What happened on November 2? There are more than 268 events that were made this day in history. Here are the important historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
Interesting Facts & Myths About November 2
November 2 is the 307th day of the year 2024. There are 59 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday. This day falls under the 44th week of the year 2024.
On this day in San Jose, California 95148 sunrise will occur at 07:32 AM and sunset will occur at 06:09 PM (local time).
The zodiac sign of a person born on this day is Scorpio. The modern birthstone for this month is Topaz while the mystical birthstone is Pearl.
According to the Chinese calendar, there are 88 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year (January 29, 2025).
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Historical Events For November 2
- 1410The Peace of Bicêtre between the Armagnac and Burgundian factions is signed.
- 1570A tsunami in the North Sea devastates the coast from Holland to Jutland, killing more than 1,000 people.
- 1675King Philip’s War: A combined effort by the Plymouth, Rhode Island, Massachusetts Bay and Connecticut colonies attacks the Great Swamp Fort, owned by the Narragansetts.
- 1769Don Gaspar de Portolà leads the first documented European visit to San Francisco Bay.
- 1772American Revolutionary War: Samuel Adams and Joseph Warren form the first Committee of Correspondence.
- 1783In Rocky Hill, New Jersey, US General George Washington gives his “Farewell Address to the Army”.
- 1795The French Directory succeeds the French National Convention as the government of Revolutionary France.
- 1861American Civil War: Western Department Union General John C. Fremont is relieved of command and replaced by David Hunter.
- 1868Time zone: New Zealand officially adopts a standard time to be observed nationally
- 1882Oulu, Finland is devastated by the Great Oulu Fire of 1882
- 1889North and South Dakota are admitted as the 39th and 40th U.S. states.
- 1895The first gasoline-powered race in the United States. First prize: $2,000
- 1898Cheerleading is started at the University of Minnesota with Johnny Campbell leading the crowd in cheering on the football team.
- 1899The Boers begin their 118 day siege of British held Ladysmith during the Second Boer War.
- 1909Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity is founded at Boston University.
- 1914Russia declares war on the Ottoman Empire.
- 1917The Balfour Declaration proclaims British support for the “establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people” with the clear understanding “that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities”.
- 1920In the United States, KDKA of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania starts broadcasting as the first commercial radio station. The first broadcast is the result of the U.S. presidential election, 1920.
- 1930Haile Selassie is crowned emperor of Ethiopia.
- 1936Italian dictator Benito Mussolini proclaims the Rome-Berlin Axis, establishing the alliance of the Axis Powers.
- 1936The British Broadcasting Corporation initiates the BBC Television Service, the world’s first regular, “high-definition” (then defined as at least 200 lines) service. Renamed BBC1 in 1964, the channel still runs to this day.
- 1936The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation is established.
- 1940World War II: First day of Battle of Elaia–Kalamas between the Greeks and the Italians.
- 1947In California, designer Howard Hughes performs the maiden (and only) flight of the Spruce Goose or H-4 The Hercules; the largest fixed-wing aircraft ever built.
- 1949The Dutch–Indonesian Round Table Conference ends with the Netherlands agreeing to transfer sovereignty of the Dutch East Indies to the United States of Indonesia.
- 1953The Constituent Assembly of Pakistan names the country The Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
- 1957The Levelland UFO Case in Levelland, Texas, generates national publicity.
- 1959Quiz 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.
- 1959The first section of the M1 motorway, the first inter-urban motorway in the United Kingdom, is opened between the present junctions 5 and 18, along with the M10 motorway and M45 motorway
- 1960Penguin Books is found not guilty of obscenity in the Lady Chatterley’s Lover case
- 1963South Vietnamese President Ngô Ðình Diệm is assassinated following a military coup.
- 1964King Saud of Saudi Arabia is deposed by a family coup, and replaced by his half-brother King Faisal.
- 1965Norman Morrison, a 31-year-old Quaker, sets himself on fire in front of the river entrance to the Pentagon to protest the use of napalm in the Vietnam war.
- 1966The Cuban Adjustment Act comes into force, allowing 123,000 Cubans the opportunity to apply for permanent residence in the United States.
- 1967Vietnam War: US President Lyndon B. Johnson and “The Wise Men” conclude that the American people should be given more optimistic reports on the progress of the war.
- 1973The Communist Party of India (Marxist) and the Communist Party of India form a ‘United Front’in the state of Tripura.
- 197478 die when the Time Go-Go Club in Seoul, South Korea burns down. Six of the victims jumped to their deaths from the seventh floor after a club official barred the doors after the fire started.
- 1983U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs a bill creating Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
- 1984Capital punishment: Velma Barfield becomes the first woman executed in the United States since 1962.
- 1988The Morris worm, the first internet-distributed computer worm to gain significant mainstream media attention, is launched from MIT.
