NOVEMBER 3 | Birthdays and Events

Notable Birthdays for November 3

Stephen F. Austin (1793-1836) - Known as the Father of Texas.

William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878) - Journalist and long-time editor of the New York Review.

Calvin Fairbank (1816-1898) - Minister who aided escape slaves to freedom.

Harry Staley (1866-1910) - Professional baseball pitcher and first to hold the record for runs batted in.

Rosalie Edge (1877-1962) - Environmentalist who advocated for environmental and species preservation.

Ralph Greenleaf (1899-1950) - Billiards (pool) player who has been considered the greatest pool player of all time.

Walker Evans (1903-1975) - Photographer who documented the Great Depression.

Lois Mailou Jones (1905-1998) - Painter who told a story of Black people around the world in her works.

Hal Jackson (1915-2012) - Radio host who broke barriers for future Black radio and disc jockeys.

Bob Feller (1918-2010) - Professional baseball player known as "Bullet Bob."

Elizabeth P. Hoisington (1918-2007) - One of the first women to attain the rank of brigadier general in the U.S. Army.

George Yardley (1928-2004) - First player in NBA history to score 2,000 points.

Lois Smith (1930-Still Living) - Actress who played roles in Twister, How to Make an American Quilt, and Fried Green Tomatoes.

Aneta Corsaut (1933-1995) - Actress who played Helen Crump on the Andy Griffith Show.

Mike Evans (1949-2006) - Actor who played Lionel Jefferson on both All in the Family and The Jeffersons.

Roseanne Barr (1952-Still Living) - Star of the sitcom Roseanne.

Jim Cummings (1952-Still Living) - The official voice of Winnie the Pooh.

Kate Capshaw (1953-Still Living) - Actress who played Willie Scott in the Indiana Jones movies.

Helios Creed (1953-Still Living) - Member of the popular 70s rock band Chrome.

Dennis Miller (1953-Still Living) - Political commentator and talk show host.

Kevin Murphy (1956-Still Living) - Puppeteer of Tom Servo.

Gary Ross (1956-Still Living) - Producer of the films Seabiscuit and The Hunger Games.

Gabe Newell (1962-Still Living) - Co-founded of the video game company Valve.

Jeanette J. Epps (1970-Still Living) - Aerospace engineer and NASA astronaut.

Mick Thomson (1973-Still Living) - Guitarist for the heavy metal band Slipknot.

Memorable Events for November 3

1783 - Continental Army is disbanded.

1762 - Spain claims Louisiana.

1791 - Indians kill 637 soldiers during the Battle at Wabash.

1796 - John Adams becomes the second President of the U.S.

1813 - U.S. troops annihilate the Red Stick Creek Indian village in AL.

1868 - John Willis becomes the first Black person elected to the U.S. Congress.

1883 - Black Bart the Poet gets robs his last stagecoach, but leaves behind a clue that leads to his capture.

1883 - The Supreme Court decides federal courts have no jurisdiction over Native  American tribal Council.

1896 - Black inventor J.H. Hunter recieves his patent for portable weighing scales.

1908 - William Taft is elected the 27th President of the U.S.

1911 - Chevrolet enters the automobile market in competition with the Ford Model T.

1917 - First class mail goes up to 3 cents per ounce.

1936 - Franklin Roosevelt is elected the 32nd President of the U.S.

1943 - 500 U.S. Air Force aircraft devastate Wilhelmshaven harbor in Germany.

1955 - Scientists Carlton E. Schwerdt and Fred L. Schaffer crystallize the pure polio virus to examine a possible vaccine.

1956 - The The Wizard of Oz is televised for first time.

1962 - Wilt Chamberlain scores 72 points against LA Lakers.

1964 - Washington D.C. residents are able to vote in a presidential election for the first time since 1880.

1969 - President Nixon addresses the nation asking for the U.S. to show solidarity on the Vietnam War effort.

1970 - President Nixon promises a gradual removal of troops in Vietnam.

1973 - NASA's Mariner 10 becomes the first space probe to reach that planet Mercury.

1979 - A group of Klansmen and neo-Nazis shoot 5 members of the Communist Workers Party during a rally in NC.

1997 - The U.S. imposes sanctions against Sudan in response to its human rights abuses of its own citizens.

2014 - One World Trade Center opens in NY City, replacing the Twin Towers that were destroyed on September 11, 2001.