November 3: Day of the year

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

Up to 1900

• 1333 - Flooding of the River Arno causes damage to the city of Florence, Italy.
• 1493 – Christopher Columbus lands on the island of Dominica.
• 1592 - The city of San Luis Potosí in present-day Mexico is founded.
• 1783 - The American Continental Army is dissolved.
• 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 best-selling broadsheet English language newspaper, is founded as The Bombay Times and Journal of Finance.
• 1848 - A revised Dutch constitution is announced, drafted by Johan Rudolf Thorbecke, it makes the powers of parliament stronger, while strongly restricting the powers of the monarchy.
• 1867 - Giuseppe Garibaldi and his followers are defeated in the Battle of Mentana.
• 1868 – Ulysses S. Grant is elected President of the United States.
• 1883 - American Old West: Self-described Black Bart the Poet gets away with his last stagecoach robbery, but leaves a clue that will eventually lead to his capture.
• 1893 - The freight ship Cabo Machichaco explodes in the harbour of Santander, northern Spain. Some of its load included dynamite, and the resulting fire kills 590 people.
• 1896 – William McKinley is elected President of the United States.

1901 – 2000

• 1903 – Panama becomes independent, separating from Colombia.
• 1908 – William Taft is elected President of the United States.
• 1911 - Chevrolet enters the automobile market in competition with the Ford Model T.
• 1918 – Austria-Hungary enters an armistice with the Allies, dissolving the Habsburg-ruled Empire.
• 1918 – Poland declares independence from Russia.
• 1918 - The German Revolution of 1918-1919 begins when 40,000 sailors take over the port city of Kiel.
• 1930 - Getulio Vargas becomes Head of the Provisional Government of 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.
• 1936 – Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected for a second term as President of the United States.
• 1943 - World War II: 500 aircraft of the US 8th Air Force devastate Wilhelmshaven Harbor in Germany.
• 1946 - Constitution of Japan is officially created.
• 1954 - The first Godzilla movie is shown in Japan for the first time.
• 1956 - The Khan Yunis killings are committed by Israel's Defense Forces in Egyptian-controlled Gaza, resulting in the deaths of 215 male Arabs.
• 1957 – The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 2, with Laika, the world's first space dog, on board. Laika does not survive the mission.
• 1964 - Washington, DC residents are able to vote in a Presidential Election for the first time.
• 1964 – Lyndon B. Johnson is elected to continue as President of the United States.
• 1966 – A series of tropical storms over the Bay of Bengal kill over 1,000 people.
• 1973 - Mariner program: NASA launches the Mariner 10 probe towards the planet Mercury.
• 1975 - Four Bangladeshi politicians loyal to Sheikh Mujibur Rahman are murdered in Dhaka Central Jail.
• 1978 – Dominica receives independence from the United Kingdom.
• 1979 - Greensboro massacre: Five Communist Party members are shot dead and seven are injured by a group of Klansmen and Neo-Nazis during a "Death to the Klan" rally in Greensboro, North Carolina.
• 1982 - The Salang tunnel fire in Afghanistan kills 2,000 people.
• 1986 - The Federated States of Micronesia become independent from the United States.
• 1986 - Iran-Contra affair: The Lebanese magazine Ash-Shirga 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.
• 1988 - Sri Lankan Tamil mercenaries attempt to overthrow the government of the Maldives.
• 1991 - Ayrton Senna wins the Formula One world championship for the third time.
• 1992 – Bill Clinton is elected President of the United States, defeating George H. W. Bush.
• 1997 - The United States imposes economic sanctions against Sudan in response to human rights abuses and assistance to Islamic extremist groups across the Middle East and East Africa.

From 2001

• 2003 – Michael Howard becomes leader of the British Conservative Party.
• 2007 – Pervez Musharraf declares emergency rule in Pakistan, and suspends the constitution.
• 2012 - The 2012 New York City Marathon is cancelled late on, due to the clean-up after Hurricane Sandy.
• 2016 - Two boats carrying refugees sink in the Mediterranean Sea, killing over 200 people.
• 2016 - A train crash near Karachi, Pakistan, kills at least 20 people.

