3rd November anniversaries

• Birth
  • 1909
  • "Birth of James Reston, Pulitzer Prize-winning Scottish-American journalist"
  • 1933
  • "Birth of Jeremy Brett, British actor (‘Sherlock Holmes’) (Note: Some sources give his year of birth as 1935, but we believe 1933 to be correct)."
• event
  • 1640
  • Charles I forced to recall Parliament (the 'Long Parliament') due to Scottish invasion
  • 1883
  • The US Supreme Court declared Native American Indians to be ‘dependent aliens’.
  • 1908
  • William Howard Taft was elected 27th President of the United States .
  • 1927
  • Turkey adopted the Roman alphabet in place of the traditional Arabic script
  • 1957
  • "The Soviet Union launched Sputnik 2 into orbit, with a dog named Laika on board" more
  • 1958
  • "The UNESCO headquarters officially opened, Place de Fontenoy, Paris ."
  • 1975
  • North Sea Oil starts to flow
• Death
  • 1783
  • Great Britain
  • "Last public execution at Tyburn in London (John Austin, a highwayman) "
  • 1933
  • "Death of Emile Roux, French doctor, bacteriologist and immunologist, co-founder of the Pasteur Institute, discovered anti-diphtheria serum."
  • 1978
  • Dominica became independent from the United Kingdom .
  • 1993
  • "Death of Leon Theremin, Russian inventor and electrical engineer ."
  • 1998
  • "Death of Bob Kane, American comic book artist and writer, creator of ’Batman’."
  • 1999
  • "Death of Ian Bannen, Scottish stage, film and television actor (Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, Dr Finlay, Waking Ned)"