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What happened in history on this day: November 2?
On November 2 in ...
- 676 - Donus begins his reign as Catholic Pope.
- 1470 - Birth of King Edward V of England (1483); deposed, murdered? by Richard III.
- 1528 - Birth of Petrus Lotichius Secundus in Niederzell (Germany); professor of medicine at the University of Heidelberg, poet of the Renaissance period.
- 1641 - Spanish galleon Mestra Señora de la pura y Limpia Concepción breaks up on a coral reef off the Bahamas, dumping its huge load of treasure. 190 survive of crew of 514.
- 1648 - 12,000 Jews massacred by Chmielnicki hordes in Narol, Podlia.
- 1734 - Birth of Daniel Boone; frontiersman/explorer (US Hall of Fame-1915).
- 1755 - Birth of Marie-Antoinette, Queen of France (dies 1793).
- 1795 - Birth of James Knox Polk in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA; Tennessee Legislature (1823-24), House of Representatives (1825-39), Tennessee Governor (1840-41), 11th US President (1845-49).
- 1815 - Birth of George Boole; mathematician (Boolean algebra).
- 1824 - Popular presidential vote first recorded; Andrew Jackson beats John Quincy Adams.
- 1835 - Second Seminole War begins in Osceola.
- 1841 - Akbar Khan successfully revolts against Shah Shuja in Afghanistan.
- 1845 - Birth of John Walter Scott in London England; creator of the Scott standard catalog of world postage stamps.
- 1847 - Birth of George Sorel; French Socialist thinker, writer (violent revolutions).
- 1865 - Birth of Warren Gamaliel Harding; 29th USA President (1921-23).
- 1867 - Porfirio Diaz assumes the provisional presidency of Mexico.
- 1875 - In Northern Georgia, USA, a magnitude 4.3 earthquake occurs.
- 1879 - In a six-day footrace a Mr Weston loses to a horse, 900 to 885 km.
- 1880 - James A Garfield (Republican) is elected President of the USA.
- 1885 - Birth of Harlow Shapley; US astronomer (studied the galaxies).
- 1889 - North Dakota becomes 39th and South Dakota becomes the 40th state of the USA.
- 1901 - Birth of James Dunn in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Uncle Earl - It's a Great Life).
- 1901 - Birth of Paul Ford in Baltimore, Maryland, USA; actor (Colonel Hall - The Phil Silvers Show).
- 1904 - British newspaper, The Daily Mirror, begins publishing.
- 1906 - Birth of Luchino Visconti in Milan, Italy; director (The Damned, Death in Venice).
- 1911 - Birth of Odysseus Elytis in Greece; poet (Nobel Prize 1979).
- 1913 - Birth of Burt Lancaster in New York City, New York, USA; actor (From Here to Eternity, Elmer Gantry, On Wings of Eagles, Marco Polo, Moses the Lawgiver).
- 1915 - First US election by proportional representation, Ashtabula, Ohio.
- 1917 - Birth of Ann Rutherford in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; actress (Blondie radio show, Andy Hardy movie series, Gone with the Wind movie, The Bob Newhart Show TV show), panelist (Leave it to the Girls).
- 1917 - First US soldiers killed in combat in Great War.
- 1917 - Balfour Declaration proclaims support for a Jewish state in Palestine.
- 1917 - Birth of Durward Knowles in England; yachtsman (Olympic-gold-1968-Bahamas).
- 1917 - Lansing-Ishii Agreement: US recognizes Japan's privileges in China.
- 1918 - Birth of Janette Davis in Memphis, Tennessee, USA; singer (Arthur Godfrey Time radio and TV show), producer (Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts).
- 1919 - Birth of Warren Stevens in Clark's Summit, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (Richard Boone Show, Bonanza, ER).
- 1920 - Birth of Ann Rutherford in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; actress (Return to Vienna, Leave it to the Girls).
- 1920 - Birth of Lewis Charles in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Feather and Father Gang TV show, Adam 12 TV show, Richard Diamond TV show, The Rifleman TV show).
- 1920 - KDKA (Pittsburgh) goes on the air as first US commercial radio station.
- 1920 - Warren G Harding is elected President of the USA.
- 1921 - Birth of Willaim D Schaefer in Maryland, USA; American politician (Governor-Democrat-Maryland).
- 1929 - Birth of Harold Farberman in New York City, New York, USA; conductor/composer (Medea).
- 1929 - Birth of Rachel Ames in Portland, Oregon, USA; actress (Line Up, Audrey - General Hospital).
