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With a range incorporating both contemporary satire and historical allegory, Shaw became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Notable Deaths on November 2
1950 — George Bernard Shaw
Irish author, playwright, and critic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1856)
November 2 has 92 recorded notable deaths across history, from 1083 to 2024. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Notable Deaths
92 source records
1083 – 2024
Today in history
Major events on November 2
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- 2022 A peace agreement is signed between the Ethiopian government and the Tigray People's Liberation Front, ending the Tigray War. Source
- 2000 Expedition 1 arrived at the International Space Station for the first long-duration stay onboard. From this day to present, a continuous human presence in space on the station remains uninterrupted. Source
- 1988 The Morris worm, the first Internet-distributed computer worm to gain significant mainstream media attention, is launched from MIT. Source
- 1920 In the United States, KDKA of Pittsburgh starts broadcasting as the first commercial radio station. The first broadcast is the result of the 1920 United States presidential election. Source
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Zayed served as the governor of Eastern Region from 1946 until he became the ruler of Abu Dhabi in 1966, and served as the first president of the United Arab Emirates from its independence on 2 December 1971 until his death in 2004.
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In 1992 she released her first album, The Other Side, a set of duets with go-go musician Chuck Brown, followed by a 1996 live solo album titled Live at Blues Alley.
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Theo van Gogh directed Submission: Part 1, a short film written by Somali writer and politician Ayaan Hirsi Ali, which criticised the treatment of women in Islam in strong terms.
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In the Games that year, the team won every game by an average of over 40 points and is considered among the best amateur level basketball teams of all time.
More major people who died on November 2
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
2004
Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan
the 1st president and founder of the UAE (born 1918)
Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan was an Emirati politician, philanthropist, and the founding father of the United Arab Emirates.
1996
Eva Cassidy
American singer (born 1963)
Eva Marie Cassidy was an American singer and musician. She was known for her interpretations of jazz, folk, and blues music, sung with a powerful, emotive soprano voice.
2004
Theo van Gogh
Dutch actor, director, and producer (born 1957)
Theodoor "Theo" van Gogh was a Dutch film director. He directed Submission: Part 1, a short film written by Somali writer and politician Ayaan Hirsi Ali, which criticised the treatment of women in Islam in strong terms.
2013
Walt Bellamy
American basketball player (born 1939)
Walter Jones "The Big Bell" Bellamy was an American professional basketball player. He played 14 seasons as a center in the National Basketball Association, playing for four different teams.
1961
James Thurber
American humorist and cartoonist (born 1894)
James Grover Thurber was an American cartoonist, writer, humorist, journalist, and playwright. He was born in Columbus, Ohio, and attended Ohio State University (OSU), leaving in 1918 without graduating.
1991
Mort Shuman
American singer-songwriter and pianist (born 1936)
Mortimer Shuman was an American singer, pianist and songwriter, best known as co-writer of many 1960s rock and roll hits, including "Viva Las Vegas".
1981
Wally Wood
American author, illustrator, and publisher (born 1927)
Wallace Allan Wood was an American comic book writer, artist and independent publisher, widely known for his work on EC Comics's titles such as Weird Science, Weird Fantasy, and MAD Magazine from its inception in 1952…
1970
Richard Cushing
American cardinal (born 1895)
Richard James Cushing was an American prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as archbishop of Boston from 1944 to 1970 and was made a cardinal in 1958.
1933
Gao Qifeng
Chinese painter (born 1889)
Gao Qifeng was a Chinese painter who co-founded the Lingnan School with his older brother Gao Jianfu and fellow artist Chen Shuren.
1893
Daniel Payne
American educator and bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church (born 1811)
Daniel Alexander Payne was an American bishop, educator, college administrator and author.
1959
Michael Considine
Irish-Australian trade union leader and politician (born 1885)
Michael Patrick Considine was an Irish-born Australian politician and unionist. He represented the seat of Barrier in the House of Representatives from 1917 to 1922.
1961
Harriet Bosse
Swedish-Norwegian actress (born 1878)
Harriet Sofie Bosse was a Swedish–Norwegian actress. A celebrity in her day, Bosse is now most commonly remembered as the third wife of the playwright August Strindberg.
2012
Han Suyin
Chinese-Swiss physician and author (born 1916)
Rosalie Matilda Kuanghu Chou was a Chinese-born Eurasian physician and author better known by her pen name Han Suyin.
2013
Clifford Nass
American author and academic (born 1958)
Clifford Ivar Nass was a professor of communication at Stanford University, co-creator of The Media Equation theory, and a renowned authority on human-computer interaction (HCI).
1935
Jock Cameron
South African cricketer (born 1905)
Jock Cameron was a South African cricketer of the 1920s and 1930s.
1944
Thomas Midgley Jr.
American chemist and engineer (born 1889)
Thomas Midgley Jr. was an American mechanical and chemical engineer.
1483
Henry Stafford
2nd Duke of Buckingham, English politician, Lord High Constable of England (born 1454)
Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, was an English nobleman known as the namesake of Buckingham's rebellion, a failed but significant collection of uprisings in England and parts of Wales against Richard III of…
1863
Theodore Judah
American engineer (born 1826)
Theodore Dehone Judah was an American civil engineer who was a central figure in the original promotion, establishment, and design of the first transcontinental railroad.
2012
Shreeram Shankar Abhyankar
Indian-American mathematician and academic (born 1930)
Shreeram Shankar Abhyankar was an Indian American mathematician known for his contributions to algebraic geometry.