giacchino Rossini 's La cambiale di matrimonio is premiered.
1812 - Napoleonic armies defeated at Vyazma
1817 - The Bank of Montreal , Canada 's oldest chartered bank , opens in Montreal , Quebec .
1838 - The Times of India , the world's largest circulated English language daily broadsheet newspaper is founded as The Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce .
1844 - Debut of Giuseppe Verdi 's I due Foscari , at Teatro Argentina , Rome .
1848 - A greatly revised constitution , drafted by Johan Rudolf Thorbecke , severely limiting the powers of the Dutch monarchy , and strengthening the powers of the parliament and the ministers, is proclaimed. This constitution is still in effect today.
1856 - A British fleet bombs Canton .
1883 - American Old West : Self-described "Black Bart the poet" gets away with his last stagecoach robbery, but leaves an incriminating clue that eventually leads to his capture.
1903 - With the encouragement of the United States , Panama proclaims itself independent from Colombia . US President Theodore Roosevelt had wanted the United States to build the Panama Canal , but was not willing to pay what Colombia asked.
1905 - Tsar Nicholas II of Russia signs a document of amnesty for the political prisoners.
1908 - William Howard Taft is elected as the twenty-seventh President of the United States of America .
1911 - Chevrolet officially enters the automobile market in competition with the Ford Model T .
1913 - The USA introduces an income tax .
1918 - Austria-Hungary enters into an armistice with the World War I Allies , and the Habsburg-ruled empire dissolves.
1918 - Poland declares its independence from Russia .
1930 - Getúlio Dornelles Vargas became Head of the Provisional Government in Brazil after a bloodless coup on October 24 .
1930 - The Detroit-Windsor Tunnel was opened to traffic.
1935 - George II of Greece regains his throne through a popular plebiscite .
1936 - Franklin Delano Roosevelt is elected to second term as the President of the United States of America .
1942 - World War II : Second Battle of El Alamein ends - German forces under Erwin Rommel are forced to retreat during the night.
1942 - The city of Kisarazu in founded in Chiba , Japan .
1943 - World War II : 500 aircraft of the U.S. 8th Air Force devastate Wilhelmshafen harbor in Germany.
1944 - World War II : Two supreme commanders of the Slovak National Uprising , Generals Ján Golian and Rudolf Viest are captured, tortured and later executed by German forces.
1954 - The first in the Godzilla series of films is released in Japan .
1957 - Sputnik program : The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 2 . On board is the first animal to enter orbit : a dog named Laika .
1964 - Washington D.C. residents are able to vote in a presidential election for the first time.
1964 - Lyndon Baines Johnson is elected as the thirty-sixth president of the United States of America .
1967 - Vietnam War : The Battle of Dak To begins.
1969 - Vietnam War : U.S. President Richard M. Nixon addresses the nation on television and radio , asking the "silent majority" to join him in solidarity on the Vietnam War effort and to support his policies.
1970 - Salvador Allende is inaugurated as president of Chile .
1972 - Salvador Allende forms a civil-military government in Chile.
1973 - Mariner program : NASA launches the Mariner 10 toward Mercury , on March 29 , 1974, becoming the first space probe to reach that planet.
1975 - An independent audit of Mattel , one of the United States 's largest toy manufacturers, reveals that company officials fabricated press releases and financial information to "maintain the appearance of continued corporate growth."
1978 - Dominica gains its independence from the United Kingdom .
1979 - Greensboro massacre : Five members of the Communist Workers Party are shot dead and seven are wounded by a group of Klansmen and neo-Nazis during a "Death to the Klan" rally.
1982 - The Salang tunnel fire in Afghanistan kills up to 2,000+ people.
1982 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average surges 43.41 points, or 4.25%, to close at 1,065.49, its first all-time high in more than nine years. The points gain was the biggest ever up to that point.
1984 - Indira Gandhi is cremated at Shakti Sthal.
1986 - Iran-Contra Affair : The Lebanese magazine Ash-Shiraa reports that the United States has been selling weapons to Iran in secret in order to secure the release of seven American hostages held by pro-Iranian groups in Lebanon.
1986 - The Federated States of Micronesia become independent from the United States of America .
1988 - Sri Lankan Tamil mercenaries try to overthrow the Maldivian government. At President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom 's request, the Indian military suppresses the coup attempt within 24 hours.
1998 - Former professional wrestler Jesse Ventura is elected Governor of Minnesota .
2003 - NYC Subway 's Redbird trains make their final run.
