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Events on the 3rd of November in history

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03 Nov 0361 Emperor Constantius II dies of a fever at Mopsuestia in Cilicia, on his deathbed he is baptised and declares his cousin Julian rightful successor.
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03 Nov 0644 Kalief Omar I injured during assassination attempt
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03 Nov 0644 Umar ibn al-Khattab, the second Muslim caliph, is assassinated by a Persian slave in Medina.
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03 Nov 1333 The River Arno flooding causing massive damage in Florence as recorded by the Florentine chronicler Giovanni Villani.
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03 Nov 1394 Jews are expelled from France by Charles VI
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03 Nov 1468 Liège is sacked by Charles I of Burgundy's troops.
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03 Nov 1492 Peace of Etaples between Henry VII and Charles VIII.
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03 Nov 1493 Christopher Columbus first sights the island of Dominica in the Caribbean Sea.
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03 Nov 1527 Ferdinand of Austria / Bohemia chosen as King of Hungary
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03 Nov 1529 London: 1st sitting of the Reformation Parliament
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03 Nov 1534 English parliament accepts Act of Supremacy: Henry VIII church leader
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03 Nov 1592 The city of San Luis Potosí is founded.
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03 Nov 1620 Great Patent granted to Plymouth Colony
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03 Nov 1629 Prince Frederik Hendrik festival in The Hague
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03 Nov 1640 English Long Parliament forms
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03 Nov 1655 England and France sign miltary and economic treaties
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03 Nov 1679 Great panic occurs in Europe over close approach of a comet
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03 Nov 1760 Battle at Torgau, Saxony: Prussia beats Austria
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03 Nov 1762 England and Spain signs Treaty of Paris
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03 Nov 1762 Spain acquires Louisiana
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03 Nov 1783 Washington orders Continental Army disbanded
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03 Nov 1783 John Austin, a highwayman, is the last person to be publicly hanged at London's Tyburn gallows.
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03 Nov 1783 The American Continental Army is disbanded.
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03 Nov 1791 Battle at Wabash: indians assault general St. Clair / killed 637 soldiers
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03 Nov 1793 French playwright, journalist and feminist Olympe de Gouges is guillotined.
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03 Nov 1794 French troops conquer Maastricht
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03 Nov 1796 John Adams elected President
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03 Nov 1812 Napoleon's armies are defeated at the Battle of Vyazma.
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03 Nov 1813 US troops under General Coffee destroy indian village at Talladega Ala
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03 Nov 1817 The Bank of Montreal, Canada's oldest chartered bank, opens in Montreal.
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03 Nov 1820 Cuenca Ecuador declares independence
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03 Nov 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.
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03 Nov 1839 1st opium war-2 British frigates engage several Chinese junks
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03 Nov 1848 Johan Thorbeckes revises Great Force
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03 Nov 1848 A greatly revised Dutch constitution, drafted by Johan Rudolph Thorbecke, severely limiting the powers of the Dutch monarchy, and strengthening the powers of parliament and ministers, is proclaimed.
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03 Nov 1862 Battle between gunboats at Bayou Teche, Louisiana
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03 Nov 1862 Dr Richard Gatling patents machine gun (Indianapolis)
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03 Nov 1863 Battle of Grand Coteau, Georgia
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03 Nov 1867 Battle at Mentana: French / pontifical troops beat Garibaldi
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03 Nov 1867 Giuseppe 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).
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03 Nov 1868 1st black elected to Congress (John W Menard, Louisiana)
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03 Nov 1868 Ulysses Grant (R) wins presidential election over Horatio Seymour (D)
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03 Nov 1868 John Willis Menard was the first African American elected to the United States Congress. Because of an electoral challenge, he was never seated.
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03 Nov 1871 Henry M Stanley in Tanganyka say "Dr Livingstone, I presume?"
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03 Nov 1874 James Theodore Holly, elected Bishop of Haiti
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03 Nov 1883 Race riots in Danville Virginia (4 blacks killed)
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03 Nov 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.
