November 3 in American history, placed on the globe.

From the battlefield to the launch pad — the day's stories, pinned where they happened. Spin the earth; not every story stays inside the fifty states.

• 1903Panama breaks from Colombia; an American warship sits off ColónPanama City, Panama
• 1868Louisiana's 2nd District elects John Willis Menard, a Black newspaper editor, to CongressNew Orleans, Louisiana
• 1948The Tribune's early edition crowns Dewey; the returns say otherwiseTribune Tower, Chicago, Illinois

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