November 3

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November 3 is the 307th day of the year (308th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 58 days remaining until the end of the year.

1 Events
2 Births
3 Deaths
4 Holidays and observances
5 External links

Events

644 - Umar ibn al-Khattab, the second Muslim caliph, is killed by a Persian slave in Medina.
1468 - Liège is sacked by Charles I of Burgundy's troops.
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.
1793 - French playwright, journalist and feminist Olympe de Gouges is guillotined.
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.
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 - Csar Nicholas II of Russia signs a document of amnesty for the political prisoners.
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.
1935 - George II of Greece regains his throne through a popular plebiscite.
1942 - World War II: Second Battle of El Alamein ends - German forces under Erwin Rommel are forced to retreat during the night.
1942 - The Koli Point action begins during the Guadalcanal Campaign and ends on November 12.
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.
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.
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.
1973 - Mariner program: NASA launches the Mariner 10 toward Mercury, on March 29, 1974, becoming the first space probe to reach that planet.
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.
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.
2007 - Pervez Musharraf declared emergency rule across Pakistan. He suspended the Constitution, imposed State of Emergency, and fired the chief justice of the Supreme Court.

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, 4th Earl of Sandwich, 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)
1815 - John Mitchel, Fenian
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, Jr., 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
1934 - Ruma Guha Thakurta, Singer, Actress, Dancer, Founder of Calcutta Youth Choir
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
1966 - Joe Hachem, Lebanese-born Australian poker player
1967 - John Tomac, American MTB Hall of Fame cyclist
1967 - Steven Wilson, English musician and producer (Porcupine Tree)
1969 - Robert Miles, Swiss record producer, composer and musician in trance and ambient music.
1971 - Dylan Moran, Irish comedian
1971 - Diego Alessi, Italian race car driver
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)
1981 - Sten Pentus, Estonian racing car driver
1982 - Evgeny Plushenko, Russian figure skater
1983 - Suzane von Richthofen, Brazilian murderess
1984 - Ryo Nishikido, Japanese Idol (member of NEWS (band) and Kanjani8)
1984 - Christian Bakkerud, Danish racing driver
1987 - Felix Schütz, German ice hockey player
1987 - Gemma Ward, Australian model
1987 - Colin Kaepernick, American football player
1988 - Angus McLaren, Australian Actor
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, 4th Earl of Salisbury, 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)
1984 - Richard Hurndall, British actor (b. 1910)
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)