November 3

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2021 (Wednesday)

2020 (Tuesday)

2019 (Sunday)

2018 (Saturday)

2017 (Friday)

2016 (Thursday)

2015 (Tuesday)

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

Events

Pre-1600

• 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.
• 1333 – The River Arno floods causing massive damage in Florence as recorded by the Florentine chronicler Giovanni Villani.
• 1468 – Liège is sacked by Charles I of Burgundy's troops.
• 1492 – Peace of Etaples between Henry VII of England and Charles VIII of France.
• 1493 – Christopher Columbus first sights the island of Dominica in the Caribbean Sea.
• 1534 – English Parliament passes the first Act of Supremacy, making King Henry VIII head of the Anglican Church, supplanting the pope and the Roman Catholic Church.

1601–1900

• 1783 – The American Continental Army is disbanded.
• 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.
• 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 Dutch constitution, which transfers much authority from the king to his parliament and ministers, is proclaimed.
• 1867 – Giuseppe 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).
• 1868 – John Willis Menard (R-LA) was the first African American elected to the United States Congress. Because of an electoral challenge, he was never seated.
• 1881 – The Mapuche uprising of 1881 begins in Chile.
• 1898 – France withdraws its troops from Fashoda (now in Sudan), ending the Fashoda Incident.

1901–present

• 1903 – With the encouragement of the United States, Panama separates from Colombia.
• 1908 – William Howard Taft is elected the 27th President of the United States.
• 1911 – Chevrolet officially enters the automobile market in competition with the Ford Model T.
• 1918 – The German Revolution of 1918–19 begins when 40,000 sailors take over the port in Kiel.
• 1920 – Russian Civil War: The Russian Army retreats to Crimea, after a successful offensive by the Red Army and Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine.
• 1929 – The Gwangju Student Independence Movement occurred.
• 1930 – Getúlio Vargas becomes Head of the Provisional Government in 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 through a popular, though possibly fixed, plebiscite.
• 1936 – Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected the 32nd President of the United States.
• 1942 – World War II: The Koli Point action begins during the Guadalcanal Campaign and ends on November 12.
• 1943 – World War II: Five hundred aircraft of the U.S. 8th Air Force devastate Wilhelmshaven 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.
• 1946 – The Constitution of Japan is adopted through Emperor's assent.
• 1949 – Chinese Civil War: The Battle of Dengbu Island occurs.
• 1950 – Air India Flight 245 crashes into Mont Blanc while on approach to Geneva Airport, killing all 48 people on board.
• 1956 – Suez Crisis: The Khan Yunis killings by the Israel Defense Forces in Egyptian-controlled Gaza result in the deaths of 275 Palestinians.
• 1956 – Hungarian Revolution: A new Hungarian government is formed, in which many members of banned non-Communist parties participate. János Kádár and Ferenc Münnich form a counter-government in Moscow as Soviet troops prepare for the final assault.
• 1957 – Sputnik program: The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 2. On board is the first animal to enter orbit, a dog named Laika.
• 1960 – The land that would become the Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge is 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 wishing to turn the Great Swamp into a major regional airport for jet aircraft.
• 1961 – U Thant is unanimously appointed as the 3rd Secretary-General of the United Nations, becoming the first non-European individual to occupy the post.
• 1964 – Lyndon B. Johnson is elected to a full term as U.S. president, winning 61% of the vote and 44 states, while Washington D.C. residents are able to vote in a presidential election for the first time, casting the majority of their votes for Lyndon Johnson.
• 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, it becomes the first space probe to reach that planet.
• 1975 – Four Bangladeshi politicians are killed in the Dhaka Central Jail.
• 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 in Greensboro, North Carolina, United States.
• 1980 – A Latin Carga Convair CV-880 crashes at Simón Bolívar International Airport in Venezuela, killing four.
• 1982 – The Salang Tunnel fire in Afghanistan kills 150–2000 people.
• 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.
• 1986 – The Compact of Free Association becomes law, granting the Federated States of Micronesia and the Marshall Islands independence from the United States.
• 1988 – Sri Lankan Tamil mercenaries attempt to overthrow the Maldivian government. At President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom's request, the Indian military suppresses the rebellion within 24 hours.
• 1992 – Democratic Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton defeats Republican President George H. W. Bush and Independent candidate Ross Perot in the 1992 United States presidential election.
• 1996 – Abdullah Çatlı, the leader of the Turkish ultranationalist organization Grey Wolves, dies in the Susurluk car crash, leading to the resignation of Interior Minister Mehmet Ağar (a leader of the True Path Party).
• 1997 – The United States 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 East Africa.
• 2014 – One World Trade Center officially opens in New York City, replacing the Twin Towers after they were destroyed during the September 11 attacks.
• 2020 – The 2020 United States presidential election takes place between Democratic Joe Biden and Republican incumbent President Donald Trump. On November 7, Biden was declared the winner.

