Today in History
3 November
283 births · 0 deaths · 58 events recorded
Featured Birthday · Born 1993
Kenny Golladay
American football player (born 1993)
Notable Births
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Kenny Golladay
b. 1993
American football player (born 1993)
Jay Harrison
b. 1982
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1982)
Sticky Fingaz
b. 1973
American rapper
Dietrich Möller
b. 1937
German politician (1937–2024)
Annapurna Maharana
b. 1917
Odia freedom fighter
Leopold III of Belgium
b. 1901
King of the Belgians from 1934 to 1951
Alfred Perot
b. 1863
French physicist
Mikhail Alekseyev
b. 1857
Russian general of infantry (1857–1918)
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On This Day in History
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2020
The 2020 United States presidential election takes place between Democratic Joe Biden and Republican incumbent President Donald Trump. On November 7, Biden was declared the winner.
2020 United States presidential election
2014
One World Trade Center officially opens in New York City, replacing the Twin Towers after they were destroyed during the September 11 attacks.
One World Trade Center
1997
The United States 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 East Africa.
Economic sanctions
1996
Abdullah Çatlı, the leader of the Turkish ultranationalist organization Grey Wolves, dies in the Susurluk car crash, leading to the resignation of Interior Minister Mehmet Ağar (a leader of the True Path Party).
Abdullah Çatlı
1994
Space Shuttle program: Atlantis launches on STS-66.
Space Shuttle program
1992
Democratic Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton defeats Republican President George H. W. Bush and Independent candidate Ross Perot in the 1992 United States presidential election.
Arkansas
1988
Sri Lankan Tamil mercenaries attempt to overthrow the Maldivian government. At President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom's request, the Indian military suppresses the rebellion within 24 hours.
Sri Lanka
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.
Iran–Contra affair