- 1930 - Ras Tafari crowned Haile Selassie I, 225th emperor of Solmonic Dynasty.
- 1932 - Birth of Henri Namphy in Cap Haitien, Haiti; President of Haiti (1986-).
- 1932 - The Great Emu War of Western Australia begins. A pair of machine gunners of the Royal Australian Artillery begin a cull of the over-population of an estimated 20,000 emu.
- 1934 - Birth of Ken Rosewall in Sydney, Australia; tennis star (US 1956).
- 1936 - The Canadian Broadcasting Act creates the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, replacing the Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission.
- 1936 - The 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).
- 1936 - Birth of Rose Bird; California Supreme Court Judge.
- 1937 - Birth of Earl "Speedo" Carroll; rhythm-and-blues singer (The Cadillacs, The Coasters).
- 1938 - Babe Ruth applies for the job of Saint Louis Browns' manager.
- 1938 - Birth of Jay Black; singer (Jay and the Americans).
- 1942 - Birth of Shere Hite in Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA; sex therapist (Hite Report).
- 1942 - Birth of Stefanie Powers in Hollywood, California, USA; actress (Girl From UNCLE, Hart to Hart, Hollywood Wives).
- 1942 - British General Bernard Montgomery defeats German General Erwin Rommel in Battle of Alamein.
- 1944 - Birth of Jeffrey A Hoffman in Brooklyn, New York, USA; PhD/astronaut (STS 51-D, 35, sk:46).
- 1946 - Birth of Giuseppe Sinopoli in Venice, Italy; conductor (Sunnyata).
- 1947 - Off California, the Hughes Flying Boat, nicknamed the Spruce Goose for its birch and spruce construction, the largest aircraft ever built (320-foot wingspan, eight propellor engines), is piloted by designer Howard Hughes on its first and only flight. The float plane is flown 70 feet above the water for a mile.
- 1948 - Harry Truman beats Dewey for US Presidency, confounding pollsters and newspapers.
- 1951 - Birth of Kathy Hammond; American 400m runner (Olympics-bronze-1972).
- 1952 - Birth of Kate Linder; actress (Esther - The Young and the Restless).
- 1953 - Birth of Alfre Woodard in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA; actress (St. Elsewhere).
- 1954 - JS Thurmond becomes first US senator elected by write-in vote (South Carolina).
- 1956 - Hungary appeals for United Nations assistance against Soviet invasion.
- 1956 - Israel captures Gaza and Sheham.
- 1957 - Birth of Carter Beauford; rock musician (The Dave Matthews Band).
- 1957 - The Levelland UFO Case in Levelland, Texas, USA, generates national publicity.
- 1957 - First titanium mill opened, Toronto, Ohio, USA.
- 1958 - Birth of Bobby Dall; rocker (Poison - "Every Rose Has a Thorn").
- 1958 - Birth of Willie McGee; baseball player (Saint Louis Cardinals, 1985 National League Most Valuable Player).
- 1958 - CBS airs the last The $64,000 Question TV show.
- 1959 - College professor Charles Van Doren confesses TV quiz show 21 was fixed.
- 1961 - Birth of k.d. lang in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; country singer (and the Reclines - "Absolute Torch and Twang").
- 1961 - James Thurber, humorist (The Male Animal), dies at age 66.
- 1962 - US President John Kennedy announces Cuban missile bases are being dismantled.
- 1963 - Birth of Bobby Dall; rock musician (Poison).
- 1963 - Birth of Ines Diers in German Democratic Republic; 400m freestyle swimmer (Olympic-gold-1980).
- 1963 - Notes of the Federal Reserve are released bearing no promise to pay in "lawful money".
- 1964 - CBS purchases 80 percent of the New York Yankees for US$11,200,000; first corporate owner of a major league team.
- 1966 - Birth of David Schwimmer; actor (Friends, Band of Brothers, L.A. Law).
- 1967 - Birth of Alvin Chea; thythm-and-blues singer (Take 6).
- 1967 - Birth of Darla Michele Pruett in Canton, Georgia, USA; Miss Georgia-America (1991).
- 1969 - Birth of Fieldy; bassist (Korn).
- 1969 - NFL record of 12 passing touchdowns, New Orleans Saints' Billy Kramer and Saint Louis Rams' Charlie Johnson pass for six touchdowns each.
- 1970 - Cleveland Cavaliers lose by biggest margin-54 points (Philadelphia 76ers 141-87).
- 1971 - Birth of John Hampson; rock singer-musician (Nine Days).
