November 3 in History

Lyndon B. Johnson is elected to a full term as U.S. president, winning 61% of th

1964 — Lyndon B

Johnson is elected to a full term as U.S. president, winning 61% of the vote and 44 states, while Washington D.C. residents are able to vote in a presidential election for the first time, casting the majority of their votes for Lyndon Johnson.

November 3 spans 58 recorded events across recorded history, from 361 to 2020. Below is a curated digest of the most significant moments tied to this date.

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Historical Events 58 events 361 – 2020

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  1. 1838 The Times of India, the world's largest circulated English language daily broadsheet newspaper is founded as The Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce. Source
  2. 1992 Democratic Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton defeats Republican President George H. W. Bush and Independent candidate Ross Perot in the 1992 United States presidential election. Source
  3. 1973 Mariner program: NASA launches the Mariner 10 toward Mercury. On March 29, 1974, it becomes the first space probe to reach that planet. Source

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In 1964, Lyndon B. Johnson is elected to a full term as U.S. president, winning 61% of the vote and 44 states, while Washington D.C. residents are able to vote in a presidential election for the first time, casting the majority of their votes for Lyndon Johnson. This featured entry focuses on the immediate decision and its direct historical impact.

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Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 3, 1964, less than a year after the assassination of John F. This helps explain why the event mattered beyond the initial announcement.

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Kennedy, who won the previous presidential election. This clarifies the institutional and public response around the event.

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The Democratic ticket of incumbent President Lyndon B. This shows how the event shaped policy and public communication in the same period.

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Johnson and Senator Hubert Humphrey defeated the Republican ticket of Senator Barry Goldwater and Congressman William E. This helps explain why the event mattered beyond the initial announcement.

