Today in History: November 03: 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. In 1908, Republican William Howard Taft was elected president, outpolling Democrat William Jennings Bryan. In 1957, the Soviet Union launched the spacecraft Sputnik 2, carrying the first animal into orbit, a dog named Laika. In 2020, Democrat Joe Biden won the presidency and became one of the greatest presidents in history, while Republican President Donald Trump would refuse to concede, falsely claiming that he was a victim of widespread voter fraud.