November 3rd
Holidays and Festivals
Independence Day (Panama) * (see below)
Independence Day (Micronesia) * (see below)
Independence Day (Dominica) * (see below)
Culture Day (Japan) * (see below)
Mother's Day (Timor Leste) * CLICK HERE
Housewife's Day
Sandwich Day
Cliché Day
Christian Feast Day of Acepsimas of Hnaita and companions (Greek Orthodox Church)
Christian Feast Day of Hubertus
Christian Feast Day of Malachy O' More
Christian Feast Day of Martin de Porres
Christian Feast Day of Winefride
Independence Day (Panama) a.k.a. Separation Day, celebrates the separation and independence of Panama from Colombia in 1903.
Independence Day (Micronesia), celebrates the independence of the Federated States of Micronesia from the United States in 1986.
Independence Day (Dominica), celebrates the independence of Dominica from the United Kingdom in 1978.
Culture Day (Japan) originally celebrated as Emperor's Birthday until the Meiji Emperor's death in 1912.
Toast of The Day
"Twas an evening in November,
As I very well remember.
I was strolling down the street in drunken pride,
But my knees were all aflutter,
So I landed in the gutter,
And a pig came up a lay down by my side.
Yes, I lay there in the gutter
Thinking thoughts I could not utter,
When a colleen passing by did softly say,
'You can tell a man that boozes
By the company he chooses.'
At that the pig got up and walked away!"
- Traditional Irish Poem - Irish Pig
Drink of The Day
Bellini
1 Part Peach Juice
3 Parts Champagne
Pour the Champagne first or it will foam up.
- In honor of Vincenzo Bellini Born November 3rd, 1801
Wine of The Day
Ledson (2009) "Tres Frais"
Style - Chardonnay
Russian River Valley
$40
Beer of The Day
Rich & Dan's Rye IPA
Brewer - Harpoon
Style - Rye IPA
Joke of The Day
Beside a doctor, in what other profession could a guy tell a girl to get undressed and send the bill to her husband.
Quote of The Day
“A recent police study found that you’re much more likely to get shot by a fat cop if you run.”
- Dennis Miller (November 3rd, 1953), an American stand-up comedian.
Whiskey of The Day
Jefferson's Straight Bourbon Whiskey
Price: $30
November Observances
Adopt A Senior Pet Month
American Diabetes Month
Aviation History Month
Banana Pudding Lovers Month
Beard Month (US)
Celebrate Empty Nester Month
Child Safety Protection Month
Diabetic Eye Disease Month
Epilepsy Awareness Month a.k.a. National Epilepsy Month
Family Stories Month
Final Binary Month (3of 3) (0s and 1s)
Gluten-Free Diet Awareness Month
Greens and Plantains Month
Historic Bridge Awareness Month
I Am So Thankful Month
International Creative Child and Adult Month
International Drum (Percussion) Month
International Microfinance Month
Learn Chinese Month
Lung Cancer Awareness Month
MADD's Tie One On For Safety Holiday Campaign (11/16-12/31)
Military Family Appreciation Month
Moustache Month a.k.a. Movember (Australia)
National AIDS Awareness Month
National Adoption Month a.k.a. National Adoption Awareness Month
National Alzheimer's Disease Month
National American Indian Heritage Month (Also see August)
National COPD Awareness Month
National Family Caregivers Month
National Family Literacy Month
National Georgia Pecan Month
National Home Care & Hospice Month
National Hospice Month
National Impotency Month
National Inspirational Role Models Month
National Life Writing Month
National Long-term Care Awareness Month
National Marrow Awareness Month
National Medical Science Liaison (MSL) Awareness & Appreciation Month
National Model Railroad Month
National Native American Heritage Month
National Novel Writing Month
National PPSI AIDS Awareness Month
National Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month
National Peanut Butter Lovers Month
National Pet Cancer Awareness Month
National Pomegranate Month
National Roasting Month
National Scholarship Month
National Sleep Comfort Month
Native American Heritage Month (Also see August)
No-shave-ember
PTA Healthy Lifestyles Month
Peanut Butter Lovers' Month
Plum Month
Prematurity Awareness Month
Real Jewelry Month
Spinach Month
Squash Month
Sweet Potato Awareness Month (Also see February)
Vegan Month
Worldwide Bereaved Siblings Month
Observances this Week
Novemberfest, First Week in NovemberRadiologic Technology Week, First Week in November
National Animal Shelter Appreciation Week, First Week in November
Dear Santa Letter Week, First Week in November
National Family Week, First Week in November
National Care Week, First Week in November
National Fig Week, First Week in November
National Patient Accessibility Week, First Week in November
World Communication Week, First Week in November
Chemistry Week, First Week in November
Health Information and Technology Week, First Full Week in November
International Fraud Awareness Week, First Full Week in November
National Animal Shelter Appreciation Week, First Full Week in November
National Nurse Practioner's Week, First Full Week in November
National Rad Tech Week, First Full Week in November
Give Wildlife A Brake! Week, First Work Week in November
Intimate Apparel Week, First Full Work Week in the Months of February, May, August, and November
