Unforgettable dates.
Today is November 3, 2026. November 3, 1723 - Reval Squadron Leader Fan-Goft received an order from Peter I to urgently equip and arm two new frigates, just built in Amsterdam, for long-distance voyages: the Amsterdam-Gallia and the Decrondeliad. November 3, 1812 - Battle of Viezma in the Patriotic War of 1812. November 3, 1891 - At a meeting of the Moscow Mathematical Society, Nikolai Zhukovsky publishes a report "On the Soaring of Birds", in which he gives a theoretical justification for figure flights, and especially the "deaf loop". November 3, 1905 - Restoration of Finnish autonomy. November 3, 1918 - The decision of the people's assembly in Chernivtsi on the annexation of Northern Bukovina to Ukraine. November 3, 1941 - a series of explosions carried out by the German occupation authorities in Kiev, as a result of which the Ascension Cathedral of the Kiev Pechersk Lavra and several other buildings were blown up. November 3, 1943 - during the battle of the Dnieper, the offensive operation of the troops of the 1st Ukrainian Front begins. November 3, 1957 - The Sputnik-2 spacecraft was launched in the Soviet Union with the dog Laika on board. The dog died 7 hours after launch from overheating. November 3, 1969 - United States President Nixon promised to withdraw all American ground troops from South Vietnam. November 3, 1979 - The world's first amphibious amphibious aircraft "Orlyonok" was accepted into the Navy. old water