- 2000The first resident crew to the ISS docked in November 2nd on the Soyuz TM-31.
- 200750,000–100,000 people demonstrate against the Georgian government in Tbilisi.
Who Were Born On November 2?
- 1082Emperor Huizong of China (d. 1135)
- 1470King Edward V of England, one of the two princes in the Tower (d. 1483)
- 1475Princess Anne of York, Countess of Surrey (d. 1511)
- 1636Edward Colston, English merchant and philanthropist (d. 1721)
- 1667James Sobieski, Crown Prince of Poland (d. 1737)
- 1692Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer, Dutch composer (d. 1766)
- 1696Conrad Weiser, Pennsylvania’s ambassador to the Native Americans (d. 1760)
- 1699Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, French painter (d. 1779)
- 1709Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange (d. 1759)
- 1734Daniel Boone American explorer (d. 1820)
- 1739Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf, Austrian composer (d. 1799)
- 1741Joan van der Capellen tot den Pol, Dutch politician (d. 1784)
- 1754Gaspard de Bernard de Marigny, French royalist general and counterrevolutionary (d. 1794)
- 1755Marie Antoinette, Queen of France (d. 1793)
- 1766Joseph Radetzky von Radetz, Austrian field marshal (d. 1858)
- 1777Fortunat Alojzy Gonzaga Żółkowski, Polish actor (d. 1822)
- 1777Princess Sophia of the United Kingdom (d. 1848)
- 1795James Knox Polk, 11th President of the United States (d. 1849)
- 1799John Light Atlee, American physician and surgeon (d. 1885)
- 1808Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly, French writer (d. 1889)
- 1815George Boole, English mathematician and philosopher (d. 1864)
- 1821Sir George Bowen, British provincial governor (d. 1899)
- 1833Mahendralal Sarkar, Indian doctor (d. 1904)
- 1837Émile Bayard, French artist, illustrator (d. 1891)
- 1844Sultan Mehmed V of the Ottoman Empire (d. 1918)
- 1855Henrik Schück, Swedish literary historian (d. 1947)
- 1865Warren G. Harding, 29th President of the United States (d. 1923)
- 1877Aga Khan III, Shia Imam (d. 1957)
- 1877Joseph De Piro, Maltese founder of the Missionary Society of St. Paul (d. 1933)
- 1877Victor Trumper, Australian cricketer (d. 1915)
- 1878Ōkido Moriemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 23rd Yokozuna (d. 1930)
- 1883Jean-Marie-Rodrigue Villeneuve, cardinal and archbishop of Quebec (d. 1947)
- 1885Harlow Shapley, American astronomer (d. 1972)
- 1886Dhirendranath Datta, Bangladeshi politician (d. 1971)
- 1890Moa Martinson, Swedish writer (d. 1964)
- 1890Nishinoumi Kajirō III, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 30th Yokozuna (d. 1933)
- 1891David Townsend, Art Director (d. 1935)
- 1892Alice Brady, Academy Award-winning American actress (d. 1939)
- 1893Battista Farina, founder of Pininfarina company (d. 1966)
- 1894Alexander Lippisch, German scientist (d. 1976)
- 1899Peter Aufschnaiter, Austrian mountaineer, known from Seven Years in Tibet (d. 1973)
- 1903Travis Jackson, American baseball player (d. 1987)
- 1904Hugh Patrick Lygon, English aristocrat (d. 1936)
- 1905Georges Schehadé, Lebanese poet and playwright (d. 1989)
- 1905James Dunn, American actor (d. 1967)
- 1906Daniil Andreev, Russian poet (d. 1959)
- 1906Luchino Visconti, Italian director (d. 1976)
- 1908Fred Bakewell, English cricketer (d. 1983)
- 1910Fouad Serageddin, Egyptian politician (d. 1999)
- 1911Odysseas Elytis, Greek poet, Nobel laureate (d. 1996)
- 1911Raphael Robinson, US mathematician (d. 1995)
- 1913Burt Lancaster, American actor (d. 1994)
- 1914Johnny Vander Meer, baseball player (d. 1997)
- 1915Beryl McBurnie, Trinidadian dancer (d. 2000)
- 1915Sidney Luft, American movie director (d. 2005)
- 1919Warren Stevens, American actor
- 1920Ann Rutherford, American actress
- 1921Bill Mosienko, National Hockey League player (d. 1994)
- 1921Shepard Menken, American voice actor (d. 1999)
- 1924(Father) David Bauer, Canadian ice hockey player and priest (d. 1988)
- 1924Rudy Van Gelder, American recording engineer
- 1924Stavros Xenidis, Greek actor (d. 2008)
- 1927Steve Ditko, American artist
- 1928Paul Johnson, British historian
- 1929Muhammad Rafiq Tarar, former President of Pakistan
- 1929Richard E. Taylor, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1932Ron Sproat, American TV writer and playwright (d. 2009)
- 1934Bill Gothard, American minister and speaker
- 1934Ken Rosewall, Australian tennis player
- 1936Jack Starrett, American actor and director (d. 1989)
- 1936Rose Bird, American judge (d. 1999)
- 1937Earl Carroll, lead vocalist of The Cadillacs
