Title: November 3 Content: == Events == === Up to 1900 === * 1333 - Flooding of the River Arno causes damage to the city of Florence, Italy. * 1493 – Christopher Columbus lands on the island of Dominica. * 1592 - The city of San Luis Potosí in present-day Mexico is founded. * 1783 - The American Continental Army is dissolved. * 1793 - French playwright, journalist and feminist Olympe de Gouges is guillotined. * 1812 - Napoleon's armies are defeated at the Battle of Vyazma. * 1817 - The Bank of Montreal, Canada's oldest chartered bank, opens in Montreal, Quebec. * 1838 - The Times of India, the world's best-selling broadsheet English language newspaper, is founded as The Bombay Times and Journal of Finance. * 1848 - A revised Dutch constitution is announced, drafted by Johan Rudolf Thorbecke, it makes the powers of parliament stronger, while strongly restricting the powers of the monarchy. * 1867 - Giuseppe Garibaldi and his followers are defeated in the Battle of Mentana. * 1868 – Ulysses S. Grant is elected President of the United States. * 1883 - American Old West: Self- described Black Bart the Poet gets away with his last stagecoach robbery, but leaves a clue that will eventually lead to his capture. * 1893 - The freight ship Cabo Machichaco explodes in the harbour of Santander, northern Spain. Some of its load included dynamite, and the resulting fire kills 590 people. * 1896 – William McKinley is elected President of the United States. === 1901 2000 === * 1903 – Panama becomes independent, separating from Colombia. * 1908 – William Taft is elected President of the United States. * 1911 - Chevrolet enters the automobile market in competition with the Ford Model T. * 1918 – Austria-Hungary enters an armistice with the Allies, dissolving the Habsburg- ruled Empire. * 1918 – Poland declares independence from Russia. * 1918 - The German Revolution of 1918-1919 begins when 40,000 sailors take over the port city of Kiel. * 1930 - Getulio Vargas becomes Head of the Provisional Government of Brazil after a bloodless coup on October 24. * 1932 - Panagis Tsaldaris becomes the 142nd Prime Minister of Greece. * 1935 - George II of Greece regains his throne. * 1936 – Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected for a second term as President of the United States. * 1943 - World War II: 500 aircraft of the US 8th Air Force devastate Wilhelmshaven Harbor in Germany. * 1946 - Constitution of Japan is officially created. * 1954 - The first Godzilla movie is shown in Japan for the first time. * 1956 - The Khan Yunis killings are committed by Israel's Defense Forces in Egyptian-controlled Gaza, resulting in the deaths of 215 male Arabs. * 1957 – The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 2, with Laika, the world's first space dog, on board. Laika does not survive the mission. * 1964 - Washington, DC residents are able to vote in a Presidential Election for the first time. * 1964 – Lyndon B. Johnson is elected to continue as President of the United States. * 1966 – A series of tropical storms over the Bay of Bengal kill over 1,000 people. * 1973 - Mariner program: NASA launches the Mariner 10 probe towards the planet Mercury. * 1975 - Four Bangladeshi politicians loyal to Sheikh Mujibur Rahman are murdered in Dhaka Central Jail. * 1978 – Dominica receives independence from the United Kingdom. * 1979 - Greensboro massacre: Five Communist Party members are shot dead and seven are injured by a group of Klansmen and Neo- Nazis during a "Death to the Klan" rally in Greensboro, North Carolina. * 1982 - The Salang tunnel fire in Afghanistan kills 2,000 people. * 1986 - The Federated States of Micronesia become independent from the United States. * 1986 - Iran-Contra affair: The Lebanese magazine Ash-Shirga 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. * 1988 - Sri Lankan Tamil mercenaries attempt to overthrow the government of the Maldives. * 1991 - Ayrton Senna wins the Formula One world championship for the third time. * 1992 – Bill Clinton is elected President of the United States, defeating George H. W. Bush. * 