FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Today is Friday, November 3, the 307th day of 2017. There are 58 days left in the year.

1973 — Good Morning America premiers on ABC

1973 — Mariner 10 launched-1st Venus pics, first mission to Mercury

1979 — 63 Americans taken hostage at U.S. Embassy (Teheran, Iran)

1982 — Detroit blocks 20 Cleveland Cavalier shots tying NBA regulation game record

1983 — Jesse Jackson launches his first campaign for Presidency (D)

1984 — 3,000 die in 3 day anti-Sikh riot in India

1984 — Body of assassinated Indian PM Indira Gandhi cremated

1986 — John Lennon album, "Menlove Avenue" released

1986 — Lebanese magazine Ash Shirra reveals secret U.S. arms sales to Iran