Births

Pre-1600

• AD 39 – Lucan, Roman poet (d. 65)
• 1500 – Benvenuto Cellini, Italian sculptor and painter (d. 1571)
• 1505 – Achilles Gasser, German physician and astrologer (d. 1577)
• 1527 – Tilemann Heshusius, Gnesio-Lutheran theologian (d. 1588)
• 1560 – Annibale Carracci, Italian painter and illustrator (d. 1609)
• 1587 – Samuel Scheidt, German organist, composer, and educator (d. 1654)

1601–1900

• 1604 – Osman II, Ottoman sultan (d. 1622)
• 1618 – Aurangzeb, Mughal emperor of India (d. 1707)
• 1656 – Georg Reutter, Austrian organist and composer (d. 1738)
• 1659 – Hui-bin Jang, Royal consort (d. 1701)
• 1689 – Jan Josef Ignác Brentner, Czech composer (d. 1742)
• 1749 – Daniel Rutherford, Scottish chemist and physician (d. 1819)
• 1757 – Robert Smith, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 6th United States Secretary of State (d. 1842)
• 1777 – Princess Sophia of the United Kingdom (d. 1848)
• 1793 – Stephen F. Austin, American businessman and politician (d. 1836)
• 1794 – William Cullen Bryant, American poet and journalist (d. 1878)
• 1799 – William Sprague III, American lawyer and politician, 14th Governor of Rhode Island (d. 1856)
• 1801 – Karl Baedeker, German author and publisher, founded the Baedeker Publishing Company (d. 1859)
• 1801 – Vincenzo Bellini, Italian composer (d. 1835)
• 1815 – John Mitchel, Irish journalist and activist (d. 1875)
• 1816 – Jubal Early, American general and lawyer (d. 1894)
• 1816 – Calvin Fairbank, American minister and activist (d. 1898)
• 1845 – Edward Douglass White, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, 9th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1921)
• 1852 – Emperor Meiji of Japan (d. 1912)
• 1854 – Carlo Fornasini, Italian micropalaeontologist (d. 1931)
• 1856 – Jim McCormick, Scottish-American baseball player and manager (d. 1918)
• 1857 – Mikhail Alekseyev, Russian general (d. 1918)
• 1862 – Henry George Jr., American journalist and politician (d. 1916)
• 1863 – Alfred Perot, French physicist and academic (d. 1925)
• 1866 – Harry Staley, American baseball player (d. 1910)
• 1871 – Albert Goldthorpe, English rugby player and manager (d. 1943)
• 1875 – Emīls Dārziņš, Latvian composer and conductor (d. 1910)
• 1876 – Stephen Alencastre, American bishop and missionary (d. 1940)
• 1877 – Carlos Ibáñez del Campo, Chilean general and politician, 20th President of Chile (d. 1960)
• 1877 – Rosalie Edge, American environmentalist (d. 1962)
• 1878 – Bangalore Nagarathnamma, Indian Carnatic singer and activist (d. 1952)
• 1882 – Yakub Kolas, Belarusian writer (d. 1956)
• 1884 – Joseph William Martin Jr., American publisher and politician, 49th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (d. 1968)
• 1887 – Samuil Marshak, Russian author and poet (d. 1964)
• 1887 – Eileen Hendriks, British geologist (d. 1978)
• 1890 – Harry Stephen Keeler, American author (d. 1967)
• 1890 – Eustáquio van Lieshout, Dutch-Brazilian priest and missionary (d. 1943)
• 1894 – William George Barker, Canadian pilot and colonel, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1930)
• 1894 – Sofoklis Venizelos, Greek captain and politician, 133rd Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1964)
• 1896 – Gustaf Tenggren, Swedish-American illustrator and animator (d. 1970)
• 1899 – Ralph Greenleaf, American billiards player (d. 1950)
• 1899 – Rezső Seress, Hungarian pianist and composer (d. 1968)
• 1899 – Gleb Wataghin, Ukrainian-Italian physicist and academic (d. 1986)
• 1900 – Adolf Dassler, German businessman, founded Adidas (d. 1978)

