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November 3
1839The first Opium War between China and Britain broke out. 1903Panama proclaimed its independence from Colombia. 1952Clarence Birdseye marketed the first frozen peas. 1957The Soviet Union sent the first animal, a dog named Laika, into space aboard the Sputnik II. Laika died in orbit. 1986A Lebanese magazine broke the story of U.S. arms sales to Iran, leading to the Iran-Contra affair. 1992Carol Moseley-Braun became the first black woman elected to the U.S. Senate. 2004Hamid Karzai was declared the winner in Afghanistan's first presidential election. 
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