November 3 facts for kids

November 3rd is a special day filled with many interesting events throughout history! From important political changes to exciting discoveries and the births of famous people, this date has seen a lot happen. Let's explore some of the key moments and notable individuals connected to November 3rd.

Events

Ancient Times and the Middle Ages (Before 1600)

• 361 – Roman Emperor Constantius II passed away. Before he died, he named his cousin Julian as the next emperor.
• 1333 – The River Arno in Florence, Italy, experienced a huge flood. This caused a lot of damage, as recorded by a writer named Giovanni Villani.
• 1468 – The city of Liège was attacked and looted by the troops of Charles I of Burgundy.
• 1492 – The Peace of Etaples was signed. This agreement brought peace between King Henry VII of England and King Charles VIII of France.
• 1493 – Explorer Christopher Columbus first saw the island of Dominica in the Caribbean Sea.
• 1534 – The English Parliament passed the first Act of Supremacy. This law made King Henry VIII the head of the Church of England, taking power away from the Pope and the Roman Catholic Church.

Later Historical Events (1601–1900)

• 1783 – The American Continental Army, which fought in the American Revolutionary War, was officially disbanded.
• 1793 – Olympe de Gouges, a French writer and early feminist who spoke up for women's rights, was executed.
• 1812 – Napoleon's armies faced a defeat at the Battle of Vyazma.
• 1817 – The Bank of Montreal, the oldest chartered bank in Canada, opened its doors in Montreal.
• 1838 – The Times of India, which is now one of the world's largest English-language newspapers, was founded. It was originally called The Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce.
• 1848 – A new Dutch constitution was announced. This important document gave more power to the parliament and ministers, and less to the king.
• 1867 – Giuseppe Garibaldi and his supporters were defeated in the Battle of Mentana. They were trying to end the Pope's power over Rome, but they didn't succeed until three years later.
• 1868 – John Willis Menard was the first African American elected to the United States Congress. However, he was never officially seated due to a challenge to the election results.
• 1881 – The Mapuche uprising of 1881 began in Chile.
• 1898 – France pulled its troops out of Fashoda (which is now in Sudan). This ended the Fashoda Incident, a disagreement between France and Britain over control of parts of Africa.

Modern History (1901–Present)

