Today In History. What Happened This Day In History
A Timeline Of Events That Occurred On This Day In History
A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on this day in history. Historical facts of the day in the areas of military, politics, science, music, sports, arts, entertainment and more. Discover what happened today in history.
Today in History
November 3
| 1493 | Christopher Columbus arrives at the Caribbee Isles (Dominica) during his second expedition. | |
| 1507 | Leonardo da Vinci is commissioned to paint Lisa Gherardini ("Mona Lisa"). | |
| 1529 | The first parliament for five years opens in England and the Commons put forward bills against abuses amongst the clergy and in the church courts. | |
| 1794 | Thomas Paine is released from a Parisian jail with help from the American ambassador James Monroe. He was arrested for having offended the Robespierre faction. | |
| 1813 | American troops destroy the Indian village of Tallushatchee in the Mississippi Valley. | |
| 1868 | Ulysses S. Grant elected the 18th president of the United States. | |
| 1883 | A poorly trained Egyptian army, led by British General William Hicks, marches toward El Obeid in the Sudan–straight into a Mahdist ambush and massacre. | |
| 1883 | The U.S. Supreme Court declares American Indians to be "dependent aliens." | |
| 1892 | First automatic telephone exchange goes into operation in La Porte, Indiana. | |
| 1896 | William McKinley is elected 25th president of the United States. | |
| 1912 | The first all-metal plane flies near Issy, France, piloted by Ponche and Prinard. | |
| 1918 | The German fleet at Kiel mutinies. This is the first act leading to Germany's capitulation in World War I. | |
| 1921 | Milk drivers on strike dump thousands of gallons of milk onto New York City's streets. | |
| 1935 | Left-wing groups in France form the Socialist and Republican Union. | |
| 1957 | The Soviet Union launches Sputnik II with the dog Laika, the first animal in space, aboard. | |
| 1964 | Lyndon B. Johnson is elected the 36th president of the United States. | |
| 1964 | Robert Kennedy, brother of the slain president, is elected as a senator from New York. | |
| 1983 | Jesse Jackson announces his candidacy for the office of president of the United States. | |
| 1992 | Arkansas Governor Bill (William Jefferson) Clinton is elected 42nd president of the United States. | |
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Born on November 3 |
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| 1718 | John Montague, fourth Earl of Sandwich and inventor of the sandwich. | |
| 1794 | William Cullen Bryant, poet and journalist. | |
| 1801 | Karl Baedeker, German publisher, well known for travel guides. | |
| 1831 | Ignatius Donnelly, American social reformer best known for his book Atlantis: The Antediluvian World. | |
| 1901 | Andre Malraux, French novelist (Man's Fate). | |
| 1903 | Walker Evans, photographer. | |
| 1909 | James "Scotty" Reston, New York Times reporter, editor and columnist. | |
| 1918 | Russell Long, U.S. senator from Louisiana from 1951 to 1968 and son of Huey P. Long. | |
| 1920 | Oodgeroo Noonuccal [Kath Walker], Australian Aboriginal poet. | |
| 1942 | Martin Cruz Smith, novelist (Gorky Park). | |
| 1952 | David Ho, virologist, AIDS researcher. | |
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Addition to Today in History: 1892-First automatic( dial) telephone exchange went into service in LaPorte, IN.