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03 November, 2003

NYC Subways Redbird trains make their final run.

03 November, 1998

Former professional wrestler Jesse Ventura is elected Governor of Minnesota.

03 November, 1988

Sri Lankan Tamil mercenaries try to overthrow the Maldivian government. At President Maumoon Abdul Gayooms request, the Indian military suppresses the coup attempt within 24 hours.

03 November, 1986

Iran-Contra Affair: 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 seven American hostages held by pro-Iranian groups in Lebanon. The Federated States of Micronesia become independent from the United States of America.

03 November, 1984

Indira Gandhi is cremated at Shakti Sthal.

03 November, 1982

The Salang tunnel fire in Afghanistan kills up to 2,000+ people. The Dow Jones Industrial Average surges 43.41 points, or 4.25%, to close at 1,065.49, its first all-time high in more than nine years. The points gain was the biggest ever up to that point.

03 November, 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.

03 November, 1978

Dominica gains its independence from the United Kingdom.

03 November, 1975

An independent audit of Mattel, one of the United Statess largest toy manufacturers, reveals that company officials fabricated press releases and financial information to "maintain the appearance of continued corporate growth."

03 November, 1973

Mariner program: NASA launches the Mariner 10 toward Mercury, on March 29, 1974, becoming the first space probe to reach that planet.

03 November, 1972

Salvador Allende forms a civil-military government in Chile.

03 November, 1970

Salvador Allende is inaugurated as president of Chile.

03 November, 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.

03 November, 1967

Vietnam War: The Battle of Dak To begins.

03 November, 1964

Washington D.C. residents are able to vote in a presidential election for the first time. Lyndon Baines Johnson is elected as the thirty-sixth president of the United States of America.

03 November, 1957

Sputnik program: The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 2. On board is the first animal to enter orbit: a dog named Laika.

03 November, 1954

The first in the Godzilla series of films is released in Japan.

03 November, 1944

World War II: Two supreme commanders of the Slovak National Uprising, Generals Ján Golian and Rudolf Viest are captured, tortured and later executed by German forces.

03 November, 1943

World War II: 500 aircraft of the U.S. 8th Air Force devastate Wilhelmshafen harbor in Germany.

03 November, 1942

World War II: Second Battle of El Alamein ends - German forces under Erwin Rommel are forced to retreat during the night. The city of Kisarazu in founded in Chiba, Japan.

03 November, 1936

Franklin Delano Roosevelt is elected to second term as the President of the United States of America.

03 November, 1935

George II of Greece regains his throne through a popular plebiscite.

03 November, 1930

Getúlio Dornelles Vargas became Head of the Provisional Government in Brazil after a bloodless coup on October 24. The Detroit-Windsor Tunnel was opened to traffic.

03 November, 1918

Austria-Hungary enters into an armistice with the World War I Allies, and the Habsburg-ruled empire dissolves. Poland declares its independence from Russia.

03 November, 1913

The USA introduces an income tax.

03 November, 1911

Chevrolet officially enters the automobile market in competition with the Ford Model T.

03 November, 1908

William Howard Taft is elected as the twenty-seventh President of the United States of America.

03 November, 1905

Tsar Nicholas II of Russia signs a document of amnesty for the political prisoners.

03 November, 1903

With the encouragement of the United States, Panama proclaims itself independent from Colombia. US President Theodore Roosevelt had wanted the United States to build the Panama Canal, but was not willing to pay what Colombia asked.

03 November, 1883

American Old West: Self-described "Black Bart the poet" gets away with his last stagecoach robbery, but leaves an incriminating clue that eventually leads to his capture.

03 November, 1856

A British fleet bombs Canton.

03 November, 1848

A greatly revised constitution, drafted by Johan Rudolf Thorbecke, severely limiting the powers of the Dutch monarchy, and strengthening the powers of the parliament and the ministers, is proclaimed. This constitution is still in effect today.

03 November, 1844

Debut of Giuseppe Verdis I due Foscari, at Teatro Argentina, Rome.

03 November, 1838

The Times of India, the worlds largest circulated English language daily broadsheet newspaper is founded as The Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce.

03 November, 1817

The Bank of Montreal, Canadas oldest chartered bank, opens in Montreal, Quebec.

03 November, 1812

Napoleonic armies defeated at Vyazma

03 November, 1810

Giacchino Rossinis La cambiale di matrimonio is premiered.

03 November, 1793

French playwright, journalist and feminist Olympe de Gouges is guillotined.

03 November, 1792

The University of Guadalajara, Mexico, is opened.

03 November, 1783

John Austin, a highwayman, is the last to be publicly hanged at Londons Tyburn gallows. The American Continental Army is disbanded.

03 November, 1493

Christopher Columbus first sights the island of Dominica in the Caribbean Sea.

03 November, 1483

Giuliano della Rovere is appointed as Bishop of Bologna.

03 November, 1481

Francis I of Navarre is proclaimed king.

03 November, 1468

Liège is sacked by Charles I of Burgundys troops.

03 November, 1462

Henry IV of Castile is proclaimed prince of Catalunya.

03 November, 644

Umar ibn al-Khattab, the second Muslim caliph, is killed by a Persian slave in Medina.

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