A photo of Louis Chevrolet from the early 1910s Chevrolet, the American auto manufacturing company, was founded by Louis Chevrolet and William C. Durant on November 3, 1911. Image via Wikimedia Commons, public domain

On November 3, 1914 publisher and socialite Mary Phelps Jacob received the first US patent for a “backless brassiere.” Her soft, comfortable garment fit better under changing fashions than stiff corsets. Jacob stated “I can’t say the brassiere will ever take a place in history as great as the steamboat, but I invented it.” Image via Wikimedia Commons, public domain in the US

November “Yet one smile more, departing, distant sun! One mellow smile through the soft vapoury air, Ere, o’er the frozen earth, the loud winds ran, Or snows are sifted o’er the meadows bare. One smile on the brown hills and naked trees, And the dark rocks whose summer wreaths are cast, And the blue Gentian flower, that, in the breeze, Nods lonely, of her beauteous race the last. Yet a few sunny days, in which the bee Shall murmur by the hedge that skim the way, The cricket chirp upon the russet lea, And man delight to linger in thy ray. Yet one rich smile, and we will try to bear The piercing winter frost, and winds, and darkened air.” A poem by William Cullen Bryant who was born on November 3, 1794 in Cummington, Massachusetts. Image of William Cullen Bryant via Wikimedia Commons, public domain

On November 3, 1978, “Diff’rent Strokes” debuted on network TV. Image of Conrad Bain, Gary Coleman and Todd Bridges for “Diff’rent Strokes” in 1978 via Alamy

Hungarian-American Charles Louis Fleischmann who founded Fleischmann Yeast Company was born on November 3, 1835. His son, Julius, became the Mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio in 1900.

“Disbanding the Continental Army, at New Windsor, New York, November 3, 1783 / drawn by H.A. Ogden.” via Library of Congress, no known restrictions

American actor Ken Berry was born on November 3, 1933 in Moline, Illinois. While serving in the U.S. Army Berry was encouraged by his sergeant and future Star Trek celebrity, Leonard Nimoy, to pursue his career in acting. Image of the cast of Mayberry R.F.D. from 1970. Berry is seated in the top row on the left. via Wikimedia Commons, public domain

A photo of the first national auto show in The United States which took place at Madison Square Garden in New York City on November 3, 1900 Image via New York Public Library Digital Collections, no known restrictions

Eleanor Roosevelt casting her vote at Hyde Park, New York on November 3, 1936 Image from FDR Presidential Library and Museum via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0

On today’s date November 3, 1757, American Revolutionary War Veteran, 2nd United States Secretary of The Navy, 6th United States Secretary of State and former U.S. Attorney General (acting in 1805) Robert Smith was born in Lancaster in the Province of Pennsylvania. Portrait: Robert Smith by Freeman Thorpe – Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons