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What happend on 3. November in History

In our data base we found 337 events happened on 3. November:
  • 39: Lucan, Roman poet (d. 65) [category: Births]
  • 361: Constantius II, Roman emperor (b. 317) [category: Deaths]
  • 361: Emperor Constantius II dies of a fever at Mopsuestia in Cilicia, on his deathbed he is baptised and declares his cousin Julian rightful successor. [category: Events]
  • 644: Umar ibn al-Khattab, the second Muslim caliph, is assassinated by a Persian slave in Medina. [category: Events]
  • 753: Saint Pirmin, Spanish-German monk (b. 700) [category: Deaths]

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  • 1254: John III Doukas Vatatzes, Byzantine emperor (b. 1193) [category: Deaths]
  • 1333: The River Arno flooding causing massive damage in Florence as recorded by the Florentine chronicler Giovanni Villani. [category: Events]
  • 1428: Thomas Montacute, 4th Earl of Salisbury, English military leader (b. 1388) [category: Deaths]
  • 1468: Liège is sacked by Charles I of Burgundy's troops. [category: Events]
  • 1493: Christopher Columbus first sights the island of Dominica in the Caribbean Sea. [category: Events]
  • 1500: Benvenuto Cellini, Italian sculptor and painter (d. 1571) [category: Births]
  • 1558: Thomas Kyd, English author (d. 1594) [category: Births]
  • 1560: Annibale Carracci, Italian painter (d. 1609) [category: Births]
  • 1580: Jerónimo Zurita y Castro, Spanish historian (b. 1512) [category: Deaths]
  • 1584: Charles Borromeo, Italian archbishop (b. 1538) [category: Deaths]
  • 1587: Samuel Scheidt, German composer (d. 1654) [category: Births]
  • 1600: Richard Hooker, English theologian (b. 1554) [category: Deaths]
  • 1604: Osman II, Ottoman sultan (d. 1622) [category: Births]
  • 1618: Aurangzeb, Mughal emperor(d. 1707) [category: Births]
  • 1633: Bernardino Ramazzini, Italian physician (d. 1714) [category: Births]

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  • 1639: Martin de Porres, Peruvian saint (b. 1579) [category: Deaths]
  • 1643: John Bainbridge, English astronomer (b. 1582) [category: Deaths]
  • 1643: Paul Guldin, Swiss astronomer and mathematician (b. 1577) [category: Deaths]
  • 1656: Georg Reutter, Austrian organist and composer (d. 1738) [category: Births]
  • 1689: Jan Josef Ignác Brentner, Czech composer (d. 1742) [category: Births]
  • 1711: John Ernest Grabe, German theologian (b. 1666) [category: Deaths]
  • 1718: John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, English politician (d. 1792) [category: Births]
  • 1749: Daniel Rutherford, Scottish chemist and physician (d. 1819) [category: Births]
  • 1757: Robert Smith, American politician, 6th Secretary of State (d. 1842) [category: Births]
  • 1777: Princess Sophia of the United Kingdom (d. 1848) [category: Births]
  • 1783: John Austin, a highwayman, is the last person to be publicly hanged at London's Tyburn gallows. [category: Events]
  • 1783: The American Continental Army is disbanded. [category: Events]
  • 1787: Robert Lowth, English bishop (b. 1710) [category: Deaths]
  • 1793: Stephen F. Austin, American businessman (d. 1836) [category: Births]
  • 1793: Olympe de Gouges, French activist (b. 1748) [category: Deaths]
  • 1793: French playwright, journalist and feminist Olympe de Gouges is guillotined. [category: Events]
  • 1794: William Cullen Bryant, American poet and journalist (d. 1878) [category: Births]
  • 1794: François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis, French cardinal and statesman (b. 1715) [category: Deaths]
  • 1799: William Sprague, American politician (d. 1856) [category: Births]
  • 1801: Karl Baedeker, German author and publisher, founded the Baedeker Publishing Company (d. 1859) [category: Births]
  • 1801: Vincenzo Bellini, Italian composer (d. 1835) [category: Births]
  • 1812: Napoleon's armies are defeated at the Battle of Vyazma [category: Events]
  • 1815: John Mitchel, Irish journalist and activist (d. 1875) [category: Births]
  • 1816: Calvin Fairbank, American minister (d. 1898) [category: Births]
  • 1816: Jubal Early, American general and lawyer (d. 1894) [category: Births]
