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What happened on November 3 in American history
November 3 is the 307th day of the year (the 308th in leap years). Patriot Compass has published 7 stories from November 3 spanning 1783 to 2014. Among them: in 1783, the Continental Army is disbanded, a day after Washington's farewell orders; and in 1868, Louisiana's 2nd District elects John Willis Menard, a Black newspaper editor, to Congress.
1783Member story · 1776 Club
The Continental Army is disbanded, a day after Washington's farewell orders
Officers who threatened Congress over unpaid wages in the spring now go home under the authority they once defied.
1868
Louisiana's 2nd District elects John Willis Menard, a Black newspaper editor, to Congress
The Republican wins the unexpired term of the late Democrat James Mann in a special election, during Reconstruction.
1903
Panama breaks from Colombia; an American warship sits off Colón
Colombia's generals are separated from their troops, and a gunboat's shells mortally wound one man in Panama City.
1911Member story · 1776 Club
Durant, pushed out of General Motors, starts a car company to take on Ford's Model T
Racing driver Louis Chevrolet lends his name and his engineering; Durant brings the business and the money.
1936Member story · 1776 Club
Roosevelt carries 46 of 48 states; Landon holds only Maine and Vermont
In the Depression's eighth year, voters return the New Deal's author to office with 523 electoral votes, and Republicans lose ground in Congress as well.
1948
The Tribune's early edition crowns Dewey; the returns say otherwise
A printers' strike pushed the press deadline hours earlier, and about 150,000 copies roll before the count turns.
2014Member story · 1776 Club
One World Trade Center opens; 170 Condé Nast employees move in
The 1,776-foot tower takes its first office workers more than 13 years after the Twin Towers fell.
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