Hm, been a bit too busy the last couple of days (again),
but I've got a few minutes to spare now so here's todays history "events"..
November 3 1762
Spain acquires Louisiana
1783
Washington orders the Continental Army disbanded
1839
1st opium war-2 British frigates engage several Chinese junks
1903
Influenced by Philippe-Jean Bunau-Varilla and U.S. interests, a revolutionary junta proclaimed Panamanian independence from Colombia.
1941 The order is given: Bomb Pearl Harbor
On this day in 1941, the Combine Japanese Fleet receive Top-Secret Order No. 1: In 34 days time, Pearl Harbor is to be bombed, along with Mayala, the Dutch East Indies, and the Philippines.
http://www.historychannel.com/tdih/t...3&day=10272968 1957
USSR launches Sputnik 2 with a dog (Laika), 1st animal in orbit
1967
Battle of Dak To begins
In some of the heaviest fighting seen in the Central Highlands area, heavy casualties are sustained by both sides in bloody battles around Dak To, about 280 miles north of Saigon near the Cambodian border.
http://www.historychannel.com/tdih/t...3&day=10272968 1979
63 Americans taken hostage at US Embassy (Teheran, Iran)