'''November_2''' is the 306th day of the year (307th in Leap_years) in the Gregorian_Calendar, with 59 days remaining.
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== Events ==
*676 - Donus becomes Pope.
*1772 - American_Revolutionary_War: Samuel_Adams and Joseph_Warren form the first Committee of Correspondence.
*1783 - In Rocky_Hill,_New_Jersey, US General George_Washington gives his "Farewell Address to the Army".
*1861 - American_Civil_War: Western Department Union General John_C._Fremont is relieved of command and replaced by David_Hunter.
*1868 - Time_zone: New_Zealand officially adopts a standard time to be observed nationally, and is perhaps the first country to do so.
*1889 - North and South_Dakota are admitted as the 39th and 40th U.S._states.
*1895 - The first gasoline-powered race in the United_States. First prize: $2,000
*1899 - The Boers started their 118 day Siege of British held Ladysmith during the Boer_War.
*1914 - Russia declares war on the Ottoman sultanate.
*1917 - Zionism: The Balfour Declaration proclaims support for Jewish settlement in Palestine.
*1920 - In the United_States, KDKA of Pittsburgh,_Pennsylvania starts broadcasting as the first commercial Radio_station. The first broadcast was the results of the U.S._presidential_election,_1920.
*1930 - Haile_Selassie is crowned emperor of Ethiopia.
*1936 - The Canadian_Broadcasting_Corporation is established.
*1936 - Italian dictator Benito_Mussolini proclaims the Rome-Berlin Axis, establishing the alliance of the Axis_Powers.
*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, the channel still runs to this day.
*1947 - In California, Designer Howard_Hughes performs the maiden flight of the Spruce_Goose; the largest fixed-wing Aircraft ever built.
*1948 - U.S._presidential_election,_1948: Harry_S._Truman defeats Thomas_E._Dewey for the US presidency.
*1953 - The Constituent Assembly of Pakistan names the country '''The Islamic Republic of Pakistan'''.
*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.
*1959 - Ice_Hockey: After being struck in the face with a puck, Goalkeeper Jacques_Plante returns to play wearing a protective Mask for the first time in professional play.
*1959 - The first section of the M1_motorway, the first in Britain, was opened between the present junctions 5 and 18.
*1960 - Penguin_Books is found not guilty of Obscenity in the ''Lady_Chatterley's_Lover'' case
*1963 - South_Vietnamese President Ngô Ðìhn Diệm is assassinated following a military Coup.
*1964 - King Saud of Saudi_Arabia was deposed by a family Coup, and replaced by his half-brother King Faisal.
*1966 - The Cuban_Adjustment_Act enters force, allowing 123,000 Cubans the opportunity to apply for permanent residence in the United_States.
*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.
*1974 - 78 die as 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.
*1976 - U.S._presidential_election,_1976: Jimmy_Carter defeats incumbent Gerald_Ford to become first candidate from deep south to win since the Civil War.
*1981 - Antigua_and_Barbuda become independent from Britain.
*1982 - Channel_4 in the United Kingdom was launched.
*1983 - U.S. President Ronald_Reagan signs a bill creating Martin_Luther_King_Day.
*1984 - Capital_punishment: Velma_Barfield becomes the first woman executed in the United_States since 1962.
*1988 - The Morris_worm, the first Internet-distributed Computer_worm to gain significant mainstream media attention, was launched from MIT.
*1991 - Bartholomew I becomes the Patriarch_of_Constantinople.
*1991 - Jermaine_Jackson's single "Word_to_the_Badd!", which attacks his brother Michael, is leaked to radio station KPWR in Los_Angeles.
*2000 - The first crew arrives at the International_Space_Station.
*2001 - ''Monsters,_Inc.'' debuts with the best ticket sales ever for an Animated_film.
*2004 - President George_W._Bush wins election over John_Kerry.
