Poor Gabriel's Almanac - November 3rd

Interesting things that happened November 3rd:

Birthdays on this date:

In 1718 John Montague, 4th Earl of Sandwich, inventor of same
In 1794 William Cullen Bryant, poet (Thanatopsis)
In 1801 Karl Baedeker, German publisher of travel books
In 1901 André Malraux, French novelist and art historian
In 1908 Bronko Nagurski, NFL fullback (Chicago Bears)
In 1909 James Reston, columnist (NY Times), Pulitzer Prize winner (1945, 1957)
In 1918 Bob Feller, pitcher (Indians, 1936-68), first baseball player to volunteer for combat service after the attack on Pearl Harbor
+ Russell B. Long, US Senator (D-LA, 1948-87)
In 1922 Charles Bronson, actor (The Great Escape, The Magnificent Seven, Death Wish series), coalminer
In 1930 William H. Dana, X-15 pilot
In 1933 Ken Berry, actor, dancer, TV personality
+ Michael S. Dukakis, Mass. Governor (D, 1975-79,83-91), presidential candidate (D, 1988)
+ Monica Vitti (in Rome, Italy), actor (An Almost Perfect Affair, Flirt)
In 1937 Paula Wayne, singer, actor (The Danny Thomas Hour)
In 1948 Lulu McLulu (Glasgow Scotland), actor (To Sir With Love)
In 1949 Larry Holmes, boxer
In 1952 Roseanne Barr (Salt Lake City), comedian, actor (Roseanne)
In 1953 Dennis Miller, comedian (SNL), sports commentator, radio personality
In 1954 Adam Ant, punk rocker
In 1959 Dolph Lundgren, actor (Rocky IV, Universal Soldier)

Events worth noting:

+ Feast of Blessed Martin de Porres, confessor
+ Feast of St. Hubertus, patron of hunters and mathematicians
+ Independence Day, celebrated in Panama
+ Japan Culture Day
In 1620 Great Patent granted to Plymouth Colony.
In 1900 The first national Automobile Show opens at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
In 1903 Panama gains its independence from Columbia.
In 1917 First Class Mail now costs 3 cents.
In 1918 Poland proclaims independence from Russia after WW I.
In 1930 Bank of Italy becomes Bank of America.
+ Detroit-Windsor tunnel opens -- the first vehicular tunnel from the U.S. to a foreign country (Canada).
In 1931 First commercially produced synthetic rubber manufactured.
In 1936 FDR re-elected in a landslide over Republican Alfred M. "Alf" Landon.
In 1948 "Dewey Defeats Truman!" claims The Chicago Tribune. Oops.
In 1952 Clarence Birdseye markets frozen peas.
In 1953 First live color coast-to-coast telecast (from New York City).
In 1955 First virus crystallized (announced).
In 1956 "Wizard of Oz" first shown on TV (on CBS).
In 1957 USSR launches Laika -- first animal in orbit.
In 1961 19th Mersenne prime (2^4,253 - 1) is discovered.
+ 20th Mersenne prime (2^4,423 - 1) is discovered.
In 1973 Mariner 10 launched -- first Venus pics, first mission to Mercury.
In 1978 UK grants Dominica independence (Natl Day).
In 1979 63 Americans taken hostage at American Embassy in Teheran, Iran.
+ During a "Death to the Klan" march in Greensboro, Neo-Nazis and Klansmen open fire on the marchers. 5 are left dead.
In 1986 Lebanese magazine Ash Shirra reveals secret US arms sales to Iran.

And remember ...

National Raisin Bread Month
National Adoption Month
National Impotency Month
National Diabetes Month

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