World Origami Days, Oct. 24th to Nov. 11th
Historical Events on November 3rd
644 Umar ibn al-Khattab, the second Muslim caliph, is killed by a Persian slave in Medina.
1394 Jews are expelled from France by Charles VI
1468 Liège is sacked by Charles I of Burgundy's troops.
1493 Christopher Columbus first sights the island of Dominica in the Caribbean Sea.
1527 Ferdinand of Austria/Bohemia chosen as king of Hungary
1529 1st sitting of the Reformation Parliament, London
1534 English parliament accepts Act of Supremacy: Henry VIII church leader
1620 Great Patent granted to Plymouth Colony
1629 Prince Frederik Hendrik festival in The Hague
1640 English Long Parliament forms
1655 England & France sign miltary & economic treaties
1656 Treaty of Vilnius Russia/Poland sign anti-Swedish covenant [NS]
1676 Kara Mustafa succeeds Ahmed Kiprulu as Turkish grand vizier
1679 Great panic occurs in Europe over close approach of a comet
1716 Pacification Treaty of Warsaw: Czar Peter the Great guarantees Saxon monarch August I's Polish kingdom
1752 Georg Friedrich Handel undergoes (failed) eye operation
1760 Battle at Torgau, Saxony: Prussia beats Austria
1762 England & Spain signs Treaty of Paris, Spain acquires Louisiana
1783 John Austin, a highwayman, is the last person to be publicly hanged at London's Tyburn gallows.
1783 The American Continental Army is disbanded.
1791 Battle at Wabash, indians assault general St Clair/killed 637 soldiers
1793 French playwright, journalist and feminist Olympe de Gouges is guillotined.
1794 French troops conquer Maastricht
1796 John Adams elected president of the United States of America
1812 Napoleon's armies are defeated at Vyazma
1813 US troops under General Coffee destroy Indian village at Talladega Ala
1817 The Bank of Montreal, Canada's oldest chartered bank, opens in Montreal, Quebec.
1820 Cuenca Ecuador declares independence
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.
1839 First opium war 2 British frigates engage several Chinese junks
1839 Palace of Gulhane Turkey, freedom of religion proclaimed
1848 A greatly revised Dutch constitution, drafted by Johan Rudolf Thorbecke, severely limiting the powers of the Dutch monarchy, and strengthening the powers of parliament and ministers, is proclaimed. This constitution is still in effect today.
1848 Johan Thorbeckes revises Great Force
1856 A British fleet bombs Canton.
1862 Battle until the November 5th between gunboats at Bayou Teche, a waterway in Louisiana
1863 Battle of Grand Coteau in Southwestern Louisiana in the American Civil War
1867 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).
1868 First black Congressman elected (John W Menard, Louisiana)
1868 Ulysses Grant (R) wins presidential election over Horatio Seymour (D)
1869 Canada's Hamilton Foot Ball Club forms
1874 James Theodore Holly, elected bishop of Haiti
1883 Self-described "Black Bart the poet" gets away with his last stagecoach robbery, but leaves an incriminating clue that eventually leads to his capture.
1883 Race riots in Danville Virginia (4 blacks killed)
1883 US Supreme Court decides Native Americans can't be Americans
1885 Tacoma vigilantes drive out Chinese, burn their homes & businesses
1886 Friars of Tilburg arrives on Curacao
1887 Coimbra Academic Association, the oldest students' union in Portugal, is founded.
1888 First concerto of Concert worker, under Willem Kes, Amsterdam
1889 Chaplain Ariëns founds 1st roman catholic workers group
1896 J H Hunter patents portable weighing scales
1896 Martha Hughes Cannon of Utah elected 1st female senator
1896 William McKinley (R) defeats William Jennings Bryan (D) for president
1899 James J Jeffries beats Tom Sharkey in 25 for heavyweight boxing title
1900 1st US automobile show opens at Madison Square Garden (NYC)
1903 With the encouragement of the United States, Colombia grants Panama independence.
1905 Csar Nicholas II of Russia signs a document of amnesty for the political prisoners.
1908 William Howard Taft (R) elected 27th pres over William Jennings Bryan
1911 Chevrolet officially enters the automobile market in competition with the Ford Model T.
1913 The United States introduces an income tax.
1916 Treaty establishes British suzerainity over Qatar
1917 1st class mail now costs 3 cents per ounce
1918 Austria-Hungary enters into an armistice with the Allies, and the Habsburg-ruled empire dissolves.
1918 Poland proclaims independence from Russia after WW I
1920 "Emperor Jones" opens at Provincetown Theater
1922 Greek parliament bans prince Andreas for life
1926 15th party congress CPSU ends, 5 year plan begins
1926 Ty Cobb resigns as Detroit Tigers manager
1927 22.3 cm rainfall at Somerset, Vermont (state record), Tropical storm flooding kills 84 in Winooski River Valley (Vt)
1927 Rodgers & Hart's musical "Connecticut Yankee," premieres in NYC
1928 Turkey switches from Arabic to Roman alphabet
1930 First vehicular tunnel to a foreign country (Detroit-Windsor) opens
1930 Bank of Italy becomes Bank of America
1930 Getúlio Dornelles Vargas becomes Head of the Provisional Government in Brazil after a bloodless coup on October 24.
1931 First commercially produced synthetic rubber manufactured
1934 Although Lou Gehrig wins Triple Crown, Mickey Cochrane wins AL MVP
1934 Dizzy Dean chosen as NL MVP
1935 George II of Greece regains his throne through a popular plebiscite, returns to Greece & regains monarchy.
1935 Kitei Son runs world record marathon (2:26:42)
1936 President FDR (D) wins landslide victory over Alfred M Landon (R)
1937 Archambaud bicycles world record time (45,796 km)
1937 NHL Howie Morenz Memorial Game, All-Stars beat Montreal 6-5 in Montreal
1937 underdog Maurice J. Tobin resoundingly defeats former governor and mayor James Michael Curley in a Boston mayoral election that shocks the political establishment.
1939 Clare Booth's "Margin for Error," premieres in NYC
1941 Hirohiti's accord on Yamamoto's attack plan on Pearl Harbor fails
1942
1942 Despite Ted Williams wins Triple Crown, Yanks Joe Gordon wins AL MVP
1942 Mort Cooper wins NL MVP
1942 William L Dawson elected to Congress from Chicago
1942 12th day of Second Battle of El Alamein in World War II, Scottish assault, German forces under Erwin Rommel are forced to retreat during the night.
1942 The Koli Point action begins during the Guadalcanal Campaign and ends on November 12th, World War II.
1943 Dmitri Sjostakovitch's 8th Symphony premieres in Moscow
1943 P-47D Thunderbolt shot down above North-Holland, World War II.
1943 500 aircraft of the U.S. 8th Air Force devastate Wilhelmshafen harbor in Germany, World War II..
