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On this day November 03

2016


The Chicago Cubs defeat the Cleveland Indians in Game 7 of the 2016 World Series to earn their first title in 108 years; ending the then longest title drought in US sports history.

2014


One World Trade Center officially opens.

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.

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).

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.

1986


The Federated States of Micronesia gain independence from the United States of America.

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.

1982


The Salang Tunnel fire in Afghanistan kills up to 2,000 people.

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.

1978


Dominica gains its independence from the United Kingdom.

1975


Syed Nazrul Islam, A. H. M. Qamaruzzaman, Tajuddin Ahmad, and Muhammad Mansur Ali, Bangladeshi politicians and Sheikh Mujibur Rahman loyalists, are murdered in the Dhaka Central Jail.

1973


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

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.

1967


Vietnam War: The Battle of Dak To begins.

1964


Lyndon B. Johnson is elected to a full term, 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 their votes for Lyndon Johnson.

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.

1957


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

1956


The Khan Yunis killings by the Israel Defense Forces in Egyptian-controlled Gaza result in the deaths of 275 Palestinians.

1946


The Constitution of Japan is adopted through Emperor's assent.

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.

1943


World War II: Five hundred aircraft of the U.S. 8th Air Force devastate Wilhelmshaven harbor in Germany.

1942


World War II: The Koli Point action begins during the Guadalcanal Campaign and ends on November 12.

1936


Franklin D. Roosevelt is re-elected President of the United States.

1935


George II of Greece regains his throne through a popular, though possibly fixed, plebiscite.

1932


Panagis Tsaldaris becomes the 142nd Prime Minister of Greece.

1930


Getúlio Dornelles Vargas becomes Head of the Provisional Government in Brazil after a bloodless coup on October 24.

1918


The German Revolution of 1918-19 begins when 40,000 sailors take over the port in Kiel.

1918


Austria-Hungary enters into the Armistice of Villa Giusti with the Allies, and the Habsburg-ruled empire dissolves.

1911


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

1908


William Howard Taft is elected the 27th President of the United States.

1903


With the encouragement of the United States, Panama separates from Colombia.

1898


France withdraws its troops from Fashoda (now in Sudan), ending the Fashoda Incident.

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.

1881


The Mapuche uprising of 1881 begins in Chile.

1868


John Willis Menard (R-Louisiana) was the first African American elected to the United States Congress. Because of an electoral challenge, he was never seated.

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).

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.

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.

1817


The Bank of Montreal, Canada's oldest chartered bank, opens in Montreal.

1812


Napoleon's armies are defeated at the Battle of Vyazma.

1793


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

1789


The first District Court established by the Constitution opens in New York City.

1783


The American Continental Army is disbanded.

1592


The city of San Luis Potosí is founded.

1534


English Parliament passes the first Act of Supremacy, making King Henry VIII head of the Anglican Church, supplanting the pope and the Roman Catholic Church.

1493


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

1492


Peace of Etaples between Henry VII of England and Charles VIII of France.

1468


Liège is sacked by Charles I of Burgundy's troops.

1333


The River Arno flooding causing massive damage in Florence as recorded by the Florentine chronicler Giovanni Villani.

644


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

361


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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