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November 3rd, 2007	Event	Pervez Musharraf declared emergency rule across Pakistan. He suspended the Constitution, imposed State of Emergency, and fired the chief justice of the Supreme Court.
November 3rd, 1988	Event	Sri Lankan Tamil mercenaries try to overthrow the Maldivian government. At President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom s request, the Indian military suppresses the coup attempt within 24 hours.
November 3rd, 1986	Event	Iran-Contra Affair: The Lebanese magazine Ash-Shiraa reports that the United States has been selling weapons to Iran in secret in order to secure the release of seven American hostages held by pro-Iranian groups in Lebanon.
November 3rd, 1986	Event	The Federated States of Micronesia become independent from the United States of America.
November 3rd, 1982	Event	The Salang tunnel fire in Afghanistan kills up to 2,000+ people.
November 3rd, 1979	Event	Greensboro massacre: Five members of the Communist Workers Party are shot dead and seven are wounded by a group of Klansmen and neo-Nazis during a "Death to the Klan" rally.
November 3rd, 1978	Event	Dominica gains its independence from the United Kingdom.
November 3rd, 1973	Event	Mariner program: NASA launches the Mariner 10 toward Mercury, on March 29, 1974, becoming the first space probe to reach that planet.
November 3rd, 1969	Event	Vietnam War: U.S. President Richard M. Nixon addresses the nation on television and radio, asking the "silent majority" to join him in solidarity on the Vietnam War effort and to support his policies.
November 3rd, 1967	Event	Vietnam War: The Battle of Dak To begins.

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