# What happened on November 2 in history?

**Date:** November 2  
**Events recorded:** 44  
**Years spanned:** 619 – 2022  
**Full page:** https://thisday.info/events/november/2/

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## Featured Event

**2016** — The Chicago Cubs defeat the Cleveland Indians in the World Series, ending the longest Major League Baseball championship drought at 108 years.

[Read more on Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Cubs)

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## Events on this date

- **619** — A qaghan of the Western Turkic Khaganate is assassinated in a Chinese palace by Eastern Turkic rivals after the approval of Tang emperor Gaozu. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khagan))
- **1410** — The Peace of Bicêtre suspends hostilities in the Armagnac–Burgundian Civil War. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bic%C3%AAtre_Hospital))
- **1675** — Plymouth Colony governor Josiah Winslow leads a colonial militia against the Narragansett during King Philip's War. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plymouth_Colony))
- **1707** — Four British naval vessels run aground on the Isles of Scilly because of faulty navigation. In response, the first Longitude Act is enacted in 1714. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scilly_naval_disaster_of_1707))
- **1795** — The French Directory, a five-man revolutionary government, is created. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Directory))
- **1868** — Time zone: New Zealand officially adopts a standard time to be observed nationally. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_zone))
- **1882** — The great fire destroys a large part of Oulu's city center in Oulu Province, Finland. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Oulu_fire_of_1882))
- **1889** — North Dakota and South Dakota are admitted as the 39th and 40th U.S. states. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Dakota))
- **1899** — The Boers begin their 118-day siege of British-held Ladysmith during the Second Boer War. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boers))
- **1912** — Bulgaria defeats the Ottoman Empire in the Battle of Lule Burgas, the bloodiest battle of the First Balkan War, which opens her way to Constantinople. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Bulgaria))
- **1914** — World War I: The Russian Empire declares war on the Ottoman Empire and the Dardanelles is subsequently closed. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I))
- **1917** — The 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". ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balfour_Declaration))
- **1917** — The Military Revolutionary Committee of the Petrograd Soviet, in charge of preparation and carrying out the Russian Revolution, holds its first meeting. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrograd_Military_Revolutionary_Committee))
- **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. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KDKA_(AM)))
- **1936** — The BBC Television Service, the world's first regular, "high-definition" (then defined as at least 200 lines) service begins. Renamed BBC1 in 1964, the channel still runs to this day. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Television))
- **1940** — World War II: First day of Battle of Elaia–Kalamas between the Greeks and the Italians. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II))
- **1947** — In California, designer Howard Hughes performs the maiden (and only) flight of the Hughes H-4 Hercules (also known as the "Spruce Goose"), the largest fixed-wing aircraft ever built until Scaled Composites rolled out their Stratolaunch in May 2017. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Hughes))
- **1949** — The Dutch–Indonesian Round Table Conference ends with the Netherlands agreeing to transfer sovereignty of the Dutch East Indies to the United States of Indonesia. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch%E2%80%93Indonesian_Round_Table_Conference))
- **1951** — Canada in the Korean War: A platoon of The Royal Canadian Regiment defends a vital area against a full battalion of Chinese troops in the Battle of the Song-gok Spur. The engagement lasts into the early hours the next day. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada_in_the_Korean_War))
- **1956** — Hungarian Revolution: Nikita Khrushchev meets with leaders of other Communist countries to seek their advice on the situation in Hungary, selecting János Kádár as the country's next leader on the advice of Josip Broz Tito. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungarian_Revolution_of_1956))
- **1956** — Suez Crisis: Israel occupies the Gaza Strip. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suez_Crisis))
- **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. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1950s_quiz_show_scandals))
- **1959** — The 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. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M1_motorway))
- **1960** — Penguin Books is found not guilty of obscenity in the trial R v Penguin Books Ltd, the Lady Chatterley's Lover case. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penguin_Books))
- **1963** — South Vietnamese President Ngô Đình Diệm is assassinated following a military coup. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Vietnam))
- **1964** — King Saud of Saudi Arabia is deposed by a family coup, and replaced by his half-brother Faisal. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saud_of_Saudi_Arabia))
- **1965** — Norman 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. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Morrison))
- **1966** — The Cuban Adjustment Act comes into force, allowing 123,000 Cubans the opportunity to apply for permanent residence in the United States. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuban_Adjustment_Act))
- **1967** — Vietnam 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. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War))
- **1973** — Aeroflot Flight 19 is hijacked and diverted to Vnukovo International Airport, where the aircraft is stormed by authorities. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeroflot_Flight_19))
- **1982** — Channel 4, the British free-to-air public broadcast television channel funded by its commercial activities, starts broadcasting. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_4))
- **1983** — U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs a bill creating Martin Luther King Jr. Day. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Reagan))
- **1984** — Capital punishment: Velma Barfield becomes the first woman executed in the United States since 1962. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment))
- **1986** — Lebanon hostage crisis: U.S. hostage David Jacobsen is released in Beirut after 17 months in captivity. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanon_hostage_crisis))
- **1988** — The Morris worm, the first Internet-distributed computer worm to gain significant mainstream media attention, is launched from MIT. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_worm))
- **1988** — LOT Polish Airlines Flight 703 crashes in Białobrzegi, Podkarpackie Voivodeship, Poland, killing one person and injuring several more. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LOT_Polish_Airlines_Flight_703))
- **1990** — British Satellite Broadcasting and Sky Television plc merge to form BSkyB as a result of massive losses. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Satellite_Broadcasting))
- **1997** — Tropical Storm Linda makes landfall in the Mekong Delta in Vietnam, causing more than 3,000 deaths. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_Storm_Linda_(1997)))
- **1999** — Honolulu shootings: In the worst mass murder in the history of Hawaii, a gunman shoots at eight people in his workplace, killing seven. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_Honolulu_shooting))
- **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. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expedition_1))
- **2008** — Lewis Hamilton secured his maiden Formula One Drivers' Championship Title by one point ahead of Felipe Massa at the Brazilian Grand Prix, after a pass for fifth place against the Toyota of Timo Glock on the final lap of the race. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Hamilton))
- **2016** — The Chicago Cubs defeat the Cleveland Indians in the World Series, ending the longest Major League Baseball championship drought at 108 years. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Cubs))
- **2020** — In Vienna's Innere Stadt district, an ISIL sympathizer shoots and kills four people and injures 23 more, before being shot and killed by the police. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vienna))
- **2022** — A peace agreement is signed between the Ethiopian government and the Tigray People's Liberation Front, ending the Tigray War. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethiopia%E2%80%93Tigray_peace_agreement))

