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This Date in History - November 3rd
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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.
644 Umar ibn al-Khattab, the second Muslim caliph, is assassinated by a Persian slave in Medina.
1333 The River Arno flooding causing massive damage in Florence as recorded by the Florentine chronicler Giovanni Villani.
1468 Liθge 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 person 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 Napoleon's armies are defeated at the Battle of 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 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.
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).
1868 John Willis Menard was the first African American elected to the United States Congress. Because of an electoral challenge, he was never seated.
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.
1898 France withdraws its troops from Fashoda (now in Sudan), ending the Fashoda Incident.
1903 With the encouragement of the United States, Panama separates from Colombia.
1911 Chevrolet officially enters the automobile market in competition with the Ford Model T.
1913 The United States introduces an income tax.
1918 Austria-Hungary enters into an armistice with the Allies, and the Habsburg-ruled empire dissolves.
1918 Poland declares its independence from Russia.
1918 The German Revolution of 19181919 begins when 40,000 sailors take over the port in Kiel.
1930 Getϊlio Dornelles 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 possible fixed, plebiscite.
1942 World War II: The Koli Point action begins during the Guadalcanal Campaign and ends on November 12.
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 Jαn 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.
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 wishing to turn the Great Swamp into a major regional airport for jet aircraft.
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, it becomes the first space probe to reach that planet.
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.
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.
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 secretly selling weapons to Iran in order to secure the release of seven American hostages held by pro-Iranian groups in Lebanon.
1986 The Federated States of Micronesia gain independence 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.
1992 - Bill Clinton elected to his first term as President of the United States.
1996 Death of Abdullah Ηatlı, 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).
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.
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This Date in History - November 3rd
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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.
644 Umar ibn al-Khattab, the second Muslim caliph, is assassinated by a Persian slave in Medina.
1333 The River Arno flooding causing massive damage in Florence as recorded by the Florentine chronicler Giovanni Villani.
1468 Liθge 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 person 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 Napoleon's armies are defeated at the Battle of 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 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.
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).
1868 John Willis Menard was the first African American elected to the United States Congress. Because of an electoral challenge, he was never seated.
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.
1898 France withdraws its troops from Fashoda (now in Sudan), ending the Fashoda Incident.
1903 With the encouragement of the United States, Panama separates from Colombia.
1911 Chevrolet officially enters the automobile market in competition with the Ford Model T.
1913 The United States introduces an income tax.
1918 Austria-Hungary enters into an armistice with the Allies, and the Habsburg-ruled empire dissolves.
1918 Poland declares its independence from Russia.
1918 The German Revolution of 19181919 begins when 40,000 sailors take over the port in Kiel.
1930 Getϊlio Dornelles 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 possible fixed, plebiscite.
1942 World War II: The Koli Point action begins during the Guadalcanal Campaign and ends on November 12.
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 Jαn 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.
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 wishing to turn the Great Swamp into a major regional airport for jet aircraft.
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, it becomes the first space probe to reach that planet.
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.
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.
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 secretly selling weapons to Iran in order to secure the release of seven American hostages held by pro-Iranian groups in Lebanon.
1986 The Federated States of Micronesia gain independence 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.
1992 - Bill Clinton elected to his first term as President of the United States.
1996 Death of Abdullah Ηatlı, 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).
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.
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