Today in History - History - November 3rd

2013Bobby Orr's autobiography "Orr: My Story" debuts at the #8 position on The New York Times best seller list for nonfiction

200923rd Soul Train Music Awards: Michael Jackson, Charlie Wilson & Chaka Khan win

1942Despite Ted Williams winning Triple Crown, Yanks Joe Gordon wins AL MVP

1976Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA/Japan Mizuno Golf

1899james j jeffries beats Tom Sharkey in 25 for heavyweight boxing title

1987Oakland 1st baseman Mark McGwire wins AL Rookie of Year

1796John Adams elected president of the United States of America

1962Wilt Chamberlain of NBA SF Warriors scores 72 points vs LA Lakers

1964LBJ (D) soundly defeats Barry Goldwater (R) for pres

1908William Howard Taft (R) elected 27th pres over William Jennings Bryan

1793Stephen Fuller Austin, Virginia USA, colonized Texas

1908Bronko Nagurski, Rainy River Ontario, NFL fullback (Chicago Bears)

1894William George Barker, Dauphin Manitoba, Canadian flying ace (Victoria Cross recipient)

1952Roseanne, [Barr Arnold], Salt Lake City, comedienne/TV star (Roseanne)

1949Larry Holmes, Cuthbert Georgia, heavyweight boxing champ (1978-85)

1933Amartya Sen, Santiniketan, Bengal, economist and Nobel Prize laureate (welfare economics and social choice theory)

1921Charles Bronson, Ehrenfeld, Pennsylvania, actor (Magnificent Seven, Death Wish, Dirty Dozen), (d. 2003)

1936Roy Emerson, Blackbutt Australia, tennis player (Wimbledon-1964, 65, US Open-61)

1954Henri E B Matisse, French painter/sculptor (Dance II), dies at 84

1990Mary Martin, actress (Peter Pan), dies of cancer at 76

1930Alfred Wegener, German polar researcher and meteorologist (continental shift), dies while on an expedition to Greenland (date is approximate)

1926Annie Oakley, US sharp shooting star, dies at 66