November 3

=Events=


 * 1892 - The first automatic telephone exchange, using the switching device invented by Almon B. Strowger opened to the public

=Births=


 * 1912 – Vadim Salmanov, Russian composer (d. 1978)
 * 1940 – Delbert McClinton, American musician
 * 1944 – Scherrie Payne, American singer (The Supremes)
 * 1954 – Chris Difford, English musician and songwriter (Squeeze)
 * 1956 – James Honeyman-Scott, English guitarist (The Pretenders) (d. 1982)
 * 1960 – Frl. Menke, German pop singer of the Neue Deutsche Welle
 * 1961 – Daron Hagen, American composer
 * 1961 – Edward Knight, American composer
 * 1961 – Les Sampou, American musician
 * 1963 – Marc Déry, Canadian singer and guitarist (Zébulon)
 * 1965 – Tomoaki Ishizuka "Pata", Japanese musician
 * 1965 – Jeff Scott Soto, American musician (Yngwie Malmsteen, Journey)
 * 1965 – Wayne Static, American musician (Static-X)
 * 1969 – Sean "Diddy" Combs, American rapper
 * 1970 – Malena Ernman, Swedish Opera singer
 * 1974 – Cedric Bixler-Zavala, American musician (At the Drive-In, The Mars Volta)
 * 1987 – T.O.P, Korean rapper (Big Bang)

=Deaths=


 * 1939 – Charles Tournemire, French composer and organist (b. 1870)
 * 1964 – John Henry Barbee, American guitarist and singer (b. 1905)
 * 1983 – Alfredo Antonini, American conductor and composer (b. 1901)


 * 1991 – Mort Shuman, American singer and songwriter (b. 1936)


 * 1991 – Chris Bender American R&B singer (b. 1972)
 * 1993 – Leon Theremin, Russian inventor (b. 1895)
 * 2006 – Paul Mauriat, French musician (b. 1925)
 * 2010 – Jerry Bock, American musical theatre composer (b. 1928)