1901–present

• 1901 – Leopold III of Belgium (d. 1983)
• 1901 – André Malraux, French historian, theorist, and author (d. 1976)
• 1901 – Lionel Hitchman, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1969)
• 1903 – Walker Evans, American photographer and journalist (d. 1975)
• 1905 – Lois Mailou Jones, American painter and academic (d. 1998)
• 1906 – Julia Boyer Reinstein, American teacher and historian (d. 1998)
• 1908 – Giovanni Leone, Italian lawyer and politician, 6th President of Italy (d. 2001)
• 1908 – Bronko Nagurski, Canadian-American football player, wrestler, and coach (d. 1990)
• 1909 – James Reston, Scottish-American journalist and author (d. 1995)
• 1910 – Karel Zeman, Czech director, animator, production designer, and screenwriter (d. 1989)
• 1911 – Kick Smit, Dutch footballer and manager (d. 1974)
• 1912 – Alfredo Stroessner, Paraguayan general and politician, 46th President of Paraguay (d. 2006)
• 1915 – Hal Jackson, American journalist and radio host (d. 2012)
• 1917 – Annapurna Maharana, Indian activist (d. 2012)
• 1918 – Claude Barma, French director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1992)
• 1918 – Bob Feller, American sailor, baseball player, and sportscaster (d. 2010)
• 1918 – Elizabeth P. Hoisington, American general (d. 2007)
• 1918 – Russell B. Long, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician (d. 2003)
• 1919 – Jesús Blasco, Spanish author and illustrator (d. 1995)
• 1919 – Ludovic Kennedy, Scottish journalist and author (d. 2009)
• 1919 – Květa Legátová, Czech author (d. 2012)
• 1920 – Oodgeroo Noonuccal, Australian poet, educator, and activist (d. 1993)
• 1921 – Charles Bronson, American soldier and actor (d. 2003)
• 1922 – Dennis McDermott, English-Canadian union leader and diplomat, Canadian Ambassador to Ireland (d. 2003)
• 1923 – Violetta Elvin, Russian ballerina (d. 2021)
• 1923 – Tomás Ó Fiaich, Irish cardinal (d. 1990)
• 1923 – Yamaguchi Hitomi, Japanese author and critic (d. 1995)
• 1924 – Marc Breaux, American actor, director, and choreographer (d. 2013)
• 1924 – Samuel Ruiz, Mexican bishop (d. 2011)
• 1926 – Valdas Adamkus, Lithuanian engineer and politician, 3rd President of Lithuania
• 1926 – Maurice Couture, Canadian archbishop (d. 2018)
• 1926 – Robert W. Wilson, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 2013)
• 1927 – Harrison McCain, Canadian businessman, co-founded McCain Foods (d. 2004)
• 1927 – Peggy McCay, American actress (d. 2018)
• 1927 – Odvar Nordli, Norwegian politician, 21st Prime Minister of Norway (d. 2018)
• 1928 – Goseki Kojima, Japanese illustrator (d. 2000)
• 1928 – Bill Morrison, Australian politician and diplomat, 37th Australian Minister for Defence (d. 2013)
• 1928 – Osamu Tezuka, Japanese animator and producer (d. 1989)
• 1928 – George Yardley, American basketball player (d. 2004)
• 1929 – Alfonso Orueta, Chilean footballer, manager, and politician (d. 2012)
• 1930 – Phil Crane, American academic and politician (d. 2014)
• 1930 – William H. Dana, American engineer, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2014)
• 1930 – Mable John, American blues singer (d. 2022)
• 1930 – D. James Kennedy, American pastor and author (d. 2007)
• 1930 – Brian Robinson, English cyclist (d. 2022)
• 1930 – Tsutomu Seki, Japanese astronomer and academic
• 1930 – Lois Smith, American actress
• 1930 – Frits Staal, Dutch philosopher and scholar (d. 2012)
• 1931 – Yon Hyong-muk, North Korean soldier and politician, 7th Premier of North Korea (d. 2005)
