3 November

The 3rd o November is the 307t day o the year (308t in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, wi 58 days bidin.

 Events 
 1493 - Christopher Columbus lands on Dominica.
 1748 - French playwricht, jurnalist an feminist Olympe de Gouges is executit.
 1838 - The "Times o Indie" newspaper is foondit.
 1868 - Ulysses S. Grant is electit Preses o the Unitit States.
 1893 - A dynamite-loadit freighter splodes in the harbour o Santander, Spain, killin 590 fowk.
 1896 - William McKinley is electit Preses o the Unitit States.
 1903 - Panama separates frae Colombie an gains unthirldom.
 1908 - William Howard Taft is electit Preses o the Unitit States.
 1936 - Franklin D. Roosevelt is re-electit Preses o the Unitit States.
 1957 - The Soviet Union sends a dug namit Laika intae space. It disnae survive.
 1964 - Lyndon B. Johnson is electit Preses o the Unitit States in his aen richt.
 1966 - A series o tropical storms sweeps up the Bay o Bengal, killin ower 1,000 fowk.
 1978 - Dominica gains unthirldom frae the Unitit Kinrick.
 1982 - The Salang tunnel fire in Afghanistan kills 2,000 fowk.
 1986 - The Federatit States o Micronesie gain unthirldom frae the Unitit States.
 1992 - Bill Clinton is electit Preses o the Unitit States ower George H. W. Bush.
 2003 - Michael Howard becomes leader o the Breetish Conservative Pairty.
 2007 - Pervez Musharraf declares a State o Emergency in Pakistan an suspends the Constitution.
 2012 - The annual New York Ceety Marathon is cancelled acause o Hurricane Sandy.
 2016 - A boat capsizes in the Mediterranean Sea, killin 200 fowk.
 2016 - A train crash naur Karachi, Pakistan, kills 20 fowk.
 2020 - Unitit States Preses election: Expectit tae be atween Donald Trump an a challenger frae the Democratic Pairty.

 Births 
 39 - Lucan, Roman poet (d. 65)
 1500 - Benvenuto Cellini, Italian sculptor, airtist an componer (d. 1571)
 1604 - Osman II, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1622)
 1618 - Aurangzeb, Mughal Emperor (d. 1707)
 1749 - Daniel Rutherford, Scots physeecian, chemist an botanist (d. 1819)
 1801 - Vincenzo Bellini, Italian componer (d. 1835)
 1850 - Ian Maclaren, Scots author an theologian (d. 1907)
 1852 - Emperor Meiji o Japan (d. 1912)
 1901 - Leopold III o Belgium (d. 1983)
 1912 - Alfredo Stroessner, Preses o Paraguay (d. 2006)
 1921 - Charles Bronson, American actor (d. 2003)
 1926 - Valdas Adamkus, umwhile Preses o Lithuanie
 1928 - Osamu Tezuka, Japanese manga airtist (d. 1989)
 1932 - Albert Reynolds, Erse Taoiseach (d. 2014)
 1933 - Ken Berry, American actor (d. 2018)
 1933 - Michael Dukakis, American politeecian
 1933 - Amartya Sen, Indian economist
 1945 - Gerd Müller, German fitbawer
 1948 - Lulu, Scots sangster
 1949 - Anna Wintour, Inglis-American jurnalist an eeditor
 1952 - Roseanne Barr, American actress an comedienne
 1957 - Dolph Lundgren, Swadish actor, director an mairtial airtist
 1962 - Antti Rinne, Finnish politeecian, Prime meenister o Finland
 1962 - Jacqui Smith, Inglis politeecian
 1971 - Unai Emery, Spaingie fitbawer an manager
 1971 - Dwight Yorke, Tobagonian fitbawer
 1981 - Rodrigo Millar, Chilean fitbawer
 1988 - Stephanie Inglis, Scots judoka
 1991 - Lauren Gray, Scots curler
 1992 - Stevie May, Scots fitbawer
 1995 - Kendall Jenner, American model an telly personality

 Daiths 
 361 - Constantius II, Roman Emperor (b. 317)
 644 - Umar, 2nt Caliph o Rashidun Caliphate (b. 577)
 1793 - Olympe de Gouges, French playwricht, jurnalist an feminist (b. 1748)
 1832 - John Leslie, Scots physicist (b. 1766)
 1954 - Henri Matisse, French penter (b. 1869)
 1999 - Ian Bannen, Scots actor (b. 1928)
 2009 - Archie Baird, Scots fitbawer (b. 1919)
 2010 - Viktor Chernomyrdin, Prime meenister o Roushie (b. 1938)
 2014 - Mariam Fakhr Eddine, Egyptian actress (b. 1933)

 Halidays 
 Independence Day (Dominica, Federatit States o Micronesie, Panama)
 Cultur Day (Japan)
 Independence Day at Cuenca (Ecuador)
 Victory Day (Maldives)

 Ootside airtins 

Category:Days o the year