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Today's featured article for November 3, 2025

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Picture of the day for November 3, 2025

Harry Truman holds up a copy of the Chicago Daily Tribune displaying the infamous, incorrect headline "Dewey Defeats Truman" on November 3, 1948, the day after Truman defeated Thomas E. Dewey in the 1948 United States presidential election.

Photograph credit: Byron H. Rollins

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The image of Laika is about to be deleted, so both the image and the "(pictured)" text need to be removed. Yomangani ^talk 14:54, 29 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Done -- Netsnipe ► 19:06, 29 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

"November 3: Independence Day in Panama (1903), Dominica (1978) and the Federated States of Micronesia (1986);" should have a serial comma for clarification.--dannycas 16:39, 3 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

"Doesn't this seem a little bit trivial? "1948 – The Chicago Tribune newspaper published the erroneous headline "Dewey Defeats Truman" shortly after incumbent U.S. President Harry S. Truman upset heavily favored Governor of New York Thomas Dewey in the U.S. presidential election. " It isn't even included on the November 3 page Surely there must be something more noteworthy. SUch as teh end of teh Second Battle of El Alamien (first thing that popped out at me on the Nov. 3 page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.110.224.22 (talk) 02:52, 3 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Request Can this be amended to include a link to the current Election Day in the United States? United States elections, 2009. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 22:02, 3 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

2012 notes

New articles (ineligible): Kiel mutiny (moved from November 4)
Moved to Ineligible: The Times of India (maintenance)
Omitted: Umar (ineligible—maintenance); George II of Greece; Greensboro massacre; Pakistani state of emergency, 2007
Included: Koli Point action (first appearance); Laika (5th appearance, last in 2010); Battle of Dak To (first appearance); Abdullah Çatlı (3rd appearance, last in 2010)
Repeats: Battle of Vyazma (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total; 200th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 06:25, 2 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

2013 notes

New articles (unused): Godzilla
Omitted: Battle of Vyazma; Koli Point action; Laika; Battle of Dak To; Abdullah Çatlı
Included: Umar (2nd appearance, last in 2011; rescued from Ineligible); The Times of India (8th appearance, last in 2010; rescued from Ineligible); Dewey Defeats Truman (first appearance); Khan Yunis massacre (first appearance); Greensboro massacre (2nd appearance, last in 2011)

—howcheng {chat} 05:34, 2 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]

2014 notes

Omitted: Umar; Dewey Defeats Truman; Khan Yunis massacre; Greensboro massacre
Included: Battle of Vyazma (3rd appearance, last in 2012); Godzilla (first appearance); Silent majority (first appearance); Pakistani state of emergency, 2007 (2nd appearance, last in 2011)
Repeats: The Times of India (2nd consecutive appearance, 9 total)

—howcheng {chat} 02:31, 2 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

2015 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Battle of Dak To (maintenance)
Omitted: The Times of India (ineligible—maintenance); Godzilla; Silent majority; Pakistani state of emergency, 2007
Included: Panama (rescued from Ineligible); Umar (3rd appearance, last in 2013); George II of Greece (2nd appearance, last in 2011; 80th anniversary); Laika (6th appearance, last in 2012); Greensboro massacre (3rd appearance, last in 2013)
Repeats: Battle of Vyazma (2nd consecutive appearance, 4 total)

—howcheng {chat} 12:45, 1 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

2016 notes

Omitted: Umar; Battle of Vyazma; George II of Greece; Laika; Greensboro massacre
Included: Acts of Supremacy (first appearance); Johan Rudolph Thorbecke (first appearance; rescued from Ineligible); Fashoda Incident (first appearance); Khan Yunis massacre (2nd appearance, last in 2013; 60th anniversary); Abdullah Çatlı (4th appearance, last in 2012; 20th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 15:59, 2 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