  • 1817: The Bank of Montreal, Canada's oldest chartered bank, opens in Montreal, Quebec. [category: Events]
  • 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. [category: Events]
  • 1845: Edward Douglass White, American politician and jurist, 9th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1921) [category: Births]
  • 1848: A greatly revised Dutch constitution, drafted by Johan Rudolf Thorbecke, severely limiting the powers of the Dutch monarchy, and strengthening the powers of parliament and ministers, is proclaimed. [category: Events]
  • 1852: Emperor Meiji of Japan (d. 1912) [category: Births]
  • 1856: Jim McCormick, American baseball player (d. 1918) [category: Births]
  • 1857: Mikhail Alekseev, Russian general (d. 1918) [category: Births]
  • 1858: Harriet Taylor Mill, English philosopher (b. 1807) [category: Deaths]
  • 1862: Henry George, Jr., American politician (d. 1916) [category: Births]
  • 1863: Alfred Perot, French physicist (d. 1925) [category: Births]
  • 1867: Garibaldi and his followers are defeated in the Battle of Mentana and fail to end the Pope's Temporal power in Rome (it would be achieved three years later). [category: Events]
  • 1868: John Willis Menard was the first African American elected to the United States Congress. Because of an electoral challenge, he was never seated. [category: Events]
  • 1869: Andreas Kalvos, Greek poet (b. 1792) [category: Deaths]
  • 1871: Albert Goldthorpe, English rugby player (d. 1943) [category: Births]
  • 1876: Stephen Alencastre, American bishop (d. 1940) [category: Births]
  • 1877: Carlos Ibáñez del Campo, Chilean army officer and politician, 20th President of Chile (d. 1960) [category: Births]
  • 1883: American Old West: Self-described "Black Bart the poet" gets away with his last stagecoach robbery, but leaves a clue that eventually leads to his capture. [category: Events]
  • 1884: Arthur Rosenkampff, American gymnast (d. 1952) [category: Births]
  • 1884: Joseph William Martin, Jr., American politician, 51st Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (d. 1968) [category: Births]
  • 1887: Samuil Marshak, Russian author and poet (d. 1964) [category: Births]
  • 1890: Eustáquio van Lieshout, Dutch missionary (d. 1943) [category: Births]
  • 1890: Harry Stephen Keeler, American author (d. 1967) [category: Births]
  • 1890: Ulrich Ochsenbein, Swiss politician (b. 1811) [category: Deaths]
  • 1891: Louis Lucien Bonaparte, French politician and linguist (b. 1813) [category: Deaths]
  • 1894: Sofoklis Venizelos, Greek politician, Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1964) [category: Births]
  • 1894: William George Barker, Canadian pilot (d. 1930) [category: Births]
  • 1896: Gustaf Tenggren, Swedish illustrator (d. 1970) [category: Births]
  • 1898: France withdraws its troops from Fashoda (now in Sudan), ending the Fashoda Incident. [category: Events]
  • 1899: Gleb Wataghin, Ukrainian-Italian physicist (d. 1986) [category: Births]
  • 1899: Rezső Seress, Hungarian pianist and composer (d. 1968) [category: Births]
  • 1900: Adolf Dassler, German businessman, founded Adidas (d. 1978) [category: Births]
  • 1901: André Malraux, French author (d. 1976) [category: Births]
  • 1901: Leopold III of Belgium (d. 1983) [category: Births]
  • 1903: Ishtiaq Hussain Qureshi, Pakistani historian and educator (d. 1981) [category: Births]
  • 1903: Walker Evans, American photographer (d. 1975) [category: Births]
  • 1903: With the encouragement of the United States, Panama separates from Colombia. [category: Events]
  • 1908: Bronko Nagurski, American football player (d. 1990) [category: Births]
  • 1908: Giovanni Leone, Italian politician, 6th President of Italy (d. 2001) [category: Births]
  • 1909: James Reston, American journalist (d. 1995) [category: Births]
  • 1910: Richard Hurndall, English actor (d. 1984) [category: Births]
  • 1911: Kick Smit, Dutch footballer (d. 1974) [category: Births]
  • 1911: Chevrolet officially enters the automobile market in competition with the Ford Model T. [category: Events]
  • 1912: Alfredo Stroessner, Paraguayan military officer and politician, 46th President of Paraguay (d. 2006) [category: Births]
