Daily Calendar for Friday, November 3, 2028
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Friday, November 3, 2028
Born
- William Cullen Bryant (poet) –
- Vincenzo Bellini (composer) –
- Walker Evans (photographer) –
- Charles Bronson (actor) –
- Michael Dukakis (politician) –
- Larry Holmes (boxer) –
- Kate Capshaw (actress) –
- Charles Kiraly (volleyball champion) –
- Giant panda cub at Zoo Atlanta –
Died
- Annie Oakley (sharpshooter) –
- Henri Matisse (artist) –
- Mary Martin (actress) –
- Bob Kane (creator of the comic, Batman) –
- Bob Forsch (baseball pitcher) –
- Tom Magliozzi (co-host of Car Talk NPR national radio program, run with his brother Ray) –
- Quincy Jones ( musician and producer) –
- Dick Cheney (secretary of defense and U.S. vice president) –
Events
- John Adams is elected as the second U.S. president –
- Canada’s first chartered bank, Bank of Montreal, opened in Quebec –
- Ulysses S. Grant elected president of the U.S. –
- In California, the poet and outlaw calling himself Black Bart made his last robbery when he stole a Wells Fargo strongbox from a stagecoach. A handkerchief left at the scene led to his arrest –
- The first automobile show in the United States opened at New York’s Madison Square Garden under the auspices of the Automobile Club of America –
- William Howard Taft elected as president of the U.S. –
- Mary Jacob received a patent for a brassiere –
- Detroit-Windsor tunnel opened –
- President Franklin D. Roosevelt reelected for second term –
- The U.S.S.R. launched space satellite Sputnik II, carrying a dog –
- Mariner 10 spacecraft launched, Cape Canaveral, Florida –
- Good Morning America debuted with co-hosts David Hartman and Nancy Dussault –
- Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton was elected 42nd President of the US. Five women won Senate seats, including Democrat Carol Moseley-Braun, who became the first African-American woman senator –
- One World Trade Center, the tallest building in the United States, opens in New York City. –
- U.S. Air Force’s uncrewed X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle Mission 5 landed at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The space plane had spent 780 days in orbit, breaking the previous record of 718 days in 2017. –
Weather
- Los Angeles, California, reached 96 degrees F –
- A storm dumped more than 8 inches of rain in parts of Vermont, causing floods and claiming 84 lives –