November 3, Russian Sputnik 2 spacecraft launched to space carrying a living animal, a dog named Laika

1911 – Chevrolet enter the automobile market to compete with the Ford Model T.

 

1924 – British forces gain victory over German army in the Battle of  El-Alamein.

 

1942 – Germany conducts first successful V-2 rocket test during the World War II.

 

1956 – Arab Labors in Syria, Libya, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia cut off oil supplies to both France and England during  the tripartite attack on Egypt.

 

1957 –Russian Sputnik 2 spacecraft launched to space carrying a living animal, a dog named Laika.

 

1900 – founder of the German sportswear company Adidas Adolf  Dassler was born.

 

1918 – Russian physicist and mathematician Aleksandr Lyapunov passes away.

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