  • 1913: The United States introduces an income tax. [category: Events]
  • 1915: Hal Jackson, American radio host (d. 2012) [category: Births]
  • 1917: Annapurna Maharana, Indian activist (d. 2012) [category: Births]
  • 1917: Léon Bloy, French author (b. 1846) [category: Deaths]
  • 1918: Bob Feller, American baseball player (d. 2010) [category: Births]
  • 1918: Claude Barma, French director and screenwriter (d. 1992) [category: Births]
  • 1918: Dean Riesner, American screenwriter (d. 2002) [category: Births]
  • 1918: Elizabeth P. Hoisington, American general (d. 2007) [category: Births]
  • 1918: Raimon Panikkar, Spanish theologian (d. 2010) [category: Births]
  • 1918: Russell B. Long, American politician (d. 2003) [category: Births]
  • 1918: Aleksandr Lyapunov, Russian mathematician and physicist (b. 1857) [category: Deaths]
  • 1918: Austria-Hungary enters into an armistice with the Allies, and the Habsburg-ruled empire dissolves. [category: Events]
  • 1918: Poland declares its independence from Russia. [category: Events]
  • 1918: The German Revolution of 1918–1919 begins when 40,000 sailors take over the port in Kiel. [category: Events]
  • 1919: Jesús Blasco, Spanish writer and illustrator (d. 1995) [category: Births]
  • 1919: Květa Legátová, Czech author (d. 2012) [category: Births]
  • 1919: Ludovic Kennedy, Scottish journalist and author (d. 2009) [category: Births]
  • 1920: Oodgeroo Noonuccal, Australian poet, educator, and activist (d. 1993) [category: Births]
  • 1921: Charles Bronson, American actor (d. 2003) [category: Births]
  • 1922: Dennis McDermott, English-Canadian trade unionist (d. 2003) [category: Births]
  • 1923: Tomás Ó Fiaich, Irish archbishop (d. 1990) [category: Births]
  • 1923: Yamaguchi Hitomi, Japanese author (d. 1995) [category: Births]
  • 1924: Samuel Ruiz García, Mexican bishop (d. 2011) [category: Births]
  • 1926: Maurice Couture, Canadian archbishop [category: Births]
  • 1926: Valdas Adamkus, Lithuanian politician, 3rd President of Lithuania [category: Births]
  • 1926: Annie Oakley, American target shooter (b. 1860) [category: Deaths]
  • 1927: Harrison McCain, Canadian businessman, co-founded McCain Foods (d. 2004) [category: Births]
  • 1927: Peggy McCay, American actress [category: Births]
  • 1927: Karel Matěj Čapek-Chod, Czech journalist (b. 1860) [category: Deaths]
  • 1928: Goseki Kojima, Japanese illustrator (d. 2000) [category: Births]
  • 1928: Osamu Tezuka, Japanese animator and producer, "the father of modern manga" (d. 1989) [category: Births]
  • 1929: Alfonso Orueta, Chilean politician (d. 2012) [category: Births]
  • 1929: Ed Richards, American fencer (d. 2012) [category: Births]
  • 1929: Olav Aukrust, Norwegian poet (b. 1883) [category: Deaths]
  • 1930: Brian Robinson, English cyclist [category: Births]
  • 1930: D. James Kennedy, American theologian (d. 2007) [category: Births]
  • 1930: Frits Staal, Dutch philosopher and scholar (d. 2012) [category: Births]
  • 1930: Lois Smith, American actress [category: Births]
  • 1930: Tsutomu Seki, Japanese astronomer [category: Births]
  • 1930: Getúlio Dornelles Vargas becomes Head of the Provisional Government in Brazil after a bloodless coup on October 24. [category: Events]
  • 1931: Michael Fu Tieshan, Chinese bishop (d. 2007) [category: Births]
  • 1931: Monica Vitti, Italian actress [category: Births]
  • 1931: Yon Hyong-muk, North Korean politician (d. 2005) [category: Births]
  • 1932: Panagis Tsaldaris becomes the 142nd Prime Minister of Greece. [category: Events]
  • 1933: Amartya Sen, Indian economist, Nobel Prize laureate [category: Births]
  • 1933: Aneta Corsaut, American actress (d. 1995) [category: Births]
  • 1933: Jeremy Brett, English actor (d. 1995) [category: Births]
  • 1933: John Barry, English composer (d. 2011) [category: Births]
  • 1933: Ken Berry, American actor, singer, and dancer [category: Births]
  • 1933: Michael Dukakis, American politician, 65th Governor of Massachusetts [category: Births]
  • 1933: Pierre Paul Émile Roux, French physician (b. 1853) [category: Deaths]
  • 1934: Hans Janmaat, Dutch politician (d. 2002) [category: Births]