• 1931 – Monica Vitti, Italian actress, singer, and screenwriter (d. 2022)
• 1931 – Michael Fu Tieshan, Chinese bishop (d. 2007)
• 1932 – Albert Reynolds, Irish businessman and politician, 9th Taoiseach of Ireland (d. 2014)
• 1932 – Gerry Ehman, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2006)
• 1933 – John Barry, English-American composer and conductor (d. 2011)
• 1933 – Ken Berry, American actor, singer, and dancer (d. 2018)
• 1933 – Jeremy Brett, English actor (d. 1995)
• 1933 – Aneta Corsaut, American actress (d. 1995)
• 1933 – Michael Dukakis, American lawyer, academic, and politician, 65th Governor of Massachusetts
• 1933 – Amartya Sen, Indian economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1934 – Kenneth Baker, Baron Baker of Dorking, English poet and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
• 1934 – Hans Janmaat, Dutch businessman, educator, and politician (d. 2002)
• 1935 – Ingrid Rüütel, Estonian philologist and academic, 3rd First Lady of Estonia
• 1936 – Roy Emerson, Australian-American tennis player and coach
• 1936 – Takao Saito, Japanese author and illustrator, created Golgo 13 (d. 2021)
• 1937 – Dietrich Möller, German lawyer and politician, 15th Mayor of Marburg
• 1937 – Jim Houston, American football player (d. 2018)
• 1938 – Martin Dunwoody, English mathematician and academic
• 1938 – Akira Kobayashi, Japanese actor
• 1938 – Jean Rollin, French actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2010)
• 1940 – Sonny Rhodes, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2021)
• 1942 – Martin Cruz Smith, American author and screenwriter
• 1943 – Bert Jansch, Scottish-English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2011)
• 1944 – Jan Boerstoel, Dutch poet and songwriter
• 1945 – Ken Holtzman, American baseball player and manager (d. 2024)
• 1945 – Gerd Müller, German footballer and manager (d. 2021)
• 1945 – Nick Simper, English bass guitarist
• 1946 – Reinhard Karl, German mountaineer, photographer, and author (d. 1982)
• 1946 – Wataru Takeshita, Japanese lawyer and politician (d. 2021)
• 1947 – Mazie Hirono, Japanese-American lawyer and politician, U.S. Senator from Hawaii
• 1947 – Siiri Oviir, Estonian lawyer and politician, 3rd Estonian Minister of Social Affairs
• 1947 – Faraj Sarkohi, Iranian journalist and critic
• 1948 – Takashi Kawamura, Japanese politician
• 1948 – Helmuth Koinigg, Austrian race car driver (d. 1974)
• 1948 – Rick Kreuger, American baseball player and coach
• 1948 – Lulu, Scottish singer-songwriter and actress
• 1948 – Rainer Zobel, German footballer, coach, and manager
• 1948 – Mahbubul Haque, Bangladeshi linguist (d. 2024)
• 1949 – Mike Evans, American actor and screenwriter (d. 2006)
• 1949 – Osamu Fujimura, Japanese engineer and politician
• 1949 – Larry Holmes, American boxer and talk show host
• 1949 – Stephen Oliver, English biochemist and academic
• 1949 – Anna Wintour, English-American journalist
• 1950 – Massimo Mongai, Italian journalist and author (d. 2016)
• 1950 – Joe Queenan, American author and critic
• 1951 – Dwight Evans, American baseball player and coach
• 1951 – Ed Murawinski, American cartoonist
• 1951 – André Wetzel, Dutch footballer and manager
• 1952 – Roseanne Barr, American comedian, actress, and producer
• 1952 – Jim Cummings, American voice actor
• 1952 – David Ho, Taiwanese-American scientist
• 1953 – Kate Capshaw, American actress and producer
