This day in History - November 3

395 Historic Events for November 3
1889 Birth Heinrich Campendonk, German painter/wood carver/glazer
1891 Death Louis L Bonaparte, English/French lingu‹st/senator, dies at 78
1893 Birth R Lindley Murray, tennis champ (US Open-1918)
1896 Event J H Hunter patents portable weighing scales
1896 Event Martha Hughes Cannon of Utah elected 1st female senator
1896 Event William McKinley (R) defeats William Jennings Bryan (D) for president
1897 Birth Karel Salmon, composer
1899 Event James J Jeffries beats Tom Sharkey in 25 for heavyweight boxing title
1900 Birth Roger Blunt, cricketer (NZ all-rounder in 9 Tests 1930-32)
1900 Event 1st US automobile show opens at Madison Square Garden (NYC)
1901 Birth Leopold III, [Filip von Saksen-Coburg], King of Belgians (1934-51)
1901 Birth Andr‚ Malraux, [Berger], France, novelist/art historian (L'Espoir)
1903 Birth Walker Evans, US, photographer (Fortune Magazine)
1903 Event Colombia grants Panama independence
1904 Birth Gideon Fagan, composer
1904 Death Gaston Henri Charles Antoine Serpette, composer, dies at 57
1904 Birth Janis Kalnins, composer
1905 Birth William Donald Campbell, diarist/ornithologist
1905 Birth Lois Mailou Jones, US painter (Peasants on Parade)
1907 Birth James Geoffrey Cutcliffe Hepburn, tap-dancer/socialist
1907 Birth Joe Turner, US jazz pianist
1908 Birth Bronko Nagurski, NFL fullback (Chicago Bears)
1908 Event William Howard Taft (R) elected 27th pres over William Jennings Bryan
1909 Birth James "Scotty" Barrett Reston, Clydebank Scotld, journalist (NY Times)
1911 Birth Vladimir Ussachevsky, Hailar Manchuria, composer (Creation)