November 3
is the 307th day of the year (308th in
leap years) in the
Gregorian Calendar, with 58 days remaining.
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1493 -
Christopher Columbus first sights the island of
Dominica in the
Caribbean Sea.
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1783 - John Austin, a
highwayman, is the last to be publicly
hanged at
London's
Tyburn gallows.
* 1783 - The
Continental Army is disbanded.
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1793 -
French playwright,
journalist and
feminist Olympe de Gouges is
guillotined.
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1817 - The
Bank of Montreal,
Canada's oldest
chartered bank, opens in
Montreal,
Quebec.
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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.
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1844 - Debut of
Giuseppe Verdi's
I due Foscari, at
Teatro Argentina,
Rome.
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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.
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1868 -
U.S. presidential election:
Republican Ulysses S. Grant is elected to the first of his two terms in a victory over
Democrat Horatio Seymour.
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1883 -
American Old West: Self-described "
Black Bart the Po-8" gets away with his last
stagecoach robbery, but leaves an incriminating clue that eventually leads to his capture.
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1896 -
U.S. presidential election:
Republican William McKinley is elected over
Democrat William Jennings Bryan.
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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.
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1908 -
U.S. presidential election:
Republican William Howard Taft defeats
William Jennings Bryan,
Democratic candidate in his third and final nomination.
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1911 -
Chevrolet officially enters the
automobile market in competition with the
Ford Model T.
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1913 - The
USA introduces an
income tax.
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1918 -
Austria-Hungary enters an
armistice with the
World War I Allies, and the Habsburg-ruled empire dissolves.
* 1918 -
Poland declares its independence from
Russia.
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1930 -
Getúlio Dornelles Vargas became Head of the Provisional Government in
Brazil after a bloodless coup on
October 24.
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1935 -
George II of Greece regains his throne.
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1936 -
U.S. presidential election, 1936:
Franklin D. Roosevelt is reelected to a second term in a landslide victory over
Alf Landon.
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1942 -
World War II:
Second Battle of El Alamein ends -
German forces under
Erwin Rommel are forced to retreat during the night.
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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.
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1954 - The first in the
Godzilla series of films is released in
Japan.
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1957 -
Sputnik program: The
Soviet Union launches
Sputnik 2. On board is the first
animal to enter
orbit: a
dog named
Laika.
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1964 -
U.S. presidential election, 1964: Incumbent US President
Lyndon B. Johnson defeats
Republican challenger
Barry Goldwater, Sr with over 60 percent of the
popular vote.
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1967 -
Vietnam War:
Battle of Dak To begins.
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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.
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1970 -
Salvador Allende is inaugurated as president of
Chile.
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1973 -
Mariner program:
NASA launches the
Mariner 10 toward
Mercury, on
March 29, 1974 becoming the first
space probe to reach that planet.
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1975 - An independent audit of
Mattel, one of the
United States's largest
toy manufacturers, reveals that company officials fabricated
press releases and financial information to "maintain the appearance of continued corporate growth."
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1978 -
Dominica gains its independence from the
United Kingdom.
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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.
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1982 - The
Salang tunnel fire in
Afghanistan kills up to 2,000+ people.
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1984 -
Indira Gandhi was cremated at Shakti Sthal.
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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.
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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.
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1991 - Fifteen people are killed in the
Barrios Altos massacre in
Lima,
Peru.
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1992 -
U.S. presidential election:
Democratic challenger
Bill Clinton defeats incumbent
Republican George H.W. Bush and independent candidate
Ross Perot.
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1998 - Former
professional wrestler Jesse Ventura is elected
Governor of the
U.S. state of
Minnesota.
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39 -
Lucan, Roman poet (d.
65)
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1500 -
Benvenuto Cellini, Italian artist (d.
1571)
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1560 -
Annibale Carracci, Italian painter (d.
1609)
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1587 -
Samuel Scheidt, German composer (d.
1654)
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1604 -
Osman II,
Ottoman Sultan (d.
1622)
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1618 -
Aurangzeb,
Mughal Emperor of India (d.
1707)
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1633 -
Bernardino Ramazzini, Italian physician (d.
