What happened on November 3 ?

39 - Lucan, Roman poet (d. 65)

1500 - Benvenuto Cellini, Italian artist (d. 1571)

1560 - Annibale Carracci, Italian painter (d. 1609)

1587 - Samuel Scheidt, German composer (d. 1654)

1604 - Osman II, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1622)

1618 - Aurangzeb, Mughal Emperor of India (d. 1707)

1633 - Bernardino Ramazzini, Italian physician (d. 1714)

1718 - John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, English statesman (d. 1792)

1793 - Stephen F. Austin, American pioneer (d. 1836)

1794 - William Cullen Bryant, American poet and journalist (d. 1878)

1801 - Karl Baedeker, German author and publisher (d. 1859)

1801 - Vincenzo Bellini, Italian composer (d. 1835)

1816 - Jubal Early, American Confederate general (d. 1894)

1816 - Calvin Fairbank, American abolitionist minister (d. 1898)

1845 - Edward Douglass White, 9th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1921)

1852 - Meiji Emperor, Japanese emperor (d. 1912)

1856 - Jim McCormick, Baseball player (d. 1918)

1857 - Mikhail Alekseev, Russian general (d. 1918)

1874 - Lucy Maud Montgomery, Canadian novelist (d. 1942)

1876 - Stephen Peter Alencastre, Roman Catholic prelate (d. 1940)

1887 - Samuil Marshak, Russian poet (d. 1964)

1893 - Edward Adelbert Doisy, American biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1986)

1895 - Grand Duchess Olga Nicolaievna Romanova (d. 1918)

1899 - Gleb Wataghin, Ukrainian-Italian physicist )d. 1986)

1901 - King Léopold III of Belgium (d. 1983)

1901 - André Malraux, French writer (d. 1976)

1903 - Walker Evans, American photographer (d. 1975)

1908 - Bronko Nagurski, American football player (d. 1990)

1909 - James Reston, American journalist (d. 1995)

1910 - Richard Hurndall, British actor (d. 1984)

1912 - Alfredo Stroessner, Paraguayan president

1918 - Bob Feller, baseball player

1918 - Russell B. Long, U.S. Senator from Louisiana (d. 2003)

1919 - Jesús Blasco, Spanish comic book author (d. 1995)

1920 - Oodgeroo Noonuccal, Australian writer (d. 1993)

1921 - Charles Bronson, American actor (d. 2003)

1923 - Tomás Cardinal ÿ Fiaich, Northern Irish clergyman (d.1990)

1924 - Samuel Ruiz García, Mexican Roman Catholic bishop

1930 - Brian Robinson, British cyclist

1933 - Ken Berry, American actor

1933 - Jeremy Brett, English actor (d. 1995)

1933 - Michael Dukakis, American politician

1933 - Amartya Sen, Indian economist, Nobel Prize laureate

1934 - John Barry, English composer

1936 - Roy Emerson, Australian tennis champion

1938 - Martin Dunwoody, British mathematician

1946 - Tom Savini, American actor, filmmaker, and makeup artist

1948 - Lulu, British actress and singer

1949 - Larry Holmes, American boxer

1950 - Joe Queenan, American writer, essayist, satirist and critic

1952 - Roseanne Barr, American actress and comedienne

1953 - Kate Capshaw, American actress

1953 - Dennis Miller, American comedian

1954 - Adam Ant, English singer

1954 - Brigitte Lin, Taiwanese actress

1955 - Phil Simms, American football player

1956 - Kevin Murphy, American actor, author, and puppeteer

1957 - Dolph Lundgren, Swedish actor

1960 - Karch Kiraly, American volleyball player

1962 - Marilyn, British musician

1963 - Ian Wright, English footballer

1967 - Steven Wilson, English musician and producer (Porcupine Tree)

1969 - Luciana Gimenez, Brazilian model and tv show hostess

1970 - Dawn Marie Psaltis, American professional wrestler

1972 - Ugo Ehiogu, English footballer

1973 - Nemone, Athlete and broadcaster

1973 - Mick Thompson, American guitarist (Slipknot)

1974 - Tariq Abdul-Wahad, French basketball player

1977 - Aria Giovanni, American model

1981 - Jackie Gayda, American professional wrestler

1982 - Evgeny Plushenko, Russian figure skater

1982 - Travis Richter, American guitarist/throat From First To Last

1986 - Jasmine Trias, American singer

1987 - Gemma Ward, Australian model