Important Events From This day in History – 3rd November

Today in History

• 1978 Dominica gains independence

  After being colonized by the British in 1805, the Caribbean Island nation gained independence.

• 1973 NASA launches Mariner 10

  Mariner 10, the final spacecraft in the Mariner Program, was the first to flyby two planets – Venus and Mercury. The probe flew by Venus on February 5, 1974, and Mercury three times on March 29, 1974, September 21, 1974, and March 16, 1975, before communications with the probe were cut off.

• 1954 Godzilla released

  The Japanese science fiction starring a mutated monster of the same name became an instant hit.

• 1868 John Willis Menard elected to U.S. House of Representatives

  He became the first African-American to be elected to the house.

• 1838 The Times of India founded

  The world’s largest English-language daily began as a biweekly in Bombay, India, as the Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce.