Today in History for 3rd November 2016:
Historical Events
1927 – 22.3 cm rainfall at Somerset, Vermont (state record)
1979 – Moroccan offensive against Polisario Front
1985 – Argentine presdent Alfonsíns Radical Burgerunie wins elections
1988 – President Reagan signs credit-card disclosure-bill
1990 – Gro Harlem Brundtland installed as premier of Norway
1993 – Ken Daneyko sets NJ Devil ‘Ironman’ record by playing 322nd cons game
Famous Birthdays
1880 – Raffaele Casimiro Casimiri, composer
1912 – Alfredo Stroessner, dictator of Paraguay (1954-89)
1945 – Ken Holtzman, American baseball pitcher and manager
1947 – Mazie Hirono, American politician
1979 – Tim McIlrath, American musician (Rise Against)
1987 – Elizabeth A. Smart, American abductee and activist
Famous Deaths
1787 – Robert Lowth, British bishop and grammarian (b. 1710)
1864 – Antonio Goncalves Dias, Brazilian national poet, dies at sea
1914 – Georg Trakl, Austria poet (Totentag, Cocaine Overdose), dies at 27
1936 – Filip Lazar, Romanian composer, dies at 42
1992 – Jean Daskalides, Belgian chocolate factory, dies at 70
2001 – Thomas Brasch, German writer and film director, dies at 56