3 November: On This Day In History | What Special Day Is Today?
3 November: In a year, the 3rd of November is the 307th day as per the Georgian Calendar. In a leap year, it is the 308th day of the year. This day has its distinctiveness and importance in history.
Let’s explore people who have carved a niche for themselves on 3rd November. We may also need to scan through the events that happened on this day.
What Happened Today? On This Day in History: 3 November
Art & Artists
- 1860 — The lecture series “On Translating Home” began at Oxford University by Matthew Arnold (poet and critic).
- 1927 — Rodgers & Hart’s great musical creation “Connecticut Yankee”(based on an 1889 satirical novel by Mark Twain) opens at a theatre in New York.
- 1939 — The maiden television show of the classic film “The Wizard of Oz”.
- 1943–8th Symphony by Dmitri Shostakovich premiered in Moscow.
Science & Technology
- 1906 — Distress signal “SOS” was selected by the International Radiotelegraph Conference held in Berlin.
- 1931 — Manufacture of synthetic rubber, produced commercially for the first time.
Leaders & Politics
- 1812 — The army of Napoleon Bonaparte was defeated by the Russian Empire at Vyazma.
- 1936 — Franklin D. Roosevelt won the US presidential election for a second time.
- 1946 — A new Japanese constitution was proclaimed by the Emperor Hirohito.
- 1984 — Cremation of Indira Gandhi, the Prime Minister of India (Assassinated on 31st October 1984).
People & Society
- 1793 — Olympe de Gouges (French playwright, journalist, and feminist) was guillotined.
- 1838 — “The Times of India”, the famous newspaper was founded in Mumbai, India.
- 1896 — Patent of portable weighing scales by J. H. Hunter.
Disasters: Natural & Man-made
- 1927 — A powerful flood caused a tropical cyclone that killed 84 in Vermont, USA.
- 1927 — Greycliffe (the harbor ferry) collided with Tahiti (the Union Steamship Company. steamer) in the Greycliffe disaster which happened in Sydney Harbour (Australia).
Discoveries & Explorations
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