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Today in History - Britannica.com/on-this-day/

 

Nov 3

1957

A dog is launched into space

On this day in 1957, the first earthling was launched into orbit around our planet—and paid a terrible price. It was Laika, a little stray mutt found on the streets of Moscow. She had gone through a training program that included being confined in progressively smaller spaces, spun in a centrifuge, and trained to eat food in jellied form. But after being launched into space aboard Sputnik 2, she survived only about five to seven hours. What happened?

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Carol Moseley Braun made history

On this day in 1992, Democratic politician Carol Moseley Braun from Illinois became the first African American woman elected to the U.S. Senate.

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Henri Matisse

Henri Matisse, who died this day in 1954 and is often regarded as the most important French painter of the 20th century, led the Fauvist movement about 1900 and pursued the expressiveness of colour throughout his career.

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2024

American producer and composer Quincy Jones died at age 91; he worked with many of the biggest names in jazz, rock, R&B, pop, and hip-hop and was especially known for his work on Michael Jackson’s blockbuster album Thriller (1982). [Take our quiz about 1980s music.]

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2016

After trailing in the series 3–1, the Chicago Cubs defeated the Cleveland Indians to capture the franchise’s first World Series title in 108 years; the extra-inning game seven—which was interrupted by a rain delay—had started November 2 but went into the early hours of November 3. [What team has won the most World Series?]

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2014

One World Trade Center opened in New York City on the site of the former World Trade Center complex, which had been destroyed in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. [Can you match famous buildings to their cities?]

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1998

The Chinese government announced the discovery of a previously unknown segment of the Great Wall of China, which was identified in Ningxia. [Take our quiz about the wonders of the world.]

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1998

Bob Kane, who created (with Bill Finger) the comic-book characters Batman and Robin, died in Los Angeles. [Take our superheroes quiz.]

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1978

Dominica achieved full independence, with Patrick Roland John as its first prime minister.

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1973

“Midnight Train to Georgia” by Gladys Knight and the Pips topped the Billboard Hot 100 Chart. [How well do you know the ’70s?]

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1956

The film The Wizard of Oz (1939) aired on television for the first time and was seen by an estimated 45 million viewers; its repeated airings on TV helped make the movie an enduring classic. [Take our film buff quiz.]

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1949

Anna Wintour—who, as the longtime editor of American Vogue, became one of the most powerful figures in fashion—was born in London, England. [Test your knowledge of fashion.]

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1916

Eugene O’Neill made his New York City debut with the one-act play Bound East for Cardiff. [Take our quick quiz about American playwrights.]

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1912

The Bulgarian siege of Adrianople began, a major event of the First Balkan War.

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1903

Influenced by Philippe-Jean Bunau-Varilla and U.S. interests, a revolutionary junta proclaimed Panamanian independence from Colombia. [Test your knowledge of Latin American history.]

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1903

Walker Evans, whose best-known photographs show quotidian American life during the second quarter of the 20th century, was born in  St. Louis, Missouri. [How many famous photographers can you name?]

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1793

Olympe de Gouges, a French social reformer considered one of the world’s first feminists, was executed for her political views during the French Revolution. [How much do you know about French history?]

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1793

Stephen Austin, the founder of the principal settlements of English-speaking people in Texas in the 1820s, when that territory was still part of Mexico, was born in Virginia. He is the namesake of Texas’s state capital. [Sort fact from fiction in our quiz about U.S. states.]

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1295

Maḥmūd Ghāzān, the most prominent of the Il-Khans (a Mongol dynasty), was formally enthroned.

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Nov 2

1947

The Spruce Goose is loose

On this day in 1947, aviation pioneer Howard Hughes took the controls of the enormous Spruce Goose seaplane docked in Long Beach, California. Hughes was expected to keep the wooden craft on the water. Instead, he fully engaged the plane’s eight engines, and the Goose flew into the air. The short sortie—which lasted about a mile and reached only about 70 feet in altitude—made the 320-foot-wide behemoth the largest airplane ever to take flight at that time. Did it ever fly again?

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Jimmy Carter elected 39th U.S. president

Jimmy Carter, recipient of the Nobel Prize for Peace in 2002 and Democratic former governor of Georgia, was elected 39th president of the United States this day in 1976, narrowly defeating Republican Gerald R. Ford.

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Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin

French painter Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, whose famous still lifes and domestic scenes were remarkable for their intimate realism, tranquil atmosphere, and luminous quality, was born this day in 1699.

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2000

The first resident crew—including one American and two Russians—arrived at the International Space Station. [Take our astronomy and space quiz.]

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1988

A computer science student named Robert Morris released the first computer worm onto the Internet; meant as an experiment, it brought some 6,000 computers (one-tenth of the Internet) to a halt. [Sort fact from fiction in our computer quiz.]

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1983

U.S. President Ronald Reagan signed a bill designating the third Monday in January a national holiday in memory of Martin Luther King, Jr. [Watch the construction of the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial, Washington, D.C.]

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1964

King Saud of Saudi Arabia was formally deposed; he was succeeded by his brother Faisal. [Who are the kings who have ruled Saudi Arabia?]

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1963

Ngo Dinh Diem, who used dictatorial powers to rule South Vietnam as its president, was killed in a coup led by his generals.

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1960

In a landmark British trial, a jury ruled that D.H. Lawrence’s Lady Chatterley’s Lover was not obscene, thereby allowing its publisher to distribute and sell the work in its unexpurgated form in the UK for the first time. [How much do you know about famous novels?]

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1950

Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1925, died at age 94. [Test your knowledge of English and Irish playwrights.]

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1949

The Netherlands and the Republic of Indonesia signed the Hague Agreement, an attempt to end conflict over Indonesia’s proclaimed independence.

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1936

The British Broadcasting Corporation officially launched its first television channel, which was also the world’s first regular TV service.

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1932

Members of the Royal Australian Artillery fired the opening shots in the Emu War, frightening a group of about 50 emus and scattering them in all directions.

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1930

Tafari Makonnen was crowned emperor of Ethiopia, taking the name Haile Selassie. [How much do you know about African leaders?]

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1917

The British issued the Balfour Declaration, a statement of support for “the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people”; it was made in a letter from Arthur James Balfour, the British foreign secretary.

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1889

North Dakota was admitted to the union as the 39th U.S. state and South Dakota as the 40th. [Sort fact from fiction in our quiz about U.S. states.]

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1755

Marie-Antoinette, the queen consort of King Louis XVI of France (1774–93), was born. [Did Marie-Antoinette really say “Let them eat cake”?]