THIS DAY IN HISTORY NOV 3
Music:
1783 - Mozart finished his Linz Symphony the
day before its debut.
War:
1839 - The Opium War broke out between China
and Britain.
Business:
1883 - The Bank of Tampa opened in Florida.
Entertainment:
1916 - The Playwrights' Theatre opened in
Greenwich Village, New York.
Education:
1921 - The American Association of Textile
Chemists and Colorists was founded.
Sports:
1926 - Ty Cobb resigned as the Detroit Tigers'
manager.
Sports:
1934 - California opened its first horse
racetrack.
War:
1956 - The Soviet army invaded Hungary.
Entertainment:
1956 - "The Wizard of Oz" was first shown on
television.
Entertainment:
1957 - "Great Balls of Fire" by Jerry Lee
Lewis was released.
Technology:
1957 - Sputnik II carried a dog named Laika
('barker') into space.
Technology:
1969 - The breathalyzer was introduced to
Ireland.
People:
1972 - Carly Simon married James Taylor.
Business:
1982 - The Dow Jones industrial average rose
43.41 points.
Entertainment:
1990 - "Ice Ice Baby" by Vanilla Ice was the
number one single in the United States.
Politics:
1992 - Bill Clinton defeated George Bush in
the Presidential election.
Astronomy:
1994 - Solar eclipse.
Terrorism:
1995 - Dedication of a memorial at Arlington
National Cemetery by President Clinton for the victims of the Pan Am
Flight 103 bombing.
Entertainment:
2000 - "Charlie's Angels" came out in
theatres.
Disasters
2002 - An earthquake registered at 7.9 on the
Richter Scale in Alaska.
Compiled By
Karen Ricco
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