November 2
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November 2 is the 306th day of the year (307th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 59 days remaining until the end of the year.
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Births [change]
- 1082 – Emperor Huizong of China (d. 1135)
- 1470 - King Edward V of England (d. 1483)
- 1636 – Edward Colston, English merchant and philanthropist (died 1721)
- 1667 – James Sobieski, Crown Prince of Poland (died 1737)
- 1692 – Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer, Dutch composer (died 1766)
- 1699 – Jean Siméon Chardin, French painter (died 1779)
- 1709 – Anne, Princess Royal, Princess of Orange (d. 1759)
- 1734 – Daniel Boone, American frontiersman (died 1820)
- 1739 – Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf, Austrian composer (died 1799)
- 1741 – Joan van der Capellen tot den Pol, Dutch politician (died 1784)
- 1755 – Marie Antoinette, Queen of France (d. 1793)
- 1766 - Joseph Radetzky von Radetz, Austrian field marshal (d. 1858)
- 1767 – Prince Edward Augustus, Duke of Kent and Strathearn (d. 1820)
- 1777 - Princess Sophia of the United Kingdom (d. 1848)
- 1795 – James K. Polk, 11th President of the United States (d. 1849)
- 1799 - John Light Atlee, American physician and surgeon (d. 1885)
- 1808 – Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly, French writer (died 1889)
- 1815 – George Boole, English mathematician and philosopher (died 1864)
- 1827 - Paul de Lagarde, German philosopher (d. 1891)
- 1844 – Mehmed V, Ottoman Sultan (died 1918)
- 1847 - Georges Sorel, French philosopher (d. 1922)
- 1862 - Maironis, Lithuanian poet (d. 1932)
- 1865 – Warren G. Harding, 29th President of the United States (died 1923)
- 1877 – Joseph De Piro, Maltese founder of the Missionary Society of St. Paul (died 1933)
- 1879 - Marion Jones Farquhar, American tennis player (d. 1965)
- 1882 - Leo Perutz, Austrian writer (d. 1957)
- 1885 – Harlow Shapley, American astronomer (died 1972)
- 1892 – Paul Abraham, Hungarian composer (d. 1960)
- 1892 - Alice Brady, American actress (d. 1939)
- 1894 – Alexander Lippisch, German scientist (died 1976)
- 1897 – Vito Genovese, American gangster (died 1969)
- 1904 – Louis Eugène Félix Néel, French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2000)
- 1906 – Daniil Andreev, Russian poet, writer, and mystic (died 1959)
- 1906 – Luchino Visconti, Italian director (d. 1976)
- 1908 – Fred Bakewell, English cricketer (died 1983)
- 1911 – Odysseas Elytis, Greek writer (died 1996)
- 1913 – Burt Lancaster, American actor (died 1994)
- 1915 - Sidney Luft, American movie director (d. 2005)
- 1917 - Ann Rutherford, Canadian-born American actress (d. 2012)
- 1923 - Cesare Rubini, Italian basketball coach and water polo player (d. 2011)
- 1924 - David Bauer, Canadian ice hockey player and priest (d. 1988)
- 1927 – Steve Ditko, American artist
- 1929 – Muhammad Rafiq Tarar, former President of Pakistan
- 1929 – Richard E. Taylor, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1931 - Phil Woods, American musician
- 1932 - Melvin Schwartz, American physicist (d. 2006)
- 1936 – Jack Starrett, American actor and director (died 1989)
- 1938 – Pat Buchanan, American journalist and politician
- 1938 – Queen Sofia of Spain
- 1939 – Richard Serra, American sculptor
- 1941 - Bruce Welch, English musician and songwriter
- 1942 – Shere Hite, American author
- 1942 – Stefanie Powers, American actress
- 1946 – Giuseppe Sinopoli, Italian conductor and composer (died 2001)
- 1949 - Lois McMaster Bujold, American author
- 1954 – Pat Croce, American entrepreneur
- 1957 - Carter Beauford, American musician
- 1958 – Willie McGee, American baseball player
- 1960 - Andy Borg, Austrian Schlager singer and television presenter
