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What happened in history on this day: November 2?
Since 1995, I have been collecting information on a variety of topics,
creating several timelines of history.
Here you will find specific events from those databases
for this day, on the topics of personal computers, video games, the Walt Disney Company,
Chevrolet Corvettes, A&W Root Beer, Sweden, and Canadian coins.
On November 2 in ...
- 1983 - Quote from Sierra On-Line founder and president, Ken Williams: "...the PCjr is bound to be around for a while".
- 1987 - (to November 6) Fall Comdex is held in Las Vegas, Nevada. Over 100,000 people attend.
- 1994 - The second court hearing on the Microsoft consent decree is held.
- 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. The settlement is subject to acceptance by U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly. If approved, a consent decree would be in effect for five years, with a technology-oversight team at Microsoft ensuring compliance.
- 2004 - Intel releases the 3.46 GHz Pentium 4 Extreme Edition processor. It features 1.066 GHz bus speed, 2 MB cache, and 800 MHz front-side bus. Price is US$999.
- 1924 - Bard's Hollywood Theater previews the Alice Comedy film Alice the Piper.
- 1927 - Animation work is completed on the Oswald the Lucky Rabbit film Africa Before Dark.
- 1951 - The Donald Duck film Out of Scale is released. Chip 'n' Dale also appear.
- 1955 - The ABC TV network airs the Disneyland TV show, featuring the film The Story of Robin Hood, part one.
- 1966 - Walt Disney checks into St. Joseph Hospital, complaining of shortness of breath, and pain in his left leg. X-ray tests reveal a dark spot on Walt Disney's left lung.
- 1979 - Turks and Caicos Islands issues ten postage stamps with various Disney characters, marking the International Year of the Child.
- 1979 - Dominica issues ten postage stamps with various Disney characters, marking the International Year of the Child.
- 1979 - Grenada issues ten postage stamps with various Disney characters playing sports, marking the International Year of the Child.
- 1981 - Anguilla issues ten postage stamps depicting scenes from Walt Disney's The Night Before Christmas film.
- 1981 - Dominica issues ten postage stamps depicting scenes from Walt Disney's Santa's Workshop film.
- 1981 - Grenada issues ten postage stamps depicting scenes from Cinderella.
- 1981 - Grenada Grenadines issues ten postage stamps depicting scenes from Lady and the Tramp.
- 1981 - Turks and Caicos Islands issues ten postage stamps with Walt Disney's Uncle Remus characters.
- 1986 - The TV show Ask Max airs.
- 1989 - In the Future World section in EPCOT Center at Walt Disney World, the Wonders of Life pavilion officially opens. It features Body Wars, a thrill ride through the human body. The pavilion cost US$900 million to create. It is sponsored by Metropolitan Life.
- 1989 - Disney announces plans to build the Dixie Landings and Port Orleans Resort hotels at Walt Disney World.
- 1989 - Antigua & Barbuda issues ten postage stamps depicting Disney characters and stamps of the world.
- 1992 - The Mission to Mars attraction at Disneyland closes.
- 1992 - Uganda issues ten postage stamps marking the 60th anniversary of Goofy.
- 1997 - The TV show The Wonderful World of Disney shows the two-hour film Cinderella.
- 1999 - Chief Executive Tung Chee-hwa of the Hong Kong International Theme Parks company formally announces that 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. Building costs are estimated at US$3.6 billion. The Walt Disney Company will invest US$316 million for a 43% share in ownership of the Hong Kong International Theme Parks company, and will receive royalties and management fees. The Hong Kong government will pay US$1.7 billion for land, road, and infrastructure development, and will lend US$718 million to the park. The park is scheduled to open in 2005.
- 2001 - Disney generally releases the Walt Disney Pictures / Pixar Animation Studios animated feature film Monsters, Inc. to theatres in the USA. The film cost US$115 million to produce.
- 2008 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. Copyright images are removed from a daycare wall, like the 200? incident where Disney images were removed from a daycare wall.
- 2012 - The animated film Wreck-It Ralph is released to theaters. The film is about an arcade videogame villian who wants to be the good guy. Includes cameos of many video game characters.