== Births ==
*1082 - Emperor Huizong of China (d. 1135)
*1636 - Edward_Colston, English merchant and philanthropist (d. 1721)
*1667 - James_Sobieski, Crown Prince of Poland (d. 1737)]])
*1692 - Unico_Wilhelm_van_Wassenaer, Dutch composer (d. 1766)
*1699 - Jean-Baptiste-Siméon_Chardin, French painter (d. 1779)
*1734 - Daniel_Boone, American frontiersman (d. 1820)
*1739 - Carl_Ditters_von_Dittersdorf, Austrian composer (d. 1799)
*1741 - Joan_van_der_Capellen_tot_den_Pol, Dutch politician (d. 1784)
*1755 - Marie_Antoinette, Queen of France (d. 1793)
*1766 - Joseph_Radetzky_von_Radetz, Austrian field marshal (d. 1858)
*1795 - James_Knox_Polk, 11th President_of_the_United_States (d. 1849)
*1808 - Jules_Barbey_d'Aurevilly, French writer (d. 1889)
*1815 - George_Boole, English mathematician and philosopher (d. 1864)
*1821 - Sir George Bowen, British provincial governor (d. 1899)
*1844 - Mehmed_V, Ottoman_Sultan (d. 1918)
*1865 - Warren_G._Harding, 29th President_of_the_United_States (d. 1923)
*1877 - Joseph_De_Piro, Maltese founder of the Missionary Society of St. Paul (d. 1933)
*1877 - Victor_Trumper, Australian cricketer (d. 1915)
*1885 - Harlow_Shapley, American astronomer (d. 1972)
*1894 - Alexander_Lippisch, German scientist (d. 1976)
*1897 - Vito_Genovese, American gangster (d. 1969)
*1906 - Daniil_Andreev, Russian poet, writer, and mystic (d. 1959)
*1908 - Fred_Bakewell, English cricketer (d. 1983)
*1911 - Odysseus_Elytis, Greek writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1996
*1911 - Raphael_Robinson, US mathematician (d. 1995)
*1913 - Burt_Lancaster, American actor (d. 1994)
*1927 - Steve_Ditko, American artist
*1929 - Muhammad_Rafiq_Tarar, President_of_Pakistan
*1929 - Richard_E._Taylor, American physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize laureate
*1934 - Ken_Rosewall, Australian tennis champion
*1936 - Jack_Starrett, American actor and director (d.1989)
*1938 - Pat_Buchanan, American journalist and politician
*1938 - Queen_Sofia_of_Spain
*1941 - Bruce_Welch, rhythm guitarist and songwriter (The_Shadows)
*1942 - Shere_Hite, American author
*1942 - Stefanie_Powers, American actress
*1944 - Keith_Emerson, British keyboardist and composer (Emerson,_Lake_&_Palmer)
*1946 - Alan_Jones, Australian race car driver
*1946 - Giuseppe_Sinopoli, Italian conductor and composer (d. 2001)
*1954 - Pat_Croce, American entrepreneur
*1958 - Willie_McGee, baseball player
*1961 - K.d._lang, Canadian singer
*1965 - Shahrukh_Khan, Indian actor
*1966 - Tim_Kirkman, American filmmaker
*1969 - Reginald_Arvizu, American bassist (KoЯn)
*1974 - Nelly, Rapper (St._Lunatics)
*1976 - Ricardo_Dinis, KFC clone engineer, chicken specialist
*1979 - Julie_Lund, Danish actress
*1986 - Erika_Jo, American musician
*1986 - Lara_Sacher, Australian actress
*1989 - Steven_Jones, Musician (guitarist)
== Deaths ==
*1327 - King James_II_of_Aragon (b. 1267)
*1483 - Henry_Stafford,_2nd_Duke_of_Buckingham, English politician (b. 1454)
*1610 - Richard_Bancroft, Archbishop_of_Canterbury (b. 1544)
*1618 - Archduke Maximilian_III_of_Austria (b. 1568)
*1716 - Engelbert_Kaempfer, German physician and traveler (b. 1651)
*1807 - Baron_de_Breteuil, French statesman (b. 1730)
*1863 - Theodore_Judah, American railroad engineer (b. 1826)
*1877 - Friedrich_Graf_von_Wrangel, Prussian field marshal (b. 1784)
*1887 - Jenny_Lind, Swedish soprano (b. 1820)
*1898 - George_Goyder, English-born surveyor-general of South Australia (b. 1826)
*1905 - Albert_von_Kölliker, Swiss anatomist (b. 1817)
*1935 - Jock_Cameron, South African cricketer (b. 1905)
*1944 - Thomas_Midgley, American chemist and inventor (b. 1889)
*1950 - George_Bernard_Shaw, Irish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1856)
*1960 - Dimitri Mitropoulos, Greek conductor, pianist, and composer (b. 1896)
*1961 - James_Thurber, American humorist (b. 1894)
*1963 - Ngo_Dihn_Diem, President of South Vietnam (b. 1901)
*1966 - Peter_Debye, Dutch chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1884)
*1975 - Pier_Paolo_Pasolini, Italian film director (b. 1922)
*1984 - Velma_Barfield, American murderer (executed) (b. 1932)
*1986 - Paul_Frees, American voice actor (b. 1920)
*1992 - Hal_Roach, American director and producer (b. 1892)
*2002 - Tonio_Selwart, German actor (b. 1896)
*2002 - Charles_Sheffield, American author and physicist (b. 1935)
*2004 - Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahayan, President of the United Arab Emirates (b. 1918)
*2004 - Theo van Gogh, Dutch filmmaker (b. 1957)
==Holidays and observances==
*Catholicism - All_Souls_Day (unless on a Sunday)
*Ancient Latvia - Dveselu_Diena held
*Mexico and the United_States - Day_of_the_Dead (Spanish: El Dia de los Muertos), a Mexican and Mexican-American celebration of dead ancestors.
*USA - admission day (1889) of North_Dakota and South_Dakota as 39th and 40th states.
*Rastafari_movement - The coronation of Haile_Selassie (1930) celebrated
== External links ==
* BBC: On This Day
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