1944 Allied commando's lands at Westkapelle Walcheren, World War II.
1944 German troops in Vlissingen surrender, World War II.
1944 Pro-German government of Hungary flees, World War II.
1944 US 28th Infantry division occupies Schmidt Hurtgenwald, World War II.
1944 Two supreme commanders of the Slovak National Uprising, Generals Ján Golian and Rudolf Viest are captured, tortured and later executed by German forces, World War II..
1945 Lindsay Hassett scores 187 & 124* for Aust Services at Delhi
1946 Emperor Hirohito proclaims new Japanese constitution
1948 2nd NHL All-Star Game, All-Stars beat Toronto 3-1 at Chicago
1952 Clarence Birdseye markets frozen peas
1952 Egypt protests German retribution payments to Israel
1953 1st live color coast-to-coast telecast (NYC)
1953 1939 sacrifice fly rule restored: no time at bat for sac fly
1954 Nobel for physics awarded to Max Born & Walter Bothe
1955 1st virus crystallized (announced)
1955 Alabama woman bruised by a meteor
1955 Argentine ex-president Peron arrives in Nicaragua
1955 Australia takes control of Cocos Islands
1955 Bernardus J Alfrink installed as archbishop of Utrecht
1956 "Wizard of Oz" 1st televised (CBS-TV)
1957 Sputnik program: The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 2. On board is the first animal to enter orbit, a dog named Laika.
1957 USSR launches Sputnik 2 with a dog (Laika), 1st animal in orbit
1958 USSR performs nuclear test
1959 Ben-Gurion's Mapai-party wins Israeli parliamentary election)
1960 "Unsinkable Molly Brown" opens at Winter Garden NYC for 532 perfs
1960 Ivory Coast adopts constitution
1960 Pittsburgh Pirates' Vern Law wins Cy Young Award
1960 Tammy Grimes' "Unsinkable Molly Brown," premieres in NYC
1961 General Assembly unanimously elects U Thant acting secretary general
1962 USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
1962 Wilt Chamberlain of NBA SF Warriors scores 72 points vs LA Lakers
1963 Marilynn Smith wins LPGA Cavern City Golf Open
1964 LBJ (D) soundly defeats Barry Goldwater (R) for pres
1964 Philadelphia voters approve $25 million to build a new sports stadium
1964 Washington D.C. residents are able to vote in a presidential election for the first time.
1965 Sandy Koufax wins NL Cy Young Award unanimously
1967 Boston's Jim Lonborg wins AL Cy Young
1967 Vietnam War, The Battle of Dak To begins.
1968 Bob Packwood is elected senator of Oregon
1968 Ex-premier Papandreou buried, 300,000 demonstrate against fascist junta
1968 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Canyon Ladies Golf Classic
1968 NY Jet Jim Turner kicks 6 field goals to beat Buffalo 25-21
1969 Congo president Mobutu visits Belgium
1969 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.
1970 "President's Daughter" opens at Billy Rose Theater NYC for 72 perfs
1970 Bob Gibson wins NL Cy Young Award
1970 President Nixon promises gradual troop removal of Vietnam
1970 Salvador Allende inaugurated as president of Chile
1971 "Play Misty For Me" premieres
1973 Mariner 10 launched-, 1st mission to Mercury
1973 NASA launches the Mariner 10 toward Mercury. On March 29, 1974, it becomes the first space probe to reach that planet and returns Venus pictures.
1974 "Lorelei" closes at Palace Theater NYC after 320 performances
1974 Chako Higuchi wins Japan LPGA Golf Classic
1975 Good Morning America premieres on ABC (David Hartman & Nancy Dussault)
1976 Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA/Japan Mizuno Golf
1977 Debbie Massey wins LPGA Mizuno-Japan Golf Classic
1978 1st broadcast of "Diff'rent strokes" on NBC TV
1978 Dominica gains its independence from the United Kingdom & adopts constitution.
1978 Michiko Okada wins LPGA Mizuno-Japan Golf Classic
1978 USSR & Vietnam sign peace & friendship treaty
1979 5 mortally wounded during anti-Ku Klux Klan demonstration in NC
1979 Amy Alcott wins LPGA Mizuno Japan Golf Classic
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.
1979 Marocco offensive against Polisario
1980 Ianford Wilsons "5th of July," premieres in NYC
1980 Walter Hass Jr becomes CEO of Oakland A's
1981 Brewers reliever Rollie Fingers wins AL Cy Young Award
1982 Detroit blocks 20 Cleveland Cavaliers shots tying NBA regulation game record
1982 Pete Vuckovich becomes Milwaukee's 2nd consecutive AL Cy Young
1982 The Salang tunnel fire in Afghanistan kills up to 2,000 people.
1983 Jesse Jackson launches his 1st campaign for presidency (D)
1983 Nashville Network begins on cable TV
1984 3,000 die in 3 day anti-Sikh riot in India
1984 Body of assassinated Indian PM Indira Gandhi cremated
1985 Argentine pres Alfonsíns Radical Burgerunie wins elections
1985 Jan Stephenson wins LPGA Nichirei Cup Team Match Golf Tournament
1986 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 (Iran-Contra Affair).
1986 Joaquim Chissano elected president Mozambique
1986 John Lennon releases "Menlove Avenue" album
1986 Northern Mariana Islands becomes a Commonwealth associated with US
1986 The Federated States of Micronesia gain independence from the United States of America.
1987 Oakland first baseman Mark McGwire wins AL Rookie of Year
1987 On Wall Street, after 5 consecutive gains, Dow Jones down 50.56
1988 Pakistan claims it downed Afghan warplane.
1988 Reagan signs credit-card disclosure-bill
1988 Soviet Union agrees to allow teaching of Hebrew
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.