  • 1935: George II of Greece regains his throne through a popular, though possible fixed, plebiscite. [category: Events]
  • 1936: Roy Emerson, Australian tennis player [category: Births]
  • 1936: Takao Saito, Japanese illustrator [category: Births]
  • 1937: Dietrich Möller, German politician, Mayor of Marburg [category: Births]
  • 1938: Akira Kobayashi, Japanese actor and singer [category: Births]
  • 1938: Jean Rollin, French director and screenwriter [category: Births]
  • 1938: Martin Dunwoody, English mathematician [category: Births]
  • 1939: Charles Tournemire, French composer and organist (b. 1870) [category: Deaths]
  • 1942: Martin Cruz Smith, American author [category: Births]
  • 1942: World War II: The Koli Point action begins during the Guadalcanal Campaign and ends on November 12. [category: Events]
  • 1943: Bert Jansch, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Pentangle) (d. 2011) [category: Births]
  • 1943: World War II: 500 aircraft of the U.S. 8th Air Force devastate Wilhelmshafen harbor in Germany. [category: Events]
  • 1944: Jan Boerstoel, Dutch poet and songwriter [category: Births]
  • 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. [category: Events]
  • 1945: Gerd Müller, German footballer [category: Births]
  • 1945: Ken Holtzman, American baseball player and manager [category: Births]
  • 1946: Reinhard Karl, German mountaineer (d. 1982) [category: Births]
  • 1946: Tom Savini, American actor [category: Births]
  • 1946: Wataru Takeshita, Japanese politician [category: Births]
  • 1947: Faraj Sarkohi, Iranian journalist [category: Births]
  • 1947: Mazie Hirono, Japanese-American politician [category: Births]
  • 1948: Helmuth Koinigg, Austrian race car driver (d. 1974) [category: Births]
  • 1948: Lulu, Scottish singer-songwriter and actress [category: Births]
  • 1948: Rainer Zobel, German footballer [category: Births]
  • 1948: Rick Kreuger, American baseball player [category: Births]
  • 1948: Takashi Kawamura, Japanese politician [category: Births]
  • 1949: Anna Wintour, English-American journalist and editor [category: Births]
  • 1949: Larry Holmes, American boxer [category: Births]
  • 1949: Mike Evans, American actor (d. 2006) [category: Births]
  • 1949: Osamu Fujimura, Japanese politician [category: Births]
  • 1949: Solomon R. Guggenheim, American art collector and philanthropist (b. 1861) [category: Deaths]
  • 1950: Joe Queenan, American author and critic [category: Births]
  • 1950: Massimo Mongai, Italian author [category: Births]
  • 1951: André Wetzel, Dutch footballer and manager [category: Births]
  • 1951: Dwight Evans, American baseball player [category: Births]
  • 1951: Ed Murawinski, American cartoonist [category: Births]
  • 1952: David Ho, Taiwanese-American scientist [category: Births]
  • 1952: Jim Cummings, American voice actor and singer [category: Births]
  • 1952: Roseanne Barr, American comedian, actress, and producer [category: Births]
  • 1953: Dennis Miller, American comedian and actor [category: Births]
  • 1953: Helios Creed, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Chrome) [category: Births]
  • 1953: Kate Capshaw, American actress [category: Births]
  • 1953: Larry Herndon, American baseball player [category: Births]
  • 1954: Adam Ant, English singer-songwriter (Adam and the Ants) [category: Births]
  • 1954: Henri Matisse, French painter and sculptor (b. 1869) [category: Deaths]
  • 1955: Phil Simms, American football player [category: Births]
  • 1955: Teresa De Sio, Italian singer-songwriter [category: Births]
  • 1956: Bob Welch, American baseball player [category: Births]
  • 1956: Gary Ross, American director [category: Births]
  • 1956: Kevin Murphy, American actor and puppeteer [category: Births]
  • 1957: Dolph Lundgren, Swedish actor [category: Births]
  • 1957: Gary Olsen, English actor (d. 2000) [category: Births]
  • 1957: Laika, Soviet dog (b. 1954) [category: Deaths]
  • 1957: Wilhelm Reich, Austrian psychotherapist (b. 1897) [category: Deaths]
  • 1957: Sputnik program: The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 2. On board is the first animal to enter orbit, a dog named Laika. [category: Events]
  • 1959: Hal Hartley, American director and screenwriter [category: Births]
