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50 years ago: November 3, 1976
U.S. Rep. Bud Shuster was elected to a third term but the big news was that Jimmy Carter won the election for President of the United States over current President Gerald Ford.
25 years ago: November 3, 2001
Photos taken by 135 photographers that died in the Vietnam War were on display at the Altoona Heritage Discovery Center. They came from 12 different countries and there was a $5 charge. The event was organized by the local Fire Base Eagle.
10 years ago: November 3, 2016
The American Medical Association, Dr. Andrew Gurman of Altoona president, was working on the problem of doctors over prescribing opioids due to hospital pressure.
-- Compiled by Tim Doyle
World history
Today is Tuesday, Nov. 3, the 307th day of 2026. There are 58 days left in the year.
Today's highlight in history:
On Nov. 3, 1979, five Communist Workers Party members were killed in a clash with heavily armed Ku Klux Klansmen and neo-Nazis during an anti-Klan protest in Greensboro, North Carolina, in what became known as the Greensboro massacre.
On this date:
– In 1908, Republican William Howard Taft was elected president, defeating Democrat William Jennings Bryan.
– In 1911, the Chevrolet Motor Car Co. was founded in Detroit by Louis Chevrolet and William C. Durant.
– In 1936, President Franklin D. Roosevelt easily won reelection to a second term.
– In 1964, Lyndon B. Johnson, who assumed the presidency after John F. Kennedy was assassinated in 1963, won election as president, defeating Republican Sen. Barry Goldwater.
– In 1992, Democrat Bill Clinton was elected the 42nd president of the United States, defeating Republican President George H.W. Bush.
-- The Associated Press