- 1938David Lane, American white nationalist (d. 2007)
- 1938Jay Black, American singer (Jay and the Americans)
- 1938Pat Buchanan, American journalist and politician
- 1938Queen Sofia of Spain
- 1939Richard Serra, American sculptor and video artist
- 1940Jim Bakken, American football player
- 1940Phil Minton, jazz/free-improvising vocalist and trumpeter
- 1941Bruce Welch, English musician and songwriter (The Shadows)
- 1942Shere Hite, American-German author
- 1942Stefanie Powers, American actress
- 1944Keith Emerson, British keyboardist and composer (Emerson, Lake & Palmer)
- 1944Patrice Chéreau, French director, actor and producer
- 1945Giorgos Kolokithas, Greek basketball player
- 1945J. D. Souther, American country-rock singer
- 1946Alan Jones, Australian race car driver
- 1946Giuseppe Sinopoli, Italian conductor and composer (d. 2001)
- 1947Dave Pegg, English multi-instrumentalist, bass guitarist, longest serving member of Fairport Convention
- 1950Alex Fagan, American law enforcement official (d. 2010)
- 1951Lindy Morrison, Australian musician (The Go-Betweens)
- 1951Thomas Mallon, American novelist and critic
- 1951Vassilis Leventis, Greek politician
- 1952Jim Cummings, American voice actor
- 1952Maxine Nightingale, English singer
- 1954Pat Croce, American entrepreneur
- 1955Chris Burnett, American musician
- 1955Thomas Grunenberg, German footballer
- 1956Peter Mullan, Scottish actor
- 1957Carter Beauford, American drummer (Dave Matthews Band)
- 1957Michael Bailey Smith, American actor
- 1957Notis Sfakianakis, Greek singer
- 1958Willie McGee, American baseball player
- 1961Jeff Tedford, American college football coach
- 1961k.d. lang, Canadian musician
- 1962David Brock, American political commentator, pundit
- 1962Derek Mountfield, English football player
- 1962Mireille Delunsch, French soprano
- 1962Simon Hill, English-Australian football commentator
- 1963Bobby Dall, American bass guitarist (Poison)
- 1963Craig Saavedra, American filmmaker
- 1963Jonas Gardell, Swedish writer
- 1963Park Young Seok, South Korean mountaineer
- 1963Ron McGovney, American musician
- 1964Britta Lejon, Swedish politician
- 1965Arnold Clavio, Filipino broadcast journalist
- 1965Samuel Le Bihan, French actor
- 1965Shahrukh Khan, Indian actor
- 1966David Schwimmer, American actor
- 1966Khaled Abol Naga, Egyptian actor
- 1966Sean Kanan, American actor
- 1966Tim Kirkman, American filmmaker
- 1966Yoshinari Ogawa, Japanese professional wrestler
- 1967Kurt Elling, American jazz vocalist
- 1967Marc van Roon, Dutch improvising musician
- 1967Scott Walker, American politician
- 1968Ultra Naté, American musician
- 1969Reginald “Fieldy” Arvizu, American bassist (KoЯn)
- 1970Ely Buendia, Filipino vocalist (Eraserheads)
- 1970Sharmell Sullivan, American professional wrestling valet
- 1972Darío Silva, Uruguayan footballer
- 1972Samantha Janus, British entertainer
- 1972Vladimir Vorobiev, Russian ice hockey player
- 1973Marisol Nichols, American actress
- 1974Nelly, American rapper
- 1974Orlando Cabrera, Colombian baseball player
- 1974Prodigy, American rapper (Mobb Deep)
- 1975Chris Walla, American musician (Death Cab for Cutie)
- 1975Stéphane Sarrazin, French rally driver
- 1976Sidney Ponson, Aruban baseball player
- 1977Jason Cerbone, American actor
- 1977Konstantinos Economidis, Greek tennis player
- 1977Randy Harrison, American actor
- 1977Rodney Buford, American basketball player
- 1978Carmen Cali, American baseball player
- 1978Vitor “Shaolin” Ribeiro, Brazilian mixed-martial artist
- 1979Erika Flores, American actress
- 1979Julie Lund, Danish actress
- 1979Simone Puleo, Italian footballer
- 1980Amos Roberts Australian Rugby League player
- 1980Diego Lugano, Uruguayan footballer
- 1980Kim So-yeon, South Korean actress
- 1981Avy Scott, American pornographic actress
- 1981Katharine Isabelle, Canadian actress
- 1981Roddy White, American football player
- 1981Wilson Betemit, Dominican baseball player
- 1982Charles Itandje, French footballer
- 1982Kyoko Fukada, Japanese actress, model and singer
- 1982Yunel Escobar, Cuban baseball player
- 1984Julia Stegner, German model
- 1984Tamara Hope, Canadian actress
- 1986Andy Rautins, Canadian basketball player
- 1986Lara Sacher, Australian actress
- 1987Danny Cipriani, English rugby union player
- 1989Katelyn Tarver, American singer
- 1989Luke Schenn, Canadian hockey player
- 1989Stevan Jovetić, Montenegrin footballer
- 1990Kendall Schmidt, American singer and actor (Big Time Rush)
- 1995Brandon Soo Hoo, American actor
Who Died On November 2?
