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November 3: Eid ul-Fitr begins at sunset (Islam, 2005); Independence Day in Panama (1903), Dominica (1978) and the Federated States of Micronesia (1986).

1793 - French playwright, journalist and outspoken feminist Olympe de Gouges was guillotined for her revolutionary ideas.
1838 - The Times of India, the world's largest circulated English language daily broadsheet newspaper, was founded.
1848 - A new constitution drafted by Johan Rudolf Thorbecke was proclaimed, severely limiting the powers of the monarchy of the Netherlands.
1957 - The Sputnik 2 spacecraft was launched, carrying Laika the Russian space dog (pictured) as the first living being to orbit the Earth.
1971 - The UNIX Programmer's Manual was first published.

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 * [[1848]] - A [[Constitution of the Netherlands|new constitution]] drafted by '''[[Johan Rudolf Thorbecke]]''' was proclaimed, severely limiting the powers of the [[Dutch monarchy|monarchy]] of the [[Netherlands]].
 * [[1957]] - The '''[[Sputnik 2]]''' [[spacecraft]] was launched, carrying [[Laika]] the [[Russian space dogs|Russian space dog]] <small>(''pictured'')</small> as the first living being to [[orbit]] the [[Earth]].
-* [[1971]] - The '''''[[Unix|UNIX]]''' [[Unix manual|Programmer's Manual]]'' was first published.
+* [[1971]] - The [[Unix|UNIX]] '''''[[Unix manual|Programmer's Manual]]''''' was first published.
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