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03 Nov 1885 Tacoma vigilantes drive out Chinese, burn their homes and businesses
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03 Nov 1886 Friars of Tilburg arrives on Curacao
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03 Nov 1888 Amsterdam: 1st concerto of Concert worker, under Willem Kes
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03 Nov 1888 In London, Jack the Ripper murdered his last victim
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03 Nov 1896 J H Hunter patents portable weighing scales
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03 Nov 1896 Martha Hughes Cannon of Utah elected 1st female senator
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03 Nov 1896 William McKinley (R) defeats William Jennings Bryan (D) for President
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03 Nov 1898 France withdraws its troops from Fashoda (now in Sudan), ending the Fashoda Incident.
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03 Nov 1899 James J Jeffries beats Tom Sharkey in 25 for heavyweight boxing title
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03 Nov 1900 1st US automobile show opens at Madison Square Garden (NYC)
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03 Nov 1903 Colombia grants Panama independence
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03 Nov 1903 With the encouragement of the United States, Panama separates from Colombia.
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03 Nov 1908 William Howard Taft (R) elected 27th President over William Jennings Bryan
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03 Nov 1911 Chevrolet officially enters the automobile market in competition with the Ford Model T.
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03 Nov 1916 Treaty establishes British suzerainity over Qatar
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03 Nov 1917 1st class mail now costs 3 cents per ounce
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03 Nov 1918 Austro-Hungarian Empire disolves
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03 Nov 1918 Poland proclaims independence from Russia after WWI
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03 Nov 1918 Austria-Hungary enters into an armistice with the Allies, and the Habsburg-ruled empire dissolves.
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03 Nov 1918 Poland declares its independence from Russia.
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03 Nov 1918 The German Revolution of 1918–19 begins when 40,000 sailors take over the port in Kiel.
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03 Nov 1920 "Emperor Jones" opens at Provincetown Theater
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03 Nov 1922 Greek parliament bans Prince Andreas for life
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03 Nov 1926 15th party Congress CPSU ends / 5 year plan begins
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03 Nov 1926 Ty Cobb resigns as Detroit Tigers manager
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03 Nov 1927 22.3 cm rainfall at Somerset, Vermont (state record)
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03 Nov 1927 Tropical storm flooding kills 84 in Winooski River Valley (Vt)
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03 Nov 1928 Turkey switches from Arabic to Roman alphabet
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03 Nov 1930 1st vehicular tunnel to a foreign country (Detroit-Windsor) opens
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03 Nov 1930 Bank of Italy becomes Bank of America
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03 Nov 1930 Getúlio Dornelles Vargas becomes Head of the Provisional Government in Brazil after a bloodless coup on October 24.
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03 Nov 1931 1st commercially produced synthetic rubber manufactured
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03 Nov 1932 Panagis Tsaldaris becomes the 142nd Prime Minister of Greece.
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03 Nov 1934 Although Lou Gehrig wins Triple Crown, Mickey Cochrane wins AL MVP
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03 Nov 1934 Dizzy Dean chosen as NL MVP
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03 Nov 1935 George II returns to Greece and regains monarchy
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03 Nov 1935 Kitei Son runs world record marathon (2:26:42)
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03 Nov 1935 George II of Greece regains his throne through a popular, though possible fixed, plebiscite.
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03 Nov 1936 President FDR (D) wins landslide victory over Alfred M Landon (R)
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03 Nov 1937 Archambaud bicycles world record time (45,796 km)
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03 Nov 1937 NHL Howie Morenz Memorial Game: All-Stars beat Montreal 6-5 in Montreal
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03 Nov 1942 12th day of battle at El Alamein: Scottish assault
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03 Nov 1942 Despite Ted Williams wins Triple Crown, Yanks Joe Gordon wins AL MVP
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03 Nov 1942 Mort Cooper wins NL MVP
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03 Nov 1942 William L Dawson elected to Congress from Chicago
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03 Nov 1942 World War II: The Koli Point action begins during the Guadalcanal Campaign and ends on November 12.
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03 Nov 1943 P-47D Thunderbolt shot down above North-Holland
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03 Nov 1943 World War II: 500 aircraft of the U.S. 8th Air Force devastate Wilhelmshaven harbor in Germany.
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03 Nov 1944 German troops in Vlissingen surrenders
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03 Nov 1944 Pro-German government of Hungary flees
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03 Nov 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.
