Today’s highlights

On Nov. 3, 1979, five Communist Workers Party members were killed in a clash with heavily armed Ku Klux Klansmen and neo-Nazis during an anti-Klan protest in Greensboro, North Carolina.

Also on this date:

1908: Republican William Howard Taft was elected president, outpolling Democrat William Jennings Bryan.

1911: The Chevrolet Motor Car Co. was founded in Detroit by Louis Chevrolet and William C. Durant.

1936: President Franklin D. Roosevelt easily won reelection, losing just two states to the Republican candidate, Kansas Gov. Alf Landon.

1957: The Soviet Union launched the spacecraft Sputnik 2, carrying the first animal into orbit, a dog named Laika.

1961: Diplomat U Thant of Burma was elected secretary-general of the United Nations following the death of his predecessor, Dag Hammarskjold, in an airplane crash.

1992: Democrat Bill Clinton was elected the 42nd president of the United States, defeating President George H.W. Bush.

2014: 13 years after the 9 /11 attack, a new 1,776-foot skyscraper at the World Trade Center site opened for business, marking an emotional milestone for both New Yorkers and the nation.

Today’s birthdays

Former Massachusetts Gov. Michael S. Dukakis is 91. Boxing Hall of Famer Larry Holmes is 75. Comedian-actor Roseanne Barr is 72. Actor Kate Capshaw is 71. Comedian Dennis Miller is 71. Singer Adam Ant is 70. Actor Dolph Lundgren is 67. Former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick is 37. TV personality-model Kendall Jenner is 29.