历史上的今天：11月3日，全球重要历史事件
1493年，加勒比海：哥伦布在第二次航行途中望见多米尼克岛，这是欧洲航海者首次记录这座加勒比海岛屿。
1838年，印度：英文报纸《印度时报》的前身《孟买时报》创刊，此后成长为印度发行量最大的英文日报之一。
1903年，巴拿马：巴拿马宣布脱离哥伦比亚独立，为此后运河区的开凿与巴拿马运河的建设铺平道路。
1918年，欧洲：德国基尔港水兵起义扩散全国，成为德国十一月革命的起点；同日，奥匈帝国与协约国签署停战协定，实际上退出第一次世界大战。
1936年，美国：富兰克林·罗斯福以压倒性优势连任总统，在48个州中拿下46个州，仅失缅因与佛蒙特两州。
1946年，日本：日本国宪法公布，这部宪法于次年5月施行，确立了战后日本的政治框架。
1954年，日本：电影《哥斯拉》在日本上映，这只怪兽此后成为全球流行文化中最具影响力的银幕形象之一。
1957年，苏联：苏联发射「斯普特尼克2号」卫星，小狗莱卡随舱进入地球轨道，成为第一个进入轨道的生物；莱卡在飞行途中因舱内过热死亡，这次飞行为载人航天积累了关键数据。
1964年，美国：华盛顿特区居民自1800年建市以来首次参加总统大选投票；林登·约翰逊在同日的大选中击败巴里·戈德华特，赢得完整任期。
1969年，美国：总统尼克松发表「沉默的大多数」电视讲话，就越南战争政策争取国内公众支持。
1973年，美国：美国国家航空航天局（NASA）发射「水手10号」探测器，它后来成为第一个造访水星的航天器。
1992年，美国：比尔·克林顿击败时任总统老布什，当选美国第42任总统；同日，卡罗尔·莫斯利·布劳恩当选联邦参议员，成为美国历史上第一位当选参议员的非裔女性。
2014年，美国：纽约世界贸易中心一号楼正式开业，这座1776英尺高的摩天楼建在「9·11」袭击中倒塌的双子塔原址旁，高度数字刻意呼应美国独立年份。
On This Day: Major World Events of November 3
1493, Caribbean: On his second voyage, Christopher Columbus sighted the island of Dominica, the first recorded European sighting of the Caribbean island.
1838, India: The Bombay Times, the forerunner of The Times of India, was founded; it grew into one of India's largest English-language newspapers.
1903, Panama: Panama declared independence from Colombia, paving the way for the Canal Zone and the construction of the Panama Canal.
1918, Europe: The Kiel mutiny by German sailors spread across the country, igniting the German revolution; the same day, Austria-Hungary signed an armistice with the Allies, effectively leaving the First World War.
1936, United States: Franklin D. Roosevelt was re-elected in a landslide, carrying 46 of 48 states and losing only Maine and Vermont.
1946, Japan: The Constitution of Japan was promulgated; it took effect the following May and set the framework for postwar Japanese politics.
1954, Japan: The film Godzilla opened in Japan, introducing a monster that became one of the most influential screen figures in global popular culture.
1957, Soviet Union: The USSR launched Sputnik 2 with the dog Laika aboard, the first living creature to orbit Earth; Laika died from overheating during the flight, which gathered key data for human spaceflight.
1964, United States: Residents of Washington, D.C., voted in a presidential election for the first time since the capital was founded in 1800; Lyndon B. Johnson defeated Barry Goldwater the same day to win a full term.
1969, United States: President Richard Nixon delivered his 'silent majority' television address, appealing for public support for his Vietnam War policy.
1973, United States: NASA launched Mariner 10, which later became the first spacecraft to visit Mercury.
1992, United States: Bill Clinton defeated incumbent George H.W. Bush to become the 42nd president; the same day, Carol Moseley Braun was elected to the U.S. Senate, the first African American woman elected to that body.
2014, United States: One World Trade Center officially opened in New York; the 1,776-foot tower rose beside the site of the Twin Towers destroyed on 9/11, its height deliberately echoing the year of American independence.
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