November 3

November 3 is the 307th day of the year (308th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 58 days remaining.

Events:

• 1394 - Charles VI of France expels the Jews
• 1839 - Beginning of the first Opium War
• 1848 - Greatly revised Dutch constitution proclaimed
• 1888 - Jack the Ripper kills his last victim
• 1918 - Austria-Hungary breaks up
• 1903 - Panama proclaims itself independent from Colombia
• 1918 - Poland declares its independence from Russia
• 1928 - Mickey Mouse debuts, in Steamboat Willy[?]
• 1935 - George II of Greece regains his throne
• 1942 - Battle of El Alamein ends
• 1955 - Australia gains control of the Cocos Islands
• 1957 - Launch of Sputnik 2
• 1970 - Salvador Allende inaugurated as President of Chile
• 1971 - The UNIX Programmer's Manual is published
• 1978 - Dominica gains its independence from the United Kingdom
• 1979 - Iranian radicals take control of the United States Embassy in Tehran

Births:

• 1718 - John Montague[?], Earl of Sandwich
• 1793 - Stephen F. Austin, American pioneer
• 1794 - William Cullen Bryant, poet, journalist
• 1801 - Vincenzo Bellini, Italian opera composer
• 1816 - Jubal Early, Confederate General (+ 1894)
• 1874 - Lucy Maud Montgomery, Canadian novelist (+ 1942)
• 1895 - Grand Duchess Olga Nicolaievna Romanova (+ 1918)
• 1901 - Andre Malraux, French novelist (+ 1976)
• 1901 - Leopold III of Belgium (+ 1983)
• 1903 - Walker Evans, photographer
• 1908 - Bronko Nagurski, American football star (+ 1990)
• 1909 - James Reston[?], journalist
• 1918 - Bob Feller[?], baseball star
• 1921 - Charles Bronson, actor
• 1933 - Michael Dukakis, American politician
• 1933 - Jeremy Brett, actor (+ 1995)
• 1933 - Ken Berry[?], actor
• 1934 - John Barry, composer
• 1938 - Martin Dunwoody, British mathematician
• 1946 - Tom Savini[?], actor, film maker, makeup artist
• 1948 - Lulu (singer), actress, singer
• 1949 - Larry Holmes, American boxing champion
• 1952 - Roseanne, American actress, comedienne
• 1953 - Kate Capshaw[?], actress
• 1953 - Dennis Miller[?], comedian
• 1954 - Adam Ant, singer
• 1960 - Karch Kiraly[?], volleyball star
• 1977 - Aria Giovanni, model

Deaths:

• 361 - Constantius II, Roman Emperor
• 1580 - Jeronimo Zurita y Castro, Spanish historian
• 1787 - Robert Lowth, British bishop, grammarian
• 1891 - Louis Lucien Bonaparte, French politician
• 1918 - Aleksandr Mikhailovich Lyapunov, Russian scientist
• 1954 - Henri Matisse, French artist
• 1957 - Wilhelm Reich, psychotherapist
• 1990 - Mary Martin, American actress
• 1993 - Leon Theremin, Russian inventor
• 1995 - Gordon S. Fahrni, physician and president of the Canadian Medical Association, dies at age 108
• 1996 - Jean-Bedel Bokassa, president of the Central African Republic
• 1999 - Ian Bannen[?], actor
• 2002 - Lonnie Donegan, musician

Holidays:

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See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December

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