361 Constantius_II
Emperor Constantius II dies of a fever at Mopsuestia in Cilicia; on his deathbed he is baptised and declares his cousin Julian rightful successor.
Roman emperor from 337 to 361
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1090
The Rouen Riot, an attempt by English king William Rufus to take possession of Rouen, the capital city of his brother Robert, duke of Normandy, fails.
Riot in 1090 Normandy
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1333 Arno
The River Arno floods causing massive damage in Florence as recorded by the Florentine chronicler Giovanni Villani.
Italian river in Tuscany
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1468 Liège
Liège is sacked by the troops of Duke Charles the Bold of Burgundy.
Capital of Liège province, Wallonia, Belgium
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1492 Peace_of_Étaples
Peace of Etaples between Henry VII of England and Charles VIII of France.
Treaty between England and France in 1492
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1493 Christopher_Columbus
Christopher Columbus first sights the island of Dominica in the Caribbean Sea.
Italian navigator and explorer (1451–1506)
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1534
English Parliament passes the first Act of Supremacy, making King Henry VIII head of the Anglican Church, supplanting the pope and the Roman Catholic Church.
16th-century English and Irish laws
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1783 Continental_Army
The American Continental Army is disbanded.
Colonial army during the American Revolutionary War
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1791 University_of_Vermont
The University of Vermont, the oldest university in Vermont, and fifth-oldest in New England, is chartered.
Public university in Burlington, Vermont, U.S.
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1793 Feminism
French playwright, journalist and feminist Olympe de Gouges is guillotined.
Range of socio-political movements and ideologies
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1812 Napoleon
Napoleon's armies are defeated at the Battle of Vyazma.
French general and emperor (1769–1821)
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1817 Bank_of_Montreal
The Bank of Montreal, Canada's oldest chartered bank, opens in Montreal.
Canadian financial services company
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1838 The_Times_of_India
The Times of India, the world's largest circulated English language daily broadsheet newspaper is founded as The Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce.
Indian English-language daily newspaper
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1848
A greatly revised Dutch constitution, which transfers much authority from the king to his parliament and ministers, is proclaimed.
Basic law of the Netherlands
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1867 Giuseppe_Garibaldi
Giuseppe Garibaldi and his followers are defeated in the Battle of Mentana and fail to end the Pope's Temporal power in Rome (it would be achieved three years later).
Italian patriot and general (1807–1882)
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1868 John_Willis_Menard
John Willis Menard (R-LA) becomes the first African American elected to the United States Congress.
Because of an electoral challenge, he is never seated.
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1881
The Mapuche uprising of 1881 begins in Chile.
Ethnic uprising in Chile
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1898 Kodok
France withdraws its troops from Fashoda (now in Sudan), ending the Fashoda Incident.
Place in Greater Upper Nile, South Sudan
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1903 Panama
With the encouragement of the United States, Panama separates from Colombia.
Country in Central America
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1908 William_Howard_Taft
William Howard Taft is elected the 27th President of the United States.
President of the United States from 1909 to 1913
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1911 Chevrolet
Chevrolet officially enters the automobile market in competition with the Ford Model T.
American automobile division of General Motors
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1918 German_revolution_of_1918–1919
The German Revolution of 1918–19 begins when 40,000 sailors take over the port in Kiel.
Overthrow of the German Empire
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1920 Russian_Civil_War
Russian Civil War: The Russian Army retreats to Crimea, after a successful offensive by the Red Army and Revolutionary Insurgent Army of Ukraine.
Multi-party war in the former Russian Empire (1917–1922)
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1929
The Gwangju Student Independence Movement occurred.
1929 protest in Korea against Japan
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1930 Getúlio_Vargas
Getúlio Vargas becomes Head of the Provisional Government in Brazil after a bloodless coup on October 24.
President of Brazil (1930–1945; 1951–1954)
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1932 Panagis_Tsaldaris
Panagis Tsaldaris becomes the 142nd Prime Minister of Greece.
Prime Minister of Greece (1932–35)
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1935 George_II_of_Greece
George II of Greece regains his throne through a popular, though possibly fixed, plebiscite.
King of Greece (1922–1924; 1935–1947)
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1936 Franklin_D._Roosevelt
Franklin D.
Roosevelt is reelected as President of the United States.
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1942 World_War_II
World War II: The Koli Point action begins during the Guadalcanal campaign and ends on November 12.
Global conflict (1939–1945)
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1943
World War II: Five hundred aircraft of the U.S.
8th Air Force devastate Wilhelmshaven harbor in Germany.
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1944 Slovak_National_Uprising
World War II: Two supreme commanders of the Slovak National Uprising, Generals Ján Golian and Rudolf Viest, are captured, tortured and later executed by German forces.
1944–45 anti-Nazi armed resistance
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1946 Constitution_of_Japan
The Constitution of Japan is adopted through Emperor's assent.
Supreme law of Japan
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1949
Chinese Civil War: The Battle of Dengbu Island occurs.
1949 battle of the Chinese Civil War
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1950 Air_India_Flight_245
Air India Flight 245 crashes into Mont Blanc while on approach to Geneva Airport, killing all 48 people on board.
1950 aviation accident in France
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1956 Suez_Crisis
Suez Crisis: The Khan Yunis killings by the Israel Defense Forces in Egyptian-controlled Gaza result in the deaths of 275 Palestinians.
1956 British–French–Israeli invasion of Egypt
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1956 Hungarian_Revolution_of_1956
Hungarian Revolution: A new Hungarian government is formed, in which many members of banned non-Communist parties participate.
János Kádár and Ferenc Münnich form a counter-government in Moscow as Soviet troops prepare for the final assault.
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1957 List_of_spacecraft_called_Sputnik
Sputnik program: The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 2.
On board is the first animal to enter orbit, a dog named Laika.
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1960 Great_Swamp_National_Wildlife_Refuge
The land that would become the Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge is established by an Act of Congress after a year-long legal battle that pitted local residents against Port Authority of New York and New Jersey officials wishing to turn the Great Swamp into a major regional airport for jet aircraft.
Protected area in New Jersey, United States
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1961 U_Thant
U Thant is unanimously appointed as the 3rd Secretary-General of the United Nations, becoming the first non-European individual to occupy the post.
UN Secretary-General from 1961 to 1971
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1967 Vietnam_War
Vietnam War: The Battle of Dak To begins.
1955–1975 war in Southeast Asia
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1969 Richard_Nixon
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.
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1973 Mariner_program
Mariner program: NASA launches the Mariner 10 toward Mercury.
On March 29, 1974, it becomes the first space probe to reach that planet.
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1975 Jail_Killing_Day
Four Bangladeshi politicians are killed in the Dhaka Central Jail.
Commemoration of the killing of four national leaders of Bangladesh
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1976 Carrie_(1976_film)
Carrie, an American supernatural horror film directed by Brian De Palma, is premiered in 17 theaters in the Washington, D.C.-Baltimore area.
Film by Brian De Palma
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1978 Dominica
Dominica gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
Country in the Caribbean
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1979
Greensboro massacre: Five members of the Communist Workers Party are shot dead and seven are wounded by a group of Klansmen and neo-Nazis during a "Death to the Klan" rally in Greensboro, North Carolina, United States.
1979 massacre in North Carolina
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1980 Latin_Carga
A Latin Carga Convair CV-880 crashes at Simón Bolívar International Airport in Venezuela, killing four.
Venezuelan cargo airline
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1982 1982_Salang_Tunnel_fire
The Salang Tunnel fire in Afghanistan kills 150–2000 people.
Road accident and fire in Afghanistan
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1986 Iran–Contra_affair
Iran–Contra affair: The Lebanese magazine Ash-Shiraa reports that the United States has been secretly selling weapons to Iran in order to secure the release of seven American hostages held by pro-Iranian groups in Lebanon.
1985–1987 political scandal in the U.S.
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1986 Compact_of_Free_Association
The Compact of Free Association becomes law, granting the Federated States of Micronesia and the Marshall Islands independence from the United States.
US-Micronesia-Marshall Islands-Palau agreements
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1988 Sri_Lanka
Sri Lankan Tamil mercenaries attempt to overthrow the Maldivian government.
At President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom's request, the Indian military suppresses the rebellion within 24 hours.
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1992 Arkansas
Democratic Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton defeats Republican President George H.
W. Bush and Independent candidate Ross Perot in the 1992 United States presidential election.
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1994 Space_Shuttle_program
Space Shuttle program: Atlantis launches on STS-66.
1972–2011 United States human spaceflight program
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1996 Abdullah_Çatlı
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).
Turkish secret government agent
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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.
Financial penalties applied by nations
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2014 One_World_Trade_Center
One World Trade Center officially opens in New York City, replacing the Twin Towers after they were destroyed during the September 11 attacks.
Skyscraper in Manhattan, New York
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2020 2020_United_States_presidential_election
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.
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