1988 Talk-show host Geraldo Rivera's nose is broken as Roy Innis brawls with skinheads at TV taping
1989 100s of Bulgarian demonstrate in Sofia for democratic rights
1989 Lou Piniella is named manager of the Reds, replacing banned Pete Rose
1989 Minn Timberwolves' 1st NBA game, loses to Seattle, 106-94
1990 Gro Harlem Brundtland installed as premier of Norway
1991 21st NYC Women's Marathon won by Liz McColgan of Scotland in 2:27
1991 22nd NYC Marathon won by Salvador Garcia of Mexico in 2:09:28
1991 Ayrton Senna wins shortest Formula One race ever run (17 laps)
1992 Bill Clinton (D) wins US presidential election over Pres Bush (R)
1992 Carol Moseley Brown elected 1st black female in US Senate
1993 Ken Daneyko sets NJ Devil 'Ironman' record by playing 322nd cons game
1994 Atlantis 13 launched
1994 Dutch & British astronomers find spiral nebula Dwingeloo 1
1994 Space shuttle STS-66 (Atlantis 13), launches
1994 Susan Smith who claimed her 2 kids were carjacked arrested for murder
1994 Total solar eclipse in South America (4m23s)
1995 1st NBA game at FleetCenter, Boston Celtics lose to Mil Bucks, 101-100
1995 1st NBA game at Rose Garden, Port Trailblazers lose to Grizzlies 92-80
1995 1st NBA game at Skydome, Toronto Raptors beat NJ Nets 94-79
1996 "It's a Slippery Slope," opens at Vivian Beaumont Theater NYC
1996 26th NYC Women's Marathon won by Anuta Catuna of Romania in 2:28:18
1996 27th NYC Marathon won by Giacomo Leone of Italy in 2:09:54
1996 Death of Abdullah Çatli, 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 Agar (a leader of the True Path Party, DYP).
1996 Mayumi Hirase wins LPGA Toray Japan Queens Cup
1996 Toray Japan Queens Cup
1997 Boston shortstop Nomar Garciaparra is 6th unanimous AL Rookie of Year
1997 California law ends affirmative-action
1997 David Duval wins Championship at the Champions Golf Club
1997 Phillies 3rd baseman Scott Rolen selected unanimous Rookie of Year
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.
2007 Pervez Musharraf declares emergency rule across Pakistan. He suspends the Constitution, imposes a State of Emergency, and fires the chief justice of the Supreme Court.
2012 Syrian rebels launch a major assault on Taftanaz airbase
2013 6 people are killed after an overcrowded ferry sinks in Pattaya, Thailand
2013 8 people are killed and 10 are injured after a turboprop plane crashes in northern Bolivia
2013 Bobby Orr's autobiography "Orr: My Story" debuts at the #8 position on The New York Times best seller list for nonfiction
2014 New York's 104-storey One World Trade Center officially opens 13 years after the September 11 attacks
2014 UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon calls for global action on climate change after warning from scientists
2015 Game Maker Activision Blizzard (Call of Duty) buys King.com (Candy Crush) for $5.9 billion
2015 Melbourne Cup won by Prince of Penzance ridden by Michelle Payne - 1st woman to win
Born on November 3rd
39 Lucan, Roman poet (Bellum Civile) (d. 65)
1470 Edward V, King of England (Apr 9-Jun 25 1483)
1500 Benvenuto Cellini, Italian artist (d. 1571)
1558 Thomas Kyd, English author (d. 1594)
1560 Annibale Carracci, Italian painter (d. 1609)
1587 Samuel Scheidt, German composer (d. 1654)
1604 Osman II, Ottoman Sultan (1618-22) (d. 1622)
1611 Henry Ireton, English general, MP (Edgehill)
1618 Aurangzeb (Alamgir), Mughal Emperor of India (1658-1707) (d. 1707)
1619 Willem Kalf, Rotterdam Neth, painter (still lifes)
1621 Renatus Rapinus (René Rapin), French jesuit, poet (Hortorum libri IV)
1633 Bernardino Ramazzini, Italian physician (d. 1714)
1656 Georg Reuter, composer
1689 Johann Joseph Ignaz Brentner, composer
1718 John Montague, 4th Earl of Sandwich, inventor (sandwich) (d. 1792)
1736 Christian Brunings, Dutch hydraulic engineer
1749 Daniel Rutherford, Scottish chemist and physician (d. 1819)
1753 August G Meissner, German author
1753 Friedrich Christoph Gebtewitz, composer
1757 Robert Smith, American politician, 2nd Secretary of the Navy and 6th Secretary of State (d. 1842)
1780 Victor-Charles-Paul Dourlen, composer
1781 Johann Ernst Friedrich Wollank, composer
1793 Stephen F(uller) Austin, American pioneer, colonized Texas (d. 1836)
1794 William Cullen Bryant, American poet (Thanatopsis) and journalist (d. 1878)
1798 Mason James Murray, (Confederacy), died in 1871
1799 William Sprague III, American politician (Rhode Island) (d. 1856)
1801 Karl Baedeker, German author and publisher (travel books) (d. 1859)
1801 Vincenzo Bellini, Italian opera composer (La Sonnambula, Norma) (d. 1835)
1815 Adrien Louis Victor Boieldieu, composer
1815 John Mitchel, Irish nationalist (d. 1875)
1816 Calvin Fairbank, American abolitionist minister (d. 1898)
