A total solar eclipse occurred on November 3, 2013http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t55408414/solar-eclipse-of-november-3-2013/Title: The Kozyrev Observations of Alphonsushttp://adsabs.harvard.edu//full/seri/PASP./0071//0000046.000.html
The Forties Oil Field was officially inaugurated by Her Majesty on November 3, 1975.http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t51419131/forties-oil-field/
On 3 November 1493, Christopher Columbus sighted a island that he named Dominica (Latin for Sunday)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominica
Laika (c. 1954 - November 3, 1957) was a Soviet space dog http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laika
Sputnik 2 was launched into Earth orbit on November 3, 1957http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t42294771/sputnik-2/Explorer 8 was a U.S. research satellite launched on November 3, 1960.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Explorer_8Mariner 10 was launched by NASA on November 3, 1973http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t41986532/mariner-10/The Orbiting Astronomical Observatory B (OAO-B) was launched on 3 November 1970http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbiting_Astronomical_Observatory#OAO-B
STS-66 was launched on 3 November 1994http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-66
People
William Harvey "Bill" Dana (November 3, 1930 - May 6, 2014) was a NASA test pilothttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_H._Dana
Jeanette Jo Epps (born November 3, 1970) is a CIA intelligence officerhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeanette_J._EppsTsutomu Seki (born November 3, 1930) is a Japanese astronomerhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsutomu_SekiHolger Pedersen (born 3 November 1946) is a Danish astronomerhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holger_Pedersen_(astronomer)Herman Zanstra (November 3, 1894 - October 2, 1972) was a Dutch astronomer.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_ZanstraMaharaja Sawai Jai Singh (November 3, 1688 - September 21, 1743) was ruler of the kingdom of Amberhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jai_Singh_IIMarcus Annaeus Lucanus (November 3, 39 AD - April 30, 65 AD) was a Roman poethttp://astronomy.activeboard.com/t45954116/marcus-annaeus-lucanus-39-ad-65-ad/Gleb Vassielievich Wataghin (November 3, 1899 - October 10, 1986) was a Ukrainian-Italian experimental physicisthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gleb_WataghinDaniel Rutherford (1749-1819) was a Scottish physicianhttp://astronomy.activeboard.com/t45954103/daniel-rutherford-1749-1819/
Godzilla is a 1954 Japanese Science fiction Kaiju film produced by Tohohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godzilla_(1954_film)Star Trek: "I, Mudd" was first broadcast on November 3, 1967
NGC Discovered
NGC 381 was discovered by William Herschel on the 3rd November 1787. http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t55436267/ngc-381/NGC 1027 is a magnitude +6.7 open star cluster discovered by William Herschel on the 3rd November 1787.http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t55436350/ngc-1027/NGC 1499 is a magnitude +6.0 emission nebula discovered by Edward Emerson Barnard on the 3rd November 1885.http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58920468/ngc-1499/NGC 1501 is a magnitude +11.5 planetary nebula discovered by William Herschel on the 3rd November 1787. http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58920524/ngc-1501/NGC 1502 is a magnitude +6.9 open star cluster discovered by William Herschel on the 3rd November 1787. http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58920541/ngc-1502/NGC 1651 is a magnitude +12.3 open star cluster discovered by John Herschel on the 3rd November 1834. http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t55436447/ngc-1651/NGC 1693 is a magnitude +12.9 open star cluster discovered by John Herschel on the 3rd November 1834. http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58920596/ngc-1693/NGC 1695 is a magnitude +12.2 open star cluster discovered by John Herschel on the 3rd November 1834. http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58920601/ngc-1695/NGC 1804 is a magnitude +11.9 open star cluster discovered by John Herschel on the 3rd November 1834. http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58920605/ngc-1804/NGC 1837 is a magnitude +10.6 open star cluster discovered by John Herschel on the 3rd November 1834. http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58920624/ngc-1837/NGC 1840 is a magnitude +11.8 open star cluster discovered by John Herschel on the 3rd November 1834. http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58920628/ngc-1840/NGC 1876 is a magnitude +11.7 open star cluster rediscovered by John Herschel on the 3rd November 1834. http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58920648/ngc-1876/NGC 1914 is a magnitude +12.0 open star cluster discovered by John Herschel on the 3rd November 1834. http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58920652/ngc-1914/NGC 2113 is a magnitude +12.3 open cluster and emission nebula rediscovered by John Herschel on the 3rd November 1834. http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58920663/ngc-2113/NGC 7354 was discovered by Frederick William Herschel on the 3rd November 1787. http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t51919829/ngc-7354/NGC 7510 is a magnitude +7.9 open cluster discovered by William Herschel on the 3rd November 1787.http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t55436712/ngc-7510/NGC 7523 is a magnitude +14.8 spiral galaxy discovered by Albert Marth on the 3rd November 1864.http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58920782/ngc-7523/NGC 7525 is a pair of galaxies discovered by Albert Marth on the 3rd November 1864.http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58920790/ngc-7525/NGC 7538 is a magnitude +13.0 emission nebula discovered by William Herschel on the 3rd November 1787. http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57826368/ngc-7538/NGC 7540 is a magnitude +14.7 elliptical galaxy discovered by Albert Marth on the 3rd November 1864.http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58920807/ngc-7540/NGC 7551 is a magnitude +16.2 spiral galaxy discovered by Albert Marth on the 3rd November 1864.http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58920814/ngc-7551/NGC 7635 was discovered by William Herschel on the 3rd November 1787. http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t8991357/ngc7635/
Comet C/2015 V2 Johnson was discovered on the 3rd November 2015https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C/2015_V2
Asteroids Discovered
Asteroid (262) Valda was discovered by Austrian astronomer Johann Palisa on November 3, 1886 in Vienna.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/262_ValdaAsteroid (263) Dresda was discovered by Johann Palisa on November 3, 1886 in Vienna.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/263_DresdaAsteroid (579) Sidonia was discovered by the German astronomer August Kopff on November 3, 1905.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/579_Sidonia
Meteorites
The Doolgunna (L) meteorite was discovered in Western Australia, Australia, on the 3rd November 1967.http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t55438027/doolgunna-meteorite/
On the morning of the 3rd November 1817 an aerolite of considerable size fell in the Rue de Richelieu at Paris.http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58920354/paris-meteorite-1817/
No official historical meteorite falls today