Births [ ]
39 - Lucan , Roman poet (d. 65 )
1500 - Benvenuto Cellini , Italian artist (d. 1571 )
1558 - Thomas Kyd , author of The Spanish Tragedy (d. 1594 )
1560 - Annibale Carracci , Italian painter (d. 1609 )
1587 - Samuel Scheidt , German composer (d. 1654 )
1604 - Osman II , Ottoman Sultan (d. 1622 )
1618 - Aurangzeb , Mughal Emperor of India (d. 1707 )
1633 - Bernardino Ramazzini , Italian physician (d. 1714 )
1718 - John Montagu , English statesman (d. 1792 )
1749 - Daniel Rutherford , Scottish chemist and physician (d. 1819 )
1793 - Stephen F. Austin , American pioneer (d. 1836 )
1794 - William Cullen Bryant , American poet and journalist (d. 1878 )
1799 - William Sprague III , American politician from Rhode Island (d. 1856 )
1801 - Karl Baedeker , German author and publisher (d. 1859 )
1801 - Vincenzo Bellini , Italian composer (d. 1835 )
1816 - Jubal Early , American Confederate general (d. 1894 )
1816 - Calvin Fairbank , American abolitionist minister (d. 1898 )
1845 - Edward Douglass White , 9th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1921 )
1852 - Meiji Emperor , Japanese emperor (d. 1912 )
1856 - Jim McCormick , baseball player (d. 1918 )
1857 - Mikhail Alekseev , Russian general (d. 1918 )
1862 - Henry George , American politician (d. 1916 )
1876 - Stephen Peter Alencastre , Roman Catholic prelate (d. 1940 )
1877 - Carlos Ibáñez del Campo , Chilean president. (d. 1960 )
1887 - Samuil Marshak , Russian writer, translator and children's poet (d. 1964 )
1890 - Eustaquio van Lieshout , Dutch priest (d. 1943 )
1893 - Edward Adelbert Doisy , American biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1986 )
1895 - Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna of Russia (d. 1918 )
1896 - Gustaf Tenggren , Swedish illustrator (d. 1970 )
1899 - Gleb Wataghin , Ukrainian-Italian physicist (d. 1986 )
1900 - Adolf Dassler , founder of Adidas (d. 1978 )
1901 - Leopold III of Belgium (d. 1983 )
1901 - André Malraux , French writer (d. 1976 )
1903 - Walker Evans , American photographer (d. 1975 )
1908 - Bronko Nagurski , American football player (d. 1990 )
1909 - James Reston , American journalist (d. 1995 )
1910 - Richard Hurndall , British actor (d. 1984 )
1912 - Alfredo Stroessner , President of Paraguay (d. 2006 )
1918 - Bob Feller , baseball player
1918 - Elizabeth P. Hoisington , American Brigadier General (d. 2007 )
1918 - Russell B. Long , U.S. Senator from Louisiana (d. 2003 )
1918 - Dean Riesner , film and television screenwriter (d. 2002 )
1919 - Jesús Blasco , Spanish comic book author (d. 1995 )
1920 - Oodgeroo Noonuccal , Australian writer (d. 1993 )
1921 - Charles Bronson , American actor (d. 2003 )
1923 - Tomás Cardinal Ó Fiaich , Northern Irish clergyman (d. 1990 )
1924 - Samuel Ruiz García , Mexican Roman Catholic bishop
1926 - Valdas Adamkus , President of the Republic of Lithuania
1926 - Maurice Couture , French Canadian Roman Catholic archbishop
1928 - Osamu Tezuka , Japanese manga artist (d. 1989 )
1930 - D. James Kennedy , American theologian (d. 2007 )
1930 - Brian Robinson , British cyclist
1930 - Lois Smith , American actress
1931 - Yon Hyong-muk , North Korean politician (d. 2005 )
1931 - Monica Vitti , Italian actress
1931 - Michael Fu Tieshan , Chinese bishop (d. 2007 )
1933 - Ken Berry , American actor
1933 - John Barry , English composer
1933 - Jeremy Brett , English actor (d. 1995 )
1933 - Aneta Corsaut , American actress (d. 1995 )
1933 - Michael Dukakis , American politician
1933 - Amartya Sen , Indian economist, Nobel Prize laureate
1936 - Roy Emerson , Australian tennis champion
1938 - Martin Dunwoody , British mathematician
1938 - Jean Rollin , French director and screenwriter
1941 - Brian Poole , English musician (The Tremeloes )
1943 - Bert Jansch , Scottish folk musician
1945 - Ken Holtzman , American baseball player and manager
1945 - Gerd Müller , German footballer
1945 - J. D. Souther , American country-rock singer/songwriter & actor
1946 - Tom Savini , American actor
1947 - Mazie Hirono , American politician
1948 - Lulu , British actress and singer
1948 - Helmut Koinigg , Austrian racing driver (d. 1974 )
1949 - Larry Holmes , American boxer
1949 - Anna Wintour , English-American editor
1949 - Mike Evans , American actor (d. 2006 )
1950 - Joe Queenan , American writer
1950 - Massimo Mongai , Italian writer
1951 - Ed Murawinski , American cartoonist, New York Daily News
1952 - Roseanne Barr , American actress and comedian
1952 - Jim Cummings , American voice actor
1952 - David Ho , Taiwanese-American AIDS researcher
1953 - Kate Capshaw , American actress
1953 - Helios Creed , American musician (Chrome )
1953 - Larry Herndon , baseball player
1953 - Dennis Miller , American comedian
1954 - Adam Ant , English singer
1955 - Phil Simms , American football player
1956 - Kevin Murphy , American actor and puppeteer
1956 - Gary Ross , American film director
1957 - Dolph Lundgren , Swedish actor
1959 - Hal Hartley , American film director and writer
1960 - Karch Kiraly , American volleyball player
1962 - Jacqui Smith UK Home Secretary
1963 - Ian Wright , English footballer
1963 - Shigeaki Hattori , Japanese racing driver
1969 - Robert Miles , Swiss record producer, composer and musician in trance and ambient music.