1816 Jubal Anderson Early, Lt General (Confederate Army) (d. 1894)
1816 Jubal Early, American Confederate general (d. 1894)
1818 Gustavus Adolphus DeRussy, Brig Gen (Union volunteers) (d. 1891)
1826 Jasper Adalmorn Maltby, Brigadier General (Union volunteers) (d. 1867)
1830 Esten Cooke, John (Confederate Army) (d. 1886)
1830 Jacob M van Bemmelen, Dutch physicist, chemist
1833 Edward Dorr Tracy, Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (d. 1863)
1844 Mehmed V Reshad, sultan of Turkey (1909-18)
1845 Edward Douglass White, 9th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1921)
1852 Emperor Meiji, 122nd Emperor of Japan (d. 1912)
1852 Mutsuhito, 122nd emperor of Japan (1867-1912)
1856 Jim McCormick, American baseball player (d. 1918)
1857 Michail V Alekseyev, Imperial Russian general, WW I Chief of Staff (d. 1918)
1861 Johann Peter Kirsch, Luxembourg church historian/archaeologist
1862 Henry George, Jr., American politician (d. 1916)
1863 Alfred Perot, French physicist (d. 1925)
1863 Eugene Samuel-Holeman, composer
1867 Siegfried Garibaldi Kallenberg, composer
1871 Albert Goldthorpe, English rugby league footballer (d. 1943)
1872 Paul Panzer, actor (Cat's Paw, Mildred Pierce, Hotel Berlin)
1875 Emils Darzins, composer
1876 Stephen Peter Alencastre, Roman Catholic prelate (d. 1940)
1877 Carlos Ibáñez del Campo, Chilean president. (d. 1960)
1879 Vilhjalmur Stefansson, Canada, Arctic explorer/ethnologist
1880 Edmond Barrett, heavyweight wrestler (Olympic-bronze-1908)
1880 Raffaele Casimiro Casimiri, composer
1883 Enny Vrede (Maria M Muller), Dutch actress, wife of Eduard Verkade
1884 Apie (Adrian P) Prince, Dutch author (Me Own Way)
1887 Samuil Marshak, Russian writer, translator and children's poet (d. 1964)
1888 William Charles Denis Browne, composer
1889 Heinrich Campendonk, German painter/wood carver/glazer
1890 Eustaquio van Lieshout, Dutch priest (d. 1943)
1893 Edward Adelbert Doisy, American biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1986)
1893 R Lindley Murray, tennis champ (US Open-1918)
1895 Olga Nikolaevna, Grand Duchess of Russia (d. 1918)
1896 Gustaf Tenggren, Swedish illustrator (d. 1970)
1897 Karel Salmon, composer
1899 Gleb Wataghin, Ukrainian-Italian physicist (d. 1986)
1899 Rezso Seress, Hungarian singer songwriter (d. 1968)
1900 Adolf Dassler, German sporting goods executive, founder (Adidas) (d. 1978)
1900 Roger Blunt, New Zealand cricketer
1901 Andre Malraux (Berger), French writer, art historian (L'Espoir) (d. 1976)
1901 Leopold III (Filip von Saksen-Coburg), King of the Belgiam (from 1934, abdicated 1951) (d. 1983)
1903 Walker Evans, American photographer (Fortune Magazine) (d. 1975)
1904 Gideon Fagan, composer
1904 Janis Kalnins, composer
1905 Lois Mailou Jones, US painter (Peasants on Parade)
1905 William Donald Campbell, diarist, ornithologist
1907 James Geoffrey Cutcliffe Hepburn, tap-dancer/socialist
1907 Joe Turner, US jazz pianist
1908 Bronko Nagurski, American football player, NFL fullback (Chicago Bears) (d. 1990)
1909 James "Scotty" Barrett Reston, Scottish-American journalist (NY Times) (d. 1995)
1909 James Reston, journalist
1910 Richard Hurndall, British actor (d. 1984)
1911 Vladimir Ussachevsky, Hailar Manchuria, composer (Creation)
1912 Alfredo Stroessner, Dictator of Paraguay (1954-89) (d. 2006)
1914 Hallgrimur Helgason, composer
1915 Hal Jackson, American radio personality
1918 Bob Feller, American baseball player, pitcher, 3 no-hitters (Cleveland Indians)
1918 Dean Riesner, American film and television writer (d. 2002)
1918 Elizabeth P. Hoisington, American Brigadier General (d. 2007)
1918 Russell B. Long, American politician (Sen-D-LA, 1948-86) (d. 2003)
1919 Bert Freed, NYC, actor (Rufe-Shane)
1919 Jesús Blasco, Spanish comic book author (d. 1995)
1920 Oodgeroo Noonuccal, Australian writer (d. 1993)
1921 Charles Bronson, American actor (Magnificent Seven, Death Wish, Dirty Dozen) (d. 2003)
1922 Earl of Lonsdale, English large landowner, multi-millionaire
1923 Tomás Ó Fiaich, Northern Irish Cardinal (d. 1990)
1923 Yamaguchi Hitomi, Japanese novelist and essayst (d. 1995)
1924 Samuel Ruiz García, Mexican Roman Catholic bishop
1924 Shirley Chisholm, American First black congresswoman (D-Rep-NY), presidential candidate
1925 Dieter Wellershoff, German author (Minotaur)
1926 Maurice Couture, French-Canadian Roman Catholic archbishop
1926 Valdas Adamkus, President of the Republic of Lithuania
1927 Andy Williams, Wall Lake, Iowa, singer/actor (Andy Williams Show, "Butterfly") (d. 2012)
1927 Zbigniew Cybulski, Pniarz Poland, actor (See You Tommorrow)
1928 Goseki Kojima, Japanese manga artist (d. 2000)
1928 Osamu Tezuka, Japanese manga artist (d. 1989)
1930 Brian Robinson, British cyclist
1930 D. James Kennedy, American theologian (d. 2007)