• 1953 – Helios Creed, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1953 – Larry Herndon, American baseball player and coach
• 1953 – Dennis Miller, American comedian, producer, and talk show host
• 1953 – Vilma Santos, Filipino actress and politician
• 1954 – Adam Ant, English singer-songwriter and actor
• 1954 – Kathy Kinney, American actress and comedian
• 1955 – Teresa De Sio, Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1955 – Anne Milton, English nurse and politician
• 1955 – Phil Simms, American football player and sportscaster
• 1956 – Cathy Jamieson, Scottish politician, 2nd Scottish Minister for Justice
• 1956 – Kevin Murphy, American actor, puppeteer, producer, and screenwriter
• 1956 – Gary Ross, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1956 – Bob Welch, American baseball player and coach (d. 2014)
• 1956 – Chrystian, Brazilian sertanejo singer (d. 2024)
• 1957 – Dolph Lundgren, Swedish actor, director, producer, screenwriter, and martial artist
• 1957 – Gary Olsen, English actor (d. 2000)
• 1957 – Steve Johnson, American basketball player
• 1958 – Brady Hoke, American football coach
• 1959 – Hal Hartley, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1960 – Karch Kiraly, American volleyball player, coach, and sportscaster
• 1960 – Ian McNabb, English singer-songwriter and musician
• 1961 – David Armstrong-Jones, 2nd Earl of Snowdon, English businessman
• 1961 – Dave Hahn, Japanese-American mountaineer and journalist
• 1961 – Greg Townsend, American football player
• 1962 – Gabe Newell, American businessman, co-founded Valve
• 1962 – David J. Schiappa, American lawyer and politician
• 1962 – Jacqui Smith, English lawyer and politician
• 1963 – Davis Guggenheim, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1963 – Shigeaki Hattori, Japanese race car driver
• 1963 – Ian Wright, English footballer, manager, and sportscaster
• 1963 – Howard Ballard, American football player
• 1964 – Algimantas Briaunis, Lithuanian footballer and manager
• 1964 – Bryan Young, New Zealand cricketer
• 1965 – Gert Heerkes, Dutch footballer and manager
• 1965 – Ann Scott, French-English author
• 1965 – Mike Springer, American golfer
• 1967 – Mike O'Neill, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1967 – Mark Roberts, Welsh singer and guitarist
• 1967 – Steven Wilson, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1968 – Alberto Iñurrategi, Spanish mountaineer
• 1968 – Paul Quantrill, Canadian baseball player and coach
• 1969 – Robert Miles, Swiss-Italian DJ and producer (d. 2017)
• 1969 – Petteri Orpo, Finnish politician
• 1969 – Niels van Steenis, Dutch rower
• 1970 – Geir Frigård, Norwegian footballer
• 1970 – Jeanette J. Epps, American aerospace engineer and astronaut
• 1970 – Doug Zmolek, American ice hockey player
• 1971 – Diego Alessi, Italian race car driver
• 1971 – Unai Emery, Spanish football manager and former player
• 1971 – Dylan Moran, Irish actor, comedian, and screenwriter
• 1971 – Alison Williamson, English archer
• 1971 – Dwight Yorke, Tobagonian footballer and coach
• 1972 – Ugo Ehiogu, English footballer and manager (d. 2017)
• 1972 – Michael Hofmann, German footballer
• 1972 – Marko Koers, Dutch runner
• 1972 – Armando Benitez, Dominican baseball player
• 1973 – Ben Fogle, English television host and author
• 1973 – Sticky Fingaz, American rapper, producer, and actor
• 1973 – Christian Picciolini, American businessman and manager
• 1973 – Chrissie Swan, Australian radio and television host