1971 - Dylan Moran , Irish comedian
1973 - Kirk Jones (Sticky Fingaz), American musician
1973 - Nemone , athlete and broadcaster
1974 - Tariq Abdul-Wahad , French basketball player
1975 - Darren Sharper , American football player
1976 - Guillermo Franco , Argentine-Mexican footballer
1977 - Aria Giovanni , American model
1979 - Beau McDonald , Australian Rules Footballer
1979 - Pablo Aimar , Argentine footballer
1979 - Tim McIlrath , American musician (Rise Against )
1982 - Evgeny Plushenko , Russian figure skater
1983 - Suzane von Richthofen , Brazilian murderess
1984 - Christian Bakkerud , Danish racing driver
1987 - Gemma Ward , Australian model
1987 - Colin Kaepernick , American football player
1989 - Paula DeAnda , American singer
Deaths [ ]
361 - Constantius II , Roman Emperor (b. 317 )
753 - Pirminius , German saint (b. 753 )
1254 - John III Doukas Vatatzes , Byzantine Emperor (b. 1193 )
1428 - Thomas Montacute , English military leader (mortally wounded in battle) (b. 1388 )
1580 - Jeronimo Zurita y Castro , Spanish historian (b. 1512 )
1584 - Charles Borromeo , Italian Roman Catholic cardinal (b. 1538 )
1600 - Richard Hooker , English theologian (b. 1554 )
1643 - John Bainbridge , English astronomer (b. 1582 )
1643 - Paul Guldin , Swiss astronomer and mathematician (b. 1577 )
1711 - John Ernest Grabe , German-born Anglican theologian (b. 1666 )
1787 - Robert Lowth , British bishop and grammarian (b. 1710 )
1793 - Olympe de Gouges , French feminist and revolutionary (b. 1748 )
1794 - François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis , French cardinal and statesman (b. 1715 )
1869 - Andreas Kalvos , Greek poet (b. 1792 )
1890 - Ulrich Ochsenbein , Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1811 )
1891 - Louis Lucien Bonaparte , French politician and linguist (b. 1813 )
1917 - Léon Bloy , French novelist and essayist (b. 1846 )
1918 - Aleksandr Mikhailovich Lyapunov , Russian scientist (b. 1857 )
1926 - Annie Oakley , American sharp-shooter (b. 1860 )
1927 - Karel Matěj Čapek-Chod , Czech journalist (b. 1860 )
1929 - Olav Aukrust , Norwegian poet (b. 1883 )
1933 - Emile Roux , French scientist (b. 1853 )
1939 - Charles Tournemire , French composer and organist (b. 1870 )
1949 - Solomon R. Guggenheim , American art collector and philanthropist (b. 1861 )
1954 - Henri Matisse , French artist (b. 1869 )
1957 - Wilhelm Reich , Austrian psychotherapist (b. 1897 )
1964 - John Henry Barbee , American guitarist and singer (b. 1905 )
1970 - Peter II of Yugoslavia (b. 1923 )
1973 - Marc Allégret , French director and screenwriter (b. 1900 )
1983 - Alfredo Antonini , American conductor and composer (b. 1901 )
1990 - Mary Martin , American actress (b. 1913 )
1991 - Mort Shuman , American singer and songwriter (b. 1936 )
1993 - Leon Theremin , Russian inventor (b. 1895 )
1995 - Gordon S. Fahrni , physician and president of the Canadian Medical Association (b. 1887 )
1995 - John Orchard , British actor (b. 1928 )
1996 - Abdullah Çatlı , a Turkish nationalist and neofascist activist (b. 1956 )
1996 - Jean-Bédel Bokassa , President of the Central African Republic (b. 1921 )
1998 - Bob Kane , comic artist and Batman co-creator (b. 1915 )
1999 - Ian Bannen , Scottish actor (b. 1928 )
2001 - Ernst Gombrich , Austrian art historian (b. 1909 )
2002 - Lonnie Donegan , Scottish musician (b. 1931 )
2002 - Jonathan Harris , American actor (b. 1914 )
2003 - Rasul Gamzatov , Russian poet (b. 1923 )
2004 - Sergei Zholtok , Latvian hockey player (b. 1972 )
2006 - Paul Mauriat , French musician (b. 1925 )
2006 - Alberto Spencer , Ecuadorean footballer (b. 1937 )
2006 - Marie Rudisill , American author and "Fruitcake Lady" (b. 1911 )
2007 - Martin Meehan , Irish republican (b. 1945 )
2007 - Ryan Shay ,American professional long distance runner (b. 1979 )
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118 Familypedia people were born on November 3
117 Familypedia people died on November 3
109 Familypedia people were first married on November 3