- 1972 - Construction begins on the Kingdome, Seattle, Washington, USA.
- 1974 - Birth of Prodigy; rapper (Mobb Deep).
- 1975 - Birth of Chris Walla; guitarist (Death Cab For Cutie).
- 1975 - Birth of Danny Cooksey in Moore, Oklahoma, USA; actor (Sam - Diff'rent Strokes, Xiaolin Showdown).
- 1975 - Ed Giacomin as a Detroit Red Wings' player returns to Madison Square Garden, beats New York Rangers 6-4.
- 1976 - Former Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter (Democrat) defeats incumbent Gerald R Ford (Republican) in US presidential election.
- 1978 - Crew of Soyuz 29 returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 31.
- 1979 - French police shoot gangster Jacques Mesrine in Paris.
- 1982 - Channel 4, the fourth terrestrial television channel, is launched in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland with the first program broadcast being the game show Countdown.
- 1983 - Able Archer 83 begins, a NATO exercise that many Soviet officials misinterpret as a nuclear first strike.
- 1983 - At the White House Rose Garden, U.S. 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 Junior.
- 1983 - Archbishop Hickey conducts papal investigation of Archbishop Hunthausen, Seattle.
- 1986 - Death of Paul Frees of heart failure at age 66; performed voices in thousands of radio, TV, movies, many Disney roles and in Disneyland attractions, named Disney Legend in 2006.
- 1986 - Birth of Erika Jo; country singer (Nashville Star).
- 1988 - Robert Tappan Morris Junior unleashes a "worm" program on the ARPAnet computer network (Internet). Over two days, it crashes 10-20 percent of all connected computers.
- 1988 - Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir's Likud party wins election in Israel.
- 1988 - Walt Weiss wins American League rookie of the year (third straight for Oakland Athletics).
- 1991 - Australia beats England 12-6 at Twickenham Stadium to lift the Rugby World Cup.
- 1991 - Death of Mort Shuman at age 52 of cancer in London, England; songwriter ("Little Sister", "Save the Last Dance for Me", "A Teenager in Love").
- 1992 - CBC-TV cancels its 10PM newscast The National and The Journal.
- 1995 - The Supreme Court of Argentina orders the extradition of Erich Priebke, ex-German SS captain.
- 1999 - The National Basketball Association launches NBA.com TV, a 24-hour TV network.
- 1999 - Hong Kong International Theme Parks announces an agreement has been reached with the Walt Disney Company on building a Disneyland park in Hong Kong. Hong Kong Disneyland will be 126 hectares (299 acres) in size, built on Lantau Island. The park is scheduled to open in 2005.
- 1999 - NBC airs the 100th episode of TV show 3rd Rock from the Sun.
- 2000 - The first crew arrives at the International Space Station.
- 2001 - The Glocal Forum, leading international organization in the field of city-to-city cooperation, is established by Ambassador Uri Savir.
- 2001 - Microsoft and the US Department of Justice and nine US states reach a settlement in their antitrust case. Microsoft is to license Windows uniformly, and cannot make exclusive contracts that compel companies to use to not use certain competing software products.
- 2001 - Buena Vista releases the film Monsters, Inc. to theaters.
- 2004 - Death of H.H. Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan-al Nahyan, ruler of Abu Dhabi and President of the United Arab Emirates (born 1918).
- 2004 - U.S. presidential election: U.S. President George W. Bush defeats Senator John Kerry. Republicans make gains in the House and Senate.
- 2004 - Dutch film maker Theo van Gogh is assassinated in Amsterdam, Netherlands by Mohammed Bouyeri.
- 2005 - The Spanish Congress of Deputies approves the admission to formality of the new Catalan Statute of Autonomy with the support of all the groups except the People's Party (PP), which the same day files an objection of unconstitutionality.
- 2007 - Death of S. P. Thamilselvan, Sri Lankan Tamil political leader (born 1967), in an air raid.
- 2010 - A series of bomb attacks take place in Iraq; 40 are killed in Baghdad.
- 2014 - The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) releases the final part of its Fifth Assessment Report, warning that the world faces "severe, pervasive and irreversible" damage from global emissions of CO2.
- 2017 - A new species of orangutan is identified in Indonesia, becoming the third known species of orangutan as well as the first great ape to be described for almost a century.
- 2020 - Death of Ahmed Laraki, 6th Prime Minister of Morocco (born 1931).
- 2021 - Death of Ronnie Wilson at age 73 following a stroke; musician (Gap Band - "You Dropped a Bomb on Me").
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