• 1973 – Mick Thomson, American guitarist
• 1974 – Tariq Abdul-Wahad, French basketball player and coach
• 1975 – Darren Sharper, American football player and sportscaster
• 1976 – Guillermo Franco, Argentinian-Mexican footballer
• 1976 – Jake Shimabukuro, American ukulele player and composer
• 1977 – Marcel Ketelaer, German footballer
• 1977 – Greg Plitt, American model and actor (d. 2015)
• 1977 – Damien Woody, American football player
• 1978 – Tim McIlrath, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1978 – Jonas Howden Sjøvaag, Norwegian drummer
• 1978 – Hiroko Sakai, Japanese softball player
• 1979 – Pablo Aimar, Argentinian footballer
• 1979 – Beau McDonald, Australian footballer and coach
• 1980 – Hans Andersen, Danish motorcycle racer
• 1981 – Diego López, Spanish footballer
• 1981 – Vicente Matías Vuoso, Argentinian-Mexican footballer
• 1981 – Rodrigo Millar, Chilean footballer
• 1981 – Sten Pentus, Estonian race car driver
• 1981 – Karlos Dansby, American football player
• 1982 – Jay Harrison, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1982 – Moniek Kleinsman, Dutch speed skater
• 1982 – Egemen Korkmaz, Turkish footballer
• 1982 – Janel McCarville, American professional basketball player
• 1982 – Evgeni Plushenko, Russian figure skater
• 1982 – Pekka Rinne, Finnish ice hockey player
• 1982 – Alexander Svitov, Russian ice hockey player
• 1983 – Julie Berman, American actress
• 1983 – Myrna Braza, Norwegian singer-songwriter
• 1983 – Tamba Hali, American football player
• 1984 – Christian Bakkerud, Danish race car driver (d. 2011)
• 1984 – Ryo Nishikido, Japanese singer-songwriter and actor
• 1984 – LaMarr Woodley, American football player
• 1985 – Tyler Hansbrough, American basketball player
• 1985 – Philipp Tschauner, German footballer
• 1986 – Paul Derbyshire, Italian rugby player
• 1986 – Davon Jefferson, American basketball player
• 1986 – Antonia Thomas, English actress
• 1986 – Piet Velthuizen, Dutch footballer
• 1986 – Heo Young-saeng, South Korean singer
• 1987 – Courtney Barnett, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1987 – Colin Kaepernick, American football player
• 1987 – Ty Lawson, American basketball player
• 1987 – Felix Schütz, German ice hockey player
• 1987 – Kyle Seager, American baseball player
• 1987 – Elizabeth Smart, American kidnapping victim, activist, and journalist
• 1987 – Gemma Ward, Australian model and actress
• 1988 – Diante Garrett, American basketball player
• 1988 – Jessie Loutit, Canadian rower
• 1989 – Paula DeAnda, American singer-songwriter and actress
• 1989 – Andrade El Idolo, Mexican wrestler
• 1989 – Joyce Jonathan, French singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1990 – Ellyse Perry, Australian footballer and cricketer
• 1991 – Damisha Croney, Barbadian netball player
• 1992 – Joe Clarke, English slalom canoeist
• 1992 – Valeria Solovyeva, Russian tennis player
• 1993 – Kenny Golladay, American football player
• 1993 – Martina Trevisan, Italian tennis player
• 1995 – Kendall Jenner, American television personality and model
• 1997 – Izuchuckwu Anthony, Nigerian footballer
• 1997 – Sarthak Golui, Indian footballer
• 1997 – Takumi Kitamura, Japanese actor
• 1997 – Lázaro Martínez, Cuban athlete
• 1998 – Maddison Elliott, Australian paralympic swimmer
• 2001 – Hailey Baptiste, American tennis player
• 2001 – Jake LaRavia, American basketball player
• 2007 – Ever Anderson, American actress

