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What Happened on November 3rd This Day in History

Year Name
2020 The 2020 United States presidential election takes place between Democratic Joe Biden and Republican incumbent President Donald Trump. On November 7, Biden was declared the winner.
2014 One World Trade Center officially opens in New York City, replacing the Twin Towers after they were destroyed during the September 11 attacks.
1997 The United States imposes economic sanctions against Sudan in response to its human rights abuses of its own citizens and its material and political assistance to Islamic extremist groups across the Middle East and East Africa.
1996 Abdullah Çatlı, the leader of the Turkish ultranationalist organization Grey Wolves, dies in the Susurluk car crash, leading to the resignation of Interior Minister Mehmet Ağar (a leader of the True Path Party).
1992 Democratic Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton defeats Republican President George H. W. Bush and Independent candidate Ross Perot in the 1992 United States presidential election.
1988 Sri Lankan Tamil mercenaries attempt to overthrow the Maldivian government. At President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom's request, the Indian military suppresses the rebellion within 24 hours.
1986 Iran–Contra affair: The Lebanese magazine Ash-Shiraa reports that the United States has been secretly selling weapons to Iran in order to secure the release of seven American hostages held by pro-Iranian groups in Lebanon.
1986 The Compact of Free Association becomes law, granting the Federated States of Micronesia and the Marshall Islands independence from the United States.
1982 The Salang Tunnel fire in Afghanistan by kills 150–2000 people.[7]
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 in Greensboro, North Carolina, United States.
1978 Dominica gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
1975 Syed Nazrul Islam, A. H. M. Qamaruzzaman, Tajuddin Ahmad, and Muhammad Mansur Ali, Bangladeshi politicians and Sheikh Mujibur Rahman loyalists, are murdered in the Dhaka Central Jail.
1973 Mariner program: NASA launches the Mariner 10 toward Mercury.[5] On March 29, 1974, it becomes the first space probe to reach that planet.
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.
1967 Vietnam War: The Battle of Dak To begins.
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson is elected to a full term as U.S. president, winning 61% of the vote and 44 states, while Washington D.C. residents are able to vote in a presidential election for the first time, casting the majority of their votes for Lyndon Johnson.
1960 The land that would become the Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge is established by an Act of Congress after a year-long legal battle that pitted local residents against Port Authority of New York and New Jersey officials wishing to turn the Great Swamp into a major regional airport for jet aircraft.
1957 Sputnik program: The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 2.[2] On board is the first animal to enter orbit, a dog named Laika.
1956 Suez Crisis: The Khan Yunis killings by the Israel Defense Forces in Egyptian-controlled Gaza result in the deaths of 275 Palestinians.
1956 Hungarian Revolution: A new Hungarian government is formed, in which many members of banned non-Communist parties participate. János Kádár and Ferenc Münnich form a counter-government in Moscow as Soviet troops prepare for the final assault.
1950 Air India Flight 245 crashes into Mont Blanc, while on approach to Geneva Airport, killing all 48 people on board.
1949 Chinese Civil War: The Battle of Dengbu Island occurs.
1946 The Constitution of Japan is adopted through Emperor's assent.
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.
1943 World War II: Five hundred aircraft of the U.S. 8th Air Force devastate Wilhelmshaven harbor in Germany.
1942 World War II: The Koli Point action begins during the Guadalcanal Campaign and ends on November 12.
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected the 32nd President of the United States.
1935 George II of Greece regains his throne through a popular, though possibly fixed, plebiscite.
1932 Panagis Tsaldaris becomes the 142nd Prime Minister of Greece.
1930 Getúlio Vargas becomes Head of the Provisional Government in Brazil after a bloodless coup on October 24.
1929 The Gwangju Student Independence Movement occurred.
1918 The German Revolution of 1918–19 begins when 40,000 sailors take over the port in Kiel.
1911 Chevrolet officially enters the automobile market in competition with the Ford Model T.
1908 William Howard Taft is elected the 27th President of the United States.
1903 With the encouragement of the United States, Panama separates from Colombia.
1898 France withdraws its troops from Fashoda (now in Sudan), ending the Fashoda Incident.
1881 The Mapuche uprising of 1881 begins in Chile.
1868 John Willis Menard (R-LA) was the first African American elected to the United States Congress. Because of an electoral challenge, he was never seated.
1867 Giuseppe Garibaldi and his followers are defeated in the Battle of Mentana and fail to end the Pope's Temporal power in Rome (it would be achieved three years later).
1848 A greatly revised Dutch constitution, which transfers much authority from the king to his parliament and ministers, is proclaimed.
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.
1817 The Bank of Montreal, Canada's oldest chartered bank, opens in Montreal.
1812 Napoleon's armies are defeated at the Battle of Vyazma.
1793 French playwright, journalist and feminist Olympe de Gouges is guillotined.
1783 The American Continental Army is disbanded.
1534 English Parliament passes the first Act of Supremacy, making King Henry VIII head of the Anglican Church, supplanting the pope and the Roman Catholic Church.
1493 Christopher Columbus first sights the island of Dominica in the Caribbean Sea.
1492 Peace of Etaples between Henry VII of England and Charles VIII of France.
1468 Liège is sacked by Charles I of Burgundy's troops.
1333 The River Arno floods causing massive damage in Florence as recorded by the Florentine chronicler Giovanni Villani.
361 Emperor Constantius II dies of a fever at Mopsuestia in Cilicia; on his deathbed he is baptised and declares his cousin Julian rightful successor.
Famous People Born on November 3

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Year Name
1930 Phil Crane, American academic and politician (d. 2014)
1919 Ludovic Kennedy, Scottish journalist and author (d. 2009)
1956 Cathy Jamieson, Scottish politician, 2nd Scottish Minister for Justice
1852 Emperor Meiji of Japan (d. 1912)
1587 Samuel Scheidt, German organist, composer, and educator (d. 1654)
1940 Sonny Rhodes, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2021)
1989 Paula DeAnda, American singer-songwriter and actress
1932 Albert Reynolds, Irish businessman and politician, 9th Taoiseach of Ireland (d. 2014)
1955 Phil Simms, American football player and sportscaster
1933 Amartya Sen, Indian economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
Famous People Deaths On November 3

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Date Name
2004 Sergejs Žoltoks, Latvian ice hockey player (b. 1972)
1850 William E. Shannon, Irish-born American politician (b. 1821/1822)
1956 Jean Metzinger, French artist, (b. 1883)
1960 Paul Willis, American actor and director (b. 1901)
1711 John Ernest Grabe, German theologian and academic (b. 1666)
1891 Louis Lucien Bonaparte, English-Italian philologist and politician (b. 1813)
1939 Charles Tournemire, French organist and composer (b. 1870)
1994 Valter Palm, Estonian-American boxer (b. 1905)
1639 Martin de Porres, Peruvian saint (b. 1579)
1926 Annie Oakley, American entertainer and target shooter (b. 1860)