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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_3" title="November 3">November 3</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_Day" title="Culture Day">Culture Day</a></b> in Japan
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1793" title="1793">1793</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Revolution" title="French Revolution">French Revolution</a>: Playwright, journalist and outspoken feminist <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympe_de_Gouges" title="Olympe de Gouges">Olympe de Gouges</a></b> was <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillotine" title="Guillotine">guillotined</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1898" title="1898">1898</a> – The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fashoda_Incident" title="Fashoda Incident">Fashoda Incident</a></b> ended with French forces withdrawing after several months of military stalemate with the British in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kodok" title="Kodok">Fashoda</a> (now in South Sudan).</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1942" title="1942">1942</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Marine_Corps" title="United States Marine Corps">U.S. Marines</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">U.S. Army</a> forces began <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koli_Point_action" title="Koli Point action">an attempt to encircle and destroy</a></b> a regiment of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Japanese_Army" title="Imperial Japanese Army">Imperial Japanese Army</a> troops on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guadalcanal" title="Guadalcanal">Guadalcanal</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1948" title="1948">1948</a> – The in its early morning edition shortly after incumbent U.S. president <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_S._Truman" title="Harry S. Truman">Harry S. Truman</a> officially upset the heavily favored governor of New York <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_E._Dewey" title="Thomas E. Dewey">Thomas Dewey</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1948_United_States_presidential_election" title="1948 United States presidential election">the presidential election</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1957" title="1957">1957</a> – The Soviet Union launched <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sputnik_2" title="Sputnik 2">Sputnik 2</a>, carrying the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_space_dogs" title="Soviet space dogs">space dog</a> <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laika" title="Laika">Laika</a></b> as the first living creature to enter orbit around Earth.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achilles_Gasser" title="Achilles Gasser">Achilles Gasser</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1505); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinjir%C5%8D_Ashiwara" title="Kinjirō Ashiwara">Kinjirō Ashiwara</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1850); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangalore_Nagarathnamma" title="Bangalore Nagarathnamma">Bangalore Nagarathnamma</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1878); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Barnes_(carillonist)" title="Ronald Barnes (carillonist)">Ronald Barnes</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1997)</p>
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