1930 Frits Staal, Dutch-American scholar
1930 Ken Berry, Moline Ill, actor (F Troop, Mayberry RFD, Mama's Family
)
1930 Lois Smith, American actress (Twister, Reckless, Reuben Reuben)
1930 Peggy McCay, American actress
1930 Philip M Crane, (Rep-R-IL, 1969)
1930 Tsutomu Seki, Japanese astronomer
1930 William H Dana, pilot (X-15)
1931 Michael Fu Tieshan, Chinese bishop (d. 2007)
1931 Monica Vitti (Ceciarelli), Italian actress (Tigers in Lipstick)
1931 Yon Hyong-muk, North Korean politician (d. 2005)
1932 Thomas J Manton, (Rep-D-NY, 1985)
1933 Amartya Sen, Indian economist (welfare economics and social choice theory), Nobel Prize laureate
1933 Aneta Corsaut, American actress (Helen Crump-Andy Griffith, The Blob) (d. 1995)
1933 Jeremy Brett, English actor (Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Freddie-My Fair Lady) (d. 1995)
1933 John Barry, English composer
1933 Ken Berry, American actor (The Cat from Outer Space)
1933 Louis W Sullivan, US Sec of Health & Human Services (1989)
1933 Michael S Dukakis, American politician (Gov-D-Mass) Presidential Candidate (1988)
1934 Derek Richardson, English cricketer
1934 Hans Janmaat, Dutch MP (CD)/(fascist)
1934 Ruma Guha Thakurta, Indian singer, actress, dancer, founder (Calcutta Youth Choir)
1936 Roy Emerson, Australia, tennis player (Wimbledon-1964, 65, US Open-61)
1937 Lynn Woolsey, (Rep-D-California)
1937 Paula Wayne, Hobart Oklahoma, vocalist (Everything's Great)
1938 Akira Kobayashi, Japanese singer
1938 Jean Rollin, French director and screenwriter
1938 Martin Dunwoody, British mathematician
1938 Pupi Avati, Bologna Italy, director (Festival, Bix, Impiegati)
1938 Takao Saito, Japanese mangaka
1939 Terrence McNally, St Petersburg Fla, playwright (Bad Habits)
1940 Dieter Acker, composer
1941 Brian Poole, Essex England, vocalist (Brian Poole & The Tremeloes)
1943 Bert Jansch, Scottish folk musician
1945 Gerd Müller, German footballer
1945 J. D. Souther, American country-rock singer
1945 Ken Holtzman, American baseball pitcher and manager
1946 Nick Simper, rocker (Deep Purple)
1946 Tom Savini, American actor (Sex Machine- From Dusk till Dawn, The Perks of Being a Wallflower)
1946 Tommy Dee, Musician
1946 Wataru Takeshita, Japanese politician
1947 Mazie Hirono, American politician
1948 Helmut Koinigg, Austrian racing driver (d. 1974)
1948 Lulu, Scottish singer and actress (To Sir With Love)
1948 Rick Kreuger, American baseball player
1948 Takashi Kawamura, Japanese politician
1948 Tom Shales, TV critic (Washington Post)
1949 Anna Wintour, English-born American magazine editor
1949 Larry Holmes, American boxer, heavyweight champ (1978-85)
1949 Michael Evans, American actor (Lionel-All in the Family) (d. 2006)
1949 Roswitha Krause, USSR, 4 X 100m swimmer (Olympic-silver-1968)
1950 Joe Queenan, American writer
1950 Massimo Mongai, Italian writer
1951 Azmat Rana, cricketer (one Test for Pakistan against Australia 1980)
1951 Dwight Evans, American baseball player
1951 Ed Murawinski, American cartoonist, New York Daily News
1952 David Ho, Taiwanese-American AIDS researcher
1952 Felix R de Rooy, Curacaos poet/sculptor
1952 Jim Cummings, American voice actor (Shrek)
1952 Kate Capshaw (Nail), American actress (Little Sex, Dreamscape)
1952 Roseanne Barr (Arnold), American actress and comedian (Roseanne)
1953 Dennis Miller, American comedian, TV host (SNL, Dennis Miller Show)
1953 Helios Creed, American musician (Chrome)
1953 Kate Capshaw, American actress (Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom)
1953 Kathy Kinney, actress (Mimi-Drew Carey Show)
1953 Larry Herndon, American baseball player
1954 Adam Ant (Stuart Goddard), English punk singer (If I Strip For You)
1954 Godzilla, Japanese monster (Godzilla)
1954 Kevin P Chilton, LA California, Lt Col USAF/Astronaut (STS 49, 59, 76)
1955 Phil Simms, American football player, NFL quarterback (NY Giants, Superbowl 1986)
1955 Teresa De Sio, Italian singer-songwriter
1956 Gary Ross, American film director and writer (The Hunger Games)
1956 Kevin Murphy, American actor and puppeteer
1957 Dolph Lundgren, Swedish actor (Universal Soldier, The Expendables)
1958 Andrew Mapple, US water skier
1958 Sue Daniels, Adelaide Australia, golfer (1983 Victorian Amateur Champ)
1959 Dolph Lundgren, Stockholm Sweden, actor (Rocky IV) [or Oct 17]
1959 Hal Hartley, American film director and writer
1959 Timothy Patrick Murphy, American actor (Dallas, Glitter)
1960 James Prime, British rock keyboardist (Deacon Blue-Pay Day)
1960 Karch Kiraly, American volleyball player (Oly-2 gold-1984, 88)
1960 Marcel "Baaf" Stavenuiter, Dutch drummer (Bob Color)
1960 Sharon Monplaisir, American fencer, epee (Olympics-96)
1960 (Charles) Karch Kiraly, American volleyballer (Oly-3 g-84, 88, 96)
