Valdas Adamkus is a Lithuanian politician, diplomat and civil engineer who served as the fifth and seventh president of Lithuania from 1998 to 2003 and again from 2004 to 2009.

1926Maurice Couture, Canadian archbishop (died 2018)^[†]

Maurice Couture, was a Canadian Catholic bishop who served as Archbishop of Québec from 1990 until his retirement in 2002. Born in Saint-Pierre-de-Broughton, Quebec, he was ordained a priest in 1951. He was Bishop of Baie-Comeau from 1988 until 1990.

1926Robert W. Wilson, American businessman and philanthropist (died 2013)^[†]

Robert Warne Wilson was an American hedge fund manager, philanthropist, and art collector.

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1926Annie Oakley, American entertainer and target shooter (born 1860)^[†]

Annie Oakley was an American sharpshooter and folk heroine who starred in Buffalo Bill's Wild West.

Headlines from November 3, 1926

REPUBLICANS KEEP CONTROL IN ALBANY; Lose Seven Seats in Assembly and Two in Senate, Both From New York City. GREENBERG BEATS NICOLL Democrats Make Clean Sweep in Queens -- Score Gains in Up-State Cities. REPUBLICANS KEEP CONTROL IN ALBANY

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SMITH SWEEPS CITY; PLURALITY IS 483,391; Plurality Exceeds That of His Victory Over Miller -- Bigger Than Hylan's in 1921. WAGNER'S VOTE A TRIUMPH His Plurality Is Estimated at 377,000 -- Wets Win Here by About 840,000. SMITH SWEEPS CITY; PLURALITY IS 483,391

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