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 308th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 58 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is October 21, 2024 – a Sunday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,730,592,000 seconds 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 ‘trihectaoctagon’ 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 87 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 4,335 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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November 3 Historical Events
- 1812 –Napoleon’s armies are defeated at the Battle of Vyazma
- 1913 –The United States introduces an income tax.
- 1918 –Austria-Hungary enters into an armistice with the Allies, and the Habsburg-ruled empire dissolves.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1973 –Mariner program: NASA launches the Mariner 10 toward Mercury. On March 29, 1974, it becomes the first space probe to reach that planet.
- 1975 –Syed Nazrul Islam, A. H. M. Qamaruzzaman, Tajuddin Ahmad, and Muhammad Mansur Ali, Bangladeshi politicians and Sheikh Mujibur Rahman loyalists, murdered in the Dhaka Central Jail.
- 1986 –The Federated States of Micronesia gain independence from the United States of America.
Who were born on November 3?
- 1757 –Robert Smith, American politician, 2nd Secretary of the Navy and 6th Secretary of State (d. 1842)
- 1794 –William Cullen Bryant, American poet and journalist (d. 1878)
- 1896 –Gustaf Tenggren, Swedish illustrator (d. 1970)
- 1899 –Gleb Wataghin, Ukrainian-born Italian physicist (d. 1986)
- 1899 –Rezső Seress, Hungarian singer songwriter (d. 1968)
- 1923 –Yamaguchi Hitomi, Japanese novelist and essayst (d. 1995)
- 1964 –Paprika Steen, Danish actress
- 1978 –Koshiro Take, Japanese jockey
- 1981 –Sten Pentus, Estonian racing driver
- 1988 –Angus McLaren, Australian actor
Who died on November 3?
- 1600 –Richard Hooker, English theologian (b. 1554)
- 1858 –Harriet Taylor Mill, English feminist philosopher (b. 1807)
- 1939 –Charles Tournemire, French composer and organist (b. 1870)
- 1957 –Laika, Soviet space dog (b. 1954)
- 1975 –Tajuddin Ahmad, Bangladeshi politician (b. 1925)
- 1996 –Abdullah Çatlı, Turkish nationalist and activist (b. 1956)
- 1996 –Jean-Bédel Bokassa, President of the Central African Republic (b. 1921)
- 2002 –Jonathan Harris, American actor (b. 1914)
- 2004 –Sergei Zholtok, Latvian hockey player (b. 1972)
- 2006 –Marie Rudisill, American author (b. 1911)
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