Up to 1900

• 39 – Lucan, Roman poet (d. 65)
• 1500 – Benvenuto Cellini, Italian artist (d. 1571)
• 1560 - Annibale Carracci, Italian painter (d. 1609)
• 1587 - Samuel Scheidt, German composer (d. 1654)
• 1604 – Osman II, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1622)
• 1618 – Aurangzeb, Mughal Emperor (d. 1707)
• 1633 - Bernardino Ramazzini, Italian physician (d. 1714)
• 1656 - Georg Reutter, Austrian organist and composer (d. 1738)
• 1689 - Jan Josef Ignac Brentner, Czech composer (d. 1742)
• 1718 – John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, British diplomat and statesman (d. 1792)
• 1749 - Daniel Rutherford, Scottish chemist and physician (d. 1819)
• 1757 - Robert Smith, 6th United States Secretary of State (d. 1842)
• 1777 - Princess Sophia of the United Kingdom (d. 1848)
• 1793 - Stephen F. Austin, American founder of the Republic of Texas (d. 1836)
• 1799 - William Sprague III, American politician (d. 1856)
• 1801 – Vincenzo Bellini, Italian composer (d. 1835)
• 1801 - Karl Baedeker, German writer and publisher (d. 1859)
• 1816 - Jubal Early, American Confederate general (d. 1894)
• 1845 - Edward Douglass White, 9th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1921)
• 1852 – Emperor Meiji of Japan (d. 1912)
• 1856 - Marcelino Menéndez, Spanish historian (d. 1912)
• 1877 - Carlos Ibanez del Campo, President of Chile (d. 1960)
• 1879 – Vilhjalmur Stefansson, Icelandic-Canadian explorer (d. 1962)
• 1884 - Joseph W. Martin, Jr., American politician (d. 1968)
• 1887 - Samuil Marshak, Russian writer (d. 1964)
• 1893 – Edward Albert Doisy, American biochemist (d. 1986)
• 1894 - Sofoklis Venizelos, Greek politician (d. 1964)
• 1895 – Grand Duchess Olga Nicolaievna Romanova of Russia (d. 1918)
• 1896 - Gustaf Tenggren, Swedish illustrator (d. 1970)
• 1899 - Gleb Wataghin, Ukrainian-Italian physicist and academic (d. 1986)
• 1900 – Adolf Dassler, German sporting goods executive (Adidas) (d. 1978)

1901 – 1950

• 1901 – King Leopold III of Belgium, King of Belgium (d. 1983)
• 1901 - André Malraux, French writer (d. 1976)
• 1903 – Walker Evans, American photographer (d. 1975)
• 1908 – Giovanni Leone, 6th President of Italy (d. 2001)
• 1910 - Richard Hurndall, English actor (d. 1984)
• 1910 - Karel Zeman, Czech director, animator, production designer and screenwriter (d. 1989)
• 1912 – Alfredo Stroessner, President of Paraguay (d. 2006)
• 1918 – Bob Feller, American baseball player (d. 2010)
• 1918 – Raimon Panikkar, Spanish theologian (d. 2010)
• 1920 - Oodgeroo Noonuccal, Australian writer (d. 1993)
• 1921 – Charles Bronson, American actor (d. 2003)
• 1922 - Luis Villoro, Spanish-Mexican philosopher, diplomat and writer (d. 2014)
• 1924 - Erzsébet Gulyás-Köteles, Hungarian gymnast (d. 2019)
• 1926 – Valdas Adamkus, former President of Lithuania
• 1926 - Maurice Couture, Canadian bishop
• 1927 - Harrison McCain, Canadian businessman (d. 2004)
• 1927 - Peggy McCay, American actress (d. 2018)
• 1927 - Odvar Nordli, Prime Minister of Norway (d. 2018)
• 1928 - Osamu Tezuka, Japanese animator and producer (d. 1989)
• 1930 – Lois Smith, American actress
• 1930 - Bill Dana, American pilot and astronaut (d. 2014)
• 1930 - Phil Crane, American politician (d. 2014)
• 1931 - Yon Hyong-muk, North Korean politician (d. 2005)
• 1931 - Monica Vitti, Italian actress
• 1932 - Albert Reynolds, Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland (d. 2014)
• 1933 – John Barry, British movie score composer (d. 2011)
• 1933 - Ken Berry, American actor (d. 2018)
• 1933 – Michael Dukakis, 65th and 67th Governor of Massachusetts
• 1933 - C. K. Jaffer Sharief, Indian politician (d. 2018)
• 1933 – Amartya Sen, Indian economist
• 1933 - Jeremy Brett, English actor (d. 1995)
• 1933 - Mildred McDaniel, American athlete
• 1934 - Kenneth Baker, Baron Baker, English poet and politician
• 1935 - Abune Paulos, Ethiopian church leader (d. 2012)
• 1935 - Gero Bisanz, German football coach (d. 2014)
• 1936 - Roy Emerson, Australian tennis player
• 1937 - Lynn Woolsey, American politician
• 1938 - Akira Kobayashi, Japanese singer
• 1938 – Jean Rollin, French movie producer (d. 2010)
• 1942 - Martin Cruz Smith, American writer
• 1943 – Bert Jansch, Scottish folk musician, singer and songwriter (d. 2011)
• 1945 – Gerd Müller, German footballer
• 1945 - Nick Simper, British musician
• 1946 - Richard Karl, German mountaineer, photographer and author (d. 1982)
• 1946 - Tom Savini,American actor, stuntman, director and make-up artist
• 1947 - Mazie Hirono, Japanese-American lawyer and politician
• 1948 – Lulu, Scottish actress and singer
• 1948 - Helmuth Koinigg, Austrian racing driver (d. 1974)
• 1949 – Larry Holmes, American boxer
• 1949 - Anna Wintour, English-American fashion magazine editor
• 1950 - James E. Rothman, American biochemist

