November 3 - This day in History

November 3: General Interest
1964: D.C. residents cast first presidential votes

On this day in 1964, residents of the District of Columbia cast their ballots in a presidential election for the first time. The passage of the 23rd Amendment in 1961 gave citizens of the nation's capital the right to vote for a commander in chief and vice president. They went on to help Democrat Lyndon Johnson defeat Republican Barry Goldwater in 1964, the next presidential election... read more


American Revolution
1777 : Washington learns of Conway cabal
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/washington-learns-of-conway-cabal


Automotive
1930 : Detroit-Windsor Tunnel opens to traffic
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/detroit-windsor-tunnel-opens-to-traffic


Civil War
1816 : Confederate General Jubal Early is born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/jubal-early-born


Cold War
1964 : Johnson defeats Goldwater for presidency
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/johnson-defeats-goldwater-for-presidency


Crime
1984 : A serial killer abducts and rapes his teenage victim
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/a-serial-killer-abducts-and-rapes-his-teenage-victim


Disaster
1974 : Hotel fire ends in disaster in South Korea
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/hotel-fire-ends-in-disaster-in-south-korea


General Interest
1903 : Panama declares independence
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/panama-declares-independence

1957 : The Soviet space dog
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-soviet-space-dog

1979 : Communists and Klansmen clash in Greensboro
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/communists-and-klansmen-clash-in-greensboro

1986 : Iran arms sales revealed
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/iran-arms-sales-revealed


Hollywood
1976 : Carrie creeps out audiences
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/carrie-creeps-out-audiences


Literary
1844 : Thackeray completes Barry Lyndon
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/thackeray-completes-barry-lyndon


Music
1962 : The Crystals earn a #1 hit with "He's A Rebel"—or do they?
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-crystals-earn-a-1-hit-with-quothe39s-a-rebelquot8212or-do-they


Old West
1883 : Black Bart makes his last stagecoach robbery
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/black-bart-makes-his-last-stagecoach-robbery


Presidential
1948 : Newspaper mistakenly declares Dewey president
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/newspaper-mistakenly-declares-dewey-president


Sports
1998 : The Body is elected governor of Minnesota
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-body-is-elected-governor-of-minnesota


Vietnam War
1967 : Battle of Dak To begins
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/battle-of-dak-to-begins

1969 : Nixon calls on the "silent majority"
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/nixon-calls-on-the-silent-majority


World War I
1918 : Central Powers face rebellion on the home front
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/central-powers-face-rebellion-on-the-home-front


World War II
1941 : The order is given: Bomb Pearl Harbor
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-order-is-given-bomb-pearl-harbor