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International days, national holidays and religious feast days that fall on today's date. Each card opens the holiday in the full holidays calendar. See all 25 holidays today.

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Culture Day (Japan)

Public holiday in Japan

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Flag Day (United Arab Emirates)

National occasion in the United Arab Emirates

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Independence Day / Separation Day, celebrates the separation and independence of Panama from Colombia in 1903

1821 proclamation of independence from Spain

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Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Dominica from the United Kingdom in 1978

National or local holiday on November 3.

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Independence Day, celebrates the independence of the Federated States of Micronesia from the United States in 1986

National or local holiday on November 3.

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Independence Day of Cuenca (Ecuador)

The national public holidays in Ecuador include:

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Mother's Day (East Timor)

Celebration honouring mothers

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Victory Day (Maldives)

National holiday in the Maldives

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Acepsimas of Hnaita and companions (Greek Orthodox Church)

20th-century Christian bishop, martyr, and saint

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Alpaïs of Cudot

Alpaïs of Cudot also called Alpaida and Alpaidis is venerated by the Catholic Church as a Blessed. Her vita was written c. 1180 by the monk Peter of the…

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Elias I of Antioch (Syriac Orthodox Church)

48th Patriarch of the Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch (709 - 723)

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Ermengol (Hermengaudius)

Spanish bishop (died 1035)

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Gaudiosus of Tarazona

6th-century Spanish bishop

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Gwenhael

Monk and missionary

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Hubertus

Christian saint, first bishop of Liège (c.656-727)

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Ida of Toggenburg

Catholic saint

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Libertine

Saint Libertine is venerated as a Christian martyr and as the first bishop of Agrigento, in Sicily.

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Blessed Manuel Lozano Garrido

Recognition by the Catholic Church of a holy person

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Martin de Porres

Catholic saint (1579–1639)

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Papulus

French priest and evangelist in Christian tradition

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Pirmin

Pirmin, was a Merovingian-era monk and missionary who founded or restored numerous monasteries in Alemannia. He is regarded as a saint in the Catholic Church.

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Richard Hooker (Anglican Communion)

English bishop and Anglican Divine

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Blessed Rupert Mayer

German Jesuit priest

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Silvia

Italian Roman Catholic saint

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November 3 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Day in the Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar

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How did Lewis Hamilton win the F1 title by one point?
November 2, 2026

How did Lewis Hamilton win the F1 title by one point?

Lewis Hamilton won the 2008 F1 Drivers' Championship by one point after finishing fifth at the Brazilian Grand Prix, while Felipe Massa won the race.

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How did blocked exits shape the Club Cinq-Sept fire?
November 1, 2026

How did blocked exits shape the Club Cinq-Sept fire?

A fire at the Club Cinq-Sept nightclub in Saint-Laurent-du-Pont killed 146 young people after emergency exits were found blocked.

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How did bodyguards Satwant and Beant Singh kill Indira Gandhi?
October 31, 2026

How did bodyguards Satwant and Beant Singh kill Indira Gandhi?

Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was shot by her two Sikh bodyguards at her residence in New Delhi on October 31, 1984, following Operation Blue Star.

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Passengers board an overloaded luzzu that capsizes off Qala
October 30, 2026

Passengers board an overloaded luzzu that capsizes off Qala

A luzzu carrying 27 people capsizes in the Gozo Channel off Qala, killing 23. The boat was overloaded with stranded ferry passengers.

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How did bin Laden link the 1982 Lebanon War to 9/11?
October 29, 2026

How did bin Laden link the 1982 Lebanon War to 9/11?

Al Jazeera broadcasts a video where Osama bin Laden first explicitly accepts responsibility for the September 11 attacks and references the upcoming U.S…

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Mino and Owari provinces experience a magnitude 8.0 earthquake
October 28, 2026

Mino and Owari provinces experience a magnitude 8.0 earthquake

The 1891 Mino Owari earthquake struck the Nobi Plain with a surface wave magnitude of 8.0, becoming the largest inland quake in Japan's history.

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Deadly Smog Begins in Donora
October 27, 2026

Deadly Smog Begins in Donora

A deadly smog event begins in Donora, Pennsylvania, caused by industrial emissions trapped by a temperature inversion, eventually killing 20 people.

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Jordan and Israel sign a peace treaty
October 26, 2026

Jordan and Israel sign a peace treaty

Israel and Jordan signed a peace treaty in the Arava valley, ending a state of war that had existed since the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.

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On This Day, November 3

  • 2020: The 2020 United States presidential election takes place between Democratic Joe Biden and Republican incumbent President Donald Trump. On November 7, Biden was declared the winner.
  • 2014: One World Trade Center officially opens in New York City, replacing the Twin Towers after they were destroyed during the September 11 attacks.
  • 1997: The United States 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 East Africa.
  • 1996: Abdullah Çatlı, the leader of the Turkish ultranationalist organization Grey Wolves, dies in the Susurluk car crash, leading to the resignation of Interior Minister Mehmet Ağar (a leader of the True Path Party).
  • 1994: Space Shuttle program: Atlantis launches on STS-66.

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