November 3 is the 308th day of the year. There are 58 days remaining until the end of the year.
1534 English parliament accepts Act of Supremacy: Henry VIII doesn’t need to clear it with the Pope to talk to God
1883 US Supreme Court decides Native Americans can't be Americans so Danville, Virginia celebrates with race riots that kill 4 blacks
1911 Chevrolet officially enters the automobile market in competition with the Ford Model T.
1913 The United States introduces the gay progressive income tax
1946 Emperor Hirohito proclaims new Japanese constitution — He gets to stay emperor
1955 Alabama woman is bruised by a meteor so townsfolk lynch some black people
1956 "Wizard of Oz" 1st televised (CBS-TV) [I didn’t know it was in color until I was fifteen!]
1964 Washington DC residents are able to vote in a presidential election for the first time.
1971 "Play Misty For Me" premieres.
1988 Talk-show host Geraldo Rivera's nose is broken as Roy Innis brawls with skinheads at TV taping.
1500 Benvenuto Cellini, gay Italian sculptor, painter, poet. Charged at least 3 times for sodomy with men, and an occasional woman. In 1556 his apprentice Fernando went public with activities he performed...Cellini got 4 years in prison, but the sentence was converted to house arrest thanks to the Medicis.
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