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03 Nov 1946 Emperor Hirohito proclaims new Japanese constitution
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03 Nov 1948 2nd NHL All-Star Game: All-Stars beat Toronto 3-1 at Chicago
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03 Nov 1948 Chicago Tribune reports: "Dewey beats Truman"
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03 Nov 1952 Clarence Birdseye markets frozen peas
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03 Nov 1952 Egypt protests German retribution payments to Israel
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03 Nov 1953 1939 sacrifice fly rule restored: no time at bat for sac fly
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03 Nov 1953 1st live color coast-to-coast telecast (NYC)
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03 Nov 1954 Linus Pauling wins Nobel Chemistry Prize
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03 Nov 1954 Nobel for physics awarded to Max Born and Walter Bothe
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03 Nov 1954 The first Godzilla film is released and marks the first appearance of the character of the same name.
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03 Nov 1955 1st virus crystallized (announced)
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03 Nov 1955 Alabama woman bruised by a meteor
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03 Nov 1955 Australia takes control of Cocos Islands
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03 Nov 1955 Bernardus J Alfrink installed as Archbishop of Utrecht
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03 Nov 1956 "Wizard of Oz" 1st televised (CBS-TV)
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03 Nov 1956 The Khan Yunis killings are perpetrated by the Israel Defense Forces in Egyptian-controlled Gaza, resulting in the deaths of 275 male Arabs.
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03 Nov 1957 USSR launches Sputnik 2 with a dog (Laika), 1st animal in orbit
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03 Nov 1957 Sputnik program: The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 2. On board is the first animal to enter orbit, a dog named Laika.
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03 Nov 1960 "Unsinkable Molly Brown" opens at Winter Garden NYC for 532 performances
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03 Nov 1960 Ivory Coast adopts constitution
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03 Nov 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.
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03 Nov 1961 General Assembly unanimously elects U Thant acting secretary general
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03 Nov 1962 Wilt Chamberlain of NBA SF Warriors scores 72 points vs. LA Lakers
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03 Nov 1963 Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Cavern City Golf Open
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03 Nov 1964 LBJ (D) soundly defeats Barry Goldwater (R) for President
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03 Nov 1964 Philadelphia voters approve $25 million to build a new sports stadium
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03 Nov 1964 Washington D.C. residents are able to vote in a presidential election for the first time.
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03 Nov 1965 Sandy Koufax wins NL Cy Young Award unanimously
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03 Nov 1967 Vietnam War: The Battle of Dak To begins.
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03 Nov 1968 Bob Packwood is elected senator of Oregon
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03 Nov 1968 Ex-premier Papandreou buried / 300,000 demonstrate against fascist junta
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03 Nov 1968 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Canyon Ladies Golf Classic
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03 Nov 1968 New York Jet Jim Turner kicks 6 field goals to beat Buffalo 25-21
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03 Nov 1969 Congo President Mobutu visits Belgium
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03 Nov 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.
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03 Nov 1970 Bob Gibson wins NL Cy Young Award
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03 Nov 1970 President Nixon promises gradual troop removal of Vietnam
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03 Nov 1970 Salvador Allende inaugurated as President of Chile
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03 Nov 1971 "Play Misty For Me" premieres
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03 Nov 1973 Good Morning America premieres on ABC (David Hartman and Nancy Dussault)
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03 Nov 1973 Mariner 10 launched-1st Venus pics, 1st mission to Mercury
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03 Nov 1973 Mariner program: NASA launches the Mariner 10 toward Mercury. On March 29, 1974, it becomes the first space probe to reach that planet.
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03 Nov 1974 "Lorelei" closes at Palace Theater NYC after 320 performances
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03 Nov 1974 Chako Higuchi wins Japan LPGA Golf Classic
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03 Nov 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.
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03 Nov 1976 Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA / Japan Mizuno Golf
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03 Nov 1977 Debbie Massey wins LPGA Mizuno-Japan Golf Classic
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03 Nov 1978 Dominica gains independence from the UK and adopts constitution
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03 Nov 1978 Michiko Okada wins LPGA Mizuno-Japan Golf Classic
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03 Nov 1978 USSR and Vietnam sign peace and friendship treaty
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03 Nov 1978 Dominica gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
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03 Nov 1979 5 mortally wounded during anti-Ku Klux Klan demonstration in North Carolina
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03 Nov 1979 63 Americans taken hostage at US Embassy (Teheran, Iran)
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03 Nov 1979 Amy Alcott wins LPGA Mizuno Japan Golf Classic
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03 Nov 1979 Marocco offensive against Polisario
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03 Nov 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.
