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Today in History: Thursday, November\u00a0 03, 2016<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\nOn Nov. 3, 1868, Republican Ulysses S. Grant won the presidential election over Democrat Horatio Seymour.
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1839<\/td>\nThe first Opium War between China and Britain broke out.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1903<\/td>\nPanama proclaimed its independence from Colombia.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1908<\/td>\nRepublican William Howard Taft was elected president, outpolling William Jennings Bryan.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1911<\/td>\nThe Chevrolet Motor Car Co. was founded in Detroit by Louis Chevrolet and William C. Durant.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1936<\/td>\nPresident Franklin D. Roosevelt was re-elected in a landslide over Republican Alfred M. “Alf” Landon.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1957<\/td>\nThe Soviet Union launched into orbit Sputnik 2, the second manmade satellite; a dog on board named Laika was sacrificed in the experiment.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1964<\/td>\nPresident Lyndon B. Johnson soundly defeated Republican challenger Barry Goldwater to win a White House term in his own right.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1970<\/td>\nSalvador Allende was inaugurated as president of Chile.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1986<\/td>\nA Lebanese magazine broke the story of U.S. arms sales to Iran, a revelation that escalated into the Iran-Contra affair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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1992<\/td>\nDemocrat Bill Clinton was elected the 42nd president of the United States, defeating President George H.W. Bush.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1992<\/td>\nIllinois Democrat Carol Moseley-Braun became the first African-American woman elected to the U.S. Senate.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1994<\/td>\nSusan Smith of Union, S.C., was arrested for drowning her two young sons, nine days after claiming the children had been abducted by a black man. (Smith is serving life in prison.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2004<\/td>\nHamid Karzai was declared the winner of Afghanistan’s first-ever presidential election.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2005<\/td>\nVice President Dick Cheney’s former chief of staff, I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby, pleaded not guilty to a five-count felony indictment in the CIA leak case. (Libby was convicted, but President George W. Bush commuted his 30-month prison sentence.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2009<\/td>\nMaine residents narrowly voted down a same-sex marriage law.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2010<\/td>\nThe Federal Reserve announced a plan to buy $600 billion in Treasury bonds over the next eight months in an attempt to boost lending and stimulate economy.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Fashion editor Anna Wintour turns 67 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Lois Smith<\/td>\nActress<\/td>\n86<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ken Berry<\/td>\nActor, dancer<\/td>\n83<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Michael Dukakis<\/td>\nFormer governor of Massachusetts<\/td>\n83<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Roy Emerson<\/td>\nTennis Hall of Famer<\/td>\n80<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Shadoe Stevens<\/td>\nActor<\/td>\n70<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lulu<\/td>\nSinger, actress (“To Sir, With Love”)<\/td>\n68<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Roseanne Barr<\/td>\nActress, comedian (“Roseanne”)<\/td>\n64<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kathy Kinney<\/td>\nActress (“The Drew Carey Show”)<\/td>\n63<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dennis Miller<\/td>\nComedian (“Saturday Night Live”)<\/td>\n63<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Adam Ant<\/td>\nRock singer<\/td>\n62<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dolph Lundgren<\/td>\nActor<\/td>\n59<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Evgeni Plushenko<\/td>\nFigure skater<\/td>\n34<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Actress Kate Capshaw turns 63 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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