SomeFacts | November 3

On this day - November 3

361 — Emperor Constantius II dies of a fever at Mopsuestia in ...

1090 — The Rouen Riot, an attempt by English king William Rufus to ...

1333 — The River Arno floods causing massive damage in Florence as ...

1468 — Liège is sacked by Charles I of Burgundy's troops.

1492 — Peace of Etaples between Henry VII of England and Charles VIII ...

1493 — Christopher Columbus first sights the island of Dominica in ...

1534 — English Parliament passes the first Act of Supremacy, making ...

1783 — The American Continental Army is disbanded.

1791 — The University of Vermont, the oldest university in Vermont, ...

1793 — French playwright, journalist and feminist Olympe de Gouges is ...

1812 — Napoleon's armies are defeated at the Battle of Vyazma.

1817 — The Bank of Montreal, Canada's oldest chartered bank, ...

1838 — The Times of India, the world's largest circulated ...

1848 — A greatly revised Dutch constitution, which transfers much ...

1867 — Giuseppe Garibaldi and his followers are defeated in the ...

1868 — John Willis Menard (R-LA) becomes the first African American ...

1881 — The Mapuche uprising of 1881 begins in Chile.

1898 — France withdraws its troops from Fashoda (now in Sudan), ...

1903 — With the encouragement of the United States, Panama separates ...

1908 — William Howard Taft is elected the 27th President of the ...

1911 — Chevrolet officially enters the automobile market in ...

1918 — The German Revolution of 1918–19 begins when 40,000 sailors ...

1920 — Russian Civil War: The Russian Army retreats to Crimea, after ...

1929 — The Gwangju Student Independence Movement occurred.

1930 — Getúlio Vargas becomes Head of the Provisional Government in ...

1932 — Panagis Tsaldaris becomes the 142nd Prime Minister of Greece.

1935 — George II of Greece regains his throne through a popular, ...

1936 — Franklin D. Roosevelt is reelected as President of the United ...

1942 — World War II: The Koli Point action begins during the ...

1943 — World War II: Five hundred aircraft of the U.S. 8th Air Force ...

1944 — World War II: Two supreme commanders of the Slovak National ...

1946 — The Constitution of Japan is adopted through Emperor's ...

1949 — Chinese Civil War: The Battle of Dengbu Island occurs.

1950 — Air India Flight 245 crashes into Mont Blanc while on approach ...

1956 — Hungarian Revolution: A new Hungarian government is formed, in ...

1956 — Suez Crisis: The Khan Yunis killings by the Israel Defense ...

1957 — Sputnik program: The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 2. On board ...

1960 — The land that would become the Great Swamp National Wildlife ...

1961 — U Thant is unanimously appointed as the 3rd Secretary-General ...

1964 — Lyndon B. Johnson is elected to a full term as U.S. president, ...

1967 — Vietnam War: The Battle of Dak To begins.

1969 — Vietnam War: U.S. President Richard M. Nixon addresses the ...

1973 — Mariner program: NASA launches the Mariner 10 toward Mercury. ...

1975 — Four Bangladeshi politicians are killed in the Dhaka Central ...

1978 — Dominica gains its independence from the United Kingdom.

1979 — Greensboro massacre: Five members of the Communist Workers ...

1980 — A Latin Carga Convair CV-880 crashes at Simón Bolívar ...

1982 — The Salang Tunnel fire in Afghanistan kills 150–2000 people.

1986 — The Compact of Free Association becomes law, granting the ...

1986 — Iran–Contra affair: The Lebanese magazine Ash-Shiraa reports ...

1988 — Sri Lankan Tamil mercenaries attempt to overthrow the ...

1992 — Democratic Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton defeats Republican ...

1994 — Space Shuttle program: Atlantis launches on STS-66.

1996 — Abdullah Çatlı, the leader of the Turkish ultranationalist ...

1997 — The United States imposes economic sanctions against Sudan in ...

2014 — One World Trade Center officially opens in New York City, ...

2020 — The 2020 United States presidential election takes place ...