Talk:November 3
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Selected anniversaries entry for this day. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before editing this entry. --mav 00:42, 1 Mar 2004 (UTC)
November 3: Independence Day in Panama (1903), Dominica (1978) and the Federated States of Micronesia (1986); Culture Day in Japan.
- 1793 - French playwright, journalist and outspoken feminist Olympe de Gouges was guillotined for her revolutionary ideas.
- 1838 - The Times of India, the world's largest circulated English language daily broadsheet newspaper, was founded.
- 1848 - A new constitution drafted by Johan Rudolf Thorbecke (pictured) was proclaimed, severely limiting the powers of the monarchy of the Netherlands.
- 1957 - The Sputnik 2 spacecraft was launched, carrying Laika the Russian space dog as the first living being to orbit the Earth.
- 1971 - The UNIX Programmer's Manual was first published.
Recent days: November 2 – November 1 – October 31
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Removed:
- 1394 - Charles VI of France expels the Jews
- 1839 - Beginning of the first Opium War.
- 1935 - George II of Greece regains his throne.
- 1955 - Australia gains control of the Cocos Islands.
- 1970 - Salvador Allende inaugurated as President of Chile.
Could not be confirmed outside of 'this day in history'-type websites (very bad source). --mav 04:08, 3 Nov 2003 (UTC)
Moved:
- 1888 - Jack the Ripper kills Mary Jane Kelly, his last known victim.
Nope. Happened on November 9. --mav 04:08, 3 Nov 2003 (UTC)
I checked on (*1935 - George II of Greece regains his throne. ): its valid as per "Queen Victoria's Descendants" by Marlene Eilers, p. 131. "Succeeded to the Greek throne upon his father's abdication, Sep 27, 1922, but left Greece Mar 24, 1924. Restored to the throne, Nov 3, 1935, but again left Greece following the German invasion, Apr 23, 1941. Recalled to the throne Sept 28, 1946." -- Someone else 04:26, 3 Nov 2003 (UTC)
- Cool - thanks for checking that! I'll put it back in. --mav 05:07, 3 Nov 2003 (UTC)
[edit] November 3 marginal events
- Copied from Gamaliel's talk page
Gamaliel,
Here's my rationale for the deletions I made.
Verde's opera: somewhat notable, but not a sufficiently earthshaking event to me - If we were to extend the 'be liberal' idea, we could put every premiere of every opera ever made into the calendar. We just ballooned the size of each day, month, and year entry. Where does it end? I think we have one or more significant events in music groups to handle things like this.
US Presidental elections - Pretty common events, and most aren't especially notable. It's the things the US presidents do that make them notable. Significant actions make my cut, but not just the election of a new one. If we get liberal with our entries, every regime change in every nation makes the cut.
Other entertainment entries - Again, there is no end to the insignificant trivia you will bloat the day, month, and year entries with if you don't put some limits on it. Every Sinatra movie ever made? Every video game ever released? Every time a soap opera kills off a minor character? Yuk.
I appreciate your sentiments, but these entries are only as valuable as their content. If they get too unwieldy, with entries like "Sonic the Hedgehog's ears change color on this day in the history of video games", no one will wade through them.
I drew a line - I've been drawing them for awhile and, short of vanity entries, you're the first person to object. It's time for a dialog on how do we clean up these date entries. Thanks for giving me the opportunity to present my personal opinion. Catbar (Brian Rock) 12:34, 1 January 2006 (UTC)