2017 notes

Moved to Ineligible: Umar (maintenance); Greensboro massacre (maintenance); Pakistani state of emergency, 2007 (maintenance)
Omitted: Panama (ineligible—maintenance); Acts of Supremacy; Johan Rudolph Thorbecke; Fashoda Incident; Khan Yunis massacre; Abdullah Çatlı/Susurluk scandal
Included: The Times of India (10th appearance, last in 2014; rescued from Ineligible); Mapuche uprising of 1881 (first appearance); Koli Point action (2nd appearance, last in 2012; 75th anniversary); Laika (7th appearance, last in 2012; 60th anniversary); Silent majority (2nd appearance, last in 2014); John III Doukas Vatatzes (first appearance); Andrew Báthory (first appearance); Anna Wintour (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 03:35, 3 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]

2018 notes

Omitted: The Times of India; Mapuche uprising of 1881; Koli Point action; Laika; Silent majority; John III Doukas Vatatzes; Andrew Báthory; Anna Wintour
Included: Olympe de Gouges (8th appearance, last in 2010; rescued from Ineligible); Battle of Vyazma (5th appearance, last in 2015); Dewey Defeats Truman (2nd appearance, last in 2013; 70th anniversary); Godzilla (1954 film)/Godzilla (film: first appearance; Godzilla: 2nd appearance, last in 2014); Abdullah Çatlı/Susurluk scandal (Çatlı: 5th appearance, last in 2016; Scandal: first appearance); Princess Sophia of the United Kingdom (first appearance); Olav Aukrust (first appearance); Dawn Marie Psaltis (first appearance)

—howcheng {chat} 17:25, 5 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

2019 notes

New articles (unused): Gus Winckel; Bert Jansch
Omitted: Olympe de Gouges; Battle of Vyazma; Dewey Defeats Truman; Godzilla (1954 film)/Godzilla; Abdullah Çatlı/Susurluk scandal; Princess Sophia of the United Kingdom; Dawn Marie Psaltis
Included: Acts of Supremacy (2nd appearance, last in 2016); Fashoda Incident (2nd appearance, last in 2016; rescued from Ineligible); George II of Greece (3rd appearance, last in 2015); Khan Yunis massacre (3rd appearance, last in 2016); Silent majority (3rd appearance, last in 2017; 50th anniversary); Carlo Fornasini (first appearance); Anna Wintour (2nd appearance, last in 2017; 70th birthday)
Repeats: Olav Aukrust (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total; 90th anniversary)

—howcheng {chat} 16:46, 5 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

2020 notes

Moved to Ineligible: The Times of India (maintenance)
Omitted: Acts of Supremacy; Fashoda Incident; George II of Greece; Khan Yunis massacre; Silent majority; Carlo Fornasini; Olav Aukrust; Anna Wintour
Included: Johan Rudolph Thorbecke (3rd appearance, last in 2020; also appeared on June 4, his death anniversary); Mapuche uprising of 1881 (2nd appearance, last in 2017); Operation Harvest Festival (first appearance); Laika (8th appearance, last in 2017); Abdullah Çatlı/Susurluk scandal (Çatlı: 6th appearance; Scandal: 2nd; both last in 2018); Achilles Gasser (first appearance); Carrie Steele Logan (first appearance); Dawn Marie Psaltis (2nd appearance, last in 2018; 50th birthday)

—howcheng {chat} 18:26, 4 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

2021 notes

Omitted: Johan Rudolph Thorbecke; Mapuche uprising of 1881; Operation Harvest Festival; Laika; Achilles Gasser; Carrie Steele Logan; Dawn Marie Psaltis
Included: Acts of Supremacy (3rd appearance, last in 2019); Olympe de Gouges (9th appearance, last in 2018); Fashoda Incident (3rd appearance, last in 2019); Godzilla (1954 film) (2nd appearance, last in 2018); Petronilla de Meath (first appearance); Bangalore Nagarathnamma (first appearance); Ronald Barnes (carillonist) (first appearance)
Repeats: Abdullah Çatlı/Susurluk scandal (both: 2nd consecutive appearance; Çatlı: 7 total; Scandal: 3 total)

—howcheng {chat} 16:10, 4 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]