About November 3
November 3, 2025 is the 307th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 58 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.
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Scorpio is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Topaz is the modern birthstone for this month. Pearl is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 106 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On November 3
- 1493 –Christopher Columbus first sights the island of Dominica in the Caribbean Sea.
- 1783 –John Austin, a highwayman, is the last person to be publicly hanged at London’s Tyburn gallows.
- 1783 –The American Continental Army is disbanded.
- 1812 –Napoleon’s armies are defeated at the Battle of Vyazma
- 1817 –The Bank of Montreal, Canada’s oldest chartered bank, opens in Montreal, Quebec.
- 1848 –A greatly revised Dutch constitution, drafted by Johan Rudolf Thorbecke, severely limiting the powers of the Dutch monarchy, and strengthening the powers of parliament and ministers, is proclaimed.
- 1883 –American Old West: Self-described “Black Bart the poet” gets away with his last stagecoach robbery, but leaves a clue that eventually leads to his capture.
- 1903 –With the encouragement of the United States, Panama separates from Colombia.
- 1911 –Chevrolet officially enters the automobile market in competition with the Ford Model T.
- 1913 –The United States introduces an income tax.
- 1918 –Austria-Hungary enters into an armistice with the Allies, and the Habsburg-ruled empire dissolves.
- 1918 –The German Revolution of 1918–1919 begins when 40,000 sailors take over the port in Kiel.
- 1942 –World War II: The Koli Point action begins during the Guadalcanal Campaign and ends on November 12.
- 1943 –World War II: 500 aircraft of the U.S. 8th Air Force devastate Wilhelmshafen harbor in Germany.
- 1944 –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.
- 1957 –Sputnik program: The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 2. On board is the first animal to enter orbit, a dog named Laika.
- 1964 –Washington D.C. residents are able to vote in a presidential election for the first time.
- 1967 –Vietnam War: The Battle of Dak To begins.
- 1973 –Mariner program: NASA launches the Mariner 10 toward Mercury. On March 29, 1974, it becomes the first space probe to reach that planet.
- 1986 –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.
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