On this day — November 3 in African history

Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons

France withdrew its troops from Fashoda in present-day Sudan, ending the tense Fashoda Incident standoff with Britain over control of the Upper Nile.

Public Domain (official U.S. government portrait), Wikimedia Commons

In the U.S. presidential election held on this date, Kamala Harris was elected the first Black, South Asian, and female Vice President of the United States.

Dwight Yorke, the Trinidadian footballer who became a Premier League and UEFA Champions League winner with Manchester United, was born.

Colin Kaepernick, the American football quarterback who later became a prominent figure in protests against racial injustice, was born.