November 3
Today in America's Present Past
1620 | Great Patent granted to Pilgrims enroute to establish Plymouth Colony.
1762 | Spain acquires Louisiana from France.
1783 | War of Independence: General George Washington orders the Continental Army disbanded.
1791 | Indian Wars: The Battle of Wabash.
1793 | Texas founder Stephen Austin was born.
1794 | Poet William Cullen Bryant was born.
1796 | POTUS: President John Adams was elected.
1813 | Indian WarS: The Battle of Red Stick Creek at Tallasseehatchee, Alabama.
1818 | General Gustavus Adolphus DeRussy was born.
1826 | General Jasper Adalmorn Maltby was born.
1845 | SCOTUS: Chief Justice Edward Douglass White was born.
1863 | Civil War: The Battle of Grand Coteau, Lousianna.
1868 | POTUS: Republican Ulysses S. Grant was elected President.
1870 | Chemist John Motley Morehead III was born.
1880 | Journalist Solon Robinson died.
1883 | Civil Rights: Danville Massacre.
1887 | Journalist Nat Fleischer was born.
1896 | Congress: Martha Hughes Cannon of Utah elected the first female state senator.
1896 | POTUS: Republican William McKinley was elected President.
1908 | POTUS: Republican William Howard Taft was elected President.
1914 | The modern elastic brassiere was patented by Caresse Crosby.
1918 | General Elizabeth P. Hoisington was born.
1918 | Politician Russell B. Long was born.
1921 | Actor Charles Bronson was born.
1926 | Sharp shooter Annie Oakley was born.
1930 | The first vehicular tunnel to a foreign country, connecting Detroit, Michigan, with Windsor, Ontario, opened.
1930 | Cleric D. James Kennedy was born.
1933 | Politician Michael Dukakis was born.
1936 | POTUS: Democrat President Roosevelt wins reelection.
1939 | Writer Terrence McNally was born.
1941 | WWII: Japanese Admiral Osami Nagano presents a complete plan for the attack on Pearl Harbor to Emperor Hirohito.
1948 | Author Tom Shales was born.
1949 | Entrepreneur Solomon R. Guggenheim died.
1949 | Boxer Larry Holmes was born.
1952 | Actress Rosanne Barr was born.
1953 | Comedian Dennis Miller was born.
1956 | TV: The 1939 film “The Wizard of Oz” debuted on network.
1956 | Director Gary Ross was born.
1957 | Pyscholigist Wilhelm Reich died.
1964 | Civil Rights: For the first time since 1800, residents of Washington, D.C. permitted to vote in Federal Elections.
1964 | POTUS: Democrat Lyndon B. Johnson was elected President.
1967 | Vietnam War: The Battle of Dak To starts.
1975 | TV: “Good Morning America” debuted.
1978 | TV: “Different Strokes” debuted.
1979 | Civil Rights: Greensboro Massacre in North Carolina.
1992 | Congress: Carol Moseley-Braun was the first African-American woman elected to the Senate.
1992 | POTUS: Democrat Bill Clinton was elected President.
1998 | Film: ”Shakespeare in Love” debuted.
1998 | Cartoonist Bob Kane died.
2014 | Economist Gordon Tullock died.
2024 | Musician Quincy Jones died.