Today In History
Today is Saturday, Nov. 3, the 307th day of 2018. There are 58 days left in the year.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT
› 1992: Democrat Bill Clinton was elected the 42nd president of the United States, defeating President George H.W. Bush. In Illinois, Democrat Carol Moseley-Braun became the first black woman elected to the U.S. Senate.
ON THIS DATE
› 1839: The first Opium War between China and Britain broke out.
› 1900: The first major U.S. automobile show opened at New York’s Madison Square Garden under the auspices of the Automobile Club of America.
› 1903: Panama proclaimed its independence from Colombia.
› 1908: Republican William Howard Taft was elected president, outpolling William Jennings Bryan.
› 1911: The Chevrolet Motor Car Co. was founded in Detroit by Louis Chevrolet and William C. Durant. (The company was acquired by General Motors in 1918.)
› 1936: President Franklin D. Roosevelt won a landslide election victory over Republican challenger Alfred “Alf” Landon.
› 1957: The Soviet Union launched Sputnik 2, the second manmade satellite, into orbit; on board was a dog named Laika, who was sacrificed in the experiment.
› 1997: The Supreme Court let stand California’s groundbreaking Proposition 209, which banned race and gender preference in hiring and school admissions.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS
Actress Lois Smith is
88. Actress Monica Vitti is 87. Former Massachusetts Gov. Michael S. Dukakis is 85. Actor-dancer Ken Berry is 85. Actor Shadoe Stevens is 72. Singer Lulu is 70. Comedian-actress Roseanne Barr is 66. Actress Kate Capshaw is 65. Comedian Dennis Miller is 65. Actress Kathy Kinney is
65. Actor Dolph Lundgren is 61. Rock musician C.J. Pierce (Drowning Pool) is 46. Actor Francois Battiste (TV: “Ten Days in the Valley”) is 42. Olympic gold medal figure skater Evgeni Plushenko is 36. Actress Julie Berman is 35. Actress Antonia Thomas (TV: “The Good Doctor”) is 32. Alternative rock singer/ songwriter Courtney Barnett is 31. TV personality Kendall Jenner (TV: “Keeping Up with the Kardashians”) is 23.