1961 David AC viscount Linley, son of English princess Margaret, mystic
1961 Kari Michaelsen, NYC, actress (Katie-Gimme a Break)
1962 Gabe Newell, co-founder of Valve Corporation
1962 Jacqui Smith, UK Member of Parliament and Home Secretary
1962 Kimberly Evenson, German playmate (September, 1984)
1962 Kym Hampton, WNBA forward (NY Liberty)
1962 Marilyn, rocker (You Don't Love Me)
1963 Howard Ballard, NFL tackle (Seattle Seahawks)
1963 Ian Wright, English footballer
1963 Shigeaki Hattori, Japanese racing driver
1963 Stephen Corkin, Auckland NZ, judoka (Olympics-96)
1964 Brian Young, cricketer (NZ Test opening batsman)
1964 Paprika Steen, Danish actress
1965 John Feskens, Dutch soccer player (Willem II)
1965 Maty Monforth, TV host (Mike & Maty)
1965 Michael Paul Springer, SF CA, PGA golfer (1994 Greater Milwaukee)
1966 Joe Hachem, Lebanese-born Australian poker player
1966 Todd Reynolds, Norwalk Conn, pairs skaters (Olympics-1994)
1966 Tracey Fuchs, Centereach NY, field hockey midfielder (Olympics-88, 96)
1967 John Tomac, American cyclist
1967 Mike O'Neill, Canadian hockey player
1967 Rob Cowie, Toronto, NHL defenseman (LA Kings)
1967 Steven Wilson, English musician (Porcupine Tree)
1968 Antonio Pettigrew, Macon Ga, 400m (Olympics-96)
1968 Debbie Rochon, Vancouver BC, actress (Tromeo & Juliet)
1968 Lee Germon, cricketer (NZ keeper & captain 1995)
1968 Paul Quantrill, Canadian baseball player, pitcher (Toronto Blue Jays)
1969 Jim Mckenzie, Gull Lake, NHL left wing (Winnipeg Jets)
1969 Leslie Shepherd, NFL wide receiver (Washington Redskins)
1969 Robert Miles, Swiss record producer, composer and musician (trance and ambient music).
1969 Tommy Tiernan, Irish comedian
1970 Doug Zmolek, Rochester, NHL defenseman (LA Kings)
1971 Bob Kronenberg, WLAF center (Rhein Fire)
1971 Colbie Bell, Edmonton Alberta, 100kg Greco Roman wrestler (Oly-96)
1971 Darrin Hancock, NBA guard/forward (Charlotte Hornets)
1971 Diego Alessi, Italian race car driver
1971 Dwight Yorke, Trinidad and Tabago Footballer
1971 Dylan Moran, Irish comedian and Actor (Shaun of the Dead)
1971 Joan Kenmore, actress (Wizard of Oz)
1971 Matthew Lawton, Gulfport MS, outfielder (Minnesota Twins)
1971 Tricia Carolyn Nosko, Miss USA-Indiana (1997)
1971 William Strong, NFL cornerback (NO Saints)
1972 Chris Shelling, NFL cornerback (Cin Bengals)
1972 Verl Mitchell, NFL guard (Atlanta Falcons)
1973 Ben Fogle, TV personality, writer and broadcaster
1973 Derrick Alexander, NFL defensive end (Minnesota Vikings)
1973 Kirk Jones (Sticky Fingaz), American musician
1973 Mick Thomson, American guitarist (Slipknot)
1973 Nemone, British athlete and broadcaster
1974 Sonali Kulkarni, Indian actress
1974 Tariq Abdul-Wahad, French basketball player, NBA forward (Sacramento Kings)
1975 Darren Sharper, American football player, NFL defensive back (Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31)
1976 Guillermo Franco, Argentine-Mexican footballer
1976 Jake Shimabukuro, American ukulele player
1976 Toko Aoyama, Japanese voice actress
1977 Aria Giovanni, American model
1978 Hiroko Sakai, Japanese softball player
1978 Julia Taylor, European pornographic actress
1978 Koshiro Take, Japanese jockey
1979 Beau McDonald, Australian Rules Footballer
1979 Jamie Duffney, Miss Minnesota Teen USA (1997)
1979 Pablo Aimar, Argentine footballer
1979 Tim McIlrath, American musician (Rise Against)
1981 Sten Pentus, Estonian racing car driver
1982 Evgeny Plushenko, Russian figure skater
1983 Julie Marie Berman, American actress
1983 Suzane von Richthofen, Brazilian murderess
1984 Christian Bakkerud, Danish racing driver
1984 Ryo Nishikido, Japanese idol (NEWS, Kanjani Eight)
1985 Tyler Hansbrough, American basketball player
1986 Antonia Thomas, Actress (Misfits)
1986 Heo Young Saeng, Korean singer (SS501)
1987 Colin Kaepernick, American football player
1987 Elizabeth A. Smart, American abductee and activist
1987 Felix Schütz, German ice hockey player
1987 Gemma Ward, Australian model and actress (Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides)
1988 Angus McLaren, Australian Actor
1989 Paula DeAnda, American singer
1990 Ellyse Perry, Australian footballer and cricketer
1991 Laron Wise, Actor (Rise of the Living Dead: Chapter One)
1991 Martin Bell, Actor (Neds)
1993 Isabella Grasso, Actress (Flight)
1994 Bo Mitchell, Actor (Chapter 3)
1994 Mariah I. Wilson, Actress (Dreamgirls)
1995 Kendall Jenner, daughter of Bruce Jenner, step sister of Kim Kardashian
1996 Aria Wallace, Actress (The Perfect Man)
1999 Niko Baur, Actor (Charity Case)
Died on November 3rd
361 Flavius Julius Constantius II, 1st Byzantine Emperor, , Roman Emperor (b. 317)
753 Pirminius, German saint (b. 753)
1254 John III Doukas Vatatzes, Byzantine Emperor (1222-54), saint (b. 1193)
1344 Adolf van der Mark, prince-bishop of Liege (1313-44)
1378 Jan II, ruler of Polanen, Leck, Breda
1428 Thomas Montacute, 4th Earl of Salisbury, English military leader (mortally wounded in battle) (b. 1388)
1456 Edmund Turdor, earl of Richmond
1580 Jeronimo Zurita y Castro, Spanish historian (b. 1512)
1584 Charles Borromeo, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal (b. 1538)
1600 Richard Hooker, English theologian (b. 1554)