Deaths

Pre-1600

• 361 – Constantius II, Roman emperor (b. 317)
• 753 – Saint Pirmin, Spanish-German monk and saint (b. 700)
• 1219 – Saer de Quincy, 1st Earl of Winchester, English baron and rebel (b. c. 1170)
• 1220 – Urraca of Castile, Queen of Portugal, spouse of King Afonso II of Portugal (b. 1186)
• 1254 – John III Doukas Vatatzes, Byzantine emperor (b. 1193)
• 1324 – Petronilla de Meath, Irish suspected witch (b. c. 1300)
• 1373 – Jeanne de Valois, Queen of Navarre (b. 1343)
• 1428 – Thomas Montacute, 4th Earl of Salisbury, English general and politician (b. 1388)
• 1456 – Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond, father of King Henry VII of England (b. 1431)
• 1580 – Jerónimo Zurita y Castro, Spanish historian and author (b. 1512)
• 1584 – Charles Borromeo, Italian cardinal and saint (b. 1538)
• 1599 – Andrew Báthory, Prince of Transylvania (b. c. 1563)
• 1600 – Richard Hooker, English priest and theologian (b. 1554)

1601–1900

• 1639 – Martin de Porres, Peruvian saint (b. 1579)
• 1643 – John Bainbridge, English astronomer and academic (b. 1582)
• 1643 – Paul Guldin, Swiss astronomer and mathematician (b. 1577)
• 1676 – Köprülü Fazıl Ahmed Pasha, Ottoman soldier and politician, 110th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1635)
• 1711 – John Ernest Grabe, German theologian and academic (b. 1666)
• 1787 – Robert Lowth, English bishop and academic (b. 1710)
• 1793 – Olympe de Gouges, French playwright and activist (b. 1748)
• 1794 – François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis, French cardinal and diplomat (b. 1715)
• 1850 – William E. Shannon, Irish-born American politician (b. 1821/1822)
• 1858 – Harriet Taylor Mill, English philosopher and author (b. 1807)
• 1869 – Andreas Kalvos, Greek poet and playwright (b. 1792)
• 1890 – Ulrich Ochsenbein, Swiss lawyer and politician, 1st President of the Swiss National Council (b. 1811)
• 1891 – Louis Lucien Bonaparte, English-Italian philologist and politician (b. 1813)
• 1900 – Carrie Steele Logan, American philanthropist, founder of the oldest black orphanage in the United States (b. ~1829)

1901–present

• 1914 – Georg Trakl, Austrian-Polish pharmacist and poet (b. 1887)
• 1917 – Léon Bloy, French author and poet (b. 1846)
• 1918 – Aleksandr Lyapunov, Russian mathematician and physicist (b. 1857)
• 1926 – Annie Oakley, American entertainer and target shooter (b. 1860)
• 1927 – Karel Matěj Čapek-Chod, Czech journalist and author (b. 1860)
• 1929 – Olav Aukrust, Norwegian poet and educator (b. 1883)
• 1933 – Pierre Paul Émile Roux, French physician, bacteriologist, and immunologist (b. 1853)
• 1939 – Charles Tournemire, French organist and composer (b. 1870)
• 1949 – Solomon R. Guggenheim, American art collector and philanthropist, founded the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (b. 1861)
• 1954 – Henri Matisse, French painter and sculptor (b. 1869)
• 1956 – Jean Metzinger, French artist, (b. 1883)
• 1957 – Wilhelm Reich, Ukrainian-Austrian psychotherapist and author (b. 1897)
• 1960 – Paul Willis, American actor and director (b. 1901)
• 1962 – L. O. Wenckebach, Dutch sculptor and painter (b. 1895)
• 1968 – Vern Stephens, American baseball player (b. 1920)
• 1969 – Zeki Rıza Sporel, Turkish footballer (b. 1898)
• 1973 – Marc Allégret, Swiss-French director and screenwriter (b. 1900)
• 1975 – Tajuddin Ahmad, Bangladeshi politician, 1st Prime Minister of Bangladesh (b. 1925)
• 1975 – Muhammad Mansur Ali, Bangladeshi captain and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Bangladesh (b. 1919)
• 1975 – Syed Nazrul Islam, Bangladeshi lawyer and politician, President of Bangladesh (b. 1925)
• 1975 – Abul Hasnat Muhammad Qamaruzzaman, Bangladeshi lawyer and politician (b. 1926)
• 1976 – Solange d'Ayen, French noblewoman, Duchess of Ayen and journalist (b. 1898)
• 1980 – Caroline Mytinger, American painter and author (b. 1897)
• 1983 – Alfredo Antonini, Italian-American conductor and composer (b. 1901)
• 1983 – Jerry Pentland, Australian fighter ace (b. 1894)
• 1987 – Mary Shane, American sportscaster and educator (b. 1945)
• 1988 – Henri van Praag, Dutch philosopher, theologian, and educator (b. 1916)
• 1989 – Dorothy Fuldheim, American journalist (b. 1893)
• 1990 – Kenan Erim, Turkish archaeologist and academic (b. 1929)
• 1990 – Nusret Fişek, Turkish physician and politician, Turkish Minister of Health (b. 1914)
• 1990 – Mary Martin, American actress and singer (b. 1913)