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03 Nov 1980 Ianford Wilsons "5th of July, " premieres in New York City
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03 Nov 1980 Walter Hass Jr becomes CEO of Oakland Athletics
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03 Nov 1981 Brewers reliever Rollie Fingers wins AL Cy Young Award
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03 Nov 1982 Detroit blocks 20 Cleveland Cav shots tying NBA regulation game record
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03 Nov 1982 The Salang Tunnel fire in Afghanistan kills up to 2,000 people.
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03 Nov 1983 Jesse Jackson launches his 1st campaign for presidency (D)
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03 Nov 1983 Nashville Network begins on cable TV
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03 Nov 1984 3,000 die in 3 day anti-Sikh riot in India
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03 Nov 1984 Body of assassinated Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi cremated
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03 Nov 1985 Jan Stephenson wins LPGA Nichirei Cup Team Match Golf Tournament
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03 Nov 1986 Federated States of Micronesia signs Compact of Free Association with US
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03 Nov 1986 Joaquim Chissano elected President Mozambique
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03 Nov 1986 John Lennon releases "Menlove Avenue" album
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03 Nov 1986 Lebanese magazine Ash Shirra reveals secret US arms sales to Iran
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03 Nov 1986 Northern Mariana Islands becomes a Commonwealth associated with US
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03 Nov 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.
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03 Nov 1986 The Federated States of Micronesia gain independence from the United States of America.
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03 Nov 1987 Oakland 1st baseman Mark McGwire wins AL Rookie of Year
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03 Nov 1987 On Wall Street, after 5 consecutive gains, Dow Jones down 50.56
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03 Nov 1988 Pakistan claims it downed Afghan warplane
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03 Nov 1988 Reagan signs credit-card disclosure-bill
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03 Nov 1988 Soviet Union agrees to allow teaching of Hebrew
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03 Nov 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.
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03 Nov 1989 100s of Bulgarian demonstrate in Sofia for democratic rights
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03 Nov 1989 Lou Piniella is named manager of the Reds, replacing banned Pete Rose
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03 Nov 1990 Gro Harlem Brundtland installed as Premier of Norway
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03 Nov 1991 22nd NYC Marathon won by Salvador Garcia of Mexico in 2:09:28
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03 Nov 1991 Ayrton Senna wins shortest Formula One race ever run (17 laps)
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03 Nov 1992 Bill Clinton (D) wins US presidential election over President Bush (R)
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03 Nov 1992 Carol Moseley Brown elected 1st black female in US Senate
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03 Nov 1994 Atlantis 13 launched
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03 Nov 1994 Dutch and British astronomers find spiral nebula Dwingeloo 1
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03 Nov 1994 Space shuttle STS-66 (Atlantis 13), launches
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03 Nov 1994 Susan Smith who claimed her 2 kids were carjacked arrested for murder
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03 Nov 1994 Total solar eclipse in South America (4m23s)
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03 Nov 1995 1st NBA game at FleetCenter, Boston Celtics lose to Mil Bucks, 101-100
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03 Nov 1995 1st NBA game at Rose Garden, Port Trailblazers lose to Grizzlies 92-80
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03 Nov 1995 1st NBA game at Skydome, Toronto Raptors beat New Jersey Nets 94-79
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03 Nov 1996 27th NYC Marathon won by Giacomo Leone of Italy in 2:09:54
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03 Nov 1996 Mayumi Hirase wins LPGA Toray Japan Queens Cup
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03 Nov 1996 Toray Japan Queens Cup
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03 Nov 1996 Death of Abdullah Çatlı, 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).
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03 Nov 1997 Boston shortstop Nomar Garciaparra is 6th unanimous AL Rookie of Year
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03 Nov 1997 California law ends affirmative-action
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03 Nov 1997 David Duval wins Championship at the Champions Golf Club
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03 Nov 1997 Phillies 3rd baseman Scott Rolen selected unanimous Rookie of Year
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03 Nov 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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03 Nov 2013 A solar eclipse sweeps across Africa, Europe and the Eastern United States.
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03 Nov 2014 One World Trade Center officially opens
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