1639 Martinus de Porres, Peruvian saint (patron of social justice)
1643 John Bainbridge, English astronomer (b. 1582)
1643 Paul Guldin, Swiss astronomer and mathematician (b. 1577)
1708 Henriette Catharina van Nassau, daughter of Frederik Henry
1711 Ferdinand Tobias Richter, composer
1711 John Ernest Grabe, German-born Anglican theologian (b. 1666)
1787 Robert Lowth, British bishop and grammarian (b. 1710)
1793 Olympe de Gouges, French feminist and revolutionary (b. 1748)
1794 François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis, French cardinal and statesman (b. 1715)
1803 Henri Moreau, composer
1832 Pietro Generali, composer
1845 Johan G Verstolk van Soelen, Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs
1864 Antonio Goncalves Dias, Brazilian national poet
1867 Pieter J Jong, Dutch Zouave, dies in battle
1869 Andreas Kalvos, Greek poet (b. 1792)
1873 Kintpuash, "Captain Jack", chief of Modoc-indians
1890 Ulrich Ochsenbein, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1811)
1891 Louis Lucien Bonaparte, French politician and linguist (b. 1813)
1904 Gaston Henri Charles Antoine Serpette, composer
1911 Salvador Giner y Vidal, composer
1913 Hans Bronsart von Schellendorf, composer
1914 Georg Trakl, Austria poet (Totentag, Cocaine Overdose)
1917 Léon Bloy, French novelist and essayist (b. 1846)
1918 Aleksandr Mikhailovich Lyapunov, Russian scientist (b. 1857)
1926 Annie Oakley, American sharp-shooter (b. 1860)
1927 Karel Matej Capek-Chod, Czech journalist (b. 1860)
1929 Olav Aukrust, Norwegian poet (b. 1883)
1931 Rudolf W Canne, Fries playwright (Peaske)
1933 Emile Roux, French scientist (b. 1853)
1936 Filip Lazar, composer
1939 Charles Tournemire, French composer and organist (b. 1870)
1942 Carl Sternheim, German playwright (Trousers, Snob)
1945 Alessandro Longo, composer
1949 Solomon R. Guggenheim, American art collector and philanthropist (b. 1861)
1954 Henri E B Matisse, French painter, sculptor (Dance II) (b. 1869)
1957 Laika, Soviet space dog and first mammal to orbit the Earth (b. 1954)
1957 Wilhelm Reich, Austria, US psychotherapist (sexual) (b. 1897)
1958 Harry Revel, movie composer (Sitting Pretty, Gay Divorcee)
1959 Friedrich Niggli, composer
1960 Paul Willis, American actor (b. 1901)
1962 Harlow H Curtice, pres of General Motors (1953-8)
1964 John Henry Barbee, American guitarist and singer (b. 1905)
1970 Peter II Karadjordjevic, last king of Yugoslavia (1934-45) (b. 1923)
1971 Etienne Gailly, Belgium marathoner (Oly-bron-48), dies in accident
1973 Arturo De Cordova, actor (This Strange Passion)
1973 Marc Allégret, French director and screenwriter (b. 1900)
1977 Florence Vidor, actress (Jack Knife Man)
1980 Ludwig Hohl, writer
1982 Edward H Carr, British historian
1983 Alfredo Antonini, American conductor (Jane Froman Canteen) and composer (b. 1901)
1984 Richard Hurndall, British actor (b. 1910)
1986 Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, jazz saxophonist
1987 Mary Shane, American Sportscater (b. 1945)
1988 Henri van Praag, Dutch para-psychologist
1990 Mary Martin, American actress (Peter Pan) (b. 1913)
1990 Valerie French, actress (Jubal)
1991 Mort Shuman, American singer and songwriter (b. 1936)
1992 Jean Daskalides, Belgian chocolate factory
1992 John H Davis, actor (Our Gang)
1993 Duncan Gibbins, director (Fire With Fire)
1993 Leon Theremin, Russian inventor (electronic musical instruments) (b. 1895)
1993 William Lanteau, actor (On Golden Pond)
1994 Alvin Andreas Herborg Nielsen, American Physicist (b. 1910)
1994 Dennis C Ott, US actor (Star Trek 3/4)
1994 Richard Krautheimer, US art historian
1995 Arthur George Bottomley, politician
1995 Gordon S. Fahrni, physician and president of the Canadian Medical Association (b. 1887)
1995 John Orchard, British actor (b. 1928)
1996 Abdullah Çatli, a Turkish nationalist and neofascist activist (b. 1956)
1996 Barry George Barrington Porter, politician
1996 Heather Swift, local councellor
1996 Jean-Bédel Bokassa, President of the Central African Republic (1967-79) (b. 1921)
1996 Michael Burchill, actor
1998 Bob Kane, comic artist and Batman co-creator (b. 1915)
1999 Ian Bannen, Scottish actor (b. 1928)
2001 Ernst Gombrich, Austrian art historian (b. 1909)
2002 Jonathan Harris, American actor (b. 1914)
2002 Lonnie Donegan, Scottish musician (b. 1931)
2003 Rasul Gamzatov, Russian poet (b. 1923)
2004 Sergei Zholtok, Latvian hockey player (b. 1972)
2006 Alberto Spencer, Ecuadorean footballer (b. 1937)
2006 Marie Rudisill, American author and "Fruitcake Lady" (b. 1911)
2006 Paul Mauriat, French musician (b. 1925)
2007 Aleksandr Dedyushko (b. 1962)
2007 Martin Meehan, Irish republican (b. 1945)
2007 Ryan Shay, American runner (b. 1979)
2009 Francisco Ayala, Spanish novelist (b. 1906)
2010 Jerry Bock, American musical theatre composer (b. 1928)
2010 Jim Clench, Canadian bassist (April Wine and Bachman-Turner Overdrive) (b. 1949)
2010 Viktor Chernomyrdin, Russian politician (b. 1938)
2012 Tommy Goodwin, British track cyclist
2015 Ahmed Chalabi, Iragi politician (supported US 2003 invasion)
2015 Tom Graveney, English cricket batsman
2015 Howard Coble, American politician (Rep-R-NC, 1985-2015)