• 1903 – With support from the United States, Panama separated from Colombia and became an independent nation.
• 1908 – William Howard Taft was elected as the 27th President of the United States.
• 1911 – The Chevrolet company officially entered the car market. They became a competitor to the popular Ford Model T.
• 1918 – The German Revolution of 1918–19 started. About 40,000 sailors took control of the port in Kiel, Germany.
• 1920 – Russian Civil War: The Russian Army retreated to Crimea. This happened after successful attacks by the Red Army and the Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine.
• 1929 – The Gwangju Student Independence Movement took place in Korea, where students protested against Japanese colonial rule.
• 1930 – Getúlio Vargas became the leader of the Provisional Government in Brazil. This happened after a peaceful change in power on October 24.
• 1932 – Panagis Tsaldaris became the 142nd Prime Minister of Greece.
• 1935 – George II of Greece got his throne back. This was decided by a public vote, though some believed the vote might have been unfair.
• 1936 – Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected as the 32nd President of the United States.
• 1942 – World War II: The Koli Point action began during the Guadalcanal Campaign. This battle lasted until November 12.
• 1943 – World War II: Five hundred planes from the U.S. 8th Air Force heavily attacked Wilhelmshaven harbor in Germany.
• 1946 – The Constitution of Japan was officially adopted with the Emperor's approval.
• 1949 – Chinese Civil War: The Battle of Dengbu Island occurred.
• 1956 – Suez Crisis: During this conflict, the Israel Defense Forces caused the deaths of 275 Palestinians in Egyptian-controlled Gaza.
• 1956 – Hungarian Revolution: A new Hungarian government was formed. It included members from political parties that had been banned. Meanwhile, János Kádár and Ferenc Münnich formed a different government in Moscow as Soviet troops prepared for a final attack.
• 1957 – Sputnik program: The Soviet Union launched Sputnik 2. On board was Laika, a dog, who became the first animal to travel into orbit around Earth.
• 1960 – The area that would become the Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge was created by a special law. This happened after a year-long legal fight where local residents stopped officials from building a large airport there.
• 1961 – U Thant was chosen as the 3rd Secretary-General of the United Nations. He was the first person from outside Europe to hold this important position.
• 1964 – Lyndon B. Johnson was elected for a full term as U.S. president. He won with 61% of the votes and carried 44 states. For the first time, residents of Washington D.C. could vote in a presidential election, and most of them voted for Johnson.
• 1967 – Vietnam War: The Battle of Dak To began.
• 1969 – Vietnam War: U.S. President Richard M. Nixon spoke to the nation on TV and radio. He asked the "silent majority" to support his policies for the Vietnam War.
• 1973 – Mariner program: NASA launched the Mariner 10 spacecraft towards Mercury. On March 29, 1974, it became the first space probe to reach that planet.
• 1978 – Dominica gained its independence from the United Kingdom.
• 1979 – Greensboro massacre: Five members of the Communist Workers Party were killed and seven were injured. This happened during a rally in Greensboro, North Carolina, when they were attacked by a group of Klansmen and neo-Nazis.
• 1982 – The Salang Tunnel fire in Afghanistan caused many deaths.
• 1986 – Iran–Contra affair: A Lebanese magazine reported that the United States had been secretly selling weapons to Iran. This was done to try and free seven American hostages held by groups in Lebanon.
• 1986 – The Compact of Free Association became law. This agreement gave the Federated States of Micronesia and the Marshall Islands their independence from the United States.
• 1988 – Sri Lankan Tamil mercenaries tried to overthrow the government of the Maldivian islands. At the request of President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, the Indian military stopped the rebellion within 24 hours.
• 1992 – Democratic Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton won the 1992 United States presidential election. He defeated Republican President George H. W. Bush and independent candidate Ross Perot.
• 1996 – Abdullah Çatlı, a leader of the Turkish ultranationalist group Grey Wolves, died in a car crash. This led to the resignation of the Interior Minister Mehmet Ağar.
• 1997 – The United States placed economic sanctions against Sudan. This was in response to human rights abuses and Sudan's support for extremist groups.
• 2014 – One World Trade Center officially opened in New York City. This new building replaced the Twin Towers, which were destroyed during the September 11 attacks.
• 2020 – The 2020 United States presidential election took place between Democratic candidate Joe Biden and Republican President Donald Trump. Joe Biden was declared the winner on November 7.

Births

People Born Before 1600

• AD 39 – Lucan, a famous Roman poet.
• 1500 – Benvenuto Cellini, an Italian sculptor and painter.
• 1505 – Achilles Gasser, a German doctor and astrologer.
• 1527 – Tilemann Heshusius, a German theologian.
• 1560 – Annibale Carracci, an Italian painter and illustrator.
• 1587 – Samuel Scheidt, a German organist and composer.

