On This Day in History – November 3

The Caribbean Island nation gained its independence from the British after being colonized in 1805.

The last of the Mariner Program, Mariner 10 was the first spacecraft to flyby two planets - Venus and Mercury. The probe flew by Venus on February 5, 1974, and did 3 flybys of Mercury on March 29, 1974, September 21, 1974, and on March 16, 1975, after which communications with the probe were terminated.

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

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

The world's largest English-language daily was launched as a bi-weekly as the Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce in Bombay, India.

Swedish actor

English/American journalist, editor

Indian economist, Nobel Prize laureate

American baseball player

Irish journalist, activist

Central African politician, 2nd President of the Central African Republic

Austrian/American psychotherapist

French painter

American target shooter

Roman Emperor