1997 - The United States imposes economic sanctions against Sudan in response to human rights abuses and assistance to Islamic extremist groups across the Middle East and East Africa. === From 2001 === * 2003 – Michael Howard becomes leader of the British Conservative Party. * 2007 – Pervez Musharraf declares emergency rule in Pakistan, and suspends the constitution. * 2012 - The 2012 New York Marathon is cancelled late on, due to the clean-up after Hurricane Sandy. * 2016 - Two boats carrying refugees sink in the Mediterranean Sea, killing over 200 people. * 2016 - A train crash near Karachi, Pakistan, kills at least 20 people. == Births == === Up to 1900 === * 39 – Lucan, Roman poet (d. 65) * 1500 – Benvenuto Cellini, Italian artist (d. 1571) * 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 (d. 1707) * 1633 - Bernardino Ramazzini, Italian physician (d. 1714) * 1656 - Georg Reutter, Austrian organist and composer (d. 1738) * 1689 - Jan Josef Ignac Brentner, Czech composer (d. 1742) * 1718 – John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, British diplomat and statesman (d. 1792) * 1749 - Daniel Rutherford, Scottish chemist and physician (d. 1819) * 1757 - Robert Smith, 6th United States Secretary of State (d. 1842) * 1777 - Princess Sophia of the United Kingdom (d. 1848) * 1793 - Stephen F. Austin, American founder of the Republic of Texas (d. 1836) * 1799 - William Sprague III, American politician (d. 1856) * 1801 – Vincenzo Bellini, Italian composer (d. 1835) * 1801 - Karl Baedeker, German writer and publisher (d. 1859) * 1816 - Jubal Early, American Confederate general (d. 1894) * 1845 - Edward Douglass White, 9th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1921) * 1852 – Emperor Meiji of Japan (d. 1912) * 1856 - Marcelino Menéndez, Spanish historian (d. 1912) * 1877 - Carlos Ibanez del Campo, President of Chile (d. 1960) * 1879 – Vilhjalmur Stefansson, Icelandic-Canadian explorer (d. 1962) * 1884 - Joseph W. Martin, Jr., American politician (d. 1968) * 1887 - Samuil Marshak, Russian writer (d. 1964) * 1893 – Edward Albert Doisy, American biochemist (d. 1986) * 1894 - Sofoklis Venizelos, Greek politician (d. 1964) * 1895 – Grand Duchess Olga Nicolaievna Romanova of Russia (d. 1918) * 1896 - Gustaf Tenggren, Swedish illustrator (d. 1970) * 1899 - Gleb Wataghin, Ukrainian-Italian physicist and academic (d. 1986) * 1900 – Adolf Dassler, German sporting goods executive (Adidas) (d. 1978) === 1901 1950 === * 1901 – King Leopold III of Belgium, King of Belgium (d. 1983) * 1901 - André Malraux, French writer (d. 1976) * 1903 – Walker Evans, American photographer (d. 1975) * 1908 – Giovanni Leone, 6th President of Italy (d. 2001) * 1910 - Richard Hurndall, English actor (d. 1984) * 1910 - Karel Zeman, Czech director, animator, production designer and screenwriter (d. 1989) * 1912 – Alfredo Stroessner, President of Paraguay (d. 2006) * 1918 – Bob Feller, American baseball player (d. 2010) * 1918 – Raimon Panikkar, Spanish theologian (d. 2010) * 1920 - Oodgeroo Noonuccal, Australian writer (d. 1993) * 1921 – Charles Bronson, American actor (d. 2003) * 1922 - Luis Villoro, Spanish-Mexican philosopher, diplomat and writer (d. 2014) * 1924 - Erzsébet Gulyás-Köteles, Hungarian gymnast (d. 2019) * 1926 – Valdas Adamkus, former President of Lithuania * 1926 - Maurice Couture, Canadian bishop * 1927 - Harrison McCain, Canadian businessman (d. 2004) * 1927 - Peggy McCay, American actress (d. 2018) * 1927 - Odvar Nordli, Prime Minister of Norway (d. 2018) * 1928 - Osamu Tezuka, Japanese animator and producer (d. 1989) * 1930 – Lois Smith, American actress * 1930 - Bill Dana, American pilot and astronaut (d. 2014) * 1930 - Phil Crane, American politician (d. 2014) * 1931 - Yon Hyong-muk, North Korean politician (d. 2005) * 1931 - Monica Vitti, Italian actress * 1932 - Albert Reynolds, Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland (d. 2014) * 1933 – John Barry, British movie score composer (d. 2011) * 1933 - Ken Berry, American actor (d. 2018) * 1933 – Michael Dukakis, 65th and 67th Governor of Massachusetts * 1933 - C. K. Jaffer Sharief, Indian politician (d. 2018) * 1933 – Amartya Sen, Indian economist * 1933 - Jeremy Brett, English actor (d. 1995) * 1933 - Mildred McDaniel, American athlete * 1934 - Kenneth Baker, Baron Baker, English poet and politician * 1935 - Abune Paulos, Ethiopian church leader (d. 2012) * 1935 - Gero Bisanz, German football coach (d. 2014) * 1936 - Roy Emerson, Australian tennis player * 1937 - Lynn Woolsey, American politician * 1938 - Akira Kobayashi, Japanese singer * 1938 – Jean Rollin, French movie producer (d. 2010) * 1942 - Martin Cruz Smith, American writer * 1943 – Bert Jansch, Scottish folk musician, singer and songwriter (d. 2011) * 1945 – Gerd Müller, German footballer * 1945 - Nick Simper, British musician * 1946 - Richard Karl, German mountaineer, photographer and author (d. 1982) * 1946 - Tom Savini,American actor, stuntman, director and make-up artist * 1947 - Mazie Hirono, Japanese-American lawyer and politician * 1948 – Lulu, Scottish actress and singer * 1948 - Helmuth Koinigg, Austrian racing driver (d. 1974) * 1949 – Larry Holmes, American boxer * 1949 - Anna Wintour, English-American fashion magazine editor * 1950 - James E. Rothman, American biochemist === 1951 1975 === * 1952 – Roseanne Barr, American actress and comedienne * 1952 – Jim Cummings, American voice actor * 1953 – Dennis Miller, American comedian * 1953 – Kathy Kinney, American actress * 1953 – Kate Capshaw, American actress * 1954 – Adam Ant, British singer * 1956 – Kevin Murphy, American actor, puppeteer, producer and screenwriter * 1956 – Cathy Jamieson, Scottish politician * 1956 – Bob Welch, American baseball player (d. 2014) * 1957 – Dolph Lundgren, Swedish actor * 1958 – Tony McNulty, British politician * 1959 – Hal Hartley, American film producer, director, screenwriter and composer * 1960 – Karch Kiraly, American volleyball player * 1960 – William Monahan, American screenwriter and author * 1961 – Dave Hahn, Japanese-American mountaineer and journalist * 1961 – David Armstrong-Jones, Viscount Linley, British businessman * 1962 - Antti Rinne, Finnish politician, Prime Minister of Finland * 1962 – Jacqui Smith, British politician * 1963 – Ian Wright, English footballer * 1964 – Paprika Steen, Danish actress and film director * 1965 – Gert Heerkes, Dutch footballer and manager * 1970 – Andrzej Juskowiak, Polish footballer * 1971 – Unai Emery, Spanish footballer and manager * 1971 – Dylan Moran, Irish comedian * 1971 – Dwight Yorke, footballer from Trinidad and Tobago * 1971 – Alison Williamson, English archer * 1972 – Ugo Ehiogu, English footballer (d. 2017) * 1973 – Mick Thomson, American musician (Slipknot) * 1973 – Ben Fogle, British television personality, writer and broadcaster * 1974 – Tariq Abdul-Wahad, French basketball player and coach * 1974 – Benedict Akwuegbu, Nigerian footballer === From 1976 === * 1976 – Tom Brosseau, American singer-songwriter * 1976 – Guillermo Franco, Mexican footballer * 1979 – Pablo Aimar, Argentine footballer * 1981 - Rodrigo Millar, Chilean footballer * 1981 - Jermaine Jones, German-American soccer player * 1982 – Evgeni Plushenko, Russian figure skater * 1985 - Tyler Hansbrough, American basketball player * 1986 - Piet Velthuizen, Dutch footballer * 1986 - Paul Derbyshire, Italian rugby player * 1986 - Beth Kingston, English actress * 1986 - Heo Young-saeng, South Korean singer and entertainer * 1987 – Gemma Ward, Australian model * 1987 - Colin Kaepernick, American football player * 1988 - Stephanie Inglis, Scottish judoka * 1988 - Angus McLaren, Australian actor * 1989 - Paula DeAnda, American singer-songwriter and actress * 1989 - Joyce Jonathan, French singer, composer and actress * 1990 - Joe Clarke, English slalom canoeist * 1991 - Lauren Gray, Scottish curler * 1992 - Stevie May, Scottish footballer * 1995 - Kendall Jenner, American model * 1998 - Maddison Elliott, Australian swimmer == Deaths == === Up to 1900 === * 361 – Constantinus II, Roman Emperor (b. 317) * 753 - Pirminius, German saint (b. 700) * 1254 - John III Doukas Vatatzes, Byzantine Emperor (b. 