- 943Queen Emma of France, (b. 894)
- 1083Matilda of Flanders, Queen consort of William I the Conqueror (b. 1031)
- 1285King Peter III of Aragon (b. 1239)
- 1327King James II of Aragon (b. 1267)
- 1483Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, English politician (b. 1454)
- 1610Richard Bancroft, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1544)
- 1618Archduke Maximilian III of Austria (b. 1568)
- 1716Engelbert Kaempfer, German physician and traveler (b. 1651)
- 1807Baron de Breteuil, French statesman (b. 1730)
- 1846Esaias Tegnér, Swedish writer, educator, and bishop (b. 1782)
- 1852Pyotr Kotlyarevsky, Russian general (b. 1782)
- 1863Theodore Judah, American railroad engineer (b. 1826)
- 1877Friedrich Graf von Wrangel, Prussian field marshal (b. 1784)
- 1887Jenny Lind, Swedish soprano (b. 1820)
- 1898George Goyder, English surveyor (b. 1826)
- 1905Albert von Kölliker, Swiss anatomist (b. 1817)
- 1935Jock Cameron, South African cricketer (b. 1905)
- 1944Thomas Midgley, Jr., American chemist and inventor (b. 1889)
- 1945Princess Thyra, daughter of Frederick VIII of Denmark (b. 1880)
- 1949Jerome F. Donovan, American politician (b. 1872)
- 1950George Bernard Shaw, Irish writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1856)
- 1952Mehmet Esat Bülkat, Ottoman general (b. 1862)
- 1958Jean Couzy, French mountaineer (b. 1923)
- 1959Michael Considine, Australian politician (b. 1885)
- 1960Dimitris Mitropoulos, Greek conductor and composer (b. 1896)
- 1961James Thurber, American humorist (b. 1894)
- 1963Ngô Đình Diệm, South Vietnamese politician (b. 1901)
- 1966Mississippi John Hurt, American blues singer (b. 1892)
- 1966Peter Debye, Dutch chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1884)
- 1970Richard Cushing, cardinal and archbishop of Boston (b. 1895)
- 1971Robert Mensah, Ghanaian Olympian and association football player(b. 1939)
- 1975Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italian film director (b. 1922)
- 1979Jacques Mesrine, French criminal (b. 1936)
- 1982Lester Roloff, American religious personality (b. 1914)
- 1984Velma Barfield, American convicted murderer (b. 1932)
- 1986Paul Frees, American voice actor (b. 1920)
- 1991Irwin Allen, American film producer (b. 1916)
- 1992Hal Roach, American director and producer (b. 1892)
- 1996Eva Cassidy, American singer (b. 1963)
- 1996John G. Crommelin, United States Navy officer and white supremacist political candidate (b. 1902)
- 1998Vincent Winter, British actor (b. 1957)
- 2000Robert Cormier, American author, columnist and reporter (b. 1925)
- 2002Charles Sheffield, American author and physicist (b. 1935)
- 2002Tonio Selwart, German actor (b. 1896)
- 2003Frank McCloskey, American politician (b. 1939)
- 2004Gerrie Knetemann, Dutch cyclist (b. 1951)
- 2004Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, United Arab Emiratesian politician (b. 1918)
- 2004Theo van Gogh, Dutch filmmaker (b. 1957)
- 2005Ferruccio Valcareggi, Italian football player and coach (b. 1919)
- 2007Charmaine Dragun, Australian journalist (b. 1978)
- 2007Henry Cele, South African actor (b. 1949)
- 2007Igor Moiseyev, Russian choreographer (b. 1906)
- 2007Lillian Ellison, American professional wrestler (b. 1923)
- 2007Witold Kiełtyka, Polish metal drummer (b. 1984)
- 2010Andy Irons, American professional surfer (b. 1978)
- 2010Clyde King, American baseball player and manager (b. 1924)
- 2011Sickan Carlsson, Swedish actress and singer (b. 1915)
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