Today is Thursday, Nov. 3, the 307th day of 2011. There are 58 days left in the year.
Today’s highlight:
On Nov. 3, 1911, the Chevrolet Motor Car Co. was founded in Detroit by Louis Chevrolet and William C. Durant. (The company was acquired by General Motors in 1918.)
On this date:
In 1839, the first Opium War between China and Britain broke out.
In 1936, President Franklin D. Roosevelt won a landslide election victory over Republican challenger Alfred “Alf” Landon.
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