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## Notable births on November 2

- **2001** — **Moisés Caicedo** — Ecuadorian footballer ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mois%C3%A9s_Caicedo))
- **1999** — **Park Woo-jin** — South Korean singer ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park_Woo-jin))
- **1998** — **Jordan Love** — American football player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_Love))
- **1997** — **Filip Hronek** — Czech ice hockey player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filip_Hronek))
- **1997** — **Davis Keillor-Dunn** — English footballer ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davis_Keillor-Dunn))
- **1995** — **Hanna Öberg** — Swedish biathlete ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanna_%C3%96berg))
- **1994** — **Shaq Coulthirst** — English footballer ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaq_Coulthirst))
- **1991** — **Jimmy Garoppolo** — American football player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Garoppolo))
- **1990** — **Christopher Dibon** — Austrian footballer ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Dibon))
- **1990** — **Kendall Schmidt** — American singer, songwriter, and actor ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kendall_Schmidt))

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## Notable deaths on November 2

- **2024** — **Janey Godley** — Scottish actor, writer and comedian (born 1961) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janey_Godley))
- **2024** — **Alan Rachins** — American actor (born 1942) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Rachins))
- **2024** — **Paul Stephenson** — British civil rights activist (born 1937) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Stephenson_(civil_rights_campaigner)))
- **2023** — **Humaira Himu** — Bangladeshi actress (born 1985) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humaira_Himu))
- **2022** — **Atilio Stampone** — Argentine pianist and composer (born 1926) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atilio_Stampone))
- **2021** — **Neal Smith** — American politician (born 1920) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neal_Smith_(politician)))
- **2019** — **Walter Mercado** — Puerto Rican television personality, astrologer, actor, and dancer (born 1932) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Mercado))
- **2018** — **Raymond Chow** — Hong Kong film producer (born 1927) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Chow))
- **2017** — **Aboubacar Somparé** — Guinean politician (born 1944) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aboubacar_Sompar%C3%A9))
- **2015** — **Andrzej Ciechanowiecki** — Polish painter, historian, and academic (born 1924) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrzej_Ciechanowiecki))

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