- 1990 - In a shopping center in Bowling Green, the National Corvette Museum Annex opens.
- 1999 - Chevrolet announces it will enter a C5-R Corvette race car at the 68th 24 Hours of Le Mans in France in 2000.
- 1999 - At the Specialty Equipment Market Association show in Las Vegas, several C5 variants are displayed.
- 2001 - At the Daytona International Raceway in Daytona Beach, Florida, Round 7? of the Grand-Am Cup Street Stock Series is held.
- Finishing 2nd in SGS class and 10th overall is the Milestone Racing #02 Corvette, driven by Scott Davidson, Justin Bell, and John Littlechild.
- Finishing 3rd in SGS class and 13th overall is the Powell Motorsport / Encompass #110 Corvette Z06, driven by Rollie Stephenson, Frank DelVeccio, and Charles Espenlaug.
- Finishing 4th in SGS class and 14th overall is the Powell Motorsport #11 Corvette Z06, driven by Devon Powell and Doug Goad.
- 1942 - Off Bell Island, Newfoundland, German submarine U-518 torpedoes and sinks Canadian merchant ship Rose Castle.
- 1942 - German 13th Panzer captures Gizel, five miles from objective Ordzhonikidze, in Russia.
- 1943 - In the South Pacific, Japanese cruisers and destroyers battle an American cruiser-destroyer force. The Japanese lose light cruiser Sendai and destroyer Hatsukaze.
- 1943 - 78 American B-25 bombers and P-38 fighters attack Japanese base Rabaul, defended by 112 Zeros. Americans lose nine fighters and nine bombers. Japanese lose 18 destroyed or damaged, plus suffer bomb damage to Rabaul.
- 1944 - (0800 hours) A 12,000-round Allied artillery barrage begins in the Hürtgen Forest prior to a renewed assault by the US 28th Division to take the area.
- 1944 - German Major-General Knut Eberding surrenders Breskins (Fortress South Scheldt) to Canadian forces.
- 1944 - British Bomber Command launches more aircraft against Homberg, Germany, targeting the Meebeck oil plant. Five bombers are shot down, but large fires are started.
- 1944 - (evening) 992 British bombers attack Düsseldorf, Germany.
- 2004 - Sony releases the Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal video game for the PlayStation 2 in the US and Canada.
- 2004 - Sega releases the Sonic Mega Collection Plus video game for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox in the US.
- 2004 - Electronic Arts releases the Need for Speed Underground 2 video game for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, GameCube, and Game Boy Advance in the US.
- 2004 - Vivendi Universal Games releases The Bard's Tale video game for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox in the US.
- 2004 - Vivendi Universal releases the Spyro: A Hero's Tail video game for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, and GameCube in the US.
- 2007 - Sony CEA releases the new PlayStation 3 in the USA. It comes with a 40GB hard drive, no PlayStation 2 compatibility, price $400.
- 2010 - Sony Computer Entertainment releases the God of War: Ghosts of Sparta video game for the PlayStation Portable in the US.
- 2010 - Nintendo releases the GoldenEye 007 video game for the Nintendo Wii in the US.
- 2012 - The animated film Wreck-It Ralph is released to theaters. The film is about an arcade videogame villian who wants to be the good guy. Includes cameos of many video game characters.
- 1981 - The Soviet submarine near Karlskrona is towed off the rocks, and the captain is interrogated aboard a Swedish vessel.
- 2003 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. Part of the show takes place in Stockholm, Sweden, where the Nobel Prize in Science is given to a character.
- 1907 - The Ottawa Mint Proclamation is published at the court of Buckingham Palace in England, authorizing the opening of the Ottawa Mint, with January 1, 1908 as the formal date for opening.
- 1835 - The US government purchases the site for the Charlotte Mint for US$1500.
- 1908 - Indian Head gold $2.50 and $5 coins are released to circulation.
- 1879 - In a six-day footrace a Mr Weston loses to a horse, 900 to 885 km.
- 1938 - Babe Ruth applies for the job of Saint Louis Browns' manager.
- 1964 - CBS purchases 80 percent of the New York Yankees for US$11,200,000; first corporate owner of a major league team.
