Top Historical Events That Happened on November 03

1936  Filip Lazar, composer, dies at 42   

1937  Archambaud bicycles world record time (45796 km)   

1939  Clare Booth's "Margin for Error," premieres in NYC.   

1941  Hirohiti's accord on Yamamoto's attack plan on Pearl Harbor fails.   

1942  Battle of El Alamein ends in the North African desert in WWII.   

1942  William L Dawson elected to Congress from Chicago.   

1942  12th day of battle at El Alamein: Scottish assault.   

1942  Carl Sternheim, German playwright (Trousers, Snob), dies at 64.   

1943  Dmitri Sjostakovitch's 8th Symphony premieres in Moscow   

1944  Allied commando's lands at Westkapelle Walcheren.   

1945  Lindsay Hassett scores 187 and 124* for Aust Services at Delhi   

1945  Alessandro Longo, composer, dies at 80.   

1946  Emperor Hirohito proclaims new Japanese constitution   

1948  2nd NHL All-Star Game: All-Stars beat Toronto 3-1 at Chicago.   

1949  Solomon R Guggenheim, US art collector, dies at 88   

1952  Clarence Birdseye markets frozen peas.   

1953  inaugural live color coast-to-coast telecast (NYC)   

1954  In this year, Linus Pauling claims Nobel Chemistry Prize.   

1954  Adam Ant, British Singer/songwriter is born   

1954  Henri E B Matisse, French painter/sculptor (Dance II), dies at 84.   

1955  Alabama woman bruised by a meteor   

1955  Australia takes control of the Cocos Islands.   

1956  "Wizard of Oz" inaugural televised (CBS-TV)   

1957  Russians launch a dog named Laika into space, the inaugural living creature to leave the earth   

1957  The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 2 with a dog name Laika.   

1957  Wilhelm Reich, Austria/US psycho analyst (sexual), dies at 60.   

1958  Harry Revel, movie composer (Sitting Pretty, Gay Divorcee), dies   

1959  Friedrich Niggli, composer, dies at 83.   

1960  Willard Libby is awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for inventing carbon-14 dating   

1962  Harlow H Curtice, pres of General Motors (1953-8), dies at 69.   

1964  LBJ (D) soundly defeats Barry Goldwater (R) for President   

1970  Salvador Allende inaugurated as President of Chile   

1970  Peter II Karadjordjevic, last king of Yugoslavia (1934-45), dies at 57   

1971  Etienne Gailly, Belg marathoner (Oly-bron-48), dies in accident at 48   

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1470  Edward v: King of england (apr 9-jun 25 1483)   

1560  Annibale carracci: Italian painter   

1587  Samuel scheidt: Composer   

1604  Osman ii: Sultan of turkey (1618-22)   

1611  Henry ireton: English general/mp (edgehill)   

1618  Aurangzeb: [alamgir], emperor of india (1658-1707)   

1619  Willem kalf: Rotterdam neth, painter (still lifes)   

1621  Renatus rapinus: [rené rapin], french jesuit/poet (hortorum libri iv)   

0361  Death of Flavius julius constantius ii: 1st byzantine emperor,   

1254  Death of Johannes iii doukas vatatzes: Byzantine emperor (1222-54)/saint,   

1344  Death of Adolf van der mark: Prince-bishop of liege (1313-44),   

1378  Jan ii: Ruler of polanen/leck/breda,   

1428  Death of Thomas montacute: 4th earl of salisbury, english military leader (mortally wounded in battle) (b. 1388)   

1456  Death of Edmund turdor: Earl of richmond,   

1580  Death of Jeronimo zurita y castro: Spanish historian (b. 1512)   

1584  Death of Charles borromeo: Italian roman catholic cardinal (b. 1538)