  • 1960: Karch Kiraly, American volleyball player [category: Births]
  • 1960: Paul Willis, American actor (b. 1901) [category: Deaths]
  • 1960: The land that would become the Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge was established by an Act of Congress after a year-long legal battle that pitted local residents against Port Authority of New York and New Jersey officials. [category: Events]
  • 1961: Dave Hahn, American mountaineer [category: Births]
  • 1961: David Armstrong-Jones, Viscount Linley, English businessman [category: Births]
  • 1962: David J. Schiappa, American politician [category: Births]
  • 1962: Gabe Newell, American businessman, co-founder of Valve Corporation [category: Births]
  • 1962: Jacqui Smith, English politician [category: Births]
  • 1962: Antonius van Loon, Dutch tug of war competitor (b. 1888) [category: Deaths]
  • 1962: L.O. Wenckebach, Dutch sculptor and painter (b. 1895) [category: Deaths]
  • 1963: Ian Wright, English footballer [category: Births]
  • 1963: Shigeaki Hattori, Japanese race car driver [category: Births]
  • 1964: Paprika Steen, Danish actress [category: Births]
  • 1964: John Henry Barbee, American singer and guitarist (b. 1905) [category: Deaths]
  • 1964: Washington D.C. residents are able to vote in a presidential election for the first time. [category: Events]
  • 1965: Ann Scott, French author [category: Births]
  • 1965: Gert Heerkes, Dutch football coach and manager [category: Births]
  • 1967: John Tomac, American cyclist [category: Births]
  • 1967: Mike O'Neill, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
  • 1967: Steven Wilson, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Porcupine Tree, Blackfield, No-Man, and Storm Corrosion) [category: Births]
  • 1967: Vietnam War: The Battle of Dak To begins. [category: Events]
  • 1968: Alberto Iñurrategi, Spanish mountaineer [category: Births]
  • 1968: Paul Quantrill, Canadian baseball player [category: Births]
  • 1969: Niels van Steenis, Dutch rower [category: Births]
  • 1969: Robert Miles, Swiss-Italian DJ and producer [category: Births]
  • 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. [category: Events]
  • 1970: Geir Frigård, Norwegian footballer [category: Births]
  • 1970: Peter II of Yugoslavia (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
  • 1971: Diego Alessi, Italian race car driver [category: Births]
  • 1971: Dwight Yorke, Tobagonian footballer [category: Births]
  • 1971: Dylan Moran, Irish comedian and actor [category: Births]
  • 1971: Sticky Fingaz, American rapper and actor (Onyx) [category: Births]
  • 1972: Marko Koers, Dutch runner [category: Births]
  • 1972: Michael Hofmann, German footballer [category: Births]
  • 1972: Ugo Ehiogu, English footballer [category: Births]
  • 1973: Ben Fogle, English television host and author [category: Births]
  • 1973: Mick Thomson, American guitarist (Slipknot) [category: Births]
  • 1973: Nemone, English radio and television host [category: Births]
  • 1973: Marc Allégret, French director and screenwriter (b. 1900) [category: Deaths]
  • 1973: Mariner program: NASA launches the Mariner 10 toward Mercury. On March 29, 1974, it becomes the first space probe to reach that planet. [category: Events]
  • 1974: Sonali Kulkarni, Indian actress [category: Births]
  • 1974: Tariq Abdul-Wahad, French basketball player [category: Births]
  • 1975: Darren Sharper, American football player [category: Births]
  • 1975: Abul Hasnat Muhammad Qamaruzzaman, Bangladeshi politician (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
  • 1975: Muhammad Mansur Ali, Bangladeshi politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Bangladesh (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
  • 1975: Syed Nazrul Islam, Bangladeshi politician, President of Bangladesh (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
  • 1975: Tajuddin Ahmad, Bangladeshi politician, 1st Prime Minister of Bangladesh (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
  • 1975: Syed Nazrul Islam, A. H. M. Qamaruzzaman, Tajuddin Ahmad, and Muhammad Mansur Ali, Bangladeshi politicians and Sheikh Mujibur Rahman loyalists, murdered in the Dhaka Central Jail. [category: Events]