1951 – 1975

• 1952 – Roseanne Barr, American actress and comedienne
• 1952 – Jim Cummings, American voice actor
• 1953 – Dennis Miller, American comedian
• 1953 – Kathy Kinney, American actress
• 1953 – Kate Capshaw, American actress
• 1954 – Adam Ant, British singer
• 1956 – Kevin Murphy, American actor, puppeteer, producer and screenwriter
• 1956 – Cathy Jamieson, Scottish politician
• 1956 – Bob Welch, American baseball player (d. 2014)
• 1957 – Dolph Lundgren, Swedish actor
• 1958 – Tony McNulty, British politician
• 1959 – Hal Hartley, American film producer, director, screenwriter and composer
• 1960 – Karch Kiraly, American volleyball player
• 1960 – William Monahan, American screenwriter and author
• 1961 – Dave Hahn, Japanese-American mountaineer and journalist
• 1961 – David Armstrong-Jones, Viscount Linley, British businessman
• 1962 - Antti Rinne, Finnish politician, Prime Minister of Finland
• 1962 – Jacqui Smith, British politician
• 1963 – Ian Wright, English footballer
• 1964 – Paprika Steen, Danish actress and film director
• 1965 – Gert Heerkes, Dutch footballer and manager
• 1970 – Andrzej Juskowiak, Polish footballer
• 1971 – Unai Emery, Spanish footballer and manager
• 1971 – Dylan Moran, Irish comedian
• 1971 – Dwight Yorke, footballer from Trinidad and Tobago
• 1971 – Alison Williamson, English archer
• 1972 – Ugo Ehiogu, English footballer (d. 2017)
• 1973 – Mick Thomson, American musician (Slipknot)
• 1973 – Ben Fogle, British television personality, writer and broadcaster
• 1974 – Tariq Abdul-Wahad, French basketball player and coach
• 1974 – Benedict Akwuegbu, Nigerian footballer

From 1976

• 1976 – Tom Brosseau, American singer-songwriter
• 1976 – Guillermo Franco, Mexican footballer
• 1979 – Pablo Aimar, Argentine footballer
• 1981 - Rodrigo Millar, Chilean footballer
• 1981 - Jermaine Jones, German-American soccer player
• 1982 – Evgeni Plushenko, Russian figure skater
• 1985 - Tyler Hansbrough, American basketball player
• 1986 - Piet Velthuizen, Dutch footballer
• 1986 - Paul Derbyshire, Italian rugby player
• 1986 - Beth Kingston, English actress
• 1986 - Heo Young-saeng, South Korean singer and entertainer
• 1987 – Gemma Ward, Australian model
• 1987 - Colin Kaepernick, American football player
• 1988 - Stephanie Inglis, Scottish judoka
• 1988 - Angus McLaren, Australian actor
• 1989 - Paula DeAnda, American singer-songwriter and actress
• 1989 - Joyce Jonathan, French singer, composer and actress
• 1990 - Joe Clarke, English slalom canoeist
• 1991 - Lauren Gray, Scottish curler
• 1992 - Stevie May, Scottish footballer
• 1995 - Kendall Jenner, American model
• 1998 - Maddison Elliott, Australian swimmer

Up to 1900

• 361 – Constantinus II, Roman Emperor (b. 317)
• 753 - Pirminius, German saint (b. 700)
• 1254 - John III Doukas Vatatzes, Byzantine Emperor (b. 1193)
• 1584 - Charles Borromeo, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal (b. 1538)
• 1600 - Richard Hooker, English theologian (b. 1554)
• 1639 - Martin de Porres, Peruvian saint (b. 1579)
• 1643 - John Bainbridge, English astronomer (b. 1582)
• 1643 - Paul Guldin, Swiss astronomer and mathematician (b. 1577)
• 1793 – Olympe de Gouges, French feminist and revolutionary (b. 1748)
• 1794 - François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis, French cardinal (b. 1715)
• 1858 - Harriet Taylor Mill, English feminist philosopher (b. 1807)
• 1890 - Ulrich Ochsenbein, Swiss Federal Councillor (b. 1811)
• 1891 - Louis Lucien Bonaparte, English-Italian philologist and politician (b. 1813)