People Born Between 1601 and 1900

• 1604 – Osman II, an Ottoman sultan.
• 1618 – Aurangzeb, a powerful Mughal emperor of India.
• 1656 – Georg Reutter, an Austrian organist and composer.
• 1659 – Hui-bin Jang, a Royal consort.
• 1689 – Jan Josef Ignác Brentner, a Czech composer.
• 1749 – Daniel Rutherford, a Scottish chemist and doctor.
• 1757 – Robert Smith, an American soldier and the 6th United States Secretary of State.
• 1777 – Princess Sophia of the United Kingdom.
• 1793 – Stephen F. Austin, an American businessman and politician, known as the "Father of Texas."
• 1794 – William Cullen Bryant, an American poet and journalist.
• 1799 – William Sprague III, an American lawyer and the 14th Governor of Rhode Island.
• 1801 – Karl Baedeker, a German author and publisher who founded the Baedeker Publishing Company.
• 1801 – Vincenzo Bellini, an Italian composer.
• 1815 – John Mitchel, an Irish journalist and activist.
• 1816 – Jubal Early, an American general and lawyer.
• 1816 – Calvin Fairbank, an American minister and activist.
• 1845 – Edward Douglass White, an American lawyer and the 9th Chief Justice of the United States.
• 1852 – Emperor Meiji of Japan.
• 1854 – Carlo Fornasini, an Italian scientist who studied tiny fossils.
• 1856 – Jim McCormick, a Scottish-American baseball player.
• 1857 – Mikhail Alekseyev, a Russian general.
• 1862 – Henry George, Jr., an American journalist and politician.
• 1863 – Alfred Perot, a French physicist.
• 1866 – Harry Staley, an American baseball player.
• 1871 – Albert Goldthorpe, an English rugby player.
• 1875 – Emīls Dārziņš, a Latvian composer.
• 1876 – Stephen Alencastre, an American bishop and missionary.
• 1877 – Carlos Ibáñez del Campo, a Chilean general and the 20th President of Chile.
• 1877 – Rosalie Edge, an American environmentalist.
• 1878 – Bangalore Nagarathnamma, an Indian Carnatic singer and activist.
• 1882 – Yakub Kolas, a Belarusian writer.
• 1884 – Joseph William Martin, Jr., an American publisher and the 49th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives.
• 1887 – Samuil Marshak, a Russian author and poet.
• 1887 – Eileen Hendriks, a British geologist.
• 1890 – Harry Stephen Keeler, an American author.
• 1890 – Eustáquio van Lieshout, a Dutch-Brazilian priest and missionary.
• 1894 – William George Barker, a Canadian pilot and war hero.
• 1894 – Sofoklis Venizelos, a Greek captain and the 133rd Prime Minister of Greece.
• 1896 – Gustaf Tenggren, a Swedish-American illustrator and animator.
• 1899 – Ralph Greenleaf, an American billiards player.
• 1899 – Rezső Seress, a Hungarian pianist and composer.
• 1899 – Gleb Wataghin, a Ukrainian-Italian physicist.
• 1900 – Adolf Dassler, a German businessman who founded Adidas.

People Born After 1900

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

Deaths

People Who Passed Away Before 1600

• 361 – Constantius II, a Roman emperor.
• 753 – Saint Pirmin, a Spanish-German monk and saint.
• 1219 – Saer de Quincy, 1st Earl of Winchester, an English baron.
• 1220 – Urraca of Castile, Queen of Portugal, the wife of King Afonso II of Portugal.
• 1254 – John III Doukas Vatatzes, a Byzantine emperor.
• 1324 – Petronilla de Meath, an Irish woman accused of witchcraft.
• 1373 – Jeanne de Valois, Queen of Navarre.
• 1428 – Thomas Montacute, 4th Earl of Salisbury, an English general.
• 1456 – Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond, the father of King Henry VII of England.
• 1580 – Jerónimo Zurita y Castro, a Spanish historian.
• 1584 – Charles Borromeo, an Italian cardinal and saint.
• 1599 – Andrew Báthory, a Prince of Transylvania.
• 1600 – Richard Hooker, an English priest and theologian.

People Who Passed Away Between 1601 and 1900

• 1639 – Martin de Porres, a Peruvian saint.
• 1643 – John Bainbridge, an English astronomer.
• 1643 – Paul Guldin, a Swiss astronomer and mathematician.
• 1676 – Köprülü Fazıl Ahmed Pasha, an Ottoman soldier and the 110th Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire.
• 1711 – John Ernest Grabe, a German theologian.
• 1787 – Robert Lowth, an English bishop.
• 1793 – Olympe de Gouges, a French writer and activist.
• 1794 – François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis, a French cardinal and diplomat.
• 1850 – William E. Shannon, an Irish-born American politician.
• 1858 – Harriet Taylor Mill, an English philosopher and author.
• 1869 – Andreas Kalvos, a Greek poet.
• 1890 – Ulrich Ochsenbein, a Swiss lawyer and the 1st President of the Swiss National Council.
• 1891 – Louis Lucien Bonaparte, an English-Italian language expert and politician.
• 1900 – Carrie Steele Logan, an American philanthropist who founded the oldest Black orphanage in the United States.

People Who Passed Away After 1900

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

Holidays and Observances

November 3rd is celebrated in different ways around the world:

• 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, celebrating the separation and independence of Panama from Colombia in 1903.
• Independence Day, celebrating the independence of Dominica from the United Kingdom in 1978.
• Independence Day, celebrating 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)

Images for kids

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  A friendly robot, representing learning and discovery.

See also

In Spanish: 3 de noviembre para niños