History

Two women were elected governor in the United States on November 4, 1924, breaking a barrier that had stood since the nation’s founding. Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming won a special election to become the state’s governor, and Miriam “Ma” Ferguson of Texas won the general election to lead hers. They became the first women elected governor in the United ...

The mechanical cash register was patented on November 4, 1879, when James Ritty and his brother John received a patent for the first machine of its kind. Born in Dayton, Ohio, the cash register went on to transform retail — making sales auditable, cutting down on theft, and becoming a fixture of shops around the world. The ringing bell and ...

The first issue of Nature, published on November 4, 1869, was the start of one of the most influential scientific journals the world has ever known. On that day, a new weekly periodical arrived with a bold mission: to bring “the grand results of scientific work and scientific discovery” to the public, and to help scientists by sharing news of ...

November 3 holidays, observances and history: here is everything the day holds, from sandwiches and elections to independence days and space history. November 3 is a busy, wide-ranging day: in 2026 it falls on a Tuesday, which makes it Election Day in the United States, and it is also National Sandwich Day, World Jellyfish Day and One Health Day. Around ...

Kendall Jenner (born 1995), born on November 3, 1995, in Los Angeles, California, is the American model and television personality known for Keeping Up with the Kardashians and The Kardashians. Jenner grew up on camera, appearing as a child and teenager in Keeping Up with the Kardashians, which ran from 2007 to 2021, and in its successor series, The Kardashians. ...

Dolph Lundgren (born 1957), born on November 3, 1957, in Spånga, Sweden, is the Swedish actor best known as Ivan Drago in Rocky IV. Lundgren’s life reads like two careers in one. Before Hollywood, he was a serious academic: he holds a degree in chemical engineering, studied at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm and at the University of ...

Roseanne Barr (born 1952), born on November 3, 1952, in Salt Lake City, Utah, is the American comedian and actor who starred in the sitcom Roseanne — one of the most influential television comedies of its era. Before she was a television star, Barr was a stand-up comedian, honing a brash, working-class persona on the club circuit. That persona became ...

Anna Wintour (born 1949), born on November 3, 1949, in London, is the English-American journalist who edited American Vogue for 37 years, from 1988 to 2025. In that time she became one of the most recognisable and influential figures in fashion — and, some would say, in American cultural life itself. The daughter of a newspaper editor, Wintour grew up ...

Gerd Müller (1945–2021), born on November 3, 1945, in Nördlingen, Germany, was the German footballer nicknamed “Der Bomber” — the Bomber — one of the greatest goalscorers the game has ever seen. He was short, stocky, and not obviously athletic, and yet for more than a decade he was the most feared striker in world football. Defenders knew what was ...

Amartya Sen (born 1933), born on November 3, 1933, in Santiniketan, Bengal, India, is the Indian economist and philosopher who won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1998, honoured for work that transformed how the world understands famines, poverty, and what it means for a society to develop. From a childhood spent in Bengal to lecture halls at Oxford, Cambridge, ...