1901 – 2000

• 1914 - Georg Trakl, Austrian poet (b. 1887)
• 1917 – Léon Bloy, French novelist and essayist (b. 1846)
• 1918 – Aleksandr Lyapunov, Russian mathematician and physicist (b. 1857)
• 1926 – Annie Oakley, American sharp-shooter (b. 1860)
• 1929 – Olav Aukrust, Norwegian poet (b. 1883)
• 1933 - Pierre Paul Emile Roux, French physician, immunologist and bacteriologist (b. 1853)
• 1940 - Manuel Azaña, Prime Minister of the Second Spanish Republic (b. 1880)
• 1949 - Solomon R. Guggenheim, American art collector and philanthropist (b. 1861)
• 1954 – Henri Matisse, French painter (b. 1869)
• 1957 – Laika, Soviet-Russian space dog (b. 1954)
• 1970 – King Peter II of Yugoslavia (b. 1923)
• 1973 - Marc Allégret, French director and screenwriter (b. 1900)
• 1975 - Syed Nazrul Islam, Bangladeshi politician (b. 1925)
• 1975 - A. H. M. Qamaruzzaman, Bangladeshi politician (b. 1919)
• 1975 - Tajuddin Ahmed, Bangladeshi politician (b. 1925)
• 1975 - Syed Nazrul Islam, Bangladeshi politician (b. 1925)
• 1975 - Muhammad Mansur Ali, Bangladeshi politician (b. 1919)
• 1981 – Eraldo Monzeglio, Italian footballer (b. 1906)
• 1983 - Alfredo Antonini, American conductor and composer (b. 1901)
• 1990 – Mary Martin, American actress (b. 1913)
• 1993 – Leon Theremin, Russian inventor (b. 1895)
• 1996 – Jean-Bédel Bokassa, Central African dictator (b. 1921)
• 1998 – Bob Kane, American cartoonist (b. 1915).
• 1999 - Ian Bannen, Scottish actor (b. 1928)

From 2001

• 2004 - Sergei Zholtok, Latvian ice hockey player (b. 1972)
• 2006 - Alberto Spencer, Ecuadorean footballer (b. 1937)
• 2006 - Paul Mauriat, French pianist, composer and conductor (b. 1925)
• 2008 - Jean Fournet, French conductor (b. 1913)
• 2009 – Francisco Ayala, Spanish writer (b. 1906)
• 2010 – Viktor Chernomyrdin, Russian politician (b. 1938)
• 2012 - Kailashpati Mishra, Indian politician, 18th Governor of Gujarat (b. 1923)
• 2013 - Nick Cardy, American illustrator (b. 1920)
• 2014 - Sadashiv Amrapurkar, Indian actor (b. 1950)
• 2014 - Tinus Linee, South African rugby player (b. 1969)
• 2014 - Mariam Fakhr Eddine, Egyptian actress (b. 1933)
• 2014 - Augusto Martelli, Italian composer (b. 1940)
• 2014 - Nina Timofeeva, Russian ballet dancer (b. 1935)
• 2014 - Gordon Tullock, American economist (b. 1922)
• 2015 - Ahmed Chalabi, Iraqi politician (b. 1944)
• 2015 - Howard Coble, American politician (b. 1931)
• 2015 - Adriana Campos, Colombian actress (b. 1979)
• 2015 - Tom Graveney, English cricketer (b. 1927)
• 2016 - Yawar Hayat Khan, Pakistani producer and director (b. 1933)
• 2016 - Kay Starr, American singer (b. 1922)
• 2017 - Abdur Rahman Biswas, President of Bangladesh (b. 1926)
• 2017 - Renzo Calegari, Italian cartoonist (b. 1933)
• 2018 - Mari Hulman George, American motorsport executive (b. 1934)
• 2018 - John Large, English engineer (b. 1943)
• 2018 - Sondra Locke, American actress (b. 1944)
• 2019 - Gert Boyle, German-American businesswoman (b. 1924)
• 2019 - Ian Cross, New Zealand author and journalist (b. 1925)
• 2019 - Yvette Lundy, French resistance activist (b. 1916)
• 2019 - Taku Mayumura, Japanese science fiction novelist (b. 1934)

• Independence Day (Panama, Dominica, Federated States of Micronesia)
• Day of Culture (Japan, after birthday of Emperor Meiji)
• Independence Day at Cuenca (Ecuador)
• Victory Day (Maldives)