On this day
November 3 in literary history
Literary history for November 3: 23 writers born, 11 writers who died and 5 literary events from 1793 to 2009. Born on this day: Ann Scott (French novelist), Hal Hartley, Kevin Murphy (actor).
Writers born on November 3
| Born | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 1965 | Ann Scott (French novelist) | French writer (born 1965) |
| 1959 | Hal Hartley | American film director and screenwriter (born 1959) |
| 1956 | Kevin Murphy (actor) | American actor and writer (born 1956) |
| 1956 | Gary Ross | American director and screenwriter (born 1956) |
| 1951 | Ed Murawinski | American cartoonist |
| 1950 | Massimo Mongai | Italian writer (1950–2016) |
| 1950 | Joe Queenan (author) | American writer (born 1950) |
| 1946 | Reinhard Karl | German mountaineer, photographer, and writer (1946-1982) |
| 1944 | Jan Boerstoel | Dutch writer and poet (born 1944) |
| 1942 | Martin Cruz Smith | American writer (1942–2025) |
| 1930 | D. James Kennedy | American pastor, televangelist, and writer (1930–2007) |
| 1928 | Osamu Tezuka | Japanese cartoonist and animator (1928–1989) |
| 1923 | Hitomi Yamaguchi | Japanese writer (1923–1995) |
| 1919 | Jesús Blasco | Spanish author and artist of comic books (1919–1995) |
| 1919 | Květa Legátová | Květa Legátová, Czech author (died 2012) |
| 1901 | André Malraux | French novelist, art theorist, and statesman (1901–1976) |
| 1896 | Gustaf Tenggren | Swedish illustrator (1896–1970) |
| 1890 | Harry Stephen Keeler | American writer (1890–1967) |
| 1887 | Samuil Marshak | Russian writer and poet (1887–1965) |
| 1882 | Yakub Kolas | Belarusian writer |
| 1815 | John Mitchel | Irish writer (1815–1875) |
| 1801 | Karl Baedeker | German publisher (1801–1859) |
| 1794 | William Cullen Bryant | American writer & journalist (1794–1878) |
Writers who died on November 3
| Died | Writer | Known as |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Francisco Ayala (novelist) | Spanish novelist |
| 2003 | Rasul Gamzatov | Avar poet (1923–2003) |
| 1973 | Marc Allégret | French screenwriter and film director (1900–1973) |
| 1956 | Jean Metzinger | French painter and writer (1883–1956) |
| 1929 | Olav Aukrust | Norwegian poet and teacher |
| 1927 | Karel Matěj Čapek-Chod | Karel Matěj Čapek-Chod, Czech journalist and author (born 1860) |
| 1917 | Léon Bloy | French poet, essayist and satirist (1846–1917) |
| 1914 | Georg Trakl | Austrian poet (1887–1914) |
| 1869 | Andreas Kalvos | Greek poet |
| 1858 | Harriet Taylor Mill | English writer, philosopher, and women's rights advocate (1807–1858) |
| 1793 | Olympe de Gouges | French playwright and activist (1746–1793) |
Literary events on November 3
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1986 | Iran–Contra affair: The Lebanese magazine Ash-Shiraa reports that the United States has been secretly selling weapons to Iran in order to secure the release of seven American hostages held by pro-Iranian groups in Lebanon. |
| 1948 | The Chicago Daily Tribune published the erroneous headline "Dewey Defeats Truman" (pictured) in its early morning edition shortly after incumbent U.S. president Harry S. Truman officially upset the heavily favored governor of New York Thomas Dewey in the presidential election. |
| 1838 | The Times of India, the world's largest circulated English language daily broadsheet newspaper is founded as The Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce. |
| 1793 | French playwright, journalist and feminist Olympe de Gouges is guillotined. |
| 1793 | French Revolution: Playwright, journalist and outspoken feminist Olympe de Gouges was guillotined. |
Featured
Ann Scott (French novelist) (1965) — Ann Scott is a French novelist. She is regarded as a social realist for her novels which paint portraits of contemporary youth and her second novel Superstars has given her a cult status in France.
Hal Hartley (1959) — Hal Hartley is an American film director, screenwriter, producer and composer who became a key figure in the American independent film movement of the 1980s and '90s.
Kevin Murphy (actor) (1956) — Kevin Wagner Murphy is an American actor and writer best known as the voice and puppeteer of Tom Servo on the Peabody Award-winning comedy series Mystery Science Theater 3000. Murphy also records audio commentary tracks with Michael J. Nelson and Bill Corbett for Nelson's RiffTrax website.
Sources & data
- Compiled from Wikipedia’s “On this day” selections (CC BY-SA 4.0), filtered for writers and literary events.