- 1961 – k.d. lang, Canadian singer
- 1962 - Ron McGovney, American musician
- 1963 - Borut Pahor, former Prime Minister of Slovenia
- 1963 - Bobby Dall, American musician
- 1964 - Lynn Nottage, American playwright
- 1965 – Shahrukh Khan, Indian actor
- 1966 – Tim Kirkman, American filmmaker
- 1966 – David Schwimmer, American actor
- 1967 – Zvonimir Soldo, Croatian footballer
- 1967 - Scott Walker, American politician and Governor of Wisconsin
- 1968 - Jaume Balaguero, Spanish director, screenwriter and producer
- 1969 – Reginald Arvizu, American bassist (KoЯn)
- 1974 - Ruslan Salei, Belarussian ice hockey player (d. 2011)
- 1974 – Nelly, American rapper
- 1975 - Chris Walla, American musician
- 1976 - Thierry Omeyer, French handball player
- 1980 – Diego Lugano, Uruguayan footballer
- 1982 – Kyoko Fukada, Japanese actress and singer
- 1982 – Charles Itandje, French-Cameroonian footballer
- 1986 – Lara Sacher, Australian actress
- 1987 – Danny Cipriani, English rugby player
- 1989 – Stevan Jovetic, Montenegrin footballer
Deaths [change]
- 943 - Emma of France (b. 894)
- 1018 - Matilda of Flanders, Queen of William the Conqueror
- 1285 - King Peter III of Aragon (b. 1239)
- 1327 - King James II of Aragon (b. 1267)
- 1610 - Richard Bancroft, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1544)
- 1618 – Archduke Maximilian III of Austria (b. 1568)
- 1852 - Pyotr Kotlyarevsky, Russian general (b. 1782)
- 1877 - Friedrich Graf von Wrangel, Prussian field marshal (b. 1784)
- 1887 – Jenny Lind, Swedish soprano (b. 1820)
- 1930 - Viggo Jensen, Danish weightlifter, shooter, gymnast and athlete (b. 1874)
- 1945 – Princess Thyra, daughter of Frederick VIII of Denmark (b. 1880)
- 1950 – George Bernard Shaw, Irish writer (b. 1856)
- 1959 - Michael Considine, Australian politician (b. 1885)
- 1960 - Dimitris Metropoulos, Greek conductor and composer (b. 1896)
- 1963 – Ngo Dinh Diem, Vietnamese politician (b. 1901)
- 1966 – Peter Debye, Dutch chemist (b. 1884)
- 1966 – Mississippi John Hurt, American blues singer (b. 1892)
- 1970 - Richard Gosling, American cardinal and Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts (b. 1895)
- 1973 - Greasy Neale, American football coach and baseball player (b. 1891)
- 1975 – Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italian film director (b. 1922)
- 1992 - Hal Roach, American director and producer (b. 1892)
- 1996 – Eva Cassidy, American singer (b. 1963)
- 2000 - Robert Cormier, French author and journalist (b. 1925)
- 2002 - Charles Sheffield, American author and physicist (b. 1935)
- 2003 - Frank McCloskey, American politician (b. 1939)
- 2004 – Theo van Gogh, Dutch filmmaker (b. 1957)
- 2004 - Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates (b. 1918)
- 2005 – Ferruccio Valcareggi, Italian footballer and coach (b. 1919)
- 2007 - Igor Moiseyev, Russian choreographer (b. 1906)
- 2007 - The Fabulous Moolah (Lillian Ellison), American professional wrestler (b. 1923)
- 2010 - Rudolf Barshai, Russian conductor and violist (b. 1924)
Events [change]
- 676 – Donus becomes Pope.
- 1772 – American Revolutionary War: Samuel Adams and Joseph Warren form the first Committee of Correspondence.
- 1783 – In Rocky Hill, New Jersey, US General George Washington gives his "Farewell Address to the Army".
- 1817 – The Bank of Montreal, Canada's oldest chartered bank, opens in Montreal, Quebec.
- 1856 - French passenger steamer Lyonnais collides with a barge off Nantucket, Massachusetts, sinking the next day, killing 130 of the 146 people on board.
- 1861 – American Civil War: Western Department Union General John C. Fremont is relieved of command and replaced by David Hunter.
- 1868 – Time zone: New Zealand officially adopts a standard time to be observed nationally, and is perhaps the first country to do so.