1714)
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1718 -
John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, English statesman (d.
1792)
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1793 -
Stephen F. Austin, American pioneer (d.
1836)
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1794 -
William Cullen Bryant, American poet and journalist (d.
1878)
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1801 -
Karl Baedeker, German author and publisher (d.
1859)
* 1801 -
Vincenzo Bellini, Italian composer (d.
1835)
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1816 -
Jubal Early, American Confederate general (d.
1894)
* 1816 -
Calvin Fairbank, American abolitionist minister (d.
1898)
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1845 -
Edward Douglass White, 9th
Chief Justice of the United States (d.
1921)
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1852 -
Meiji Emperor, Japanese emperor (d.
1912)
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1856 -
Jim McCormick, Baseball player (d.
1918)
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1857 -
Mikhail Alekseev, Russian general (d.
1918)
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1874 -
Lucy Maud Montgomery, Canadian novelist (d.
1942)
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1876 -
Stephen Peter Alencastre, Roman Catholic prelate (d.
1940)
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1887 -
Samuil Marshak, Russian poet (d.
1964)
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1893 -
Edward Adelbert Doisy, American biochemist, recipient of the
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d.
1986)
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1895 - Grand Duchess
Olga Nicolaievna Romanova (d.
1918)
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1899 -
Gleb Wataghin, Ukrainian-Italian physicist (d.
1986)
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1901 - King
Léopold III of Belgium (d.
1983)
* 1901 -
André Malraux, French writer (d.
1976)
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1903 -
Walker Evans, American photographer (d.
1975)
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1908 -
Bronko Nagurski, American football player (d.
1990)
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1909 -
James Reston, American journalist (d.
1995)
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1910 -
Richard Hurndall, British actor (d.
1984)
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1912 -
Alfredo Stroessner, Paraguayan president
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1918 -
Bob Feller, baseball player
* 1918 -
Russell B. Long, U.S. Senator from Louisiana (d.
2003)
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1919 -
Jesús Blasco, Spanish comic book author (d.
1995)
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1920 -
Oodgeroo Noonuccal, Australian writer (d.
1993)
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1921 -
Charles Bronson, American actor (d.
2003)
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1923 -
Tomás Cardinal Ã" Fiaich, Northern Irish clergyman (d.
1990)
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1924 -
Samuel Ruiz GarcÃa, Mexican Roman Catholic bishop
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1930 -
Brian Robinson, British cyclist
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1933 -
Ken Berry, American actor
* 1933 -
Jeremy Brett, English actor (d.
1995)
* 1933 -
Michael Dukakis, American politician
* 1933 -
Amartya Sen, Indian economist,
Nobel Prize laureate
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1934 -
John Barry, English composer
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1936 -
Roy Emerson, Australian tennis champion
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1938 -
Martin Dunwoody, British mathematician
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1946 -
Tom Savini, American actor, filmmaker, and makeup artist
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1948 -
Lulu, British actress and singer
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1949 -
Larry Holmes, American boxer
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1950 -
Joe Queenan, American writer, essayist, satirist and critic
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1952 -
Roseanne, American actress and comedienne
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1953 -
Kate Capshaw, American actress
* 1953 -
Dennis Miller, American comedian
* 1953 -
Larry Herndon, baseball player
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1954 -
Adam Ant, English singer
* 1954 -
Brigitte Lin, Taiwanese actress
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1955 -
Phil Simms, American football player
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1956 -
Kevin Murphy, American actor, author, and puppeteer
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1957 -
Dolph Lundgren, Swedish actor
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1960 -
Karch Kiraly, American volleyball player
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1962 -
Marilyn, British musician
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1963 -
Ian Wright, English footballer
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1967 -
Steven Wilson, English musician and producer (
Porcupine Tree)
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1969 -
Luciana Gimenez, Brazilian model and tv show hostess
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1970 -
Dawn Marie Psaltis, American professional wrestler
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1971 -
Dwight Yorke, Trinidadian footballer
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1972 -
Ugo Ehiogu, English footballer
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1973 -
Nemone, Athlete and broadcaster
* 1973 -
Mick Thompson, American guitarist (
Slipknot)
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1974 -
Tariq Abdul-Wahad, French basketball player
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1977 -
Aria Giovanni, American model
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1979 -
Pablo Aimar, Argentine footballer
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1981 -
Jackie Gayda, American professional wrestler
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1982 -
Evgeny Plushenko, Russian figure skater
* 1982 -
Travis Richter, American guitarist/throat
From First To Last*
1986 -
Jasmine Trias, American singer
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1987 -
Gemma Ward, Australian model
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361 -
Constantius II,
Roman Emperor (b.