1193) * 1584 - Charles Borromeo, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal (b. 1538) * 1600 - Richard Hooker, English theologian (b. 1554) * 1639 - Martin de Porres, Peruvian saint (b. 1579) * 1643 - John Bainbridge, English astronomer (b. 1582) * 1643 - Paul Guldin, Swiss astronomer and mathematician (b. 1577) * 1793 – Olympe de Gouges, French feminist and revolutionary (b. 1748) * 1794 - François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis, French cardinal (b. 1715) * 1858 - Harriet Taylor Mill, English feminist philosopher (b. 1807) * 1890 - Ulrich Ochsenbein, Swiss Federal Councillor (b. 1811) * 1891 - Louis Lucien Bonaparte, English-Italian philologist and politician (b. 1813) === 1901 2000 === * 1914 - Georg Trakl, Austrian poet (b. 1887) * 1917 – Léon Bloy, French novelist and essayist (b. 1846) * 1918 – Aleksandr Lyapunov, Russian mathematician and physicist (b. 1857) * 1926 – Annie Oakley, American sharp-shooter (b. 1860) * 1929 – Olav Aukrust, Norwegian poet (b. 1883) * 1933 - Pierre Paul Emile Roux, French physician, immunologist and bacteriologist (b. 1853) * 1940 - Manuel Azaña, Prime Minister of the Second Spanish Republic (b. 1880) * 1949 - Solomon R. Guggenheim, American art collector and philanthropist (b. 1861) * 1954 – Henri Matisse, French painter (b. 1869) * 1957 – Laika, Soviet-Russian space dog (b. 1954) * 1970 – King Peter II of Yugoslavia (b. 1923) * 1973 - Marc Allégret, French director and screenwriter (b. 1900) * 1975 - Syed Nazrul Islam, Bangladeshi politician (b. 1925) * 1975 - A. H. M. Qamaruzzaman, Bangladeshi politician (b. 1919) * 1975 - Tajuddin Ahmed, Bangladeshi politician (b. 1925) * 1975 - Syed Nazrul Islam, Bangladeshi politician (b. 1925) * 1975 - Muhammad Mansur Ali, Bangladeshi politician (b. 1919) * 1981 – Eraldo Monzeglio, Italian footballer (b. 1906) * 1983 - Alfredo Antonini, American conductor and composer (b. 1901) * 1990 – Mary Martin, American actress (b. 1913) * 1993 – Leon Theremin, Russian inventor (b. 1895) * 1996 – Jean-Bédel Bokassa, Central African dictator (b. 1921) * 1998 – Bob Kane, American cartoonist (b. 1915). * 1999 - Ian Bannen, Scottish actor (b. 1928) === From 2001 === * 2004 - Sergei Zholtok, Latvian ice hockey player (b. 1972) * 2006 - Alberto Spencer, Ecuadorean footballer (b. 1937) * 2006 - Paul Mauriat, French pianist, composer and conductor (b. 1925) * 2008 - Jean Fournet, French conductor (b. 1913) * 2009 – Francisco Ayala, Spanish writer (b. 1906) * 2010 – Viktor Chernomyrdin, Russian politician (b. 1938) * 2012 - Kailashpati Mishra, Indian politician, 18th Governor of Gujarat (b. 1923) * 2013 - Nick Cardy, American illustrator (b. 1920) * 2014 - Sadashiv Amrapurkar, Indian actor (b. 1950) * 2014 - Tinus Linee, South African rugby player (b. 1969) * 2014 - Mariam Fakhr Eddine, Egyptian actress (b. 1933) * 2014 - Augusto Martelli, Italian composer (b. 1940) * 2014 - Nina Timofeeva, Russian ballet dancer (b. 1935) * 2014 - Gordon Tullock, American economist (b. 1922) * 2015 - Ahmed Chalabi, Iraqi politician (b. 1944) * 2015 - Howard Coble, American politician (b. 1931) * 2015 - Adriana Campos, Colombian actress (b. 1979) * 2015 - Tom Graveney, English cricketer (b. 1927) * 2016 - Yawar Hayat Khan, Pakistani producer and director (b. 1933) * 2016 - Kay Starr, American singer (b. 1922) * 2017 - Abdur Rahman Biswas, President of Bangladesh (b. 1926) * 2017 - Renzo Calegari, Italian cartoonist (b. 1933) * 2018 - Mari Hulman George, American motorsport executive (b. 1934) * 2018 - John Large, English engineer (b. 1943) * 2018 - Sondra Locke, American actress (b. 1944) * 2019 - Gert Boyle, German- American businesswoman (b. 1924) * 2019 - Ian Cross, New Zealand author and journalist (b. 1925) * 2019 - Yvette Lundy, French resistance activist (b. 1916) * 2019 - Taku Mayumura, Japanese science fiction novelist (b. 1934) == Observances == * Independence Day (Panama, Dominica, Federated States of Micronesia) * Day of Culture (Japan, after birthday of Emperor Meiji) * Independence Day at Cuenca (Ecuador) * Victory Day (Maldives) November 03