3 November
Notable Births
Hailey Baptiste
b. 2001
American tennis player (born 2001)
Jake LaRavia
b. 2001
American basketball player (born 2001)
Maddison Elliott
b. 1998
Australian Paralympic swimmer
Takumi Kitamura
b. 1997
Japanese actor (born 1997)
Lázaro Martínez (triple jumper)
b. 1997
Cuban triple jumper
Kendall Jenner
b. 1995
American model and media personality (born 1995)
Kenny Golladay
b. 1993
American football player (born 1993)
Lee Min-hyuk (singer, born 1993)
b. 1993
South Korean singer
Martina Trevisan
b. 1993
Italian tennis player (born 1993)
Joe Clarke (canoeist)
b. 1992
British slalom canoeist
Valeriya Solovyeva
b. 1992
Russian tennis player
Ellyse Perry
b. 1990
Australian cricketer and football player (born 1990)
Paula DeAnda
b. 1989
American singer (born 1989)
Andrade El Idolo
b. 1989
Mexican professional wrestler (born 1989)
Joyce Jonathan
b. 1989
French singer (born 1989)
Diante Garrett
b. 1988
American basketball player (born 1988)
Courtney Barnett
b. 1987
Australian singer-songwriter and rock guitarist (born 1987)
Colin Kaepernick
b. 1987
American football player (born 1987)
Ty Lawson
b. 1987
American basketball player (born 1987)
Felix Schütz
b. 1987
German ice hockey player
Notable Deaths
No death data available.
On This Day in History
All 58 ›
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
1986
The Compact of Free Association becomes law, granting the Federated States of Micronesia and the Marshall Islands independence from the United States.
Compact of Free Association
1982
The Salang Tunnel fire in Afghanistan kills 150–2000 people.
1982 Salang Tunnel fire
1980
A Latin Carga Convair CV-880 crashes at Simón Bolívar International Airport in Venezuela, killing four.
Latin Carga
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.
Greensboro massacre
1978
Dominica gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
Dominica
1976
Carrie, an American supernatural horror film directed by Brian De Palma, is premiered in 17 theaters in the Washington, D.C.-Baltimore area.
Carrie (1976 film)
1975
Four Bangladeshi politicians are killed in the Dhaka Central Jail.
Jail Killing Day
1973
Mariner program: NASA launches the Mariner 10 toward Mercury. On March 29, 1974, it becomes the first space probe to reach that planet.
Mariner program
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.
Richard Nixon
1967
Vietnam War: The Battle of Dak To begins.
Vietnam War
1964
Lyndon B. Johnson is elected to a full term as U.S. president, winning 61% of the vote and 44 states, while Washington D.C. residents are able to vote in a presidential election for the first time, casting the majority of their votes for Lyndon Johnson.
Lyndon B. Johnson
1961
U Thant is unanimously appointed as the 3rd Secretary-General of the United Nations, becoming the first non-European individual to occupy the post.
U Thant