317)
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1254 -
John III Ducas Vatatzes,
Byzantine Emperor (b.
1193)
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1428 -
Thomas Montacute, 4th Earl of Salisbury, English military leader (mortally wounded in battle) (b.
1388)
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1580 -
Jeronimo Zurita y Castro, Spanish historian (b.
1512)
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1600 -
Richard Hooker, English theologian (b.
1554)
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1643 -
John Bainbridge, English astronomer (b.
1582)
* 1643 -
Paul Guldin, Swiss astronomer and mathematician (b.
1577)
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1711 -
John Ernest Grabe, German-born Anglican theologian (b.
1666)
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1787 -
Robert Lowth, British bishop and grammarian (b.
1710)
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1793 -
Olympe de Gouges, French feminist and revolutionary (b.
1748)
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1794 -
François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis, French cardinal and statesman (b.
1715)
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1890 -
Ulrich Ochsenbein, Swiss Federal Councilor (b.
1811)
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1891 -
Louis Lucien Bonaparte, French politician and linguist (b.
1813)
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1918 -
Aleksandr Mikhailovich Lyapunov, Russian scientist (b.
1857)
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1926 -
Annie Oakley, American sharp-shooter (b.
1860)
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1929 -
Olav Aukrust, Norwegian poet (b.
1883)
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1933 -
Emile Roux, French scientist (b.
1853)
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1939 -
Charles Tournemire, French composer and organist (b.
1870)
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1954 -
Henri Matisse, French artist (b.
1869)
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1957 -
Wilhelm Reich, Austrian psychotherapist (b.
1897)
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1964 -
John Henry Barbee, American guitarist and singer (b.
1905)
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1970 -
Peter II of Yugoslavia (b.
1923)
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1990 -
Mary Martin, American actress (b.
1913)
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1993 -
Leon Theremin, Russian inventor (b.
1895)
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1995 -
Gordon S. Fahrni, physician and president of the Canadian Medical Association (b.
1887)
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1996 -
Abdullah Çatlı, a Turkish nationalist and neofascist activist (b.
1956)
* 1996 -
Jean-Bédel Bokassa,
President of the Central African Republic (b.
1921)
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1998 -
Bob Kane,
comic artist &
Batman co creator (b.
1915)
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1999 -
Ian Bannen, Scottish actor (b.
1928)
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2001 -
Ernst Gombrich, Austrian art historian (b.
1909)
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2002 -
Lonnie Donegan, Scottish musician (b.
1931)
* 2002 -
Jonathan Harris, American actor (b.
1914)
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2003 -
Rasul Gamzatov, Russian poet (b.
1923)
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2004 -
Sergei Zholtok, Latvian hockey player (b.
1972)
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R.C. Saints -
November 3rd is the
feast day of the following
Roman Catholic Saints:
**
St. Acepsimas**
St. Cristiolus**
St. Domnus of Vienne**
St. Elerius**
St. Englatius**
St. Florus**
St. Germanus**
St. Guenhael**
St. Hermengaudis**
St. Hubert**
St. Malachy O' More**
St. Peter Francis Neron**
St. Papulus**
St. Pirmin**
St. Martin de Porres**
St. Quaratus**
St. Valentinian**
St. Valentine & Hilary**
St. Vulganius**
St. Winifred* Also see
November 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)*
Independence Day in
Panama (
1903, from Colombia),
Dominica (
1978, from Britain) and
Federated States of Micronesia (
1986, from France)
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Japan - Culture Day (post 1946), Emperors Birthday (pre 1946)
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BBC: On This DayNovember 2 -
November 4 -
October 3 -
December 3 – more
historical anniversaries