  • 1976: Guillermo Franco, Argentine-Mexican footballer [category: Births]
  • 1976: Jake Shimabukuro, American ukulele player [category: Births]
  • 1976: Tōko Aoyama, Japanese voice actress [category: Births]
  • 1977: Aria Giovanni, American model and actress [category: Births]
  • 1977: Marcel Ketelaer, German footballer [category: Births]
  • 1977: Sean Ringgold, American actor [category: Births]
  • 1978: Hiroko Sakai, Japanese softball player [category: Births]
  • 1978: Julia Taylor, European porn actress [category: Births]
  • 1978: Koshiro Take, Japanese jockey [category: Births]
  • 1978: Tim McIlrath, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Rise Against, Baxter, Arma Angelus, and The Killing Tree) [category: Births]
  • 1978: Dominica gains its independence from the United Kingdom. [category: Events]
  • 1979: Beau McDonald, Australian footballer [category: Births]
  • 1979: Pablo Aimar, Argentine footballer [category: Births]
  • 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 in Greensboro, North Carolina, United States. [category: Events]
  • 1981: Diego López Rodríguez, Spanish footballer [category: Births]
  • 1981: Sten Pentus, Estonian race car driver [category: Births]
  • 1982: Evgeny Plushenko, Russian figure skater [category: Births]
  • 1982: Moniek Kleinsman, Dutch speed skater [category: Births]
  • 1982: The Salang tunnel fire in Afghanistan kills up to 2,000 people. [category: Events]
  • 1983: Julie Marie Berman, American actress [category: Births]
  • 1983: Suzane von Richthofen, Brazilian murderer [category: Births]
  • 1983: Alfredo Antonini, American conductor and composer (b. 1901) [category: Deaths]
  • 1984: Christian Bakkerud, Danish race car driver (d. 2011) [category: Births]
  • 1984: Ryo Nishikido, Japanese singer-songwriter and actor (NEWS and Kanjani Eight) [category: Births]
  • 1985: Tyler Hansbrough, American basketball player [category: Births]
  • 1986: Heo Young-saeng, South Korean singer (SS501) [category: Births]
  • 1986: Jermaine Jones, American singer and actor [category: Births]
  • 1986: Paul Derbyshire, Italian rugby player [category: Births]
  • 1986: Piet Velthuizen, Dutch footballer [category: Births]
  • 1986: Iran-Contra Affair: The Lebanese magazine Ash-Shiraa 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. [category: Events]
  • 1986: The Federated States of Micronesia gain independence from the United States of America. [category: Events]
  • 1987: Ariane Andrew, American wrestler and manager [category: Births]
  • 1987: Colin Kaepernick, American football player [category: Births]
  • 1987: Felix Schütz, German ice hockey player [category: Births]
  • 1987: Gemma Ward, Australian model and actress [category: Births]
  • 1987: Mary Shane, American sportscaster (b. 1945) [category: Deaths]
  • 1988: Angus McLaren, Australian actor [category: Births]
  • 1988: Henri van Praag, Dutch educator, philosopher, and theologian (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
  • 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. [category: Events]
  • 1989: Joyce Jonathan, French singer [category: Births]
  • 1989: Paula DeAnda, American singer-songwriter [category: Births]
  • 1990: Ellyse Perry, Australian footballer and cricketer [category: Births]
  • 1990: Mary Martin, American actress (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
  • 1991: Chris Bender American singer (b. 1972) [category: Deaths]
  • 1991: Mort Shuman, American singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1936) [category: Deaths]
  • 1993: Léon Theremin, Russian inventor, invented the Theremin (b. 1895) [category: Deaths]
  • 1994: Alvin Andreas Herborg Nielsen, American physicist (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
  • 1995: Kendall Jenner, American model [category: Births]
  • 1995: Gordon S. Fahrni, Canadian physician (b. 1887) [category: Deaths]
  • 1995: John Orchard, English actor (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
  • 1996: Abdullah Çatlı, Turkish drug trafficker and murderer (b. 1956) [category: Deaths]