- 1889 – North and South Dakota are admitted as the 39th and 40th U.S. states.
- 1899 – The Boers started their 118 day siege of British held Ladysmith during the Boer War.
- 1917 – Zionism: The Balfour Declaration proclaims support for Jewish settlement in Palestine.
- 1920 – In the United States, KDKA of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania starts broadcasting as the first commercial radio station. The first broadcast was the results of the U.S. presidential election, 1920.
- 1920 - Warren G. Harding, on his 55th birthday, is elected to become the 29th President of the United States. It is also the first US Presidential Election in which women can vote.
- 1930 – Haile Selassie is crowned emperor of Ethiopia.
- 1930 – Geologist Alfred Wegener departs for an expedition in Greenland, from which he does not return. His remains are found in 1931.
- 1936 - BBC television transmissions begin.
- 1936 – The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation is established.
- 1936 – Italian dictator Benito Mussolini proclaims the Rome–Berlin Axis, establishing the alliance of the Axis Powers.
- 1947 – In California, Designer Howard Hughes performs the maiden flight of the Spruce Goose; the largest fixed-wing aircraft ever built (flight lasted only eight minutes).
- 1948 – U.S. presidential election, 1948: Harry S. Truman defeats Thomas E. Dewey for the US presidency.
- 1959 – Quiz show scandals: "Twenty-One" game show contestant Charles Van Doren admits to a Congressional committee that he had been given questions and answers in advance.
- 1959 – Ice Hockey: After being struck in the face with a puck, goalkeeper Jacques Plante returns to play wearing a protective mask for the first time in professional play.
- 1960 – Penguin Books is found not guilty of obscenity in the Lady Chatterley's Lover case
- 1962 – The Cuban Missile Crisis ends as US President John F. Kennedy announces that Soviet nuclear missiles are to be withdrawn from Cuba.
- 1963 – South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem is assassinated following a military coup.
- 1964 – King Saud of Saudi Arabia was deposed by a family coup, and replaced by his half-brother King Faisal.
- 1966 – The Cuban Adjustment Act enters force, allowing 123,000 Cubans the opportunity to apply for permanent residence in the United States.
- 1967 – Vietnam War: US President Lyndon B. Johnson holds a secret meeting with a group of the nation's most prestigious leaders ("the Wise Men") and asks them to suggest ways to unite the American people behind the war effort. They conclude that the American people should be given more optimistic reports on the progress of the war.
- 1974 – 78 die as the Time Go-Go Club in Seoul, South Korea burns down. Six of the victims jumped to their deaths from the seventh floor after club official barred the doors after the fire started.
- 1976 – U.S. presidential election, 1976: Jimmy Carter defeats incumbent Gerald Ford to become the first candidate from the Deep South to win since the Civil War.
- 1983 – Martin Luther King Day: At the White House Rose Garden, US President Ronald Reagan signs a bill creating a federal holiday on the third Monday of every January to honor American civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
- 1984 – Capital punishment: Velma Barfield becomes the first woman executed in the United States since 1962.
- 1988 – The Morris worm, the first internet distributed computer worms to gain significant mainstream media attention, was launched from MIT.
- 1991 – Bartholomew I becomes the Patriarch of Constantinople, the "first among equals" in the Eastern Orthodox Communion.
- 1991 – Jermaine Jackson's single Word to the Badd!, which attacks his brother Michael, is leaked to radio station KPWR in Los Angeles.
- 1995 – The Hubble space telescope takes a picture of a gas plume 7000 light years away from Earth that appears to contain an image of Jesus of Nazareth to many people.
- 2000 – The first crew arrives at the International Space Station.
- 2001 – Monsters, Inc. debuts with the best ticket sales ever for an animated film and the 6th best of all time.
- 2004 – 2004 U.S. presidential election: George W. Bush defeats Senator John Kerry to win a second term as President of the United States.
- 2008 - Lewis Hamilton wins the Formula One championship. At the time, he is the youngest driver to achieve this, until Sebastian Vettel becomes its youngest winner in 2010.
Observances [change]
- All Souls Day - Observed in Roman Catholicism and Anglicanism
- Statehood Day (North Dakota and South Dakota)
