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What happened in history on this day: November 3?
On November 3 in ...
- 1783 - Washington orders the Continental Army disbanded.
- 1868 - Ulysses Grant (Republican) wins presidential election over Horatio Seymour (Democrat).
- 1883 - Race riots in Danville, Virginia (four blacks killed).
- 1885 - Tacoma (Washington, USA) vigilantes drive out Chinese, burn their homes and businesses.
- 1896 - William McKinley (Republican) defeats William Jennings Bryan (Democrat) for US President.
- 1900 - First US national automobile show opens at Madison Square Garden (New York City).
- 1908 - William Howard Taft (Republican) elected 27th President over William Jennings Bryan.
- 1927 - Tropical storm flooding kills 84 in Winooski River Valley (Vermont, USA).
- 1930 - First US vehicular tunnel to a foreign country (Detroit-to-Windsor, Canada) opens.
- 1930 - Bank of Italy becomes Bank of America.
- 1936 - US President Franklin Roosevelt wins landslide victory over Alfred M Landon (Republican).
- 1953 - First live color coast-to-coast telecast, from Colonial Theatre in New York City broadcast to Burbank, California, via WNBT.
- 1964 - Residents of the District of Columbia (USA) cast their ballots in a presidential election for the first time.
- 1964 - Lyndon Johnson (Democrat) soundly defeats Barry Goldwater (Republican) for US President.
- 1973 - Mariner 10 launched; will make first Venus pictures, first mission to Mercury.
- 1978 - Mickey Mouse is given a gold star on Hollywood Boulevard's Walk of Fame, the first cartoon character to be so honored.
- 1979 - In Greensboro, North Carolina, five members of the Communist Workers Party are shot to death and seven are wounded by a group of Klansmen and neo-Nazis, during a "Death to the Klan" rally.
- 1982 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average surges 43.41 points, or 4.25 prercent, to close at 1,065.49, its first all-time high in more than nine years.
- 1983 - Reverend Jesse Jackson announces his candidacy for the 1984 Democratic Party US presidential nomination.
- 1986 - 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 7 American hostages held by pro-Iranian groups in Lebanon.
- 1986 - The Compact of Free Association between the USA and the Federated States of Micronesia takes effect.
- 1988 - US President Ronald Reagan signs credit-card disclosure-bill.
- 1992 - U.S. presidential election: Bill Clinton defeats incumbent U.S. President George H.W. Bush and businessman H. Ross Perot.
- 1995 - At Arlington National Cemetery, U.S. President Bill Clinton dedicates a memorial to the victims of the Pan Am Flight 103 bombing.
- 1998 - Jesse Ventura, former professional wrestler, is elected Governor of Minnesota.
- 2002 - In Central Alaska, a magnitude 7.9 earthquake occurs, the world's largest earthquake in 2002. No deaths, few injuries, but extensive damage to roads. Felt as far away as Seattle, Washington.
- 2007 - In California, the Urban Challenge is held, a competition sponsored by the Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency to design a robot car capable of negotiating urban streets and normal traffic. The US$2 million first prize is won by engineers from Carnegie Mellon University for a pilotless Chevrolet Tahoe.
- 2008 - U.S. electronics retailer Circuit City Stores begins liquidation sales at 155 of its stores, to leave it with 566 U.S. stores.
- 2010 - The US Federal Reserve announces it will start a second round of Quantitative Easing, buying US$600 bilion of Treasury debt over eight months.
- 2020 - Joe Biden is elected as the 46th President of the United States.
Births on November 3
- 1919 - Birth of Bert Freed in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Rufe - Shane).
- 1921 - Birth of Charles Bronson AKA Charles Buchinsky in Ehrenfeld, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (Travels of Jaimie McPheeters, Empire, Family of Cops I, II, & III).
- 1922 - Birth of Charles Bronson in Pennsylvania, USA; actor (Death Wish, Dirty Dozen).
- 1930 - Birth of Peggy McCay in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Love of Life, General Hospital, Gibbsville, Lazarus Syndrome, Lou Grant, Days of Our Lives).
- 1930 - Birth of Lois Smith in Topeka, Kansas, USA; actress (Reckless, Reuben Reuben, All My Children, One Life to Live, Edge of Night, Another World).
- 1933 - Birth of Aneta Corsaut in Jutchinson, Kansas, USA; actress (Helen Crump - Andy Griffith Show, Judge - Matlock).
- 1933 - Birth of Ken Berry; actor/dancer/TV personality (F Troop, Mayberry RFD, Mama's Family).
- 1949 - Birth of Michael Evans in Salisbury, North Carolina, USA; actor (Lionel - All in the Family, The Jeffersons).
- 1952 - Birth of Roseanne Barr in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA; comedienne/TV star (Roseanne).
- 1953 - Birth of Dennis Miller in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; comedian/TV host (Saturday Night Live, The Dennis Miller Show).
- 1954 - Birth of Kevin P Chilton in Los Angeles, California, USA; major US Air Force/astronaut (sk: STS-49).
- 1959 - Birth of Timothy Patrick Murphy in Hartford, Connecticut, USA; actor (Dallas, Glitter).
- 1961 - Birth of Kari Michaelsen in New York City, USA; actress (Katie - Gimme a Break).
- 1977 - Birth of Philip J Amelio II in Connecticut, Ohio, USA; actor (Kevin Life With Lucy, Scott - All My Children).
- 1979 - Birth of Tim McIlrath, American rock singer, songwriter (Rise Against).
Deaths on November 3
- 1962 - Harlow H Curtice, President of General Motors (1953-58), dies at age 69.
- 1970 - Death of former King Peter II of Yugoslavia in the USA, at age 47.
- 1983 - Death of Alfredo Antonini at age 82; American conductor (Jane Froman Canteen) and composer (born 1901).
- 2014 - Death of Gordon Tullock, American economist and academic (born 1922).
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