  • 1996: Jean-Bédel Bokassa, African military officer, 2nd President of the Central African Republic (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
  • 1996: Death of Abdullah Çatlı, leader of the Turkish ultra-nationalist organisation Grey Wolves in the Susurluk car-crash, which leads to the resignation of the Turkish Interior Minister, Mehmet Ağar (a leader of the True Path Party, DYP). [category: Events]
  • 1997: The United States of America imposes economic sanctions against Sudan in response to its human rights abuses of its own citizens and its material and political assistance to Islamic extremist groups across the Middle East and Eastern Africa. [category: Events]
  • 1998: Bob Kane, American writer and illustrator (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
  • 1999: Ian Bannen, Scottish actor (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
  • 2001: Ernst Gombrich, Austrian-English historian (b. 1909) [category: Deaths]
  • 2002: Jonathan Harris, American actor (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
  • 2002: Lonnie Donegan, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
  • 2003: Rasul Gamzatov, Russian poet (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
  • 2004: Sergejs Žoltoks, Latvian ice hockey player (b. 1972) [category: Deaths]
  • 2006: Alberto Spencer, Ecuadorean footballer (b. 1937) [category: Deaths]
  • 2006: Marie Rudisill, American author (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
  • 2006: Paul Mauriat, French conductor (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
  • 2007: Aleksandr Dedyushko, Russian actor (b. 1962) [category: Deaths]
  • 2007: Martin Meehan, Irish politician (b. 1945) [category: Deaths]
  • 2007: Ryan Shay, American runner (b. 1979) [category: Deaths]
  • 2008: Jean Fournet, French conductor (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
  • 2009: Archie Baird, Scottish footballer (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
  • 2009: Carl Ballantine, American magician and actor (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
  • 2009: Francisco Ayala, Spanish author (b. 1906) [category: Deaths]
  • 2010: Jerry Bock, American composer (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
  • 2010: Jim Clench, Canadian bass player (April Wine and Bachman–Turner Overdrive) (b. 1949) [category: Deaths]
  • 2010: Viktor Chernomyrdin, Russian politician, 30th Prime Minister of Russia (b. 1938) [category: Deaths]
  • 2012: Eugenija Pleškytė, Lithuanian actress (b. 1938) [category: Deaths]
  • 2012: George Chesterton, English cricketer (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
  • 2012: Ingegerd Troedsson, Swedish politician (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
  • 2012: Kailashpati Mishra, Indian politician (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
  • 2012: Odd Børretzen, Norwegian singer and author (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
  • 2012: Tommy Godwin, American-English cyclist (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
  • _: Acepsimas of Hnaita and companions (Greek Orthodox Church) [category: Holidays and observances]
  • _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
  • _: Culture Day (Japan), and its related observances: [category: Holidays and observances]
  • _: Feudal Lord's Parade or Hakone Daimyō Gyōretsu (Hakone, Kanagawa) [category: Holidays and observances]
  • _: Hubertus [category: Holidays and observances]
  • _: Independence Day / Separation Day, celebrates the separation and independence of Panama from Colombia in 1903. [category: Holidays and observances]
  • _: Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Dominica from the United Kingdom in 1978. [category: Holidays and observances]
  • _: Independence Day, celebrates the independence of the Federated States of Micronesia from the United States in 1986. [category: Holidays and observances]
  • _: Malachy O' More [category: Holidays and observances]
  • _: Martin de Porres [category: Holidays and observances]
  • _: November 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
  • _: Rupert Mayer [category: Holidays and observances]
  • _: Winefride [category: Holidays and observances]