- 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).
- 1975 - Ed Giacomin as a Detroit Red Wings' player returns to Madison Square Garden, beats New York Rangers 6-4.
- 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.
- 1999 - The National Basketball Association launches NBA.com TV, a 24-hour TV network.
- 2021 - At SAP Center in San Jose, California, USA, NHL regular season game: San Jose Sharks beats Buffalo Sabres by score 5-3.
- 2021 - At Honda Center in Anaheim, California, USA, NHL regular season game: Anaheim Ducks beats New Jersey Devils by score 4-0.
- 2021 - At Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, NHL regular season game: Vancouver Canucks beats New York Rangers by score 3-2.
- 2021 - At Scotiabank Saddledrome in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, NHL regular season game: Nashville Predators beats Calgary Flames by score 3-2.
- 2021 - At Canada Life Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, NHL regular season game: Winnipeg Jets beats Dallas Stars by score 4-3.
- 2021 - At Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA, NHL regular season game: Minnesota Wild beats Ottawa Senators by score 5-4.
- 2021 - At Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, NHL regular season game: Philadelphia Flyers beats Arizona Coyotes by score 3-0.
- 2021 - At Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, NHL regular season game: Montreal Canadiens beats Detroit Red Wings by score 3-0.
- 2021 - At Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, NHL regular season game: Toronto Maple Leafs beats Vegas Golden Knights by score 4-0.
- 1978 - Crew of Soyuz 29 returns to Earth aboard Soyuz 31.
- 2000 - The first crew arrives at the International Space Station.
- 1824 - Popular presidential vote first recorded; Andrew Jackson beats John Quincy Adams.
- 1835 - The US government purchases the site for the Charlotte Mint for US$1500.
- 1835 - Second Seminole War begins in Osceola.
- 1875 - In Northern Georgia, USA, a magnitude 4.3 earthquake occurs.
- 1880 - James A Garfield (Republican) is elected President of the USA.
- 1889 - North Dakota becomes 39th and South Dakota becomes the 40th state of the USA.
- 1915 - First US election by proportional representation, Ashtabula, Ohio.
- 1917 - First US soldiers killed in combat in Great War.
- 1917 - Lansing-Ishii Agreement: US recognizes Japan's privileges in China.
- 1917 - Effective this date, US postage letter rate is increased from 2 cents to 3 cents, with 1 cent as a war tax.
- 1920 - KDKA (Pittsburgh) goes on the air as first US commercial radio station.
- 1920 - Warren G Harding is elected President of the USA.
- 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.
- 1954 - JS Thurmond becomes first US senator elected by write-in vote (South Carolina).
- 1957 - The Levelland UFO Case in Levelland, Texas, USA, generates national publicity.
- 1957 - First titanium mill opened, Toronto, Ohio, USA.
- 1959 - College professor Charles Van Doren confesses TV quiz show 21 was fixed.
- 1962 - US President John Kennedy announces Cuban missile bases are being dismantled.
- 1963 - Notes of the Federal Reserve are released bearing no promise to pay in "lawful money".
- 1972 - Construction begins on the Kingdome, Seattle, Washington, USA.
- 1976 - Former Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter (Democrat) defeats incumbent Gerald R Ford (Republican) in US presidential election.
- 1976 - A referendum in New Jersey approves legalizing casino gaming for Atlantic City by a 3-to-2 margin.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 2004 - U.S. presidential election: U.S. President George W. Bush defeats Senator John Kerry. Republicans make gains in the House and Senate.
- 2010 - In midterm elections in the House of Representatives, the Republican party sees a net gain of 63 seats.
Other history:
- 1648 - 12,000 Jews massacred by Chmielnicki hordes in Narol, Podlia.
- 1936 - First high-definition TV broadcast service, by BBC in London, England.
- 1947 - Howard Hughes' "Spruce Goose" flies for first (and last) time.
- 1948 - Truman beats Dewey, confounding pollsters and newspapers.
- 1988 - Computer virus strikes Pentagon, SDI research lab and six universities.
- 2004 - U.S. presidential election: U.S. President George W. Bush defeats Senator John Kerry. Republicans make gains in the House and Senate.
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