What are the important events that happened on November 3? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
November 3: Facts & Myths About This Day
November 3 is the 307th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 58 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is October 21, 2025 – a Monday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 29,368,800 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘trihectaheptagon’ day.
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Scorpio is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Topaz is the modern birthstone for this month. Pearl is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 106 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,700 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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November 3 Historical Events
- 644 –Umar ibn al-Khattab, the second Muslim caliph, is assassinated by a Persian slave in Medina.
- 1468 –Liège is sacked by Charles I of Burgundy’s troops.
- 1783 –The American Continental Army is disbanded.
- 1793 –French playwright, journalist and feminist Olympe de Gouges is guillotined.
- 1817 –The Bank of Montreal, Canada’s oldest chartered bank, opens in Montreal, Quebec.
- 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.
- 1932 –Panagis Tsaldaris becomes the 142nd Prime Minister of Greece.
- 1935 –George II of Greece regains his throne through a popular plebiscite.
- 1943 –World War II: 500 aircraft of the U.S. 8th Air Force devastate Wilhelmshafen harbor in Germany.
- 1964 –Washington D.C. residents are able to vote in a presidential election for the first time.
Who were born on November 3?
- 1749 –Daniel Rutherford, Scottish chemist and physician (d. 1819)
- 1903 –Walker Evans, American photographer (d. 1975)
- 1918 –Dean Riesner, American film and television writer (d. 2002)
- 1918 –Russell B. Long, American politician (d. 2003)
- 1923 –Tomás Ó Fiaich, Irish cardinal (d. 1990)
- 1933 –Amartya Sen, Indian economist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1948 –Lulu, British actress and singer
- 1955 –Phil Simms, American football player
- 1956 –Kevin Murphy, American actor and puppeteer
- 1984 –Ryo Nishikido, Japanese idol (NEWS, Kanjani Eight)
Who died on November 3?
- 361 –Constantius II, Roman Emperor (b. 317)
- 1600 –Richard Hooker, English theologian (b. 1554)
- 1890 –Ulrich Ochsenbein, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1811)
- 1929 –Olav Aukrust, Norwegian poet (b. 1883)
- 1939 –Charles Tournemire, French composer and organist (b. 1870)
- 1960 –Paul Willis, American actor (b. 1901)
- 1973 –Marc Allégret, French director and screenwriter (b. 1900)
- 1994 –Alvin Andreas Herborg Nielsen, American physicist (b. 1910)
- 1999 –Ian Bannen, Scottish actor (b. 1928)
- 2007 –Martin Meehan, Irish republican (b. 1945)
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