What are the important events that happened on November 2? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

November 2: Facts & Myths About This Day

November 2 is the 306^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 59 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is October 20, 2025 – a Sunday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 1,762,041,600 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘trihectahexagon’ day.

Scorpio is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Topaz is the modern birthstone for this month. Pearl is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 107 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,699 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

November 2 Historical Events

• 1783 –
  In Rocky Hill, New Jersey, US General George Washington gives his “Farewell Address to the Army”.
• 1895 –
  The first gasoline-powered race in the United States. First prize: $2,000
• 1914 –
  Russia declares war on the Ottoman Empire.
• 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”.
• 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 (and only) flight of the Spruce Goose or H-4 The Hercules; the largest fixed-wing aircraft ever built.
• 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.
• 1953 –
  The Constituent Assembly of Pakistan names the country The Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
• 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
• 1963 –
  South Vietnamese President Ngô Ðình Diệm is assassinated following a military coup.

Who were born on November 2?

• 1924 –
  Rudy Van Gelder, American recording engineer
• 1928 –
  Paul Johnson, British historian
• 1945 –
  Giorgos Kolokithas, Greek basketball player
• 1945 –
  J. D. Souther, American country-rock singer
• 1965 –
  Shahrukh Khan, Indian actor
• 1966 –
  Yoshinari Ogawa, Japanese professional wrestler
• 1970 –
  Sharmell Sullivan, American professional wrestling valet
• 1974 –
  Prodigy, American rapper (Mobb Deep)
• 1975 –
  Chris Walla, American musician (Death Cab for Cutie)
• 1989 –
  Katelyn Tarver, American singer

Who died on November 2?

• 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)
• 1959 –
  Michael Considine, Australian politician (b. 1885)
• 1963 –
  Ngô Đình Diệm, South Vietnamese politician (b. 1901)
• 1966 –
  Mississippi John Hurt, American blues singer (b. 1892)
• 1984 –
  Velma Barfield, American convicted murderer (b. 1932)
• 1992 –
  Hal Roach, American director and producer (b. 1892)
• 2004 –
  Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, United Arab Emiratesian politician (b. 1918)
• 2007 –
  Charmaine Dragun, Australian journalist (b. 1978)