• 1991 – Chris Bender, American singer (b. 1972)
• 1993 – Léon Theremin, Russian physicist and engineer, invented the Theremin (b. 1895)
• 1994 – Valter Palm, Estonian-American boxer (b. 1905)
• 1995 – Gordon S. Fahrni, Canadian physician (b. 1887)
• 1996 – Jean-Bédel Bokassa, Central African general and politician, 2nd President of the Central African Republic (b. 1921)
• 1997 – Ronald Barnes, American carillon player and composer (b. 1927)
• 1998 – Bob Kane, American author and illustrator, co-created Batman (b. 1915)
• 1999 – Ian Bannen, Scottish actor (b. 1928)
• 2001 – Ernst Gombrich, Austrian-English historian and author (b. 1909)
• 2002 – Lonnie Donegan, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1931)
• 2002 – Jonathan Harris, American actor (b. 1914)
• 2003 – Rasul Gamzatov, Russian poet and educator (b. 1923)
• 2004 – Sergejs Žoltoks, Latvian ice hockey player (b. 1972)
• 2006 – Paul Mauriat, French pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1925)
• 2006 – Marie Rudisill, American author (b. 1911)
• 2006 – Alberto Spencer, Ecuadorean footballer (b. 1937)
• 2007 – Aleksandr Dedyushko, Belarusian-Russian actor (b. 1962)
• 2007 – Martin Meehan, PIRA volunteer and Irish republican politician (b. 1945)
• 2007 – Ryan Shay, American runner (b. 1979)
• 2008 – Jean Fournet, French conductor (b. 1913)
• 2009 – Francisco Ayala, Spanish sociologist, author, and critic (b. 1906)
• 2009 – Archie Baird, Scottish footballer, journalist, and educator (b. 1919)
• 2009 – Carl Ballantine, American magician and actor (b. 1917)
• 2010 – Jerry Bock, American composer (b. 1928)
• 2010 – Viktor Chernomyrdin, Russian politician and diplomat, 30th Prime Minister of Russia (b. 1938)
• 2010 – Jim Clench, Canadian bass player (b. 1949)
• 2011 – Peeter Kreitzberg, Estonian lawyer and politician (b. 1948)
• 2012 – Carmélia Alves, Brazilian singer (b. 1923)
• 2012 – George Chesterton, English cricketer and coach (b. 1922)
• 2012 – Tommy Godwin, American-English cyclist and coach (b. 1920)
• 2012 – Mükerrem Hiç, Turkish academic, author, and politician (b. 1929)
• 2012 – Thomas K. McCraw, American historian and academic (b. 1940)
• 2012 – Kailashpati Mishra, Indian activist and politician, 18th Governor of Gujarat (b. 1923)
• 2013 – Nick Cardy, American soldier and illustrator (b. 1920)
• 2013 – Gerard Cieślik, Polish footballer and manager (b. 1927)
• 2013 – Gamani Corea, Sri Lankan economist and diplomat (b. 1925)
• 2013 – William J. Coyne, American lawyer and politician (b. 1936)
• 2013 – Rupert Gerritsen, Australian historian and author (b. 1953)
• 2013 – Leonard Long, Australian painter and educator (b. 1911)
• 2014 – Augusto Martelli, Italian composer and conductor (b. 1940)
• 2014 – Gordon Tullock, American economist and academic (b. 1922)
• 2014 – Sadashiv Amrapurkar, Indian actor (b. 1950)
• 2015 – Ahmed Chalabi, Iraqi businessman and politician (b. 1944)
• 2015 – Howard Coble, American captain, lawyer, and politician (b. 1931)
• 2015 – Tom Graveney, English cricketer and sportscaster (b. 1927)
• 2015 – Lauretta Ngcobo, South African novelist and essayist (b. 1931)
• 2016 – Kay Starr, American singer (b. 1922)
• 2018 – Sondra Locke, American actress and director (b. 1944)
• 2024 – Quincy Jones, American producer (b. 1933)

Holidays and observances

• Christian feast day:
  • Acepsimas of Hnaita and companions (Greek Orthodox Church)
  • Clydog
  • Cristiolus
  • Elias I of Antioch (Syriac Orthodox Church)
  • Ermengol (Hermengaudius)
  • Gaudiosus of Tarazona
  • Gwenhael
  • Hubertus
  • Libertine
  • Malachy O' More
  • Blessed Manuel Lozano Garrido
  • Martin de Porres
  • Papulus
  • Pirmin
  • Richard Hooker (Anglican Communion)
  • Rumwold of Buckingham
  • Blessed Rupert Mayer
  • Silvia
  • Winifred
  • November 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Culture Day (Japan)
• Flag Day (United Arab Emirates)
• Independence Day / Separation Day, celebrates the separation and independence of Panama from Colombia in 1903.
• Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Dominica from the United Kingdom in 1978.
• Independence Day, celebrates the independence of the Federated States of Micronesia from the United States in 1986.
• Independence Day of Cuenca (Ecuador)
• Mother's Day (East Timor)
• Victory Day (Maldives)

External links

• "On This Day". BBC.
• The New York Times: On This Day
• "Historical Events on November 3". OnThisDay.com.